Mark Baker - Year 39Examples of Great Design from around the world.
This was one of the those moment when I walked in side and said WOW! Yesterday evening after doing my post for the day I went for a walk to look at this church from the outside again. To my surprise it stays opens until 10:30pm. I bought my ticket for about a £5 and entered. The […]
This evening, very near midnight, I catch an overnight train to Moscow arriving at 7:55am. So this morning I thought I would go for an early morning stroll prior to checking out and going to a hostel for the rest of the day to work on a website. My walk was quite interesting, I saw […]
I really love the idea of having a multi-functional space to live in and this wardrobe can be hidden away into the wall when not needed.
Two different hostels I have stayed in have both used this magnetic keys to enter their buildings. I really like there ergonomics, they fit perfectly around the thumb and the texture is reassuring that you have a good grip. I would consider having these for any house I own in the future. The only thing […]
I love the way this ladder can hide away so discreetly. It makes me think about how I could use this method to hide other objects out of the way.
In the Mongolian State Department Store in Ulan Bator was a food shop called Homnh. I liked their logo, I am sure I have seen something like it before but this time I want to record a copy of it. I like the way the hands make the star with the white space. Logos with […]
This logo to me is the logo Internet Explorer always wanted to be but never quite making it. I love the way they have made it feel worldly.
I always keep my eye out for great design as I travel and today I found a logo which is right up my street. I love design with double meanings and this logo for Shanghai Construction Group really delivers on this. The company generally builds high rise buildings and the red corner looks like a skyscraper if you see it as being […]
This is possibly the coolest hotel I have ever stayed in. I love the design and flow of the hotel and the futuristic capsule in which guests sleep. The locker room and shower area: The Capsule area is just so cool!: My only gripe is that with all the design and consideration of the whole […]
Yesterday I caught the main sites around Toronto including the City Offices, The CN tower, Royal Ontario Museum and the Art Gallery Ontario. In the evening I went to the Royal Alexandra theatre and watched Kinky Boots which was a really heartwarming story based on the true story of Shoe Factory in Northampton, who found […]