App Turns Your Screen Into A Retro Monitor

North American creative studio Secret Geometry has developed a new text editor—“Blinky”—that will turn your computer screen into a retro monitor.



Featuring 3D effects like curvature, reflection, scan-lines,

flicker and burn-in, users will also have access to various classic fonts.



It will be just like using a computer circa 1982, only better—Blinky is capable of generating “text art” from photographs or video and users will have the option of saving screen shots as well.



If you are feeling nostalgic and would like to relive the good old days of computing, download it here for US$4.99.















[via Design Boom]

Microsoft Tackles Internet Explorer Haters In Its Latest Ad

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In an attempt to tackle Internet Explorer haters, Microsoft released a video.



The video entitled ‘Do you know this guy?’—for the campaign The Browser You Loved To Hate—features an anonymous anti-IE commenter who leaves comments, tweets and Facebook posts that proclaim “IE SUCKS”.



As a comeback for the company, Microsoft is showing that it gets that IE sucks, but it hopes to convey that its latest browser version, IE 10, “sucks… less…”.



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Artist Creates Mind-Bending 3D Illusions

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In his latest video, artist Brusspup create three two-dimensional artworks that are actually 3D illusions when viewed from the right angle.



In the mind-bending ‘Amazing Anamorphic Illusions!’, images of a Rubik’s cube, a roll of tape and a shoe get ‘transformed’ in front of your eyes.



Watch it below:































[via Brusspup]

Business Cards That Double As Temporary Tattoos

To promote its laser tattoo removal services, Baywood Clinic—with the help of advertising agency Innocean Worldwide Canada—created business cards that double as temporary tattoos.



The business cards came in a variety of skin tones, which people could apply over any existing tattoos—allowing them to visualize what their skin would look like once their tattoos have been removed.



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For Singing In The Shower: A Shower Head That Doubles As A Speaker

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Your best singing and dancing happens in the shower, and Kohler knows that—which is why the company created a showerhead that doubles as a speaker.



The Kohler ‘Moxie Speaker Showerhead’ is waterproof and Bluetooth-connected.



Users can embed—with the help of the gadget’s magnets—the speaker unit in the middle of the water-saving spray showerhead, and wirelessly stream music from their tablets or smartphones.



The device gives users up to 7 hours of music for sing-alongs or dancing.



Moxie Speaker Showerhead is available at US$200 on Amazon.

































[via Kohler]

An Old School Bus Gets Converted Into A Traveling Pop-Up Shop

Designer eyewear brand Warby Parker turned an old big yellow school bus into a unique traveling retail space.



The interior of the bus was refurbished to consist of oak shelves, the brand’s eyewear collection, a library, leather seats, carpeting, a chalkboard, and also an electrical generator.



The one-of-a-kind pop-up shop—which also features a photo booth, ping pong table and other merchandise—set out in October, on tour called ‘Warby Parker Class Trip’, to travel across America and make scheduled stops in different cities.



Visitors could walk into the shop to explore the bus.





















[via Warby Parker Class Trip]

Style Guides Of Famous Brand Logos

With piqued interest in style guides, Northern Ireland-based graphic designer David Airey of Logo Design Love compiled a reference list of brand identity style guides from around the world.



Check out the style guides of some of the most famous brand logos below, or head over to his site for more:







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[via Logo Design Love]