We Love Brisbane – Website Design

We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we’ll assemble a perfect office, and we’d like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?

Check out our weekly picks right here! Some pretty awesome equipment and accessories for you, like the super awesome Google Chromebook Pixel and more! Don’t forget that you may suggest via twitter: @paulogabriel – I hope you enjoy these! Cheers. 😉

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Bull Nose Keyring Holder

Have trouble trying to keep track of your keys? Ensure they’ll be in the same spot everytime with a Bull Nose Keyring Holder ($8). This whimsical yet handy piece of decor mounts directly to the wall and holds the included keyring in its nose with the power of magnets. And that’s it — seriously, it’s just a red plastic bull that sits on your wall and holds your keys. (at Uncrate)

Shed Hook

The hooks that like to hold more than just coats! Shed is a highly functional coat hook, which is also designed to store items that you need when entering or leaving the house, such as keys, bags, mail and gloves.Available in orange, white and grey.Includes wall fixings. (at The Gadget Flow)

Desk Organizer Pen Box

Ideal for writing utensils & stationery items. (at 7 Gadgets)

Anker Uspeed USB 3.0

Superspeed USB 3.0 supports transfer rates up to 5Gbps, backward compatible with USB 2.0 / 1.1. Easily expand to 10 USB 3.0 ports with built-in surge protector and streamline your cable connections. Smart chip power management allows devices to communicate idle states and latency tolerance for progressively lower power states and subsequently increased performance and power efficiency. Plug and play, Supports hot swapping, No install driver needed. (at 7 Gadgets)

Silicon Power 64GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive

SP Ultima U03 USB flash drive features a glossy diamond cut pattern that is classic and elegant. It is capless with retractable USB connector for easy access and storage. Ultima U03 is a storage device that accentuates your style without compromising on its functionality. Beneath its designer inspired surface, it also has a built in internal LED indicator which shows the data transfer statuses. (at 7 Gadgets)

Google Chromebook Pixel

No longer do you have to choose between a Chromebook and a high-resolution screen, thanks to the Google Chromebook Pixel. Presumably designed to compete with Apple’s Retina MacBooks, the Chromebook Pixel features a 12.85″ Gorilla Glass multi-touch screen that boasts a 3:2 format and a resolution of 2560 x 1700, giving it 239 PPI. Other features include a dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, 32 or 64GB of onboard memory, 1TB of Google Drive cloud storage, an HD webcam, Dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, optional built-in LTE networking, and a sleek machined aluminum body. (at Uncrate)

Independent British designer and illustrator Tom Lane aka Ginger Monkey was invited to illustrate a deck of cards and the result is amazing. Inspired by mythology, crafted by hand, you can see small details on the cards, and appreciate the composition form a distance, check them out.

For more from Ginger Monkey visit gingermonkeydesign.com.

ARCHANGELS – B I C Y C L E P L A Y I N G C A R D S

The good people at Theory11 got in touch last year after spotting my work on the Behance network, particularly the Heston Blumenthal cookbook I helped develop a few years ago. The Theory11 team gave me free rein to devise a concept for the deck design. As is often the case I knew I wanted to create something epic, pushing the detail and visual story to the limits. I anchored my approach around the idea of a battle between angels and demons over the power of night and day.

I used this opportunity to explore my detailed ink drawing technique so the vast majority of these designs started off hand-drawn, and were digitised later once approved. The process to create all the artwork, which went through a few rounds for each piece, took around 6 months on & off to complete.

As we we’re drawing to a close with the project, the artwork was shown to Bicycle Playing Cards who have a close relationship with Theory11. They duly snapped it up and offered greater distribution and the opportunity for our design to join their ranks and be part of the vast Bicycle Playing Card history spanning over 125 years.

A big shout out to Jonathan Byme for untrusting me with this project. You can grab your own deck over at theory11.com/playingcards/archangel-playing-cards.