Modern Japanese Architecture by Tezuka Architects

Ever since visiting Grenada in Nicaragua I’ve enjoyed the idea of living spaces which feature living spaces designed around a central courtyard. Thinking back it’s also an aspect of design I’ve noticed and enjoyed in many martial arts movies as well. For me, the whole idea of having the outdoor living space incorporated into the overall house design in such a way that it’s private, open and accessible is brilliant and makes for a comfortable living space that I’d be more than happy to spend time in.

This led to me knocking around in my StumbleUpon favourites looking for inspiration and ideas on modern living spaces and architecture when I found a collection of some sublime modern Japanese architecture by Tezuka Architects that blew my mind. The following Modern Courtyard Home Designs by Tezuka Architects represent my idea of almost perfect living spaces.

Check out the following examples of their work and be prepared to be inspired:

Eaves House

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Floating Roof House

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Porch House

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Cloister House

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Tray House

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If you’d like to share your thoughts, opinions or love for architecture and design, connect with me on Twitter or StumbleUpon and let’s chat, otherwise, you can also leave a comment using the form below.

I’m a big fan of kick-butt t-shirt designs, especially ones featuring great design or classic one liners, so I figured it was time to share 24 of my favourite funny t-shirts & ultra cool t-shirt designs from the Busted Tees crew, enjoy.

Busted Tees is one of several online t-shirt shops that I’ll be highlighting, along with others such as Think-Geek, Threadless, T-Shirt Hell and a plethora of other great swag merchants. If you know of other, equally cool spots to pick up kick-ass shirts like these or are the proprietor of such an establishment, drop me a comment and I’ll see if I can create a feature for your online t-shirt business here.

These funny shirts often feature really great print design and make for fantastic gifts. Be warned, the wait can be a real killer sometimes if you’re outside the US, so order them, forget about them and get ready for a big smiley surprise when they do arrive.

Well, that’s it from me for now, have an awesome day.

Please don’t forget to leave a comment letting me know which ones are your favourites or if there are other funky t-shirt providers you’d like me to feature here.

Upon firing up my TweetDeck this afternoon I received some great news:

wpstudios

(WPstudios)

TheLanceLife Balsamiq Mockups #giveaway winner is ...... Bronson : @gnuboss : Congrats !!

On 30-10-2009 22:47:35 from TweetDeck

WPstudios and TheLanceLife recently ran a giveaway competition whereby you could to win a free copy of a very cool wireframing tool called Balsamiq Mockups by Tweeting a particular message on the Twitter social network or leaving a comment on the blog article about the new wireframing tool.

I commented on the article by WPstudios after playing with Balsamiq for a few minutes as I could definitely get used to a very useful and potentially huge time saver like this when it comes to building wireframes or revising existing designs with clients.

Once I have had a chance to get acquainted with the Balsamiq Mockups tool, I’ll post some examples of what’s possible, or how I have used it for wireframing upcoming projects. For now though, check out the really cool vide below that will give you a quick overview of the Balsamiq Mockups wireframing tool.

Right now though, I would like to say thanks to WPstudios, TheLanceLife and the random number generator that spat out my name as the winner of TheLanceLife and WPStudios Balsamiq Wireframes license giveaway. I love you guys, long time!

About TheLanceLife & WPstudios

TheLanceLife is a cool web design blog that features design news, information and inspiration from all over the freelancing community. You can also find @TheLanceLife on Twitter.

WPstudios is a visual design and coding agency based in Italy that specialises in wed design and multimedia.You can also find @WPstudios on Twitter.

About Balsamiq Studios

Balsamiq Studios LLC is a fresh little software company, focused on adding flavour to your Web Office suite. Try it now or Take a Tour

Balsamiq Mockups is an Adobe AIR application that has been written as a tool to help both the designer and coder in the wireframing and mockup phase since can be easily used to do a fast wireframing sketch or a detailed and good looking mockup of almost every application, web page, web or iphone application. ~ WPstudios

GuyKawasaki

(Guy Kawasaki)

Cool infographic: The best movies of all time map http://om.ly/JPFa

On 3-10-2009 14:29:38 from otweet

Top 250 Movies of All Time Map

According to the article by Kelsey Keith over at FastCompany The Best Movies of All Time infographic comes from a French cinephile forum named Vodkaster and was created based on the most critically acclaimed films of all time. This super cool looking flowchart which reminds me of a tube map plots everything from classics such as Casablanca and Gandhi to epics like Dr. Strangelove and The Godfather.

This wicked data visualization was designed by David Honnorat and can be viewed in various resolutions and downloaded via the original post, The top 250 best movies of all time Map.