Midnight Musings

Creativity and a strong desire to do good can formulate some amazing things. Take Designer Massoud Hassani’s project to help destroy landmines in his hometown of Kabul.

As a child, Massoud’s favourite hobby was building small wind-powered

toys that would roll and blow due the strong winds of the Afghan Desserts. Sometimes the toys would roll too far into areas he and his friends couldn’t rescue them due to landmines. 20 years later, Massoud has returned to Kabul with an idea and a mission as a part of his Graduate Project: design simple, economical prototypes that would help locals excavate hazardous areas known to have landmines. Made of bamboo, biodegradable plastics, and a GPS chip to help locals find the best path to find and retrieve these machines, the “Mine Kafon” as Massoud has named it, is built to withstand the foce of an exploding landmine so effectively that 1 plastic plate will be lost due to each landmine destroyed. Essentially, the prototype he has designed can clear an area of 4-5 landmines while only losing 4-5 of its plastic feet. For the total cost of about 40 euros these rolling excavators are giving Afghan’s there land back one strong breeze at a time thanks to Massoud’s childhood hobby, his creativity, and his dream to better Kabul.

[This video is also a part of the FOCUS FORWARD filmmaker competition, and it is in the running to become the $100,000 grand prize winner. If you think Massoud and his project is awesome, please vote for it.]

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Engineering a Typeface. The design process behind Modernline San-Serif Typeface by Joseph Walsh

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lightofguidance:

These 3D portrait books were carved by artists over at Souverein - using the autobiographies of Vincent Van Gogh and Anne Frank. The idea came from Van Wanten Etctera, a Dutch ad agency. Via

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GROUND OF TRANSCENDENCE

POSTER DESIGN
AHMED - 2011

gamefreaksnz:

Poster Designs for the NYU Game Center by Rachel Morris

each and every one of these posters is beyond amazing. form and content rarely ever get down like this, and did i mention they’re all concerning events at a (Video) Game Center? Lord, have mercy..

Manual Photography Cheat Sheet by Miguel Yatco

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madametoutnoir:

ALLAH YKOUN MA3KOM ENSHALLAH YA RUBB .

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imyourdarling:

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thebeautyofislam:

subhanAllah, the masjid’s from all over the world are artistically built in such a way where you can feel the spirituality once you enter.

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vruz:

Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (Toho, 1971) Polish

Polish and Czech Posters of Godzilla films

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crashinglybeautiful:

Nja Mahdaoui, Untitled, indian ink & gold paint on Papyrus by Nja Mahdaoui, 2003. From melisaki

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“Every city looks and feels unique. Regional culture, typography, dialect, local customs and many more factors play a part in defining a city’s differences.

Those differences determine how that city sees its citizens and how it wants to represent itself to others.

For each city with one, the metro plays a part in defining those differences. The metro maps in this post show the skeletons of these cities. Each map explores the paths taken by the residents of that city. The design and style of the maps appears reflective of the particular place. They may be seen as not only maps, but individual expressions of a local identity.

Here’s a great compilation of metro maps from around the world.”

(via Design Around the World: Metro Maps | Webdesigner Depot)