Famous Artists' Color Palette

British artist Arthur Buxton has done one of the most ingenious things any art lover could do: discover the top five colors used by the world’s most famous painters and arrange those colors into pie charts for further analyzation. This is a beautiful set of charts that you can order as prints from Buxton’s website.

It seems that shades of green, brown, and yellow were the most popular color among these famous artists (besides! I know what colors I’m going to be using more from now on…

Minimalistic Infographics

Every weekday Fast Co. Design posts these amazing and though-provoking infographics. A lot of their posts relate to social causes, however they do provide readers with other topics like video games, technology, movies, etc.

The infographic for today is one that shouldn’t be missed: What if the world were a village of 100 people?

Toby Ng, a graphic designer from London, has created wonderful infographics answering the above question. This clever and creative idea provides us with a new perception about the world and the people we share it with.

Olympic Torch - London 2012

*Cue Olympics Theme Song*

The 2012 London Olympic Torch has arrived! A symbol of the months leading up to the opening ceremony, the Olympic Torch is a beautiful piece of work that should get more recognition for its design. This prototype torch for the 2012 summer games was created by Edward Barber and Jay Ogersby, two industrial designers from England.

The torch features 8,000 dots that represented the 8,000 people who will help carry the torch to its new home in London.

It is a well-crafted, simple, and elegant design that I’m sure will look great no matter where it is or who holds it!

Scroll Bookshelf

The Scroll Bookshelf is the perfect product for people like me, who have a ton of books, but barely any space to keep them (I lay mine against my window sill).

Shaped very much like the Torah, the Scroll Bookshelf is stretchable which is great for a growing or shrinking book collection. The two “scrolls” also contain pockets to keep your pens, pencils, scissors, etc.

Typographic Paintings

Ryo Shimizu, a Japanese artist, has created a 15 ft. x 41 ft. typographic painting of 2,500 words covering the entire wall. Shimizu created the typeface, a mixture of Roman and Chinese letters.

He calls it CNJPUS TEXT and says his purpose was to provide viewers with the feeling of “decoding cryptograms.”

Is This Designer Predicted the Death of Print?

Plenty of people think the death of print will be inevitable. So what better way to honor traditional reading than creating a candle that reproduces the smell of the New York Times?

Created by the late Tobias Wong, the candle supposedly has the aroma of one of the world’s most popular newspapers. Kind of a clever idea, but I’m a little skeptical. I would want to see (and smell!) it in action before I buy it.

Will the iPhone Replace the DSLR?

This is the real deal people. The iPhone SLR mount. Take any Nikon or Canon lens and mount it onto your iPhone 4 using the adapter and you can capture beautiful images as if you were using a DSLR.

I wouldn’t be surprised if within the next decade, things like this will replace modern cameras. Nikon and Canon better take this seriously.

Nendo Mouse Design

Nendo’s new mouse proves it: Japan is the supreme master of making everything look adorable.

The device, called the Oppopet (“oppo” means “tail” in Japanese), has a built-in USB piece that holds the USB connector for the mouse and also acts as the mouse’s “tail.”

I bet the majority of you looking at these photos will crack a smile!