Blank USB Stick by hum design

USB sticks have never really been more than a way of moving documents from one computer to another and they've almost always been strikingly ugly. Now that the costs have plummeted, they've become little more than a gift from the marketing department when one firm is invited to another. Hum design, a small Japenese company, has made something simple and aesthetic. This is something that can be placed on a window silll or on a shelf without shame.

There seems to be some trouble finding it outside Japan, but this store seems to have it.

Danish Home Interior by Line Klein

Being Scandinavian myself, it is possible that I was fed with an appreciation for light interiors from the north. This particular interior was shot by Line Klein, a Danish photographer. The interior design was done by Helen Wiggers and it includes several Scandinavian design classics and homely touches, such as a pendant lamp and an assortment of design books. As far as I can decipher, it's for a Danish magazine called Alt Interiør.

Klein has a blog and a website.

Vintage Book Covers by Life's Replay

I've been designing some alternative book covers in my free time lately, going for a "scanned old book" effect. The files often end up being huge whilst working on them because of the tens of layers that each one consists of. Book covers are a great example of graphic design that can indicate the content without revealing too much, unlike most CD covers, which often display the artist and/or their logo.