Furniture for comic book aficionados. Opus Interiors have some interesting storage drawer furniture covered in the artwork of Guido Crepax. Hugely influential in the development of European comic art, it seems his style is now escaping the smaller world of comic books into the larger arena of interiors.

Check out the Guido Crepax Furniture.

“Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!” I love Planet Of The Apes. I mean, really love it. Which is why I’ve spent most of the weekend holed up on the sofa. You see, I found an entire animated cartoon series of Escape From Planet Of The Apes hosted on Open FLV (you can download it if you want too!)

This 70’s cartoon version of the Planet Of The Apes franchise was made before I was even born, but it’s one of the most stylish cartoons I’ve ever seen. The retro style graphics are great, with a series of random trippy static drawings dumped in between the animated action to express the character’s emotions. Except it doesn’t; it just makes them look like they’re experiencing some horrific LSD flashbacks.

If you like Planet Of The Apes, or you’re just into retro style graphics, check out Escape From Planet Of The Apes on Open FLV.

“You so Haole, you dont even know you haole.” I get emails from people who run t-shirt companies on a daily basis. It seems like every man and his dog wants to be the owner of a hip designer t-shirt company, and most of the time they’re just carbon copies of each other. It’s the same played-out vector graphics style designs time and time again, and I’m bored of it!

So it was a breath of fresh air to get an email from TheRyde.com. It’s almost like they’ve been going through my garbage to find out my likes and dislikes in order to design my ultimate t-shirt. They’ve got the hand-drawn type I’m a fan of, and a simple black and white colour scheme, but ultimately they’ve based it around my guiltiest pleasure, and that’s the greatest movie ever known to mankind, the 80’s surf film North Shore. Unless you were a surfer growing up in the 80’s you probably wont appreciate the North Shore T-Shirt, but for those who did, it’s probably the best t-shirt ever created (and as an added bonus for those people, check out the North Shore Soundboard!)

Even if you don’t appreciate the North Shore T-Shirt, there are many other great laid-back designs to choose from at TheRyde.com, so go and check it out.

Damn it, it’s not a bed! When I first saw the Plywood Chateau by James Westwater I thought it was a life-size bedroom concept. Unfortunately, it’s art or something. pffft!!!

I demand someone designs a bed cube thingymabob that has interchangable vinyl walls that make you feel like you’re sleeping in a variety of exotic, expensive and glamorous locations, when in reality you’re sleeping in a plywood box!

Sorry for the lack of posts this week… but I’ve been skipping around the country for the past few days. The highlight was catching Interpol play live on Monday night.

Also, I tried out a new design concept hotel in Birmingham called Nite Nite. The hotel is a boutique budget hotel that takes it’s inspiration from Japanese capsule hotels. Essentially, your room amounts to what can only be described as a luxury prison cell. That may sound awful, but it’s actually a great experience. The tiny windowless room which is kitted out with a 42 inch plama televisions and a high-spec wet-room area can be completely controlled from a star-trek style neon control panel on the wall. It’s what I imagine a cabin on a luxury space travel trip to the moon would be like at some point in the future.

If you’re not claustraphobic and you ever find yourself in Birmingham, UK and need a room for the night in the centre of the city, you should definitely check out Nite Nite.

You’ve gotta love people who use yellow. Designer, and sometime art director of the cult magazine The Illustrated Ape, Marcus Walters has a hand-drawn illustration style that tick all the boxes for me. His latest work for Yellow Pages really floats my boat. Go to his website and check it out.

See more work by Marcus Walters.

Wallpaper that’s so hot it melts your eyes! You’ve got to check out the work of Kenzo Minami, Particularly the ‘Chambre Avec Vue’ wallpaper type thing (it’s under Art > MMVI > Chambre Avec Vue). Minami’s website doesn’t give much detail away, but it’s a black and white visual freak-out that needs to be seen.

See more work by Kenzo Minami.

Quick post… I don’t really have anything to say about this, I just think the Light Cubes by Hans and Franz look cool, so I thought I’d post it. Hans and Franz work on solutions for objects and spaces.

Like a supermarket special offer, only infinitely cooler. Back in March I posted about the designer espadrilles over at The String Republic. It seems they’re now available to buy, and there is even a ‘buy two pairs, get third free’ offer this month.

So I suggest everyone pile over to The String Republic right now to take advantage of the offer before all the best styles are gone (many of my personal faves have already sold out!)

Get your espadrille fix now, before the summer is over, at The String Republic.

More beautiful locations & interiors porn. Since the last time I posted about a photoshoot locations agency I’ve become a bit obsessed by them. Now I’ve found Shootspaces which has locations as diverse as a London Routemaster Bus and a vintage Airstream trailer, as well as the usual fantastic properties with great interiors.

See all the locations at Shootspaces.