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- Sep 17, 2011
- 1 min
Mini Meat
I can’t help myself. Should I go to Mini-Food Weigh-Watchers Anonymous? There is something about miniature food that makes my mouth water. Decades ago, it was rubber food – but over time it got very grotty. But this mini-food (not too expensive and easier to store) is beautifully crafted and finely styled. I wonder who cooked up this mini idea. The most recent addition is the above roast beef and gravy. I don’t eat red meat, but I can look . . . right? I also recently found s
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- Aug 25, 2011
- 1 min
Stars and Engines
Here’s a couple of sweet little ideas that have popped up in separate areas of the web, but carry similar notes inside them, which I found interesting: a little iOS video game called Faraway that’s coming soon, and a series of tiny engines from Hermann Böhm. Do you see the common threads in them? They’re intimacy and craftsmanship over visually archaic methods of design, making simple ideas work beautifully and so personally in skilled hands. Less skilled craftspeople would b
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- Aug 22, 2011
- 1 min
Teeny Weeny City
Alan Wolfson makes “Minature Urban Sculptures.” He designs scale model replicas of city stores, streets, diners, and more. See his work here. His latest, “Canal Street Cross Section” (above) is included in the “Otherworldly: Optical Delusions and Small Realities” at MAD (the Museum of Arts and Design) until September 18. Alan Wolfson creates handmade miniature sculptures of urban environments. Complete with complex interior views and lighting effects, a major work can take se
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- Aug 1, 2011
- 1 min
Mini Mart
The Italians have entered the miniature game with Mediterranean fervency. Some of my favorites include mini-toilet tissue, mini-olive oil, mini-pasta and pasta packaginos and mini-Parma prosciutto. Pre-cut if fits nicely on mini-bread garnished with mini-peppers. Exquisito. #DailyHeller #miniatures #StevenHeller
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- Jul 19, 2011
- 2 min
Miniature Delicious Design
Mission Minis Bakery - San Francisco designed by Antlre Inc. I have been working on this ongoing large-miniature project, the design of all things delicious looking (and tasting!) at Mission Minis Bakery in San Francisco. We took what was a tiny and very old—and very small—video rental store and transformed it into a mini bakery of mini cupcakes. Sorry no “before” shots, you know I love those… Mini table and chairs in front of Mission Minis SF, design by Antlre Inc. I found t
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- Jul 15, 2011
- 1 min
More Minis
First there was the Mini Cooper, now the new mini Fiat 500 and here, though not in the same league, is the Scenic Accents mini accessories for scale model trains. I bought a few different sets this weekend, just to have around the house in case I needed them for playtime. The detailing is not as fine as my mini-sushi, but that may be the qualitative difference between Japanese and Chinese craftsmanship (Scenic Accents are made in China). Here are a few of my favorite sets (t
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