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january 6 2009 RBT NEWS: 3 New photos on the RBT HOPE Flickr Set. The painting is now on a truck, heading north from Orlando to Washington DC. // "Objectified" A documentary film by Gary Hustwit / Dude - A - Day / The Copenhagen Harbour Bath / Not your neighborhood public restroom / Tom Otterness's Playground - a private installation / I really dig Old School Stationers' handmade cards and wall prints. / Make Something from Nothing / Posters for those rainy days january 5 2009 RBT NEWS: Read the January 2 entry just below to catch up... Photos of my MANIFEST HOPE: DC painting are up on the RBT HOPE Flickr Set. The HOPE Flickr Set will also feature photos from the Jan 17 through Jan 19 event at the Irvine Contemporary Gallery in Washington. In other news... 2009 will be a year to remember in the world of bathrooMotivators as we reach 100!!! // Let's give this guy a hand / That's a whale of a flower jar / An alternative fireplace / In the 1970's and 80's Jack Radcliffe lived on the Mason-Dixon line / Exotic fountain pens from Mattias Adolfsson / The art of Ben Tour / MPREIS - the self-dubbed "Seriously Sexy Supermarket" / The best of the 1966 Batman TV series (The Foam Rubber Wholesalers Convention? Brilliant!!!) january 2 2009 Happy New Year to all! As promised today is BIG NEWS day so here it is... I was invited by Evolutionary Media Group's Yosi Sergant to participate in MANIFEST HOPE: DC. The MANIFEST HOPE: DC Gallery will be open to the public in Washington, DC for the days preceding the Presidential Inauguration, Saturday, January 17th, 2009 through Monday, January 19th, 2009 between the hours of 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM at the reputable Irvine Contemporary Gallery. Other invited artists include Gary Baseman, Scott Hansen, Tes One, Luba Lukova and many other visual eye candy specialists. I created a 6 Ft by 8 Ft acrylic on canvas painting entitled "Hope Behind Everyman". wednesday dec 24 2008 Well folks, this is the last entry of 2008. We're closing shop for the holidays and will re-open on January 2, 2009. Make sure to stop by on January 2 for some BIG NEWS to kick off the new year. Here's a clue. A humble "Thank You" to all our visitors and customers from around the world for making 2008 our best year since we started this madness. We wish you all peace, happiness and good health. - Terral tuesday dec 23 2008 [video] L'homme 100 tetes / Neil Powell's portfolio / Nicholas Samaras' underwater photography / The Umbrella Tree / Clever out of home advertising for Fiat / The Pencil Bench / The magical floating bag / Brilliant spot for the IFAW for the awareness of critically endangered species / Eight signs that Apple customers are no longer special / The Yellow Treehouse Restaurant / Casa Yaya in Spain monday dec 22 2008 Once upon a time there was a blanket / Brand New: Best & Worst Brand ID Redesigns of 2008 / [video] Did You Know 3.0 2008 / Presenting the ePhone...WOW! This is revolutionary / The truth about brainstorming / You can buy things at Blackbird / foneGloo is the latest innovation in mobile phone retention / Letterpress poster handcrafted character by character in just 100 hours / [video] Make a big effort to sound alike. MTV Shorts (Look at the guy on the left. hee) / BUILD - graphic design and art direction / A white workspace (with a hint of yellow) / Augmented reality on the iphone / [video] "Lost and Found" friday dec 19 2008 Modern Black by The Apartment / [video] A message of HOPE / Governor's Island, NY 2012 / Posters of 2008. My faves... Blindness, Ironman (without type), Kabluey, Taxi to the Dark Side, Progress 1,2 / Puma City shipping container store / Swarovski Crystal Palace / 2008 in photographs / Burton Machen photographs thursday dec 18 2008 Cody strikes again with two beauteous bathrooMotivators / [video] All three Apple holiday spots / Guess what was the number one word for 2008 / I don't know which is more impressive - the villa or the model of the villa / Green Technology Exhibit in Beijing / OMG! Mini augmented reality / Matt Salacuse photography / Ink on paper / Wood on water wednesday dec 17 2008 The 14th Dalai Lama visits Tabo Village. / Modern Bamboo / Second hand smoke in the home - not cool for the children. / Become the king of bluff from DDB agency / An Apple animated holiday ad / Designer Michael Young works his magic for Pissarro restaurant in Hong Kong / Run Barbie, run! / Design and illustration work of Dan McPharlin / How to create an illuminated canvas tuesday dec 16 2008 [video] Merry freakin' Christmas from Boxer Creative / Stories of giving / Colors that shape Christmas - the poster and wrapping paper / Illustrations of Lynnette Shelley / So you want to be in advertising? / The work of YES / HDR: High Dynamic Range, a technique that allows a greater dynamic range of luminances between light and dark areas of an image / Reason #234 to visit Hong Kong / Energy generating roads / CD Tree shelf / [video] WOW! Snickers can turn people into metalloid animal-like creatures / Ruta del Peregrino lookout point in Mexico monday dec 15 2008 Super BIG news will appear in this spot before the year's end. Nuff said. / Now let's enjoy a super hug. / The classics never look better / The Berkshire residence on Contemporist / Toasty charger / Who knew Niagra Falls could freeze? / A self portrait made of one-inch pins / North Korea through the lens of Eric Lafforgue / The illustrations of Andy Council / Beautiful, but is comfortable? / A collection of clever out of home advertising / Illustrations by Sanna Paananen and Pietari Posti / Museum of Childhood posters friday dec 12 2008 Shanghai 2020 is the largest city scale model in the world / Fiodor Sumkin, illustrator and designer based in Amsterdam / Mad scientist Alphabet Blocks. Created with a "lazer." / The more the milk goes bad, the more the packaging starts to resemble cheese! / My pal Jason with MAKR is featured on NOTCOUTURE / Sun Slice House on Lake Garda, Italy / Illustration funness by Thomas Ikonen / [video] Turn up your speakers for this one... Happy X-Mas from AKQA / 2008 colors from Matt W. Moore thursday dec 11 2008 [video] Jon Stewart on the newspaper crisis / London shop fronts / OMG... Second life affair ends in divorce / A clothes pin or a hook? You decide. / His favorite iPhone shortcuts / [video] Colours by Charlie McCarthy / Deep thoughts by Shift Thinkers / Weird video for weird fishes / Gleichenberg thermal bath in Austria wednesday dec 10 2008 Not your Pappy's houseboat / Not your Pappy's ridiculously extravagant contemporary home with views to die for / Your standard $30,000 cell phone. What? / [video] Ha! 'Poolaroid' commercial / World's first energy-generating revolving door / [video] Surfing for seniors - An introduction to the InterWeb / Graffiti from Yok Yoker / Cassette, Made by Sawdust / The Science Park in Granada / The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page / Falling Tetris bricks / Wine case lamp by Ciclus tuesday dec 9 2008 Bookcase sweetness / The Sequence art installation in Brussels, Belgium by Arne Quinze / How to properly motivate your creative staff / The Sway House in Tokyo / Daniel Libeskind's glass Sky Garden for NYC / [video] This Is Where We Live. Beautiful. / Illustration magic from Dopludo / A foldable electric city bicycle / [video] Here comes Pete. He's a Meat Puppet / Beauty from the Maya Lin Studio monday dec 8 2008 Congratulations to the NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway winners! Your posters are on the way. / An ax. The cure for Logorrhea? / The Nooka Zon time piece / The Art Gallery of Ontario by Frank Gehry / SmartBolts feature a colour-coded indicator that tells you whether you've tightened them well enough. / Clever... Regular Coke advertised stairs; while Coke Light advertised escalators / Typolade chocolate letters / Fab illustrator + designer, Alberto Cerriteno / Not just a bench friday dec 5 2008 NOTCOT's Holiday Giveaway ends today! We are giving away five pairs of FOCUS and INTEGRITY. / Graffiti art goodness / An environmentally-friendly solution to the problem of plastic water bottles / Inspiration: Christmas Ads / Building enhancements by Alexandros Vasmoulakis / "An amazing machine" / [movie] "New York I love you but you're freakin me out" - Kermit the Frog / America's Top Graphic Designer - the reality series / Nature photography by Steve Carter thursday dec 4 2008 Evolution of logos / a pool with a view / I'd be creeped out at night in the window happy Ring House / Using bleach to make t-shirts (Just got an idea ;-) / KIDS! Stop climbing the house / Learning from a young master ceramic artist Ryota Aoki / The Kiltro House / Shouldn't it be a no wake zone? (sorry) / More 'Venice under water' pics / A proposed green city center near Seoul / This is not your grandpa's farm house (unless Pappy is uber cool) / Kevin Tong illustrations goodness / Holiday gift boxes that actually grow Spruce Trees / Coffee + Cocktail Napkins = Illustration goodness / Illustrator, Jon McNaught wednesday dec 3 2008 Four new premium BathrooMotivators / Dreamy staircase designs / I dig LittleDiggs / If you're in the market for an interesting property with acceptable views, I recommend this little abode / urban - rural - wild / Glass floors are really creepy / [vai qbn] "Gluttony" Suspension lamp / Not sure how these are constructed, but they are yummy / The making of Kustaa's 'Admiral' three-dee model / Levi van Veluw is a multidisciplinary artist, he lives and works in the Netherlands (reads like an INTERPOL lyric) / Alexis Marcou's portfolio / tuesday dec 2 2008 An impressive collection of unconventional buildings / Typography inspiration showcase / Free (alternative) encouragement / (music) Interpol's "Rest My Chemistry" / Scotty Reifsnyder's illustration and design sweetness / Bedside table for the paranoid / An addiction for all of us to enjoy / And speaking of illustration goldness... / OMG. Making art from barrels / Pre-chewed pencils (of course!) / "One very lonely calorie. Pepsi Max" / The MUJI Award winners - a straw straw / Hand painted stop-motion animation by Dave the Chimp monday dec 1 2008 WORDS... coming to you from River Street in beautiful downtown Savannah, Georgia / Airshow pics from Phillip Toledano / Before and after craziness / A little temple in Thailand / Impressive custom card creator / a redesigned 1950s mid-century modern home for a young family in Seattle / Much goodness from RogerHaus / Milk Galss LED / City plates collection / Joern Utzon 1918-2008 - designer of the Sydney Opera House / China's Shanghai Tower breaks ground tuesday nov 25 2008 Hello Right Brainers. We're taking a little break to spend this Thanksgiving Holiday with friends and family. WORDS will appear again on Monday, December 1 (2008). Until then, may all of you who celebrate Thanksgiving have a peaceful time. monday nov 24 2008 Random newness in the notebook / A remarkable pen that writes in Helvetica / Italians + design = Fantastico / A flickr of a good collection of stairs / Minimal homes and the architects who designed them / The human face is infinitely complex and in some instances extraordinarily simple. / Welcome to PixelVille / Banyan Tree Corniche Bay in Mauritius / Mystery astronaut carving in ancient temples in Salamanca, Spain / The Tale of Despereaux - a storybook adventure / The art of Anthony Lister / [video] film by Eric Lerner - music by Sigur Ros ("Gong") friday nov 21 2008 Those lenses are hot ken / Trendir - Modern House Design / eye glasses that define you / Drew Falchetta is from a small town in New Jersey / A bike dispenser for metropolitan areas / The creative goodness of The Boghe / Morphing Rembrandt / Use Mouse - Use Hands / Art and design by Hadley Donaldson / Hermes + Smart Car = Tiny Sweetness / Because the children should be exposed to good design early / things magazine - because you're worth it / Mayan playing cards thursday nov 20 2008 The _ _ _ Cards / mini world / Is that your wall surface or a dynamic membrane? / e-motions / a pictorial collection of construction SNAFUs / Michael Jackson's Thriller, Indian style / the end / The gobbler game. what frog? / The photography of Stephen Gill / NOTCOT Giveaway number four: Fred & Friends / energy guy is tres cool / The (mostly) true story of helvetica and the NYC Subway / modern furniture design goodness / Dream cars of the future since 1950 / ships with insanely large cargo wednesday nov 19 2008 Light up your year with this calendar. An unmatched idea. A really bright idea. Sorry. / Fifties signage and architecture - the future from the past / New work from Gary Taxali / 100 illustrated horror film posters, part 1 and part 2 / tna (product) design studio / OMG... sketching in three dee! / the art, architecture, memorials of the Maya Lin Studio / paintings made in 2008 by Jurgen Vanbrabant / "I feel like I'm the world's biggest porn star." - Nirvana baby is seventeen!! / the art of Oliver Jeffers / a quaint home in the suburbs tuesday nov 18 2008 RBT News: It's official, the holidays are approaching and we have been invited to participate in NOTCOT's Holiday Giveaway. We are scheduled for 12/02/08. They will announce the (five) winners on the night of 12/05/08. We will also be announcing our annual MEGA giveaway later this month!! // Let's try this again... kudos to mcdonald's for a fine bathrooMotivator / fab pop artist mr. brainwash (aka thierry guetta) has his first major show in LA - "life is beautiful" / check out the hot new trends at this year's LEGO fashion show / the mother of all gothic / OMG... james bond super secret villain's lair comes to life / camouflage on steroids Monday nov 17 2008 kudos to mcdonald's for a fine bathrooMotivator / sexy homes with curves / magical critters in the forest / artist, chloe early / illustrations from fifties sci-fi kids' book / [video] KOYAA / chocolate "pie" chart made of 70% milk, 20% dark and 10% white chocolate / the art of joshua callaghan / leonard was one mean dude / stop the catastrophe. greenpeace / the portfolio of takashi okada THURSDAY NOV 13 2008 <--- Look! FREEDOM is now available for sale. Just in time for the holidays. Coincidence? / The golden rule IS the golden rule for all religions - Charter for Compassion. 'compassion' will be the next poster. / dan holdsworth's photography / and now for something gloomy and disturbing / orbit lesser - graphic artist & illustrator / cool gig... iwan baan travels the world documenting the best contemporary architects / omg! beach house yuminess / etre touchy - gloves for your iphone, ipod, pda... wednesday nov 12 2008 this election was the best election ever for designers. evidence one... evidence two... evidence three... evidence four... evidence five... I could go on. / fifteen soviet movie posters / early star wars storyboards / street with a view / not your usual tea pots / toshiba timesculpture advert / vibrant oil paintings by francoise nielly tuesday nov 11 2008 RBT News: the FREEDOM posters are in. They'll be available for sale on Friday of this week. This just in... a new batch of bathrooMotivators (most thanks to cody!) // the burnett residence in seattle / mcDonald's quarter pounder restaurants / the solar winged helios vehicle / luke best's illustration / industrial photography from antonio saba / ben newman's illustration / lovely package design for lanjaron mineral water / even birds need modern architecture / cats do too / works of aiweiwei dot com monday nov 10 2008 a crazy person makes a bracelet. ha haaa ha / earthbag building - sandbag shelters / adobe photoshop gets real / artwork and illustrations of femke hiemstra / whiteboard pong / a light bulb that won't role off the table / yet another beautiful space in japan / copenhagen gateway by steven holl / seventeen trees planted on an abandoned site show their excitement / bread crumbs for the birdies / the creations of tara donovan friday nov 7 2008 RBT News: FREEDOM will be available for sale next week! Also, be on the look out for a new 'Distraction' (to the left) for the brand and all about the brand! // a not-so-typical home / newness at stairporn / color pencil illustrations / prettyness from russian designer maxwell lord / [video] a powerful and creative campaign for "Pain Without Borders" - for some of us, pain never stops. / backyard studio - the KitHAUS / found type by seblester / alive & kicking - nyc independent business owners / a typical day poster / funnel wall - amazing mousetrap of a drain thursday nov 6 2008 It's my birthday and i'll do what i want to... DAY OFF! wednesday nov 5 2008 You voted America! The madness is over. Now let's really role up our sleeves, come together, work together and repair these beautiful UNITED States of America. Let's start with proper motivation. I have a dream that someday every wall in every home will be graced with a right brain terrain poster. Sorry. We all have dreams. // fifty redesigns for you to debate / illustration goodnessness / illustrator yann lebec / design from tokyo / pollution is closer than you think / the air car is powered by a tank of compressed air. wha? / the art of arien valizadeh / ballers for barack / chiso of kyo yuzen. japanese beautifulness / best halloween costume / modern italian residential design / top speed of 75mph, and will run for 125 miles on a single charge (est. 1999) tuesday nov 4 2008 VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE. Thank you. / anara tower, dubai - a restaurant? / print your own three dee models / a clamp shelf / the thermometer of tomorrow for future kids / brilliant paper heart project from haruki nakamura / ghostshrimp : dan james : illustration / open air theater and rain water collector / the work of mr. alan clarke / t-shirt prints by rob bobi / your left, my right by mr.kelly / boy with claws trapped in a bottle / newman's own lovely packaging / and speaking of good package design... / the graphic design of garrett karol monday nov 3 2008 t-shirts and posters only reveal their message when exposed to the rain / open spaces and a view / sophie henson, the work of / [via 1983] illustrator toby triumph / the illustration of ilyas kazakov / the design and drawrings of karen kurycki / Puddles in New York and Paris / [video] trailer of 'the reader' / updates on banksy's site / giant lego man appears on beach / obama guerrilla marketing / kraak & smaak flip books / an interpretation of the same sentence by different artists worldwide / lolo edger's blog / a yummy chocolate lamp / neil barrett flagship store in tokyo / sweet sculptures / liquid bookmark ... 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