choti (urdu for “small”) findings and musings. it’s my way of sharing piyari (urdu for “beautiful”) photos, ideas, essays, and concepts i discover during the course of the day. from the crazy designer/editor who can’t find time to maintain a blog.Tumblr (3.0; @chotipiyari)http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltk8mmzUyE1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5813022/its-like-a-giant-lite+brite-for-adults/gallery/1">Valentin Ruhry</a> had the brilliant idea to take 5,000 orange rocker switches you normally see in power strips and transform them into a <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5813022/its-like-a-giant-lite+brite-for-adults/gallery/1">blank canvas</a> (<a href="http://www.swiss-miss.com/2011/06/wall-of-rocker-switches.html">via</a>)</span></p>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/11857750595http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/11857750595Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:54:22 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltk8h2s2Tl1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>giant melting sculptures expose extreme heat in texas! (<a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665233/exposing-texass-ungodly-heat-with-giant-melting-crayon-sculptures">via</a>)</p>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/11857700838http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/11857700838Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:51:02 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltk855JZaM1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/11857593370http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/11857593370Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:43:53 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lreed3euQG1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/10119540853http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/10119540853Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:05:27 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr37gq8smx1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(<a href="http://citygirldiariesec1.blogspot.com/2010/07/close-up-tim-walkers-dress-lamp-tree.html">via</a>)</p>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/9869765122http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/9869765122Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:02:50 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfs0c3mVjW1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>to all the egyptian protesters</p>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2990756104http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2990756104Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:45:39 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfs017BbaQ1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2990707332http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2990707332Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:39:07 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfrz4jmMBx1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2990554431http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2990554431Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:19:31 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfryvrM8N11qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2990512067http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2990512067Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:14:15 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfryphzyap1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>by ARON JANCSO</p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.lettercult.com/archives/740">lettercult</a>)</p>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2990481228http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2990481228Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:10:29 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfrxafP4wv1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2990215302http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2990215302Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:39:51 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfjm4vskba1qzyx1no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://pixelnoir.tumblr.com/post/2911778658">pixelnoir</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>29 things young designers need to know. I agree with all of them, and would like to ad one “don’t get too attached to any idea you have”.</p> </blockquote>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2925474866http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2925474866Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:03:08 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfki7arJon1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><em>“When the Cipher glass is empty, it resembles a meaningless colourful mosaic. When a drink is poured into it, the name of the drink is revealed.”</em></p> <p>Differently coloured squares are scattered across the glass surface in a seemingly random pattern to hide the name of drinks which can only be revealed when the glass is filled. The Cipher glass concept, which has won 2009 reddot design award, is designed by <a title="Original Link: http://relogik.com/" target="_blank" href="http://www.hipbip.com/?vpd57mao">Damjan Stanković</a>.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.hipbip.com/2009/12/02/cipher-by-damjan-stankovic/">hipbip</a>)</p>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2921920343http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2921920343Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:30:46 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfki0vzOSq1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2921894531http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2921894531Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:26:55 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfkhx2XAHQ1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2921879223http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2921879223Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:24:38 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfkh30LfwL1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(<a href="http://www.behance.net/Gallery/fashion/134471">via</a>)</p>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2921747181http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2921747181Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:06:36 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfkh09A17V1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2921735028http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2921735028Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:04:57 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfi9risJYl1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>last suppers: james reynolds’ photographs of death row inmates final meals</p> <p>pictured above: ” I tried to research why each prisoner chose what they did, but only discovered why the single olive was chosen. This olive was un-pitted, and the thinking behind it was that the inmate thought that after being executed and buried, an olive tree—a symbol of peace—would grow from him. It was indeed a very profound thought or idea, but an olive tree has not yet been found on his grave.”</p> <p>for the entire slideshow: <a href="http://www.good.is/post/last-suppers-james-reynolds-photographs-of-death-row-inmates-final-meals/">http://www.good.is/post/last-suppers-james-reynolds-photographs-of-death-row-inmates-final-meals/</a></p> <p>(via GOOD)</p>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2902677935http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2902677935Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:33:00 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ler0kizvFf1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2665792042http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2665792042Sun, 09 Jan 2011 01:19:30 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldxfawSdVL1qzxc3to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>playing with <a href="http://sfmoma.org/projects/artscope/">SFMoMA artscope</a></p>http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2443943740http://chotipiyari.tumblr.com/post/2443943740Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:49:44 -0800