http://lessthan100g.com/ A blog dedicates to the stuff that are tiny and beautiful http://lessthan100g.com/issue-1/ http://lessthan100g.com/issue-1/ Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:21:29 +1200 Just bought the latest issue of the lovely UPPERCASE magazine, as usual it is beautiful, if you never read one before I suggest you heading to the website and order the whole set... http://lessthan100g.com/issue-2/ http://lessthan100g.com/issue-2/ Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:22:59 +1200 I recently purchased A collection a day - a book by Lisa Congdon who is a San Francisco-based illustrator and fine artist... http://lessthan100g.com/issue-3/ http://lessthan100g.com/issue-3/ Sat, 3 Sep 2011 18:21:29 +1200 What? Animal less than 100 gram! Are you serious? The answer is yes, please read on... http://lessthan100g.com/issue-4/ http://lessthan100g.com/issue-4/ Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:26:29 +1200 A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage... http://lessthan100g.com/issue-5/ http://lessthan100g.com/issue-5/ Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:45:29 +1200 In modern clothing and fashion design, a button is a small fastener, most commonly made of plastic, but also frequently of seashell... http://lessthan100g.com/issue-6/ http://lessthan100g.com/issue-6/ Tue, 4 Oct 2011 09:45:29 +1300 The toothbrush is an oral hygiene instrument used to clean the teeth and gums that consists of a head of tightly clustered bristles mounted on a handle... http://lessthan100g.com/issue-7/ http://lessthan100g.com/issue-7/ Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:20:29 +1300 A guitar pick is a plectrum used for guitars. Guitar-pick collecting started off as a very... http://lessthan100g.com/issue-8/ http://lessthan100g.com/issue-8/ Wed, 2 Nov 2011 09:22:29 +1300 A couple of weeks ago I needed a tie to go with the cloth my wife bought me as a gift. I spent hours searching over the Internet looking for a good tie... http://lessthan100g.com/issue-9/ http://lessthan100g.com/issue-9/ Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:45:29 +1300 Bookmarks were used throughout the medieval period, consisting usually of a small parchment strip attached to the edge of folio (or a piece of cord attached to headband)... http://lessthan100g.com/issue-10/ http://lessthan100g.com/issue-10/ Thu, 1 Dec 2011 11:20:29 +1300 A couple of days ago I read an article about Li Weiqin from China who has been collecting matchbox labels since he was 9 years old... http://lessthan100g.com/issue-11/ http://lessthan100g.com/issue-11/ Wed, 4 Jan 2012 10:30:29 +1300 I have always wanted to get a Polaroid camera. As a designer, I think at some stage I just have to get one of those, to experience the fun people have been talking... http://lessthan100g.com/issue-12/ http://lessthan100g.com/issue-12/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:40:29 +1300 Luggage labels have traditionally been used by bus, train and airline companies to route passenger luggage that is checked on to the final destination... http://lessthan100g.com/issue-13/ http://lessthan100g.com/issue-13/ Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:46:29 +1300 Toy soldiers! http://lessthan100g.com/issue-14/ http://lessthan100g.com/issue-14/ Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:20:29 +1300 In 1880, the first beermats made of cardboard were introduced by the German printing company, Friedrich Horn. In 1892, Robert Sputh of Dresden manufactured the first beermat made of wood pulp. http://lessthan100g.com/issue-15/ http://lessthan100g.com/issue-15/ Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:10:29 +1200 This is one of the new directions we are going to add to the site. Instead of only featuring collections, we will be adding stuff (could be in any format) that are beautiful and well crafted as long as they are tiny. This issue is a perfect example of that.... http://lessthan100g.com/issue-16/ http://lessthan100g.com/issue-16/ Tue, 1 May 2012 10:01:29 +1200 Some time before 1565 (some sources say as early as 1500), an enormous deposit of graphite was discovered on the approach to Grey Knotts from the hamlet of Seathwaite in Borrowdale parish, Cumbria, England.The locals found that it was very useful for marking sheep. This particular deposit of...