The truth about Smart, a great example of interactive storytelling: simple, wit and even very informative.
(via adverblog)
can you fall in love with a magazine rack?
Magazine rack by Fredrik Paulsen. Fantastic. Ella, what do you think?
10minute lecture today in DUMBO. Join me.
Are you also in the DUMBO area? Then join me for today’s 10minute lecture at the Melville House Bookstore. At 1:15pm. Lize Mogel and Alexis Bhagat, Editors of An Atlas of Radical Cartography, are giving a mini lecture.
35+ Examples of Corporate Social Media in Action
Mashable assembled a list of more than 35 companies who are experimenting with social media in a host of different ways. 35+ Examples of Corporate Social Media in Action
Beijing Olympics Pictograms
Pictograms being used for the events at the Beijing Olympics. Above is a variant the NY Times used in their Olympics section the other day.
(thank you adam)
Kids’ House by Studiomama
Yes, please! Kids’ House by Studiomama.
25 “luxury” plastic bottle designs
In a thought-provoking photo-essay in Lens Culture, Frank Yamrus shows us 25 “luxury” plastic bottle designs, and provides an amazing compilation of facts about our modern-day obsession with these sleek, cool, convenient status symbols.
Bicycle Basket Net
Bicycle Basket Net. I need this.
Paper Shoes
Kung Fu slippers for the afterworld, paper shoes burned at a Chinese funeral to be used on the other side.
Huge Red Net Bag
I think this is a perfect solution for all those stuffed animals that are piling up in Ella’s room. Put them in one of these Huge Red Net Bags and hang it from the ceiling.
wrong on so many levels…
… but this Vintage Novelty Pistol Gun Hairdryer made me smile, I admit it. If we didn’t have a little daughter, I’d totally buy this.
ABC3D Written & Illustrated by Marion Bataille
Thanks for reminding me of this one, Craig. I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these!
‘bodies in urban spaces’ by willi dorner and lisa rastl
art director willi dorner and photographer lisa rastl have collaborated on two project combining humans in odd formations and unusual locations. ‘hängende gärten’ and ‘bodies in urban spaces’ both set out to explore the “relationship between body, space and architecture”. the urban based series was created as a set of human sculptures which were spread throughout the city of vienna. the artist has effectively transformed the human body into form, a complete reversal from the classical convention of creating the human form from a material.
(via designboom)
We-think: The Power of Mass Creativity
In “We Think: Mass Innovation, Not Mass Production”, British innovation and creativity guru Charles Leadbeater makes the case, based on countless well-documented examples from all over the world, that innovation in the era of the Web has become a collective, collaborative effort. “You are what you share”, he writes. Walking his talk, he shares part of the final book and the full first draft on his website.
If you’re intruiged, like I was, you can buy the book here
Also, he’s blogging and discussing the book at HereComesEverybody.org.
UPDATE: Herecomeseverybody.org is the blog of Clay Shirky who has a book of the same name. Both interesting people and talk/write about the same
subject, but are very much two different people. Thank you for the clarification, Eliot.
(via lunch over IP)
tondo
Tondo is a professionally produced round face. Always soft, never blobby. Consider it a gentler VAG with more sophistication and text setting possibilities.
Kings Caslon
King’s Caslon. Pretty.
Message in a Bottle, by Charles Fishman
Source: UN Comtrade online database, 2006; Emmanuelle Bournay.
Americans spent more money last year on bottled water than on ipods or movie tickets: $15 Billion. A journey into the economics–and psychology–of an unlikely business boom. And what it says about our culture of indulgence. Message in a Bottle, by Charles Fishman
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