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Theres a nice preview over at coolhunting of the Mongolian Shoe BBQ, pumas effort to deliver a truly customizable shoe due to launch in the US and Europe in June.
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Join type designer, Rich Roat, for a presentation offering a unique view of life in the House Industries studio and the process by which they approach each project. The House Industries artists use a unique blend of traditional commercial art techniques and state-of-the art Apple equipment to create a unique look and feel to all of their work.
7:30 pm
Friday, April 1st
The Apple Store SoHo
103 Prince St. (between Greene & Mercer)
New York, NY
The Alibre Design for Rhino plug-in ... allows solid models created in Alibre Design to be inserted into Rhino with an associative link. Any changes made to the solid model in Alibre Design are transferred via the plug-in to the existing file in Rhino.Posted by: csven | Comments (0)
I've seen homemade cars, planes, and even spaceships on the net. But this is the first site I've seen documenting a homemade submarine. Fun. And be sure to check out the links in "Submarine 101" - the concrete sub is a riot. With technology migrating into the toolbox of the average Joe (or Joetta), the crazy and sometimes brilliant things they do are inspiring.
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PetEsthe (try saying that without spitting), a trademark of Merry Do Beauty Products, offers crazy exciting colors for your pet. Substance of Style, anyone?
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Home gym for an absent Lego cowboy?
The latest Design Awards, this time around from Business 2.0. Are we fatigued with this sort of thing yet? Also, Honorable Mentions.
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In the spirit of freitag, meet rebound, the custom made purse from real books. Each one takes 8-10 hours to produce not including sourcing the book and and fabric.
These purses are all made from real old hardback books, the pages are removed and the cover is left intact. The spine becomes the bottom of the purse, so the longer the book, the wider the purse.
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"The latest photography meme is to take a picture of what's behind your computer monitor and make it your desktop picture..." is over. This is WAY better. Posted by: Allan Chochinov | Comments (0)
Seems implausible that somebody sufficiently object-cultured to own an iPod would be sloppy enough to use it with a�gasp�knot in their headphone cord. Nuh-uh. I predict that this is the start of a new urban non-verbal communication language, perhaps not unlike gang colors or those infamous backpocket handkerchiefs. But for this crew, I'm betting it's something more akin to "I've got a bluetooth-enabled phone in my pocket...sniff me," or "I've got more than 5,000 pictures in my Flickr album". (Three knots on the left plus one knot on the left means this, two knots on each means that, etc.)
Hmm, now that I'm thinking more on it, it's probably just "I'm not wearing any underwear." Yup, that's the likeliest.
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World Beard and Moustache Championships....but why the (ahem) costumes?
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Gah. See a well done (fake) trailer here.
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Everybody hides their plungers � or at least tries to. Whether it is in the closet, under the sink or behind the toilet people need to be creative sometimes when it comes to hiding this nasty bathroom accessories, The Toilet Tree� is a standard size plunger that comes with an attractive faux plant that fits atop the plunger handle. The bottom tray of the Toilet Tree fits the plunger cup and keeps germs off the bathroom floor as well. When the plunger needs to be used, the plant is simply lifted revealing the hidden plunger.Posted by: Steve Portigal | Comments (0)
The Patent Room is a collection of patent drawings from the 1920s-1950s. Some really beautiful sketches in there, old-skool style.
Thanks to astute reader Robert Johnston for the tip.
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will the molestache ever grow back into fashion?
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I don't know about the business model or likelihood of success behind Ron Jeremy's mobile phone service, but you've gotta love the logo.
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Wood.e is essentially electrified wood. Furniture made of Wood.e, with an electrical current of 12V, permits one to easily plug in different applications (plug and play). Wood.e is a built-up composite comprised by plywood and two integrated conducting layers. These layers allow for unprecedented possibilities for sound, light, and motion to be combined seamlessly with wood furniture.
Designed by Transalpin, the project "living in a box" is a furniture system made out of Wood.e, and demonstrates the potential of this material. Stand-alone furniture like chairs, tables, lamps and shelves create symbiotic relationships that are not possible with ordinary wood or metal, and previously isolated objects can now combine the functions of furniture, lighting and space definition.
[Excerpted from the Transalpin website.]
From the TRANSMATERIAL newsletter, "Product of the Week".
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Kram/Weisshaar has succeeded in programming the genetic code of an object. Their software controls the processes of breeding tables. Every object, even though mass-produced, becomes a unique individual. domus has an interview with Reed Kram and Clemens Weisshaar.
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The New York International Auto Show officially opens today. This post is coincidentally about as personal as you'll see from me here... and not just because its about my two hometowns getting it on with style. The NY Times does a bang-up job covering it all from a design angle:
[My former classmate, and all-around amazing artist] Anthony Prozzi discusses the relationship between fashion, ice skating and car interiors.
Camp Jeep New York set a new precedent for exhibit experiences last year, and its only bigger and better this time around. CJNY '05 involved more than 100 dump trucks, four tons of rocks, boulders and gravel, and 26 truckloads of exhibit properties. A much deserved vacation goes to lead project designer Geoff Albro [who's office happens to sit right across from mine at GPJ.]
Also of note, profiles on seven rising young designers.
Full coverage of the NYIAS here.
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Braun will celbrate 50 years of design with events throughout the year. The first happened in London two weeks ago, with a panel discussion. En exhibit opens at Braun HQ in Germany this summer, and comes to the US in December. Their web site has a nice gallery of design classics, includiung the Phonosuper SK-5, shown above, from 1958.
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The Solar Death Ray has been posted in quite a few spots, and for good reason. "112 mirrors mounted on a platform 4 feet wide and 6 feet tall" which, when properly aligned, can heat targets to around 1000 degrees. Best of all it is on wheels, making it easily transportable to parties.
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The E-Go notebook, by Netherlands-based Tulip computers, is billed as the first 'lifestyle notebook'. This debuted at the CeBIT show a few weeks back. The machine is certainly a high-performance notebook with an unusual form, but the innovation is the interchangeable fabric-covered enclosures. The company is using a new overmolding process developed by Inclosia Solutions that allows high-volume production of plastic parts bonded to fabric, leather, wood, metal or other materials. The E-Go, designed by Marcel van Galen, is also available with inlaid diamonds and rubies (suggested price - 283,000 euros!).
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The E-Go notebook, by Netherlands-based Tulip computers, is billed as the first 'lifestyle notebook'. This debuted at the CeBIT show a few weeks back. The machine is certainly a high-performance notebook with an unusual form,but the innovation is the interchangeable fabric-covered enclosures. The company is using a new overmolding process developed by Inclosia Solutions that allows high-volume production of plastic parts bonded to fabric, leather, wood, metal or other materials. The product was designed by Marcel van Galen, and in addition to the fabric covers, is also available with inlaid diamonds and rubies (suggested price - 283,000 euros!).
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Nissan's new Michigan design studio
[Architect Jennifer Luce's] approach has gone beyond the dot-com cliche of comfy sofas and pinball machines sprinkled around a high-tech office: at Nissan she drew on lessons from her work on lofts and houses - about the texture, color and "intimacy" of materials, as she puts it, and about the balancing of privacy and openness - to reconcile workplace efficiency with human needs. - NY Times
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Pretty clever wallpaper
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If you've invested in one of the latest apple powerbooks, you have to download this orientation visualizer that exploits the built in 'Sudden Motion Sensor' intended to prevent data loss by locking the hard drive if you accidently bump or drop the machine. The "perturbed desktop" doesn't really have any purpose but I bet steve wishes he thought of first as this offers a new input method for user interfaces to control games, phones, PDAs and other mobile devices.
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Dressed as a British pensioner, over the last few days Banksy entered each of the galleries and attached one of his own works, complete with authorative name plaque and explanation.
Lets see how the US handles this breach of security, The Tate Britain dealt with the same prank pretty well stating the artists painting was available to be picked up from lost property.
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Business 2.0 asks Pentagram to envision some possible future Apple products.
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The world may not need another iron, but that doesn't mean the responsibilities of the designer end with the production of the artifact. Extreme Ironing spins new yarns on "user interface" and "product lifecycle." [via MUG] Posted by: Allan Chochinov | Comments (0)
The Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR) has organized a prsion design boycott campaign, calling it a "devastating moral blight on our society and an overwhelming economic burden on our tax dollars." Some of the facts listed on their website are pretty sobering. Lauren Cerand conducted an interview with Raphael Sperry, who is spearheading the campaign.
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File this under "Nuts and Bolts"
Hey, many of us so-called "Industrial Designers" do more than just product styling. I prefer the term "Product Designer" because that's what I do: I design products. That includes all the messy little details like plastic piece-part design, assembly and yes, snap fits.
So, when I come across a nifty little design guide in Machine Design Magazine for designing the kind of snap-fit you see on a bottle of Tylenol, I share it. You never know when you're going to need stuff like this. And hey, nobody likes having to go to an "engineer" to help them do something like this. (Many of us don't have anyone to throw it to anyway.)
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Sure there is a lot of this stuff out there but this one is really a great synthesis of sony's legacy forms and colors with contemporary product. Practical? Well..., just keep the cat away from it. Posted by: shaggy | Comments (0)
This probably technically belongs in the C77 Materials Blog, (though the Internet 1.0 nav buttons probably belong in the C77 Software and Technology Blog), but here it is: Chinese Watermelon Art. Posted by: Allan Chochinov | Comments (0)
Our high-tech Mobile Kitchens are licensed restaurants. We outfit them with Custom Ovens that can cook your pizza at a speedy 600 degrees. Our Mobile Pizza Kitchens utilize the latest in wireless internet technology, and produce enough electricity to power your home. (And they look pretty sporty too!) Remember, we cook your pizza while we drive to you. �30 seconds from our oven to your door� insures your pizza arrives hot every time.via Springwise Posted by: Steve Portigal | Comments (0)
Fabien Cousteau has developed the most advanced artificial shark submarine to date (believe it or not, it isn't the first; His father tried and failed before him). This 14 foot, 1000 pound, pneumatically controlled, video cameras for eyes!! wonder will hopefully allow him to get closer to the kind of untamed wild sharks that oceanographers dream of. Check out the interview at Apple.
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iPod � GAS - they've been out for a while now but we would like to give them our little stamp of approval as each one has the coolness of 10 ordinary ipod cases combined!. via k10k Posted by: shaggy | Comments (0)
Technology has a great article about how innovative design and engineering toward a real problem (as opposed to more branding) can make an unbelievable difference in the success of a product. Their example is Spalding's Infusion integrated pump ball. Check out Spalding: An Idea with Bounce
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One of our neighbors to the north (or fans thereof) is gonna be lookin' sweet with this Ultimate Canada Smarphone, auctioned to benefit the Autism Society Canada. Check out the pre-loaded bennies:
-Music by Arcade Fire, k-os, Oscar Peterson and Neil Young
-E-book "The Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood
-Audio books "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel and "A History of Ice Hockey" by Greg Proops
-Ringtone "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams
-Mobile Air Hockey game
-Text to "O Canada"
-Canadian Donuts, an application that locates the nearest donut shop for road-weary warriors.
(I know this list belongs on SNL or the Daily, but apparently this is serious.)
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The innovative automaker who left a promising career in Detroit to develop the stainless steel-skinned, gull-winged sports car bearing his name and was acquitted of charges he planned to sell $24 million worth of cocaine to support the venture has died at the age of 80.
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Gizmag has a nice write up on Intelligent Energy's prototype for an emission neutral fuel cell-powered motorcycle. The article has lots of pretty pictures and discusses some other ENV two-wheelers, but the best part imo is the design of the fuel cell container itself; or rather the CORE. Gizmag quotes Seymourpowell's Nick Talbot: "When it came to designing the casing for the CORE we treated it as a standalone project, giving this radical fuel cell its due as a beautiful, valuable and useful energy resource."
Gizmag also provides some technical data, including the CORE being a "high pressure composite cylinder". What the article doesn't include is this tasty bit over on MIT's Technology Review website which might someday allow designers to get even more creative with the CORE. Considering what they've already done, it's difficult to imagine a more beautiful solution to be honest. So while Xuebo Zhao, colleagues and others work to improve hydrogen storage technology, I guess we'll just have to settle for this. Oh, whoa is we.
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I suppose you could buy the thing, but just downloading the sample movie will be enough to give you the creeps. [via Creative Generalist]
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Their answers are pretty interesting.
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Latte Art. We love Fridays.
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The results of the 9th International Bicycle Design Competition were unveiled at the Taipei Cycle Show last week. The winners were a team from Purdue U., including a student, a recent grad, and a teacher, and their training bike "Shift" is pictured above. The winners page shows all the finalists, with bike names like Wild Buffalo, Bike of Wow and Moby Dick. Nice.
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CG Auctions is a new auction site for the Computer Graphics world. In their words "Buy and Sell everything related to Computer Graphics." While you will find fonts, backgrounds, books and tutoriasl, you'll also find complete layered models for sale, such as the tasty cheesburger pictured above. For your convenience, all the elements of the burger are separate so you can have it your way.
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A pair of engineers in London have come up with a "building in a bag" -- a sack of cement-impregnated fabric. To erect the structure, all you have to do is add water to the bag and inflate it with air. Twelve hours later the Nissen-shaped shelter is dried out and ready for use.
Check out the article at Wired.
South by Southwest web award winners revealed here.
A special pat on the back goes out to Cloud King
masterminds Tim and Mike.
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If there's one thing I find irritating about the new high-quality videogames it's the slow load-up. Even with the newest hard drives and RAM, gamers still have to wait while all that information - the stuff that makes these virtual worlds increasingly realistic - gets loaded into memory. If there is to be a "Metaverse", that alternate virtual reality described by Neal Stephenson in his book "Snow Crash", it needs to be immediate; consumers won't wait for it. And now they may not have to. Yahoo News yesterday posted this article on Dutch giant Philips Electronics' development of a new memory technology using Antimony/Tellurium that's cheap, fast, and doesn't forget. If truly practical, it could signal the end of both Flash and DRAM. It may also signal the beginning of new opportunities for cyberspace.
Even so, I expect there will still be "portals" that subdivide this virtual world into regions similar to how it's done in videogames. After all, gamers and consumers won't be satisfied until everything looks/sounds/behaves like the real world (which actually kind of defeats some of the advantages of a virtual world). This of course means more and more content of increasingly higher quality, so somewhere a lot of information is going to need to be stored. Once upon a time holographic data storage sounded like the solution to these kinds of problems. But now New Scientist reports that IBM's Zurich lab has developed a new high-density data storage chip called "Millipede". Right now it's a technology that went to the CeBIT prom alone so we're left to wonder who will turn up as their dance partner for the next show.
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The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit presents Holy Sit (a.k.a. The Chair Show,) an exhibition of 32 artists, designers and architects from the Cranbrook Academy of Art.
April 9 - May 5th, 2005
Opening Reception Saturday, April 9, 6pm
Musical Selections by Mike Servito
Gallery Hours: Thurs - Sat, 12 - 6pm
5141 Rosa Parks Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48208
313-899-CAID
Smart Second Skin Dress
By comparing fabric to skin with it's own personal scent symphony that changes with emotion, the fabric comes alive through smell by a process in which the wearer gives life to the dress. Smart Second Skin interacts with human emotions whereby the aroma dimension is an integral part of the wearers total wellness sensory experience.Posted by: Steve Portigal | Comments (0)
Photographic database of many aircraft instrument panels
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Chicago-based design firm PDT was acquired by Telezygology, a producer of mechanical fasteners, for $USD 12 million. Add this to the list of ID firms now owned by larger companies (Steelcase and IDEO, Flextronics and Frog, etc.)
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There's some nice photo documentation over at ekosystem of the artists Absurdmafia presenting their Russian style street art installation.
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Speaking of balls, Dyson has a new vacuum based on a large yellow one: "Because the ball can tilt and pivot (unlike conventional wheels), a simple turn of the wrist allows you to steer through a wide arc, making it easy to manoeuvre around furniture and obstacles" - images here, official site here
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Work Magazine's second issue is scheduled for March 2005 - pick it up if you see it! For a sampling they have a few complete articles from the last issue online now: 24-Hour Working People - a look inside New York's Korean-deli cabal, and Freelancers with Benefits - an interview with the founders of the Freelancers Union Posted by: shaggy | Comments (0)
BATMAN: NEW TIMES is a student film starring (among others) Adam West (the actor from the TV series) as Batman. Another example of technology enabling the blurring of consumer and producer.
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Man, what's the world coming to when the instructions to this Duct Tape Wallet come from the legit 3M website itself (and 3M Canada, to boot!)? If this turns you on, though, check out ducttapefashion, and, for a really polished look, this one here. [3M verision via makezine.com via del.icio.us. via whoknowswherelse]
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The first scented balls from Storm Products � green apple and citrus � came out in the spring of 2000. Since then, the company has produced about 40 scents. The current scents are black cherry, chocolate, lemonade, plum, blueberry, grape, banana, cinnamon, orange, amaretto and cherry.
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Core77 dropped in at the armory art fair this weekend for a bit of culture. Seeing so much art in one space is a little like window shopping after hours but the diversity of work ensured there was something for everyone.
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The General Store - A chain in Japan that advertises "80% of our products are made in U.S.A." I wonder if their can-do, coarse, nostalgic take on the American brand is common abroad.
Regina Regis Rain -These are actually Italian but I like that the green ones include scoring that suggests they were formed by submerging someone in socks and shoes in plasi-dip.
Trycrop's Tabletop Cable Hutch - A little danish-modern styled accessory that only a very tidy office could give proper room to. The inverted cable trough is its amusing alternative. Posted by: shaggy | Comments (0)
Apple also sets its self apart by designing machines that are also little works of art -- even if it means making life difficult for manufacturers contracted to build those designs. One executive told of Steve Jobs's insistence that no screws be visible on the laptop his company was manufacturing for Apple. The executive said his company had no idea how to handle the job and had to invent a new tooling process for the job.Via JJG Posted by: Steve Portigal | Comments (0)
Speaking of Virgin happenings...According to Engadget, it seems Virgin Electronics is dead. Kind of a shame if you ask me. They really took some risks and came out with great looking products. A couple big name firms tackled some hard hitting electronics that failed to fly off the shelves as they hoped. First it was the Target-only line designed by Ecco, and most recently the line of mobile mp3 products designed by Astro. Maybe Richard Branson was too busy to help out, what with his dealings with Fox. I mean, can a Rebel Billionaire be expected to keep tabs on everything his companies are up to? I suppose you can afford to have a few misses when you've got billions in the bank. Posted by: | Comments (0)
Funny set of banner ads for Virgin Atlantic . Best one there is haircut. Play around long enough, and you might start a fire.
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Currently running Target store TV ads feature animation from presstube.com. Also came across a little information about presstube's creators.
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This is being heavily blogged but is worth checking out. A few scribbles and this algorithm creates very very good colorized images.
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Motorola's hot again, and Newsweek gives it some high-profile coverage.
The credits might not be quite-right, but at the end of the day the Razr and Pebl speak for themselves; Motorola and the carriers are starting to understand the true value of emotional design.
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Delivering solid content since November 1996, its great to see the shift guys still going strong.
"For the many editions, fantastic artists from around the world have designed the cover pages for Shift. As a special thank you gift, there will be prizes from many of these artists for 100 of our readers who enter by the end of April 10th. The entry form is located through the bottom of the dropdown menu in the Contents link. Everyone please enter."
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It looks cute. It even has a friendly name. But ROB-1 will doubtlessly be as menacing to the unsuspecting public as Robocop's nemesis, ED-209 - if and when hackers and pranksters get hold of it. And from this article over on Gizmag, it sounds like Sony Ericsson does intend to sell this thing. Imagine a picture-taking robot you control with a cell phone. My prediction: someone will figure out a use for these things no decent person would consider. So while I have absolutely no idea what they'll come up with, I know it won't be polite.
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Read something today that reminded me of this, the first paragraph from William Gibson's novel, Count Zero:
They set a slamhound on Turner's trail in New Delhi, slotted it to his pheromones and the color of his hair. It caught up with him on a street called Chandni Chauk and came scrambling for his rented BMW through a forest of bare brown legs and pedicab tires. Its core was a kilogram of recrystallized hexogene and flaked TNT.Having read that, now take a look at this link (courtesy of Engadget) on what the mad scientists at Darpa are trying to create. Wonderful. Posted by: csven | Comments (0)
Israeli designer Ronen Kadushen is promoting the concept of Open Design on his web site. A collection of designs for lights and housewares, the Open Design products are meant to be shared, distributed and produces by anyone, anywhere, under a Creative Commons deed. Each object is available as a zip file that includes a DXF file, several JPGs of a finished product, and production notes. All you need is a CNC machine and some sheet steel and you're in business. The collection will be on view during the Milan fair and DesignMai 2005.
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Grapples are Fuji apples dipped in Concord grape flavor to better appeal to kids. My product review is here.
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I cringed when the first Adbusters Blackspot sneakers were released. They were supposed to let me stomp on corporate greed - guilt free, but they looked eerily similar to Chuck Taylors classic canvas sneakers. Thankfully, Adbusters is evolving their design by collaborating with Fluevog to create the all-new Blackspot Version 2. Made of hemp and recycled tire, these shoes are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do.
Cadillac used a focus group of celebrities to get their opinions on the yet to be unveiled 2007 Escalade including: NBA players, actors from That 70's Show, movie producers, hip-hop artists, etc, etc.
My question is, if cars come blinged right out of the factory, whose ride will X have left to pimp?
Story at AutoWeek (via the excellent MotoringFile)
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Here's a relatively new article about the Adidas 1, a high-end shoe with more control over heel cushioning than some airplanes use for control surfaces. It's gotten plenty of press, so if you want more images a quick google will probably satisfy that urge. In the meantime, it seems like Adidas is taking a chance on this soon to be released product. Good for them.
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This month Core77 is ten years old. There are too many memories to incude them all here, so I've started a thread to collect any and all recollections of the past ten years in design, on the web, or from our site in particular.
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A word of caution to my fellow bloggers: The next post you publish could cost you your job. News reports have been coming in from all angles with tales of blog-related firings. If you haven't heard the term "dooced" before, you need to keep yourself in the know. Heather Armstrong knows what dooced means, but for her it is already too late. In fact, she was the first to hear the term, but sadly won't be the last. Not even tech savvy companies like Google and Microsoft are immune to the latest layoff craze set to sweep the nation. Okay, so maybe it's not a craze, but please, be careful what you type, okay?
Danish design firm PAPCoRN has developed a line of "contemporary, environmentally friendly compostable dinner sets for light meals." The elegant, disposible dishes are made from Bioplast, a corn-based plastic that breaks down in a matter of months instead of centuries.
Found at Treehugger.com.
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