DESIGN MIAMI 2011
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VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2011The year 2020 seems to be shorthand for the future. In 2008 CNN and Ericsson collaborated on "Just imagine...what will life be like in 2020?" while 2009 saw the creation of the "Vision 2020: Considering the World and the Future Architect" project.
This year frogdesign, prompted by Forbes, sounded off with "Envisioning Your Future in 2010." Hit the link to check out their ThingBook (augmented reality), Bodynet ("like Google for our bodies") and Whuffie Meter (turning social networking capital into actual currency) concepts.
Incidentally, frog's images remind us of the awesome and undercelebrated infographics laid over Will Ferrell by MK12 Studio for 2006's "Stranger Than Fiction." The footage is sadly unembeddable, but you can see it by clicking here.
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As nicely resolved as these are aesthetically, I'm saddened by their utter conceptual impoverishment. I guess monkeys gotta groom, gotta check their place in the pecking order...gotta shop.
Also, intellectual integrity suggests they should have at least namechecked Cory.