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November 30, 2004
Product Design Personality
How does America's product design industry cope with the outsourcing of manufacturing and now design of it's products? This article suggests you focus on designing the products personality
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GM campaigners dismiss safe report
A new report that claims GM food is safe has been dismissed as missing the point
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Smiling frowned upon
Under new passport application rules in America, smiling in your passport photo could now get your application rejected.
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November 29, 2004
Surface turns 10
Design and fashion magazine 'Surface' turns 10
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Gehry too bright
The newly completed Disney concert hall in LA reflects the light so brightly that people could end up going blind.
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Mobile gaming in India
Is taking off among the technically savvy in India.
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Patently Yours
What does the recently signed FTA between Australia and the USA mean for the IP industry in Australia?
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The Relationship Revolution
An essay debunking the idea of the 'Information Revolution' and pushing the idea of the 'Relationship Revolution'
Posted by miosite at 10:03 AM | Comments (0)
SUV's need to carry a health warning
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UK music sales see record album sales
UK record companies are celebrating their best ever year for album sales, with a record 237 million sold in the 12 months to September.
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Face recognition technology
The BBC has an article on facial recognition technology which allows CCTV footage to be scanned and people quickly identified based on the shapes of their faces.
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November 26, 2004
How to Kill a Mockingbird
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Banana Guard
Prevent the tragedy of bruised bananas
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November 25, 2004
Thinner
Free electronic MP3's licensed under creative commons
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Art Dorks
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Christo
Christo is to wrap Central Park, NY
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Smoking
Smoking killed nearly 5 million people in 2000
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November 24, 2004
Food Experience
Why is it the French can eat fatty, rich foods and still have a lower obesity rate than Britain or America? This 'French Paradox' could come down to 'experiencing' the food.
Posted by miosite at 11:21 AM | Comments (0)
Krappy
If you're after some kitsch or some extra clutter, try Krappy
Posted by miosite at 09:06 AM | Comments (0)
Web Retailing
Is getting more personal, more customisable
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Marc Newson
Some cool looking trainers designed by Marc Newson
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Karim Rashid
Interview with Karim Rashid
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November 23, 2004
Grey Sweatsuit Revolution
Some Toronto Art students have started an attempt to subvert fashion - the Grey Sweatsuit Revolution
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Grilled Sandwich sells
The 10 year old grilled cheese sandwich with a bite taken out of it has just sold on ebay for $35,000
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Complexification
Using algorythms to create interesting patterns and images
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Ovolab Phlink
A great phone application for personalising phone messages and much much more
Posted by miosite at 11:30 AM | Comments (0)
Delusional Conspiracy
Conspiracy theories offer attractively simple explanations for a chaotic world. So we must be careful about what we believe.
Posted by miosite at 09:10 AM | Comments (0)
Retail comeback
A slow change away from the mega-shop is happening in the retail sector.
Posted by miosite at 08:59 AM | Comments (0)
Flexible screens
Where are they and why are they taking so long to become a reality
Posted by miosite at 08:55 AM | Comments (0)
Chocolate cures coughs
An ingredient in chocolate could be used to stop persistant coughs. The study found that theobromine, found in cocoa, was nearly a third more effective in stopping persistent coughs than codeine, currently considered the best cough medicine.
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Death of the Video recorder
Due to the boom in DVD players, Dixons (UK's largest electrical chain) has decided to stop selling the video cassette recorder.
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Laser Printers
Did you know that every colour laser printer prints out a hidden serial number on each page? So if you start counterfeiting bank notes they can trace it back to you.
Posted by miosite at 08:39 AM | Comments (0)
November 22, 2004
Chimera
What happens when you blend 'humans' with 'animals'? Biotechnology is making it happen and the ethical philosophy behind it is trying to explain why people are not welcoming of these new 'advances'.
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Kontrapunkt
Kontrapunkt was awarded the Danish Design Prize for best typeface and is available for download
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Ripe TV
An attempt to develop and distribute content to the 18-34 Male demographic has been developed. Content will be delivered on demand with the advertising 'baked in'
Posted by miosite at 08:56 AM | Comments (0)
Rehabilitated Dishware
Sarah Cihat buys crockery from second hand stores, strips them then resurfaces them with new contemporary designs
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November 19, 2004
Osmos Wheel
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Digital Television
With the ability to skip advertising in digital television recorders threatening revenue, Tivo will now put up banner ads when fast forwarding through the commercials
Posted by miosite at 09:20 AM | Comments (0)
Google Scholar
If you are looking for Educational material, try looking on the new Google Scholar
Posted by miosite at 09:19 AM | Comments (0)
November 18, 2004
100% Design
A review of the latest 100% Design
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Latest red list from IUCN
The World Conservation Union has just released it's red list - It lists the 15,589 species - 7,266 animals and 8,323 plants and lichens - as either Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. It is an increase of more than 3,000.
Posted by miosite at 09:55 AM | Comments (0)
Invasive camera photography
Should a flash be added to all camera phones to stop people taking covert images with their camera phones?
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'Free' Trade
Australia has just signed a 'Free' trade agreement with America meanwhile, Mexico is finding under NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) their more environmentally sound farming practices are being threatened via intense competition and GM Maize
Posted by miosite at 09:35 AM | Comments (0)
November 17, 2004
The online ad surge
Video is the latest rage in Net advertising. It represents 11% of online spending, says Jupiter Research. And advertisers are budgeting for more.
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November 16, 2004
RadioPod
Using Perl RadioPod turns streaming radio stations into Mp3s ready for your iPod
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Sumo Brothers
Some nice photography
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Heavy Computer use linked to Glaucoma
Japanese doctors have studied the sight of over 10,000 Japanese workers and found an increased chance of Glaucoma with heavy computer use
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Building Letters
A limited edition charity design magazine with posters and fonts - worth a look
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Music is not a loaf of bread
Wired have a good interview with Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy on p2p music file sharing.
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Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood has a new exhibition on at The National Gallery of Australia - 34 years in fashion it is on until 30 January 2005
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November 15, 2004
Using Bit torrent with RSS
Now you will never miss your favourite TV programs
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Our Type
Some nice typography
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Mobile phone photography
The BBC has an article on the prolific use of mobile phone cameras and the role they are starting to play with documenting events.
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November 10, 2004
Busy-Being
Homewear, textile design and apparel from LA
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Clientcopia
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Ambient Orb
Digital information wirelessly sent to a 'device' that alters it's colour/appearance based on the information sent to it.
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Firefox
The web browser Firefox has been released as version 1
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November 09, 2004
Downtown
A new development by Philippe Starke - Downtown
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Australian water crisis
Of the 25m gigalitres of water used in Australia each year, 17m gigalitres is used in agriculture. Of the 17m gigalitres used in agriculture more than one third of this water is used for politically sensitive, yet financially poor crops such as rice, sugar and cotton.
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Cities without borders
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Perfume Watch
A watch that doubles as a perfume spray
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Delicious Library
A great MacOSX application for documenting your library of books, cds, DVD's etc.
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November 08, 2004
Electronic Blacklisting
What if you got on a blacklist that said you returned bought goods more frequently than most? What other blacklists exist?
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Yugop
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Webesteem
Some nice photography and illustration
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Travelling advice
IF you need help with packing try Magellan's packing tips or if you need help with finding the perfect seat on your plane try seat guru
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Digital Cameras
If you are looking to buy a new digital camera then dcresource.com is a good place to start. Lots of in depth reviews
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Wal Mart
A Wal Mart owned discount store has just opened it's doors less than a kilometre from the ancient temples of Teotihuacan, despite months of protests claiming the sprawling complex was an insult to Mexican culture.
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10x10
100 photos that define the time
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Collider
Some good looking work from Australian design and film company Collider - some of their web work; Khali Interiors and minus2 connectable chopsticks - all via Australianinfront
Posted by miosite at 08:16 AM | Comments (0)
November 05, 2004
Light design
What a great selection of some very interesting light designs
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Ultimate Ears
If you are looking for the ultimate ear buds
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MoCo Loco
A good catalogue of contemporary furniture design
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Kline Design
Some good looking furniture at Kline Design
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Bdlove
Some minimalist organic furniture by Ross Lovegrove over at b.d love
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Gehry Furniture
Frank Gehry Furniture over at Helleronline.com
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ScubaDoo
A funny looking underwater scooter
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Groovetube
THe best thing to happen to television since the remote control
Posted by miosite at 01:03 PM | Comments (0)
November 04, 2004
Net Art
If you are interested in Net Art - check out Turbulence
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Bored of the Dance
'The Brits' have just dropped 'Best Dance Act' from it's awards night. Dance Music in the commercial realm is looking very tired. - follow up; Ben Child hasn't stopped dancing
Posted by miosite at 10:29 AM | Comments (0)
Phishing
A new scam where a website takes over your web browser without you knowing has surfaced. If you use a browser with tabbed browsing - take note
Posted by miosite at 10:16 AM | Comments (0)
Mac OSX
London based analysts mi2g have undertaken a 12 month study of computer operating system security and Mac 0SX came out on top
Posted by miosite at 10:11 AM | Comments (0)
Nokia 7710
Nokia is about to release a new phone with a pen based interface
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Bottled Water
With more people drinking bottled water, the number of trucks, ships and planes transporting it from exotic locations has also increased. The environmental damage this causes is now causing anger among environmental groups - Is bottled water becoming the new SUV?
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iN-PUBLiC
A wonderful selection of street photography.
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2000 yr old cosmetics
A 2000 year old pot of Roman foundation has been discovered.
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Fast Forward
Will sales of hard drive digital TV recorders change the face of television advertising?
Posted by miosite at 08:26 AM | Comments (0)
November 03, 2004
Do hits matter?
Does the number of hits your blog receives translate to income received?
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Heroin horror
Police in London are starting to use shock tactics to show the negative health issues with using Heroin.
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Giant Squid are taking over
The Giant Squid has just surpassed human beings as the the creature that takes up the most space on this planet.
Posted by miosite at 09:49 AM | Comments (0)
November 02, 2004
iPod liberation
Apple has just released iTunes 4.7 with a new 'fix' that disables 'iPod Download' - a little program that gives you the ability to pull music off your iPod and onto your computer. Here is a good article on other ways to liberate your iPod
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Jugglezine
A good resource/webzine for balancing work and life
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Using Information
Some great projects by Natalie Jeremijenko presenting information/data in interesting ways
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2004 RAIA award winners
The 2004 Royal Australian Architecture awards have been awarded - here are the winners
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ambient : interface
The 54th annual International Design Conference in Aspen, Colo. - how we engage with increasingly mobile and sometimes invasive computer technologies.
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Chairman Mau
Newsweek has a look into Bruce Mau's Massive Change project
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Be Happy
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Portable Video Players
According to Jupiter Research, only 13% of European consumers would be interested in a portable video player - maybe the research company should have asked about having 'moving images' on portable devices and not 'video'
Posted by miosite at 09:45 AM | Comments (0)
November 01, 2004
Jonathan Ive
Jonathan Ive talks at London's Design Museum
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Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality is now being used in the tourism industry.
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