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December 24, 2004
Furniture and object design
Some good stuff from Cocktail Designers
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Animation
A cute yet slightly disturbing flash animation - Music box
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Cultural distribution
Wired has an interesting article on 'The Long Tail' - how new methods of digital distribution have opened up new income streams in the smaller niche cultural products.
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2004 Google Zeitgeist
Google has released it's list of top searches for 2004
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December 23, 2004
What not to do
When setting up a business - the 17 most common mistakes
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New Fonts
Over at Hydro74
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Diesel
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Underware fonts
Some nice fonts
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Flexgrid
A lighting device with many uses - one such use is for a dress at the Milan Triennial 2005.
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Elite Designers against Ikea
An ad campaign by Ikea, discussed by the Guardian
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Bollywood portraits
Get your portrait painted in the style of a Bollywood film poster - via
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Tijuana Christmas
Some Christmas music from the Border Brass
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December 22, 2004
Fashionable drawing
Style.com have a nice little look at the current trend in fashion illustration
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TV over the phone line
How about the phone through the TV?
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Colorstrology
Nicely designed site with lots of colour and smooth animation
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Packaging and brand
Some nice work from Australian brand and package designers, Liston + Platon
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Excess all areas
A fun educational BBC 'site' explaining the use of drugs in a club environment.
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The Accidental Guru
Malcolm Gladwell, author of business book 'The Tipping Point' is discussed over at Fast Company
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The Beastles
Some mash ups of the Beastie Boys and the Beatles
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Clean Energy
An interesting idea for using Kites to produce energy
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Concept cars
Rinspeed concept cars
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Overheard in New York
Some amusing snippets of conversation overheard in New York
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December 21, 2004
BitTorrent file sharing
The movie industry is trying to shut down the use of bitTorrent. The Register has a very good analysis on what BitTorrent is.
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Mobile phone Radiation
They say they're safe, but an EU study says differently
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Erich Ginder
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December 20, 2004
Renzo Piano
Slate talk about Renzo Piano, his work and attitudes to architecture
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Writing for Theatre
Is the constant writing and re-writing of scripts killing the raw energy of the art?
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Floating Logos
Digitally altering photographs of signage so they hover in the air, creating an interesting perspective on what role these signs play in our environment.
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3D French character design and animation
The New Deal
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Porchez Typofonderie
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css guide on the iPod
Very handy if you use css and you own an iPod
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Drink Wine, Eat Chocolate
Now this is what I call medicine.
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Love shack burns down
The B52's classic song 'love shack' was based on this shack in Athens, Georgia - sadly it has recently burnt down
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Home made teleprompter
If you're ever needing to read to the camera and you want to look directly at the camera - you will need your own home made teleprompter.
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December 17, 2004
Born Suckers
Some of the most common mistakes people make when trading on the sharemarket.
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Strange Attractors
A showcase of 12 animations from 12 animators
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iPod bluetooth
Belkin are looking to produce a bluetooth device to transmit music from your iPod to your stereo.
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Solar panels in clothing
Soon we will be able to charge our mobile phones while walking around in the sun.
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Quitting the Paint Factory
The virtues of idleness - just in time for the holidays
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Yous
Some nice bag design utilising recycled billboards
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December 16, 2004
The New Strength of Style
An interesting article discussing the 'form follows function' debate that was once again sparked by James Dyson's resignation from the London Design Museum.
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Bluebroc
A chair to surf the internet in
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Swim and listen to your iPod
Now you won't get bored doing laps - a water proof case for your iPod
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Mobile strap
An interesting way to carry your mobile phone
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Sherlock Holmes mp3's
A good collection of Sherlock Holmes radio broadcasts in mp3 format - via
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Photo printers
Tests show that home photography printers can be better than getting your prints developed at a photo lab.
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Internet shopping
During the festive season in the UK, internet shopping has increased by 64% from last year.
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Worlds tallest building
What will become the worlds tallest building is about to begin construction in Dubai
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Pierced glasses
Attaching your glasses to your face with piercings
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Shaking up Trade Theory
The global marketplace is introducing some interesting changes to the way we work.
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Latte art
sophisticated milk frothing
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Noguchi
Japanese American sculptor and set designer Isamu Noguchi - minimal, classics
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Dumbing Down
Don't blame the media - says Frank Furedi
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December 15, 2004
Karen Walker Jewellery
New from Karen Walker
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McBank
A new style of bank looks ready to open in Brooklyn, NY. It has all the properties of a fastfood chain.
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People-centred design
A recent study organised by the University of Surrey has found that UK companies will fall behind their American competitors if they do not exploit design to deliver products that customers want to buy.
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Tommy Hilfiger to buy out Karl Lagerfeld
Two quite different fashion brands - one floundering, the other in startup phase. It is seen as a risk by some and part of a trend to purchase luxury brands by others.
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December 14, 2004
2004 Peace Prize
Has just been awarded to Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai at a ceremony in Oslo - she is the first African woman and environmentalist to win the award.
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Tate Xmas Tree
The Tate has invited sculptor Richard Wentworth to create their Christmas tree this year. He has gone with a 'bluetooth tree', visitors are invited to leave little 'digital presents' that will be opened on Christmas day.
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Mobile multimedia is slow to catch on
Camera phones have had a surge in popularity but surprisingly the capabilities of the phones are not being utilised. This article blames the poor user interface.
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Blind man sees emotions
A 52 year old man with no sight, seems to somehow have the ability to tell the difference between a happy face and a sad face
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December 13, 2004
The 4th Annual Year in Ideas
The NYTimes magazine has a good annual compendium of ideas for 2004
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Hangovers
The NYTimes has a good article on what happens when too much alcohol causes the dreaded hangover.
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Found Photos
An interesting 'portfolio' of photography that has been found on the streets of Buenos Aires
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Cedar Bag
A computer bag made from Japanese Cedar and leather.
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December 10, 2004
Safe cracking
Everything you've ever wanted to know about Safes and the history of breaking into them.
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Digital lifestyle
The European Commission has announced it's Networked and Electronic Media initiative.
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100 most overlooked films of the 90's
The Online Film Critics Society's "Top 100 Overlooked Films of the 1990s"
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Copywrong
An interesting story from the 70's about the legal bullying of an alternative comic book that parodied Disney.
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Measuring Success
While Wired magazine talks about new wealth and GDP being a poor indicator for happiness. The Sydney Morning Herald talks up the idea of greed being good.
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December 09, 2004
Fonts
Some nice fonts over at thirstype
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Factory Chic
First there were loft apartments now your whole home can be designed like a factory.
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The Ends
Some nice visual identity work - via
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NZ non-smoking law goes into effect
From midnight tonight it will be illegal to smoke in licensed premises and workplaces in NZ.
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IP Hangover
After celebrating the recent FTA with America, Australia is now coming to realise what the agreement means for people in the 'ideas industry'
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The Incredibles
Is the new Pixar film just propaganda?
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What corporate America can't build: A sentence
With email being the most common form of communication in corporate America, a realisation is emerging - corporate America needs help stringing a sentence together.
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The National Museum of Art, Osaka
The National Museum of Art, Osaka has just relocated and re-opened with a new Duchamp exhibition - Mirrorical Returns
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Medical advice online
A list of useful links to find the information you might be looking for
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Need help with CSS
A great resource of links for getting your css up to scratch
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6 myths of creativity
Fast Company lists the 6 myths of creativity - is money a creativity motivator?
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Gadgets for Xmas
Ars Technica's Xmas list of cool gadgets
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Trusted Professions
A recent survey in the US has put Nurses as the most trusted profession and Car salesman, followed by advertising practitioners and lawyers as the least trusted.
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December 08, 2004
Dahrling
Some fashion from Denmark - via k10k
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Activists dominate complaints
Of all the complaints regarding Television content made in the USA last year, 99.9% of them came from one group - the Parents Television Council. This means a 'tiny minority' is politically dominating the push to censor American television and radio.
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Firefox users ignore ads
This article points to Firefox users being savvy and selective when it comes to online advertising - hence the lower click through rate. The article doesn't mention that Firefox has a very useful adblocker that stops users seeing the ads at all.
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Shopping list
Wired has released their list for the coolest geek shopping list ever
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Ninjas killed my family
Need money for Kung Fu lessons
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December 07, 2004
Play pod
A new MacOSX application that allows you to download podcasts
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Pedestrian complaint
The relationship between pedestrians and car drivers succinctly put in this Washington Post Article
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Turner prize winner announced
Jeremy Deller wins the 2004 prize
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PVR's vs TV business model
With the PVR giving users the ability to bypass advertising, how is this going to effect the current TV business model?
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Xmas party survival guide
With the festive season upon us, New York Metro has a guide to Holiday Parties
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The Paparazzi badge
Hewlett-Packard are developing a badge that celebrities can wear that will blur any digital cameras that attempt to take photo's of them.
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December 06, 2004
The new Paparazzi
With Mobile phones with cameras there is now less privacy than ever before
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Persuaders
What happens when your friends are paid by a company to sell you their products - without you knowing. It is a new marketing strategy that is taking off in the USA.
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Cute illustration
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i-foot and i-unit
Some crazy looking robotic 'vehicles' from Toyota
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Virtual Bubblewrap
Release some seasonal stress by popping virtual bubblewrap
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Archipelago
Philippine architecture company - Archipelago
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Musicians positive about the internet
Unlike the Music 'Industry'- the musicians; the original copyright owners of the music, are quite upbeat about using the internet to promote their music.
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Broadband increases, TV viewing decreases
Broadband growth in Europe is as high as 120% (Italy) and 93% (UK). As research suggests, this is impacting the numbers of people watching television.
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SPOT
Microsoft has set up an OS to be used on watches
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King of Audio
A robot sound system sculpture
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Don't believe the hype
Some of the worlds biggest cultural/musical heroes are 'demolished' over at the Guardian
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December 02, 2004
Rasterbator
A web service for creating large blown up images
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They Rule
joshon updates for 2004
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Brazil to break drug patent laws
Brazil has decided that it can no longer afford to pay large sums of money to drug companies for patented drugs for sufferers of HIV and Aids.
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Turner Prize
In 4 days the Turner Prize will be awarded. This Financial Times article discusses how 'outrage was so last century'
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Tom Ford
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Heatwave lawsuits
When large numbers of the population die from extremely hot weather (like in Europe last year) will we be able to take legal action against the companies that pump out greenhouse gas pollution?
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New York Changing
Some nice photography of New York - the way it was and the way it is today
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December 01, 2004
Australian Big Brother
The Australian Big Brother Awards have just been announced - The Orwells
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Mall b gone
An illustrated instruction sheet to reclaim the space malls currently occupied, done in a similar style to inflight emergency cards - via k10k
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Sticker Nation
Some great looking illustration from the sticker nation competition winners - via
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Computer Security
If you want to have a secure PC - don't use Windows. USAToday ran a test with six 'honeypot' computers running different operating systems - the Mac running OSX was not compromised.
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