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April 29, 2005
The Bud Vase Feature
Marc Hedlund talks about the design features that can give a product that added connection with the consumer - he calls it the Bud Vase Feature.
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A whole new internet
Janice Fraser talks about the rise of the new applications that are using the internet more successfully than the dot com era. Jason Kottke discusses her thoughts in his article.
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Italian Design and Karim Rashid
The Washington Post talks to Karim Rashid about the qualities of the Italian Design and furniture production industry.
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Milan top 11
Icon Magazine list what they see as the top 11 from the Salone Internazionale di Mobile
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Chaise
Chaise magazine have just released 'chaise 2' a DVD and CD containing over five hours of visual art, music, film, video, animation, and interactive pieces on a CD and DVD - just send a self addressed envelope.
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Heavy Trash
A look at gated communities in Los Angeles and a piece of public art that challenges them.
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Hello
A new easy way to share photos online - Hello
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Dawning of Internet TV
The Washington Post looks at the first few Internet TV companies that have recently started up in America - OMN, ManiaTV and Current
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April 28, 2005
Animi Causa
Some interesting furniture from Animi Causa - check the 'feel seating system'
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The Brand called Me
Fast company asks some top 'brands' what they have learned from selling themselves to sell their products - those asked include Tony Hawk, Todd Oldham and Nigella Lawson
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Personal Coffee Maker
Recent design graduate David Mansueto has designed an elegant, compact and portable 60ml espresso maker called 'Aroma' - he just needs a manufacturer.
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Podcasting goes hyper
KYCY 1550 in San Francisco is about to become KYOURADIO, it's format is changing from talk radio to a format where listeners will be submitting all programming - covered by Wired and ars technica
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Nokia N90
Nokia have released their latest 'do everything phone' it has a 4GB hard drive, 3G, global GSM, WiFi b/g, Bluetooth, USB mass storage, FM radio and a claimed 12.5 hrs of battery time
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Just the clothes
Yohji Yamamoto's new exhibition at the Louvre in Paris opened on April 13th and runs through to August 28th - Just the Clothes
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risd|works
Some good work (some for sale) produced by Staff and Alumni from the Rhode Island School of Design - risd|works
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April 27, 2005
Online music purchases are frustrating
The BBC looks at how music lovers are getting frustrated with the low sound quality and restrictions placed on the music they buy online.
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Business Week and Blogs
Business Week has written how Blogs will change your business - blogads writes back.
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Free Starchart
If you're looking for a free (licensed under CC) Starchart - then look no further - The Mag-7 Star Atlas Project
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April 25, 2005
Everything Bad is Good for you
Steven Berlin Johnson's new book looks at contemporary mass media and the added complexities that it brings to the public. This excerpt looks at what possible outcome could have arisen if the book had been invented after the computer game. The NYTimes have a good article on his idea of the 'sleeper curve' and how television can make you smarter - [bugmenot]
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Blobjects and beyond
Organic forms and graceful curves - blobject design and the designers that produce work in this style.
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April 22, 2005
The Submarine
A good look at how PR firms used to operate with printed media and how they are finding it difficult to approach weblogs to push their trends.
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NYT looks at Milan
The New York Times looks at the search for the next big movement over at the Milan Furniture Fair - [bugmenot]
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Crimes against Typography
The story of Avant Garde - Futura was “the typeface of the future.” Helvetica was the typeface of corporate modernism. Avant Garde was the adopted as symbolic of raucous sixties and me-generation seventies.
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Microsoft v Google
When Bill Gates saw that Google were hiring staff that matched the same criteria Microsoft used, he got worried. Now it looks like Google has moved from 'Search' to 'Software' and Bill Gates sees them as serious competition.
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April 21, 2005
Dolce & Gabbana
Could Dolce & Gabbanna be to the naughties what Prada was to the nineties?
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Co-Logo
CoBranding - when the culture of a designer joins with that of a manufacturer from a different industry, something new happens e.g Yohji Yamamoto and Stella McCartney with Adidas or U.S. streetwear label Phat Farm designing its own Motorola cellphone.
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More Milan
Pol Oxygen have a great set of images capturing some of the top work from the Milan Furniture Fair. So do Car Design News
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Marcel Wanders
A good showcase of some of Marcel Wanders' Milan work
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Nikon D50
Nikon have today released their new 'entry level' digital SLR. The 6.1 megapixel camera comes with a New AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm lense.
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Sketchel
A good idea over at Jeremyville - Sketchel
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New City
A new island has been created in South Korea and over the next ten years a $25 Billion city is being built for over 100,000 people - New Songdo City
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The thinking consumer
Do you buy fashion rip-offs or sweatshop produced clothing? Think again, you're actions position you more than the fake logo or fur trimmed hood.
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Salone Internazionale del Mobile
The Washington post takes a look at this years Milan Furniture Fair.
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April 20, 2005
James Jean
Some pretty good Illustration work from James Jean. - via K10K
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ENV
The Emissions Neutral Vehicle designed around the Core fuel cell, it is virtually silent and its emissions are almost completely clean.
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Mouse prototypes
Early prototypes from Apple, when they were developing the mouse.
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120gb drive for laptops
Seagate have just released what it claims is the world's highest capacity hard drive for notebook computers
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April 19, 2005
TitleMania
Erik Spiekermann (founder meta design), talks about the titles used in design firms and what they mean.
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Skype
Internet phone company - Skype, has introduced two new features; SkypeOut and SkypeIn. These new features, using a similar technique as p2p file sharing software look like threatening the incumbent Telecommunications operators.
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Artists pension fund
Britain has begun to set up an Artists Pension Trust. A new way to help artists invest for the future by investing their work rather than their money.
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Sunrise clocks
They slowly wake you up by glowing brighter over 15 - 90 minutes
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iPod extraction
If you need to get access to your music on your iPod you can try Senuti
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Adobe buys Macromedia
For an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion.
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Solar Powered Wallpaper
The wallpaper responds to the lighting requirement of a room, acting as a decorative element when a room is naturally bright, and as a wallpaper light when the space requires more light.
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Salone de Mobile
Some good lighting design from the current Salon de Mobile in Milan
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April 18, 2005
Science, Pseudoscience and Architecture
An interesting look at modernist architecture, today's 'starchitects' and the humanistic architecture of tradition.
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Promise Design
New furniture design from Israel
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Sage
If you use Firefox then you need Sage - the RSS reader for firefox
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BBC podcasts 20 more shows
After the successful trial of Radio Five's 'Fighting Talk' and Radio 4's 'In Our Time' podcasts 20 new shows (mainly talk based) are to be released by the BBC
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Neuromarketing
By scanning the brain when people experience products and brands, marketers will soon be able to tune their campaigns with much more sophistication and success.
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April 15, 2005
Free Sound
The Freesound Project - a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds.
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Fight world hunger
The United Nations have released a free game for Mac and PC called Food Force - the goal is to stop world hunger.
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April 14, 2005
New real estate interface
By combining Google Maps and craigslist, a new way to search for an apartment or house in America is born
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Your very own Robocop
For only 2,900 pounds you can have your own 15 inch robot that patrols your home.
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Never say Never
One year after his final catwalk show Tom Ford has returned to fashion
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The Genographic Project
National Geographic are tracking the worldwide spread of human beings by tracking DNA. If you want to see where you fit in, send them a swab and they will provide you with information on where your ancient ancestors came from.
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April 12, 2005
Seiko paper watch
Using electronic paper, Seiko have developed a curved digital watch.
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April 11, 2005
Re-using PET water bottles
Health officials in Calgary have issued a warning regarding the re-use of PET water bottles without frequent washing. Meanwhile a study in the USA suggests frequent washing can release cancer causing chemicals. Another option klean kanteen - via popgadget
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April 08, 2005
Website links
Some top design and flash websites give their recommendations for which sites to visit
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Design Essays
An interesting selection of design/advertising/web design essays
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April 07, 2005
Proof and Beauty
With faster computers available, the world of mathematics is now being asked to justify it's more 'unverifiable' theories. How much proof therefore is required to make them true?
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Rules for the Art world
It has been recommended by a new report in Britain that Artists, Galleries, Auction houses and art dealers should have to follow a code of conduct when receiving government funding.
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Resale royalties for sculptors and painters
From next year in Britain artists will earn royalties from the resale of their work.
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Blending TV and Internet
AL Gore's new venture 'Current'
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April 06, 2005
Solar Powered Backpack
Using Solar power to charge your mobile devices (mobile, ipod etc)
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Free Stock Photography
A good list of free stock photography resources
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Chill white wine fast
A simple tip for chilling a bottle of white wine in 6 minutes flat - put in bucket of water and ice with a handful of salt
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April 05, 2005
YaGoohoogle
Search Yahoo and Google at the same time
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Android 8
Some good nylon toys and design over at Android 8
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The World
From the people that brought you the Palm - Dubai now has The World
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April 04, 2005
Starck Raving
An article on how Philippe Starck looks after his health while jetting around the world
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Hirst in New York
Damien Hirst's new show at Larry Gagosian's Chelsea emporium consisting of 31 photorealistic paintings.
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The Long Tail
Last October, Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine wrote on the 'Long Tail' - his public weblog looks at this topic in more depth. The Long Tail is "products that are in low demand or have low sales volume can collectively make up a market share that rivals or exceeds the relatively few current bestsellers and blockbusters, if the store or distribution channel is large enough." - (quote from Wikipedia)
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Better by Design
The Better by Design conference has just come to an end in NZ. Some interesting reading in the 'Business Stories' section. Tom Peter's Keynote slides are online here
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April 01, 2005
Prada introduces a perfume range
Miuccia Prada has gone against her earlier judgements and decided to launch a new fragrance. The launch is costing several million pounds and the commercials are being made by Ridley Scott
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iTunes for Movies
Sony is looking into releasing 500 of it's top films using a similar application to Apple's iTunes
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Air Click
A new iPod remote control from Griffin
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