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November 28, 2005

Who's afraid of Google?

Google is growing and changing at an enormous rate, changing the media landscape. Wired looks at how Google will effect other companies, while BusinessWeekOnline sees Gold in Google

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Typographic furniture

Swiss Typographic furniture from Set26

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Online photo sharing

First there was Flickr now there is 23 - the very 'web 2.0' of online photograph sharing.

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November 27, 2005

18 Tricks to teach your body

Breathe underwater for longer, get rid of ice cream headaches and stop the world from spinning - 18 tricks to teach your body

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iPod Gym

Download exercises for free in the video format suitable for playing on your new video ipod - iPod Gym

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November 25, 2005

Information Design

A beautiful collection of information graphics available for purchase at HistoryShots

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The Image Culture

"It is only in the past several decades that we have begun to assimilate the effects of the move from a culture based on the printed word to one based largely on images. In making images rather than texts our guide, are we opening up new vistas for understanding and expression, creating a form of communication that is “better than print,” as New York University communications professor Mitchell Stephens has argued? Or are we merely making a peculiar and unwelcome return to forms of communication once ascendant in preliterate societies—perhaps creating a world of hieroglyphics and ideograms (albeit technologically sophisticated ones)—and in the process becoming, as the late Daniel Boorstin argued, slavishly devoted to the enchanting and superficial image at the expense of the deeper truths that the written word alone can convey?" - Christine Rosen from The New Atlantis has a very interesting look at the culture that has evolved out of our fascination with images.

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Ambient Findability

In his new book 'Ambient Findability', Peter Morville looks for connections among social software, semantic webs, evolutionary psychology and interaction design. Liz Danzico from AIGA talks to Peter about what is meant by 'Ambient Findability'

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USB powered keyboard vac

If your keyboard is starting to get a little icky then this usb powered keyboard vacuum could be just what you are looking for.

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CoverBuddy

A great little application to use with iTunes. Giving you the ability to browse your music collection by cover art. If you have a wireless set up and a PSP CoverBuddy can turn your PSP into a remote control for your iTunes music collection.

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Nutritional database

A very detailed searchable database of nutritional information

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November 23, 2005

99% of street advertising has no impact

A new device called 'Eye contact' tracks how many advertising messages a person wearing one is subjected to.

Developed by ID Magasin, this new device has found that in 90 minutes, the test subject saw 250 adverts from more than 100 brands in 70 different formats - the number recalled without prompting was 1.

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USB thumb drives from mimoco

A fun set up of usb thumb drives from mimoco

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Egg Saucer by Helen Johannessen

Yoyo ceramics have produced a great looking Egg Saucer by Helen Johannessen

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Buy nothing day

November 25th, Adbusters have decided that this day should be 'Buy nothing day'

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November 22, 2005

Japanese graphic designer Sugiura Kohei

Tsuno Kaitaro from The Book & The Computer, talks with Japanese graphic designer Sugiura Kohei about Discovering an Asian Grammar of Design - via core77

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Tokyo Design Week

Earlier this month Tokyo hosted 100% Tokyo - Designboom have a good selection of images from the event

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Anish Kapoor

One of the world's great sculptors Anish Kapoor is profiled by the Independent

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AIGA Design Conference podcasts

The AIGA Design conference 2005 have released all their main-stage presentations and backstage interviews in mp3 format for you to listen to.

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November 21, 2005

The growth of luxury products in China

Luxury goods in China are being bought at up to 10 times the rate of the rest of the world.

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Coke on the rocks?

Coca-Cola, the world's biggest brand, is in trouble. It's share price has halved over the last seven years as the company struggles to deal with the growing trend for new, healthier drinks.

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Echelon wine rack

Invented by Australian designer William Rhodes - the echelon stackable wine rack

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Bel Occhio

Bel’ Occhio is both a mulitiposition spotlight and ambient table lamp combined - via mocoloco

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FX Awards

The FX International Interior Design Awards for 2005 have recently been announced

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Owning Ideas

The Guardian take a look at Intellectual property

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Wapedia

Wikipedia for your wap enabled mobile phone - Wapedia

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November 18, 2005

PSP sculpture project

6 students from the Royal College of Art in London have designed cocoon-like furniture to be used by users of the Playstation portable. An interesting look at the relationships between users of personal technology and their surroundings.

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The wired generation

The Guardian has a good look at the 16-24 year old demographic. Finding they are highly 'connected' and very technically literate. As a parent, If you send one of them to their room for punishment, you will actually be doing them a favour.

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8 basic steps to image editing

A simple list of image editing steps to make the most of your photographs.

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The Flickrization of Yahoo

As the web moves to version 2.0 (social media), Yahoo has started to make it's move. Even while Erick Schonfeld from Business 2.0 talks about it Yahoo is actually doing it - Shoposphere

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Paper Sculpture

An enjoyable gallery of paper sculpture

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Sternform

Young German product design group specialising in furniture and accessories - Sternform

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Design Online

Design Journal issues from 1965 - 1974 have been scanned in for your perusal

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Tastemakers: Architecture

Forbes have put together their list of the 21st century's architectural tastemakers

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November 17, 2005

The Inventor of the George Foreman Grill

Meet Michael Boehm, the inventor of the George Foreman Grill.

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The new power generation

How long will baby boomer cultural hegemony hold on for? Jack Schafer at Slate believes the times they are a changin'

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Computer gaming addictive like drugs

Sabine Grüsser and Ralf Thalemann from the Charité University Medicine Berlin, in Germany have found similarities between drug addicts and heavy players of computer games.

"...excessive computer game players showed classic signs of craving when they were presented with freeze-frames from some of their favourite games – they desperately wanted to play, expected to feel better once they did, and fully intended to indulge again as soon as possible."

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Paraffin candle with a built-in matchbox

Paraffin candle with a built-in matchbox by Jeremy Walton

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November 16, 2005

Meditation builds your brain

Researchers have found that meditation alters the structure of your brain. They found that meditating increased the thickness of the cortex in areas involved in attention and sensory processing, which gave the person who meditates increased mental sharpness.

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Celebrity Maps

Find out where all the celebrities live with celebrity maps

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Gorillaz play 'live'

Virtual pop group Gorillaz, have played live for the first time at the MTV Europe awards in Lisbon. Video of the performance can be found here while an explanation of how they did it can be found here

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Cuckoo Forest

Pascal Tarabay's cuckoo clock - via design*sponge

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World Wide Internet TV

Another directory listing global television broadcasts - WWIT

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Ambition

Time Magazine's latest cover story on 'Ambition: Why Some People Are Most Likely To Succeed'

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November 15, 2005

Freeline skates

It's like having a small skateboard under each foot - Freeline skates

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mTUNE

Cordless headphones specially designed for use with the iPod nano - mTUNE

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Designer wall of breasts

A Dutch designer has created a wall of fake breasts to help male shoppers buy bras that fit their wives or girlfriends.

"When trying to buy a sexy bra for their wife or girlfriend, usually they point to other women in the shop or, when asked about size, they say a 'handful'."

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SearchSpy

Ever wondered what people are searching on the internet for - right now?

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Emigre Ends

Design publication 'Emigre' has come to end. The final issue (issue 69 'The End') will contain 69 short stories tracing the development of the magazine from its early days as a “culturetab” through to the final twice-yearly, book-sized issues co-published with Princeton Architectural Press. The Emigre type foundry will live on.

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Searching for TV online

As more people use cable to access the internet, video footage is becoming more available online. Blinkx.tv gives you the ability to search over 1,000,000 hours of television - while TVTAD (PC only) gives you ways to search for torrents of your favourite shows.

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November 14, 2005

Street sign bracelets

Recycled from street signs, these bracelets are graphically sharp and visually attention grabbing - via popgadget

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Item

Organic design from the UK - Item

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Everything I Know

During the last two weeks of January 1975 Buckminster Fuller gave a series of lectures concerning his entire life’s work. These thinking out loud lectures span 42 hours and examine in depth all of Fuller's major inventions and discoveries from the 1927 Dymaxion house, car and bathroom, through the Wichita House, geodesic domes, and tensegrity structures, as well as the contents of Synergetics - Everything I Know by Buckminster Fuller

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November 10, 2005

Grooved out wallpaper

Flavor Paper, old style wallpaper with a contemporary twist

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A big season ahead for Disney

With a new CEO and a string of flops - Disney is gambling on Narnia to pull them into the 21st century. An expensive bet, but David Teather believes it will work.

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Making the right website design choices

A List Apart look at testing a website so the results match your expectations - Design can cripple a website

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Conceptual Design

Nick Currie from the AIGA looks at how design could exist as a conceptual product.

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Aboriginal Art

Germaine Greer looks at the Aboriginal art scene and asks the question - Can you tell what it's worth yet?

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November 09, 2005

Empire's 50 Greatest Independent Films

Empire magazine puts together their list of the 50 greatest independent films

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House of Light

British architecture firm Gianni Botsford Architects have completed a house in London designed using complex calculations with regards to the light and the weather. By creating in depth environmental data they have produced a house where the light "is a thing of architectural sorcery" - Jonathan Glancey from the Guardian thinks it is "Brilliant'

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Internet Television

DTV - the new open source free internet television browser (for mac only at this stage)

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Fast Fashion

Companies that used to rip-off the catwalk fashions are now starting to show their own interpretations on the catwalk. This is just the result of a changing business model within the fashion industry. Moving away from using the cheapest manufacturers.

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Mass Audiences aren't very mass anymore

A look at the splintering of 'mass-media' into 'niche-media'

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November 08, 2005

Personalised Television

American TV channels NBC and CBS have agreed to let some viewers pay 99 cents for some television shows - without the advertisements.

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Thinking with Type

Ellen Lupton's site is a nice little on-line companion to her book 'Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students'

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Google Local

Google Maps for your mobile phone

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Podtropolis

A tracker for iPod bit torrents - lots of media for your ipod - podtropolis

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Yahoo Think Tank

Between the 3rd and 17th of November, Yahoo has some of New Zealand and Australia's leading 'creative minds' sitting in a chair at Customs House in Sydney. Using the Yahoo Think Tank website you are able to submit a brief and vote on their concepts.

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November 07, 2005

Battle of the bubbles

Cristal or Dom Perignon? The battle for the hip-hop dollar is heating up

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smallpond

Some quality British and European designs to browse over at smallpond

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November 03, 2005

Pop Surrealism

Kirsten Anderson, founder of the Roq La Rue gallery in Seattle is interviewed about 'Pop Surrealism' and it's evolution from 'Low Brow'.

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Prada joins Burberry

Clubs and bars have been known to block patrons from entry by banning the brands they wear. Burberry has now been joined by Prada as the label 'not to be seen dead in'

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The over-education of artists

Aaron Rose from LA Weekly believes that todays young artists have been educated into a corner in his article 'The Kids aren't all right

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The Business of Design

The British Design Council have produced the most comprehensive look at the British design industry. Their presentation and in depth findings can be found here

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November 02, 2005

Marc Newson & G-Star Raw

Product/Furniture designer Marc Newson has just released his second range for fashion label G-Star - via Australianinfront

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Skyscrapers

A website devoted to the worlds skyscrapers. Lots of building illustrations and comparisons from through out the world

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Timbuk2 Messenger Bags

Timbuk2 have designed a messenger bag with a blank strip of canvas down the middle. Giving the owner the opportunity to cutomise their bag with images of their own making.

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Neubau Welt

Neubau Welt is a book and CD containing over a thousand editable vector illustrations of everyday objects in scalable editable formats.