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October 31, 2006
Claude Cormier
Mocoloco interview landscape architect Claude Cormier
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Dr Sketchy's anti-art school
Molly Crabapple, founder of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School talks to the Village Voice about her life drawing classes. If sitting around drawing burlesque performers, roller derby girls, and muscled up topless men while imbibing alcoholic beverages is your thing then give Dr Sketchy's a try.
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The Poster list
A good selection of reasonably priced poster designs - The Poster List
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T-post
T-shirts by subscription. Every six weeks a fresh T-shirt, designed with a graphic that is relevant to current events/news will be posted to you. Like a magazine subscription but with T-shirts.
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October 30, 2006
Touch screen interface
Jeff Han shows off a fascinating touch screen interface reminiscent of Minority Report.
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Sketch Furniture
Front Design sketch furniture forms in space then rapid prototype them into a tactile reality
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October 26, 2006
Contagious Media
Interview with Jonah Peretti about viral media and what makes something contagious.
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European designs
Photos from the recent Belgium Furniture Fair and as part of Dutch Design Week the Eindhoven Design Academy graduation show
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Steven Heller
Some interesting work, interviews, podcasts and books from Steven Heller - designer/educator/author...
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Umdenken
Swiss art/design project - Umdenken
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National Geographic Podcasts
National Geographic have released free to download podcasts
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October 24, 2006
Markus Hofer
Austrian artist Markus Hofer
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Oasis public seating by o4i
Swedish Design group - Office 4 ideas
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Gucci Group
Gucci launches it's multi-brand site Gucci Group. Watch full screen videos of fashion shows from Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent and many more.
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October 23, 2006
Containership Powersupply
Jess Giffin & Jim TerMee are New Hampshire based designers whose collaborative work is more than just 'designing as a solution'.
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Glow in the dark hair gel
For those moments when you need to try something a little different - glow in the dark hair gel
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The new philistinism
Germaine Greer takes a swipe at the Frieze Art Fair by claiming that in art the really good stuff is uncollectable.
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October 19, 2006
Getting web 2.0 onto a mobile phone
Applications where the data is stored on a server, processed within a web browser and integrated within a social network looks like a great opportunity to 'port' to a mobile platform - but is it?
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Kancept
Design ideas to vote and comment on - Kancept
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October 18, 2006
Ailing Communities
Pediatrician Richard Jackson believes that the reason behind a lot of societies chronic illness is due to poor (sub)urban planning and heavy reliance on the car.
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Musee du quai Branly
Boston Globe Correspondent Robert Campbell takes a swing at Paris' new museum of "the arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas". Not only does he believe that the concept of this type of museum is 'Victorian' in the way the exhibits are shown out of their natural context. But the building's architecture by French Starchitect Jean Nouvel is poorly thought out and sub standard. (login with bugmenot)
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The Curiosity shoppe
If you are looking for something a little different, try the Curiosity Shoppe
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18 mistakes that kill startups
Some tips on avoiding common mistakes made by startups.
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TVU player
Watch television from all over the world with this windows application TVU Player
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October 17, 2006
Plantwall
Swedish designers Hans and Johan from Green Fortune have a desire to bring plantlife into the urban environment.
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Analogue Processes
If you want to monitor digital processes in an analogue form try The Device Process Indicator - it plugs into your computer and the software that runs it can be configured to monitor any process you wish.
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October 16, 2006
An Earth without people
What would happen to the earth if tomorrow all the people vanished?
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October 13, 2006
Virtusphere
How do you stop yourself from falling over the real furniture or bumping into real walls when moving around a virtual space? Virtusphere
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October 06, 2006
Lego ice cubes
Build your own ice sculptures (or monoliths) with lego ice cubes
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Anglepoise
To celebrate the 70th Birthday of the original 1227 Anglepoise Lamp, a limited edition, three times life size version of the lamp can now be bought from Anglepoise.
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October 03, 2006
A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking's 'A Brief History of Time' is now available online for those that wish to delve into the state of the universe and all it entails.
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More Rules
Dmitri Siegel at Design Observer takes a look at the tradition of artists and designers using rules of creation not only within their work but as the finished piece.
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Small Carrot
Movies for small screens - download movies from their selection to view on your iPod, PSP or phone - Small Carrot
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Dadadum
Each day is a dot, passing from one day to the other is a line - by the end of the month a picture appears. A fun calendar from Dadadum to be enjoyed by children.
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