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SOPA Infographic

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:37:30 +0000

SOPA Infographic

szymon: Let’s Talk It Over by Dennis Shields

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:34:43 +0000

szymon:

Let’s Talk It Over by Dennis Shields

CES Gadgets 2012

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:06:40 +0000

CES Gadgets 2012:

The Consumer Electronics Show, can be a bit of a mess with all the major announcements, celebrities and new gadgets hitting the show floor. But Spike TV aims to cut through the clutter with “CES All Access Live,” a multi-platform coverage experience airing Jan. 10 at 1 p.m. ET. All Acc…

Akio Hirata’s Exhibition of Hats Nendo‘s latest project is Akio...

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:38:47 +0100

Akio Hirata’s Exhibition of Hats
Nendo‘s latest project is Akio Hirata’s Exhibition of Hats.

An installation of about 4,000 mass-produced non-woven fabric hats seem to become the walls and ceiling in no specific pattern, enabling the viewer to wander through the space in any way they like.The exhibit runs through this tomorrow at Spiral Garden in Tokyo.

Here at the 54th Venice Biennale and couldnt help but share the...

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:55:00 +0100

Here at the 54th Venice Biennale and couldnt help but share the great work, The Big Bambu, by twin brothers Mike and Doug Starn. Check out their video installation from the New York MET museum rooftop. And photo below from the Biennale on until Nov. 27th.

Venice, Italy

szymon: corn kerneler Where was this when I was subject...

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:07:12 +0100

szymon:

corn kerneler

Where was this when I was subject searing kernels during the teenage metal mouth years?!

laughingsquid: Shark Socks! duunnnah duuuunah (jaws theme)

Tue, 17 May 2011 22:59:39 +0100

laughingsquid:

Shark Socks! duunnnah duuuunah (jaws theme)

"The term ‘American Dream’ was coined during the Great Depression. The historian James..."

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:54:20 +0000

“The term ‘American Dream’ was coined during the Great Depression. The historian James Truslow Adams published the Epic of America in 1931 in an atmosphere of even greater despair than today’s. He wanted to call his book The American Dream, but his publishers objected. No one will pay $3.50 for a book about a dream they said. Still, Adams used the phrase so often that it entered the lexicon. The American Dream, he said, was of “a better, richer and happier life for all our citizens of every rank, which is the greatest contribution we have made to the thoughts of welfare of the world. That dream or hope has been present from the start. Ever since we became an independent nation, each generation has seen an uprising of ordinary Americans to save the American Dream from the forces which appear to be overwhelming it.’
Today those forces really do look overwhelming. But challenges like them have been beaten back before- and can be again.”

- Restoring the American Dream: Fareed Zakaria

Cool video about History of Title...

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:15:34 +0000

Cool video about History of Title Design http://www.artofthetitle.com/

ProductTank Sketch Notes

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:34:00 +0000

Calling all Product Managers in London! I’ve been recently getting to know the London tech scene by becoming a “Meetup” junkie. Just attended ProductTank; speakers included: Anthony Sullivan (BBC), Stephen Dunn (Guardian), Dan Peters (Yahoo!), Robin Pembrooke (iTV), and Ralph Riviera (BBC). Great being with like-minded people and fun networking.

Check out these visual notes from the meeting by Lucy Spence

Intel/Adidas Virtual Product Wall

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:16:59 +0000

Intel/Adidas Virtual Product Wall

I <3 Infographics

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:31:58 +0000

I <3 Infographics

Too much time or time well spent?

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:40:37 +0000

Too much time or time well spent?

GaGa Polaroid Glasses

Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:21:00 +0000

Who knew Lady GaGa was a Product Designer?! According to Fast Company, the glasses, debuted at CES 2011, have a functional camera that sits on the bridge of the wearer’s nose still allowing them to see normally and UV protected. Viewers get to check out the various photos snapped or uploaded images using the internal USB. First ever camera-sunglasses, can anyone pull these off or do you have to have a bacon layered suit jacket hanging in your closet?

Inspired by her Bad Romance music video she teamed up with Polaroid co. and design firm Ammunition LLC. Check out more updates about the Grey Label launch: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/11858492

Great intro video by Air B&B…makes me want to start...

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:05:26 +0000

Great intro video by Air B&B…makes me want to start travelling again but I’m sure not every home looks like the ones featured.

"It Will Be The Year Of ‘Interactive TV’… After a decade or two of promise, ‘interactive TV’..."

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:54:00 +0000

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It Will Be The Year Of ‘Interactive TV’…

After a decade or two of promise, ‘interactive TV’ will finally start to become a reality. This will be kicked off by growing broadband penetration and a face-off in the booming race among over-the-top box makers. It will be the start of an era in which the living-room TV will account for more online video views than computers, starting with video-on-demand and time-shifted viewing. This will eventually mean that some online entertainment video brands/shows will take their place among TV household names.

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- Robert Andrews

Too few women leaders

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:17:00 +0000

I just watched a great Ted Talk by Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders. In a very challenging environment and male dominated field she offers some inspiring advice for those who want to be corporate leaders. One of my favorite lines:

No one gets to the corner office by sitting on the side, not at the table. And no one gets the promotion if they don’t think they deserve their success, or they don’t even understand their own success.

Big key points:

Sit at the table
Make your partner a real partner
Don’t leave before you leave

Japanese based company, Mosimo Camera demos their amazing...

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:59:22 +0000

Japanese based company, Mosimo Camera demos their amazing abilities with their new Android camera/video application

"A state of Peace among men who live side by side with each other is not the natural state. The state..."

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:07:58 +0000

“A state of Peace among men who live side by side with each other is not the natural state. The state of Nature is rather a state of War…The state of Peace must, therefore, be established; for the mere cessation of hostilities furnishes no security against their recurrence.”

- Immanuel Kant, 1795

Facebook Visualizing Connections World Map Facebook intern Paul...

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:36:08 +0000

Facebook Visualizing Connections World Map

Facebook intern Paul Butler has been poring through some of the data held by the social networking firm on its 500m members.

The map above is the result of his attempts to visualise where people live relative to their Facebook friends. Each line connects cities with pairs of friends. The brighter the line, the more friends between those cities.