June 2012
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WTHR
Dieter Rams’ “10 Principles” forecast the weather in a new iPhone app.
Taking a cue from Dieter Rams’ legendary “10 Principles of Good Design”, Miami-based designer David Elgena recently created a beautifully simple weather app. The aptly titled WTHR iPhone app may not be the most innovative with its ultra simple interface, but it certainly looks to a few...
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Most Social
Facebook has released a list of the most “social” landmarks in the world or places where the maximum number of Facebook check-ins have happened so far (since August 2010). Not surprisingly sports stadium and public areas like parks were found to be the most “social” places as per the data. Cities with warmer climates had more check-ins to outdoors spots, like St. Kilda Beach in Melbourne and the...
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WatchWajam is social search extension for your browser that gives you access to the knowledge of your friends when you search with Google, Bing, Yahoo, Amazon, Yelp, Trip Advisor, YouTube and Ebay. Simply log-in with Facebook, Twitter or Google+ and get access to all your friends’ social recommendations. as well as web stuff Wajam also shows the places your friends have recommended via a Google Map....
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Nice Product
Great design, looks beautiful.
Russian designer and mother-of-two Lana Agiyan creates multifunctional products for children. Her ‘Bubble Baby Bed‘ is an update on the traditional crib that has a number of features designed to keep your child happy and healthy. The bowl-shaped bed, which resembles a traditional Russian tumbler-toy, can slightly rock in any direction and returns to an upright...
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WatchHand Made Watches from Brooklyn
David Sokosh makes watches one at a time by hand in his studio in Brooklyn, New York. The watches are all crafted from from automatic movements of 70s era Swiss pocket watches. It’s a slow process (he’s currently has a 16 week back order) that produces really cool and one of a kind timepieces.
He started Brooklyn Watches after he was forced to shutter his...
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Damien Hirst Creates Formaldehyde Artwork For New...
The ‘Cock and Bull’ piece featuring a preserved cow and cockerel was made to celebrate the opening of Mark Hix’s Tramshed. Damien Hirst has created a striking new artwork to celebrate the opening of Mark Hix’s new restaurant venture, Tramshed, in East London. ‘Cock and Bull’ features a Hereford cow and cockerel preserved in a steel and glass tank of formaldehyde. These animals refer to...
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Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Tablet Computer
At a surprising last minute press event in Los Angeles, Microsoft unveiled their very own Surface Windows 8 Tablet Computer. Both in terms of design and functionality the tablet is actually rather impressive. Of course now it comes down to actually using it and seeing how it integrates with apps and other devices.
“Measuring just 9.3mm thick, the Surface for Windows RT is built around an...
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Saw this on rubbishcorp today......
When Digital Goes Bad
‘So, I’ve just been given the brief to advertise the new Jeep. This Jeep is perceived as a big old thirsty vehicle that I imagine a slightly older person might drive, it’s certainly not a youth brandproduct. Obviously, I want people to re-assess how they look at this brand. I think we should make this product feel more youthful and trendy, a product someone like me would...
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WatchThe Blink/Steady Bike Light
Machined from solid aluminum, the Blink/Steady bike light turns on automatically and shuts off when you’re not riding. There’s no need to remove it when you lock up because it’s secured by your seatpost.
The Blink / Steady bike light uses an accelerometer that knows when you’re moving, and a light sensor that knows when it’s dark enough to turn on. After you lock up...
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WatchCondition One
‘Condition One’s flagship product is our embeddable immersive video player. Our player can be integrated into an existing iPad/iPhone app or built as a standalone app. The product is a highly engaging experience built for a highly engaging platform – tablets and mobile devices. The virtual window that Condition One offers viewers provides unlimited viewpoints of a single video....
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Never Get Caught Without A Swimsuit With This...
BBH Creative Director designs the ultimate accessory for Cannes.
Spontaneous beach trips are fun, but not having a swimsuit can really put a damper on the day. Have no fear, BBH Creative Director Douglas Hamilton has created an ingenious solution- the ThingThong, flip-flop thongs that double as a bathing suit thong.
Clever pun aside, the ThingThong really does cover your, um, thing. The...
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WikiCells
Biomimicry spawns edible packaging for food and cocktails
In an innovative approach to consuming with minimal waste, Harvard Professor David Edwards and his team have developed WikiCells, self-contained, edible packaging for liquids, mousses and emulsions. The membrane that houses the various WikiCells flavors is made from vegetal elements, with a taste deliberately paired to match its...
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WatchA Picture is worth a Thousand Screams
Photographer Billy Hunt rigged a photobooth, the Screamotron3000, to only take photos when the subject screamed. Using a converted boom box with a microphone threaded through it, he connected a PocketWizard that could take a picture wirelessly when the noise from a scream reached a certain decibel level.
The aim of this project is to explore people’s vanity...
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Let them Eat Cake
London department store Selfridges has opened a crazy golf course on its rooftop, that is made out of cake. The 2,500sqft nine hole course designed by food architects Bompas & Parr has been designed to attract shoppers by offering a very memorable experience. The giant cake displays, one for each hole, represent famous London landmarks like Buckingham Palace, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and Tower...
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A Bolt Faster than Usain
The BOLT concept electric motorbike is a beautiful machine. Its polished and rather sophisticated look appears through its minimal aesthetic which is deceiving as dual electric motors put out around 80kw, making this bike pretty speedy. The bike’s been created by Dutch industrial designersSpringtime, and includes features of a clear digital display and stunning LED lighting effects around the...
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Made by Breath
Czech designer Michaela Tomišková combines glass, crystal and electricity to create elegant and modern lamps.
Two different stories of Czech craft heritage have come together in two different types of glass for a collection of lamps, “Made by Breath”, from young Czech designer Michaela Tomišková. The 2011 Prague AAAD graduate has indeed given new life to traditional production with...
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Type so Ugly it's Iconic
Dr. Bronner’s soaps are pretty awesome. Everything you could ever want in a consumer product that cleans things. Except for the package design. Since it was introduced, Dr. Bronner’s soap has been plagued by terrible typography. And yet it’s become an iconic part of the package and product itself.
So All In One Typopgraphy has offered a challenge: Redesign it. Un-official, not at all endorsed...
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Sunflight
SunFlight.net shows you where the sun will be during your journey, so you can choose the best side of the aircraft to be seated.
Here.
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Rare Levi's Auction
To raise money for the retiree and employee emergency fund at Levi Strauss & Co., the Red Tab Foundation launched an eBay auction featuring 150 rare, limited edition and one-off Levi’s products. From 1920s buckle-back jeans to Rolling Stones’ signed memorabilia, the auction is certain to offer a fix for denim nerds and collectors alike.
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Branding : Love British by Emma Hopkins
Clean work.
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'Buenos Aires' survival kit by Mexican design...
“El Coso is a project we developed at Espacio Virgen in a trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina. In this creative training workshop we were asked to develop an object that would be both helpful and interesting for mexicans traveling to Buenos Aires, such as ourselves. The result, a survival kit with a concept based mainly on humor and a mixture of both mexican and argentine cultures, backed up...
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Hermes Birkin Bash
Clint Eastwood’s daughter, Francesca Eastwood, and her boyfriend, Tyler Shields, took an outrageously expensive Hermes Birkin bag and set it on fire while simultaneously also taking a chainsaw to it all in the name of “art.” Check out their statement below:
For the people who don’t know a Birkin is the most sought after bag in the entire world there is a waiting list and some of them can run...
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Ward III
If you like cocktails, and love NY, then head to Ward III in Tribeca. So good.
