Setgo Transport Urban Bag from Yanko Design (above). Thermopower waves: MIT scientists discover new way to produce electricity. Obama appoints Edward Tufte to advise on stimulus transparency. A loot valued at $20 million lies off the coast of Staten Island, and Ken Hayes is on the hunt for the sunken silver bullion. Demolishing density in [...]
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Sync/Lost (above) is a multi-user installation for immersion in the history of electronic music. Philip K. Dick: A ‘plastic’ paradox. Sneak peek at an upcoming Philip K. Dick film, Radio Free Albemuth. Steven Frank of Panic Software fame, on the next phase of computing. Quieting the lizard brain. The “My” water bottle from Stelton. Researchers in [...]
A Tree in Jars, an art installation by Naoko Ito (above). Synth Britannia and Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany are two great BBC Four documentaries, but you’ll need to find torrents to watch them, as they’re not streamable online (even to rent) due to music licensing restrictions. On gospel, Abba and the death of the [...]
A.V. Club interviews John Crowley on the occassion of the 25th-anniversary of Little Big (above) We are all mutants say scientists. Books to read now, from Seed magazine. Forget design thinking and try hybrid thinking. Human Centered Design Toolkit from IDEO. Spirograph, spirographs, spirography. Get your Philip K. Dick collection boxed set from The Library [...]
We Are The Friction (above) is a book of illustration and short fiction created by 12 pairs of international writers and illustrators Hiroshima: The Lost Photographs A short manifesto on the future of attention. The mystery of Times New Roma. Finalists for the 2009 James Dyson Award. Lessons from slime mold: how to survive and [...]