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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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 [...]
Hayo Miyazaki’s Ponyo (above), a story inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale ‘The Little Mermaid.’ (video) Futurespeak: Shane Hope’s keywords defined. Gary Hamel on managing Generation Y. The evidence is growing that privately owned, consumer-driven, small-scale, geographically distributed renewables could deliver a 100% green-energy future faster and cheaper than big power projects alone. The [...]
Turn Nocturnal (above) is a great online shop of type-related apparel. Incredible 3D isometric map of Hong Kong. Amon Tobin and the Music of ‘Infamous’ (YouTube). The New Negroponte Switch: designing things that think they are servies and services that think they are things. MUJI Global. Akai APC40 Hacking Guide. HTML 5: Could it kill [...]
WANT: Victorinox Travel Alarm 1884 Limited Edition (above) If you can’t buy it legally, of course you’ll download it: Staggered film releases no longer work in a global economy and are to blame for the rise of pirate websites. How David Beats Goliath: When underdogs break the rules, by Malcolm Gladwell. 7 tips for a [...]
CR Blog has an enlightening Q&A with Adrian Tomine, one of our favorite graphic novelists. Buy Adrian Tomine’s work on Amazon. Visit his home page, Adrian-Tomine.com.