There’s a competition going on to rebrand the US Dollar. This is the entry from the UK/US agency Dowling Duncan. I love the idea of the vertical format.
We know Twitter can be used for marketing, but I really like this video visualization, made at Northeastern University and Harvard University, showing the pulse of the US, the moods as they fluctuate over time.
Playreport is a global research project on children, families and play, initiated by IKEA. They’ve conducted 11,000 interviews in 25 countries. They spoke to 8,000 parents and 3,000 children aged 7-12. In a short video they summarize the findings.
YouTube Play is a collaboration between YouTube, HP, Intel and the Guggenheim museum. It wants to recognize and showcase the most remarkable online videos from around the world. So if you’re good with video and you want your work to be exposed in the Guggenheim museum?
Our talented interns came up with this very smart WK supporter shirt. And I really want it. I think it’s cooler and smarter than the Pletterpet or the Toeoeoeter or the voetbalGOGO’s or the Brulshirt or the Kratkussen or the Jup Holand Jup shirt or the Bungels or even the DutchyDress. So which of the official sponsors of the dutch team wants to produce this?
Wrightbus has officially won the contract to build London’s next double-decker bus. The curved design is by London based Heatherwick Studio. Below you can find a presentation, ignore the cheesy company video style music and graphics. The look is a thing to get used to, but getting on and of the bus is much improved.
Gary Chang is an architect who happens to live in Hong Kong, a city infamous for its lack of space. Mr. Chang turned this into a chance to make his 32 m2 apartment into a house with 24 rooms. This must be how the dorm room of Tony Starks looked like back in college.
Word is that the Devon GTX is shelved due to Dodge Viper’s demise. But the people at Devon are not sitting still. So what do you do when you’re not working on a supercar? You create a really difficult watch. Makes sense. The movement encompasses four microstep motors, powered by a rechargeable lithium polymer cell, driving fiberglass-reinforced nylon belts.
You might know Dutch artist Maarten Baas from his series of burned furniture or his real time clocks. His latest project is an iPhone app called Analog Digital Clock; a digital clock with a person changing the digits.
If you like the nostalgia of the good old floppy disk, this post-it memo disk will make you smile!
Long before the actual device was presented Resoluut was designing apps for it. Together with UNITiD they created a nice way to translate magazines to this shiny handheld multitouch screen for Sanoma Digital.
Microsoft just launched KIN, the next generation of its social phones. It’s designed for the socially connected consumer and comes in two models (one and two).
Former chairman of BBH, Cindy Gallop, shows her black apartment in New York. Not exactly new work, but very cool and inspirational I think. You can find some shots over here.
Whether you’re on the train, on the plane or just throwing some shapes in the kitchen you need to check out the movie-peg, simplicity at it’s best from those inspired peeps at Magnetic North. Tweet.
The third dimension, you’ve seen it in the cinema, it’s making its way into TV, and – in what could be a world first – it is now part of the formfiftyfive blog.
A few days ago, Adobe gave a sneak-peek at the content-aware fill, a new Photoshop feature that will save you a lot of time. Now, Wopkins has uploaded his own sneak-peek. Let’s hope he’s right!
Augmented Reality was this years theme at frog design’s SXSW party. One of the highlights? Portable potty’s that showed the duration of your toilet visit and if you’re standing or sitting. To everyone waiting in line!
What is faster than basic text messaging? Correct, morse code. What is faster then morse code? Swype! At first you’ll think “this will never work”, but then it just does. It’s magic. A must try!
Makedo is an incredibly simple but fun Australian invention. Inspired by the millions of things you can make with just the stuff around you. Using only a connector, a hinge and a construction tool.
Buy a pair or sneakers for 23.444 euro, and get a car for free. That’s Polo 444, a car and sneaker designed by Hing Yueng and digitalized by Achtung! Get yours at Freshcotton.
I am really fond of the interface & product solutions/ designs of Mac Funamizu. For example this USB stick where the data on the stick is visualized by lights.
A brilliant dumb toy for your dog. Can’t wait to try it out. Dog picking up the ball with a plain canine look on its face, not knowing why everyone is having such a good time. What a good idea of our species. Via the Columbo of finding great internet randomness @roelkok.
We’ve all seen the new Bol.com commercial. Now you can finally buy the real mummiesuit! Great gift for any occasion.
Another intruiging new product from Art. Lebedev, the design studio with offices in Russia, Latvia and Ukraine. The Segmentus is a concept for a digital clock with hands. I like it that they show the process of making the product on their website as well.
Nice card to say sorry, it would make me smile when I would received it.
Home is where the heart is, the kitchen to be exact, at least that’s what Electrolux is aiming for with this kitchen concept. No more pots and pans, instead an interactive surface changes shape to form ‘holes’. It also recognizes ingredients, gives you recipes and is operated, of course, by touch. Too bad it seems to be far from being manufactured. Thanks Punch Double for the link.
This winter is almost over (we hope), but here comes a new item that will be thé ultimate gadget for the next one. Goggles that include a HUD with integrated GPS. That’s just too cool. I want one and I don’t even snowboard or ski. Feels like being a fighter pilot. Having said that, it deserves a far better online presentation though.
is a camera designed for kids and can serve as a powerful educational medium. It is designed as a kit for assembly and it includes features that cannot be found in other cameras, allowing them to explore new creative dimensions.