I don't know what it is about it,
but i love it. It's like something
you'd dream after you saw a car chase
scene in an early james bond movie.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Handicap cars by Beni Bischof
I don't know what it is about it,
but i love it. It's like something
you'd dream after you saw a car chase
scene in an early james bond movie.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Leather, Knife, Art...Mark Evans
He uses nothing more than knives to scrape away at leather to achieve the different values.
Wow.
Mark Evans
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Full Scale Inflatable Weaponry...for sale
What? Don't have the cash or technology for MegaMissile?
Need to fool another nation's satellite surveillance?...and quick?!
Well try Full Scale Inflatable Weaponry!
The Fiat Lux Lamp
Fiat Lux from Constance Guisset on Vimeo.
The Fiat Lux Lamp
by
Constance Guisset and Gregory Cid
The control FLOATS in the air when in use.
So Beautiful.
Monday, December 28, 2009
"Solar Glitter"
"Snowflake Solar Cells 100 Times More Efficient than Standard Solar Cells"
"The snowflake-like “solar glitter” uses 100 times less material to produce the same amount of electricity as today’s standard 6-inch square solar cells."
(whoa x 100)!
Solar gaining ground.
J Mays on Design
Esquire: J Mays, What I've Learned
He's Ford's Vice President of Global Design (whoa) and Chief Creative Officer (double whoa). He is the guy behind the new beattle and audi tt. I'm all eyes.
Hacking Material
I love it, product with no form.
Sugru, self hacking material.
Mold it, shape it, fix it, make it better...with Sugru.
I'm David Tsai and
I approve of this product,
and
am jealous I didn't come up with it.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Friday, December 25, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
ID magazine Eulogy
Nice good bye written by Jesse Ashlock
Side note...great quote from the article via Bucky Fuller
“How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.”
Side note...great quote from the article via Bucky Fuller
“How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.”
In front of the truck...up there...can't see?
Ever drive behind a huge car/truck and wonder what's ahead or why it's driving like it is?
Art Lebedev studio apparently has, introducing Transparentius.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Fido vs. SUV
"Man's best friend could be one of the environment's worst enemies, according to a new study which says the carbon pawprint of a pet dog is more than double that of a gas-guzzling sports utility vehicle."
-by Isabelle Toussaint and Jurgen Hecker
Couldn't it also be said that man is one of the environment's worst enemies?
I do like the fact that they mention how to mitigate it by using your pet dual purpose, like feed it scraps, or like Santa, using the reindeer to pull the sleigh. Very clever big guy.
-by Isabelle Toussaint and Jurgen Hecker
Couldn't it also be said that man is one of the environment's worst enemies?
I do like the fact that they mention how to mitigate it by using your pet dual purpose, like feed it scraps, or like Santa, using the reindeer to pull the sleigh. Very clever big guy.
Move more or the flower gets it!
Fitbit tracks and measures how active you are and correlates this information via a flower graphic. Move or the flower dies!
I love products/objects that gear us towards movement/activity, but find it sad that they have to.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Technology to wean you off of Technology
If you haven't read "Born to Run", I highly recommend it.
Part of it examines/questions the whole basis of running shoes.
It explains how the foot is a dynamic and interactive system that
REQUIRES stress to work, and by wearing shoes, the cushioning
actually prohibits the foot's (feet's) natural ability to adjust
your stride for efficient movement.
Enter Vibram five finger shoes, originally designed for yachting, but has become the poster child for barefoot running.
Santa, can you send me a pair?
Table & Tennis
by Ryan Vanderbilt
Multiuse furniture, love it.
Its tricky, too many functions and it becomes silly or doesn't do anything well.
This? I just really like or maybe, its just I like ping pong...
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Interdependence
I think the biggest flaw of ALL disciplines is when they view themselves in such a narrow scope that it puts them independent of all other disciplines. And even worse, when they put themselves above all other disciplines without regard to them. Everything depends on everything else and cannot stand alone. Of course each has a critical value/role: business, art, design, marketing, sales, engineering, but the danger is in thinking that any one thing has the complete answer.
The value and power in design (or any discipline) occurs when this is realized and acted upon.
Everything has its strength,
Everything has its weaknesses,
Everything has its role,
Everything is interdependent.
OK, back to pretty pictures...
The value and power in design (or any discipline) occurs when this is realized and acted upon.
Everything has its strength,
Everything has its weaknesses,
Everything has its role,
Everything is interdependent.
OK, back to pretty pictures...
Worth Magazine
How interesting, the magazine wants to forego subscriptions and be known as the 20 dollar magazine. Apparently exquisitely designed, I hope the content is also worth-y. I'll have to pick one up to see, and forego a few coffees.
Worth
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Objet Printing
My Look, My Pose, Myself by Isaac Eskayo
"...third-year students in the Industrial Design Department at Holon Institute of Technology (H.I.T), were asked to address their persona and self-perception."
What a fun project
Objet printing,
crazy resolution
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Product Panic 09! by Bruce Sterling
"Everything about the way products are conceived, manufactured, and sold has been destabilized. I’d love to claim I’ve never seen anything like this, but since my wife is Yugoslavian, I can’t." - Bruce Sterling
The nature of all things is change.
Why should this be any different?
Difficult times make us reassess how we spend our time and energy.
Painful, but necessary.
Instead of freaking out,
we need to think and act more clearly.
Forget how to survive,
how do we Thrive?!!
All the talk of designers as problem solvers?
Designers solving for needs of society and culture?
Here's our Big chance.
I hope it proves we aren't just good talkers.
The nature of all things is change.
Why should this be any different?
Difficult times make us reassess how we spend our time and energy.
Painful, but necessary.
Instead of freaking out,
we need to think and act more clearly.
Forget how to survive,
how do we Thrive?!!
All the talk of designers as problem solvers?
Designers solving for needs of society and culture?
Here's our Big chance.
I hope it proves we aren't just good talkers.
Times, they are a changin'...does design?
“Ten years ago, students were all designing shiny objects, and, ‘Oh, aren’t they fabulous?’” says Tom Gattis, chair of SCAD’s industrial-design department. “Now it’s about research and solving business problems. Students have to understand that their job as an industrial designer has changed.”
whole article
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Poster that Watches You
Advertisement that watches you.
The poster CHANGES to either include your reaction as part of the poster,
or
CHANGES what is advertised, depending if you're are a man or woman!
design by Hamburg firm Jung von Matt
That's quite awesome.
the end of I.D. magazine
I remember first learning about industrial design and tearing through I.D. magazine. It was so fresh and interesting. However, once Chee Pearlman left the magazine, it seemed to slide in its content and quality, nonetheless, thank you I.D. magazine for all you've done.
I wonder what happens next.
I wonder what happens next.
Clever, clever my 8 legged friend
So this clever little guy/gal finds two 1/2 shell coconuts,
empties them out, then assembles them into this portable shelter.
Next is the solar panels for the flatscreen tv.
more text...
here's video!
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