WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 06, 2010
To save your iPhone and iPod touch from the perils of your kids, there's Woogie. From Griffin and Iceberg Kids.
"An interesting marriage of unexpected warm and cool tones." Pantone releases its Spring 2011 Fashion Color Report.
No more speculation. It's official: Google Instant. Save two to five seconds with every search. On Google.com. Hmmm, what to do with all that free time....
Eat. Sleep. Design. Camp. AIGA Design Camp 2010. October 1–3. At the Grand View Lodge in Nisswa, Minnesota.
The Feedback Loop Project: Twenty-five letterpress printers created limited edition notebooks for sale. All proceeds support Design Ignites Change.
If Wikipedia had the "academic muscle" of 120 philosophers overseeing its content, it would be, well, the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Now we'll just need one for every other subject.
The future of broadcast? A new and improved version of BBC's iPlayer launched today.
The artists (an impressive, talented group) at Montreal's Anna Goodson Management are (again, for the second year) Willing to Work for Free (until December 31) for non-profit orgs that don't have the budgets to commission original illustration. If you're at one, contact them.
Stylus is a new research service created by trend specialists and former buyers/product designers.
Via Information Aesthetics, Map Your Moves: A visual exploration of where New Yorkers moved in the last decade.
So, BBDO Toronto thinks "Stayfree: A Date with Trevor" (also in the series, are dates with Brad and Ryan) is a great way to sell feminine hygiene products. Um, yea... we're not entirely sure we're sold on the concept.
Twitter's iPad app features some new UI touches created for the bigger screen, built around media consumption. Tweets meet Web pages, photos and more.
PointStream visualizes 2010 US Open match data and stats in real-time to give you a unique way to see how your favorite players are performing.
"Of Two Minds About Books." Paper books. Ebooks. Ideally no one will have to settle; everyone will be able to read the version they like better.
The FWA launched its mobile showcase. Today. FWA Mobile.
Like hamsters? Someone must. Hamstar—a streetwear-inspired clothing line sporting likenesses of the charismatic rodents from the Kia Soul TV spots—is selling like crazy. From David&Goliath and Kia.
It can't be summed up any better than this: "500 years of science, reason and critical thinking via the medium of gross oversimplification, dodgy demarcation, glaring omission and a very tiny font." The Modern Science Map. By Crispian Jago.
"Prison Without Walls," an article on the Atlantic about an increasingly viable (and precise) alternative to conventional incarceration.
Sort of like the Visual Thesaurus, but for news. The Accidental News Explorer, an app for the constantly curious. By Brendan Dawes.
TransferBigFiles.com has created the first iPhone App to send high-quality HD Videos wirelessly from your phone.
BETC Euro RSCG, has developed software that can create mediocre ads in just ten seconds—instead of hours of strategic meetings and production.
The subject of the coming-soon book by Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers: Collaborative Consumption. The consumer shift, explained briefly in What's Mine is Yours, is an appealing concept based on sharing, bartering, lending, trading, renting, gifting and swapping redefined through technology and peer communities.
WEEK OF AUGUST 23, 2010
StumbleSafely. A mapping project that helps people in Washington DC get home safely—drunk or sober—by identifying crime areas close to bars and metro stops. Ingeniously simple. By Ian Cairns.
Twizzlers? Or Red Vines? There doesn't seem to be any middle ground in that debate? Maybe this will change some minds: Red Vines World of Sharing.
Put.io fetches, stores and streams media files that you can access from any device.
Coming soon (next week) so you can stamp and deliver: Courier—a new Mac app from Realmac Software.
Integrating sustainability into design education: The Toolkit. The Designers Accord breaks down each element and provides examples. An amazing resource.