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frogMob
frogMob is based on the idea that anyone can be an ethnographer for an hour, just by paying a little more attention to the world around them. A frogMob is a trend scrape that gathers a quick visual pulse on behaviors, trends and artifacts globally. They publish the call to action on a select topic and gather original photography and stories that describe how products are used globally.
At frog, design research is a tool they use to make sense of human behavior. It helps them to find those nuggets of insight that lead them to create products and services that make people’s lives better. With this in mind, they are opening up their design research process. And they want you to join in.
Learn more and submit to frogMob.
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Compass Mobile Stand
Compass by TwelveSouth is the iPad stand I have been wishing for. It is made out of gorgeous steel and is incredibly versatile: Used upright as an easel, Compass lets you view and interact with iPad in both portrait and landscape modes, even if you keep your iPad protected in the Apple case. Turn your iPad on its side, in landscape position, and Compass becomes the ultimate portable theater.
It is about the size of candy bar, requiring very little space in your backpack, computer bag or purse. Store it in the included soft travel sleeve, which matches the Apple iPad case, and you’re ready to roll.
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GoCrib
I was impressed by the inflatable Guava Family GoCrib. Anyone who has ever traveled with a regular travel crib knows how bulky and heavy they are. GoCrib is lightweight, sturdy and packs down into a small backpack. Ingenious. (Watch the video below to see how sturdy it is. Looking at the pictures alone, I thought it would be flimsy.)
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I wish I’d known that
David Airey asks: What advice would you give a design graduate? Chris Arnold, founder of Creative Orchestra and former creative director at Saatchi & Saatchi, offers his pearls of wisdom.
My favorite out of the ten:
Think of yourself as a brand. You need to be remembered. What will they remember you for? What defines you? If you have it in you, do something that defines you. Invent something, develop a unique skill, get noticed for something — it creates a talking point.
Storytelling visualized
Kurt Vonnegut explains storytelling through Cartesian graphs on a blackboard. Read the Article: Kurt Vonnegut at the Blackboard
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Stack Chair
This vinyl wall-sticker in the shape of the back of a chair marks the spot, where to stack up your magazines or newspapers and gradually becomes your Stack Chair. (Shhhh…One could easily also paint a chair to the wall, no?)
Crutch
So, you just moved into a new place and all you have is a big giant piece of wood but no actual table? Don’t you worry. There’s a solution: Crutch by Nicola Enrico Staeubli. Metal frames are put over the edges of a tabletop and contracted with lashing straps creating a highly solid linkage. Made me look. Not your usual solution, is it?
Bike Camper
Saw this fantastic vintage bike camper over at TheSwissGerman. Unfortunately I have no idea who to credit. All I know is that this mobile trailer bed made me look and chuckle. Ingenious, no?
Flipboard | personalized social magazine
I finally had a moment to download, install and test drive Flipboard on my iPad. I am speechless. It’s another one of these “woah-I-am-touching-the-future-moments”. Here’s a video explaining what Flipboard does:
A big giant yay to the team over at Flipboard. Design and Usability is topnotch. Realizing that this is the first version of the app, I can only *imagine* what the future versions are going to look like. What an impressive first start.
Also, I am superexcited to see that talented Maria Popova’s blog is featured as one of the recommended feeds. Go Brainpickings!
DIY Book Binding
More over at www.diybookbinding.com
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Losing the Race to the Bottom
Here’s an interesting SXSW 2010 podcast with Jim Coudal and John Gruber in which they trace their history and share their experiences in how to make a living with running a blog.
How individuals and groups can maintain some shred of dignity and support themselves by creating ad and sponsorship programs that benefit and respect publishers, readers and advertisers. Presented by John Gruber of John Gruber of Daring Fireball and Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners.
Listen to the podcast here: Online Advertising: Losing the Race to the Bottom
(thank you Liz)
Journey to the Center of a Triangle (1977)
‘Journey to the Center of a Triangle‘ (1976) 8m, dir. Bruce & Katharine Cornwell. Another fabulous film by the Cornwells, created on the Tektronics 4051 Graphics Terminal. Presents a series of animated constructions that determine the center of a variety of triangles, including such centers as circumcenter, incenter, centroid and orthocenter.
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Oliver Jeffers | OFFSET 2009
Oliver Jeffers – OFFSET 2009 from OFFSET on Vimeo.
Oliver Jeffers makes art. From figurative painting and installation to illustration and picture-book making, his work has been exhibited and published in New York, Dublin, London, Sydney, Washington DC, Belfast and elsewhere.
His picture books, including Lost and Found“>Lost and Found, The Incredible Book-Eating Boy“>The Incredible Book Eating Boy, and most recently, The Great Paper Caper“>The Great Paper Caper. Oliver was brought up in Northern Ireland and now lives and works in Brooklyn.
Consider our 4 year old Ella and me his biggest fans.
My Space
Liya Mairson’s cardboard folding play area is designed for children aged 3-6 based around a pop-up technique. ‘My Ppace’ has been developed specifically for small apartments which lack the space for a play room. When closed it uses minimal space and can be stored behind a door or under a single bed. As far as I can tell this is a student project and not yet for sale. Am I right?
More over at designboom.
Core77 Store
What an exciting day it must have been yesterday for my friends over at Core77. They opened their first store. Yes, you read right. Core77 opened a real store. As in walk in and buy a product.
They describe it as A Vocational Haberdashery and Supply Store for Creative Activities. Their debut inventory roster includes: Workwear, Shop Tools, Design Supplies and Objects (of Curiosity).
Open 24 Hours-a-Day online at
www.handeyesupply.com
http://www.handeyesupply.com
Open 12-6 pm, Monday – Saturday at
23 NW 4th Avenue
Portland, Ore.
If you’re in the Portland, Oregon area, make sure to go and check it out.
Movie Peg
MoviePeg holds your iPhone and iPad so you don’t have to. I own the iPad MoviePeg and I give it two thumbs up!
Meet your Type
A beautifully designed and helpful booklet on Typography: Meet your Type by Fontshop
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I Tweet, Therefore I Am
On a recent lazy Saturday morning, my daughter and I lolled on a blanket in our front yard, snacking on apricots, listening to a download of E. B. White reading “The Trumpet of the Swan.” Her legs sprawled across mine; the grass tickled our ankles. It was the quintessential summer moment, and a year ago, I would have been fully present for it. But instead, a part of my consciousness had split off and was observing the scene from the outside: this was, I realized excitedly, the perfect opportunity for a tweet. …
I Tweet, Therefore I Am, by Peggy Orenstein
(thank you Keren)
Baby Porcupine
Baby Porcupine. Today’s dose of cute overload by Sharon Montrose.
Black Out Shades with Clouds
Black Out Shades can be quite ugly. This idea by Jenny Komenda made me look. When decorating Joanna Goddard’s son’s nursery she had the idea to paint white clouds on them. Brilliant! (And yes, I have a thing for clouds!)
impromptu rainbow
Impromptu rainbow, made from acrylic paint attached to a windshield wiper. This is genius and makes me happy.
(thank you Summer)