Don’t understand the connection between the Nokia phone and the commercial but it sure is impressive:
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MUJI Portable Shaver
What a beauty is this simple Portable Shaver from MUJI?
Pine Folding Table
Made of pine with collapsible legs, this low coffee table is suitable for any décor. Or I’d like to use one of these as a kid’s crafts table that can be put away.
King Corn
During a dinner conversation with my girlfriends last night, we were talking about health and the impact nutrition has on it. The discussion came to produce and whether we should really buy organic or not. When I look at the produce in my regular supermarket I can’t help but feel that it is all genetically modified. Seedless Grapes and Watermelon anyone? My friend Kim mentioned King Corn, a documentary she watched a while back about Corn – the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation.
In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America’s most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat—and how we farm.
You Are My Sunshine
Maybe this performance by Ray Charles will convince the NYC sun to make an appearance again sometime soon:
(via awaytogarden)
Wooff. Wooff.
I would love one of these Dog Wall Decals from dVider for casa swissmiss. Our little Ella Joy would definitely approve.
Woof Woof.
Mac Dock Icon Spelling!
Here’s a fun new way to kill time: Mac Dock Icon Spelling. Send in yours!
Where do we go from here?
Last night I got an email from my friend Red in which he pointed me to the above video and asked the following question:
“Are there any organizations that talk about alternative ways to sustain an economy that avoids all the “evil” things like material consumption, overproduction, planned/perceived obsolesence, depletion of natural resources, etc.?”
Are there? If so, leave a link in a comment below.
Gigantic Robot
I always wanted to own a 32 page board-book about a Gigantic Robot. Yay for Tom Gauld.
The Feast
The Feast is a cross-disciplinary series of programs addressing social innovation and new ways to make the world a better place. Their secret sauce lies in a healthy combination of passion, creativity, and entrepreneurship to shift the way things are done – thereby changing individuals, industries, and ultimately the world.
On October 1, 2009 at The Times Center in New York City, “The Feast Conference” will gather the world’s leading creative entrepreneurs, revolutionaries, radicals, doers and thinkers to inspire more action, share best practices, and create valuable connections that will change the world.
During this summer The Feast is having a plethora of events in New York. Slow down and enjoy the simple things in life at the “Feast Dinners.” Hear short talks and insights from remarkable speakers at the “Feast Salons.” Or get hands on at the “Feast Workshops.”
alma urban cot/crib
Bloom’s Alma is a beautifully designed folding wooden crib, with stainless steel detailing, that is the perfect choice for parents looking to bring a little contemporary chic to the nursery or home. Alma has two mattress heights combining the benefits of a newborn bassinet or cradle with a cot/crib; a modern easy folding bed that can be used from newborn to two years.
CreativeMornings with Daniel Freitag in Zurich
Swiss readers, listen up: Our July CreativeMornings is going to take place in Zurich at the FREITAG Factory on July 17, 2009. Daniel Freitag, one of the two masterminds behind the FREITAG messenger bag empire, will be our speaker.
This will be our first international CreativeMornings! YAY!
Interested in attending? Make sure to r.s.v.p via email. Please tell us your name and what industry you’re in. (We will later on send you a confirmation email with all the necessary details for the event.) CreativeMornings are free. They start at 8.30am and end at 10am.
NEW: Follow CreativeMornings on twitter!
Breakfast will be generously sponsored by two companies:
MailChimp, a fantastic service that makes it easy to send email newsletters to your customers, manage your subscriber lists, and track campaign performance.
And Rod Communication AG, a Zurich based communication and strategy agency. A big thank you to our sponsors!
CreativeMornings? ‘CreativeMornings’ is a monthly morning gathering of creative types. Each event includes a 10 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion. The gathering begins at 8:30am with the topic presentation starting at 9:00am. The whole thing closes down at 10am. The events are hosted at studios/gallery spaces in NYC. (We are always looking for potential hosts that are willing to accomodate 50+ people. Please email us if you’re interested in hosting or sponsoring one of our events!)
Funemployed Collection
Got laid off? This collection of round pins would make great gifts for people that still have sense of humor about the situation. Designs by Irina Blok.
What is a Browser?
What is a browser? was the question we asked over 50 passersby of different ages and backgrounds in the Times Square in New York. Watch the many responses people came up with.
Duchamp Reloaded
In 1913, Marcel Duchamp took found objects from the streets and placed them in museums. 96 years later, if Duchamp were alive, he may want to do the very opposite. Duchamp Reloaded, a new project by Ji Lee.
Antique Wooden Sign
Antiqueed Wooden Signs created by Rebecca Puig.
Space Alphabet: H
A page out of Space Alphabet (1964) by Irene Zacks. Seen on wardomatic’s Mid-century Children’s Books collection on flickr.
CheckMyColours.com
CheckMyColours.com by Giovanni Scala is a tool for checking foreground and background color combinations of all DOM elements and determining if they provide sufficient contrast when viewed by someone having color deficits. All the tests are based on the algorithms suggested by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
(via @zeldman)
Little Man
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Knoll Kids
KnollStudio®, a division of Knoll, Inc., renowned for its collection of classic and enduring designs for the workplace and the home, announced the launch of knoll kids, a children’s modern furniture collection.
The Fallen Princesses
The Fallen Princesses project imagines Disney characters if their stories didn’t end happily ever after.
(via kottke)