At FITC this year I attended a presentation by Patrick Keenan and Alan Smith from The Movement. The presentation was titled “Think Globally, Design Locally” and it was for people who care about design, beauty and functionality but who are also globally aware and want to make a difference.
The presentation as a whole really resonated with me [...]
new brilliant insights from malcolm gladwell:
video from the New Yorker Conference, talking about hiring difficulties in the modern age.
And in the New Yorker In the Air all about big ideas and where invention comes from. In the history of science, there are innumerable cases of people coming up with the same inventions at the same [...]
black cab sessions #37 features the swedish sensation of the siren eyes, lykke li!
she’s playing along with el perro del mar at the middle east on march 9, and we’ll be there with bells on.
During my early POPstick days, I became a little obsessed with finding ways to use leather scraps, thanks to the handoffs from Schrut & Ashe. I started with magazine racks, then tried wallets. Now, I am trying to incorporate it into some totes, but occasionally I come across amazing things like this, and am re-inspired.
Each [...]
Beth showed me this the other day, and it made me quite happy. Today I showed it to Steven and came up with a brilliant idea FOR THE BEST HALLOWEEN COSTUME EVER!
If we can get one red dancer, one green, one yellow, one purple… and beth in a sequined outfit? plus some dance coreography… we’ll [...]
My best friend (and wife) Nikole Torres has started a blog focused on uncovering cool/well designed things for parents and their kids.
She’s only been doing it for about a week but she seriously has blogging fever and already has a bunch of great things on there. Including a diaper bag from our very own [...]
Check out these cool cups our friends at MIT are working on.
LED’s on the matching cup light up when either person is drinking.