Archive for January, 2008

Earth, Water, and Fire join MacBook Air

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Original Post: Yes someone went there. DViCE, to be exact, decided to dream up MacBook Air's : Earth (recyclable), Water (pours out of a bottle), and Fire ("blazing" fast). "No word on prices or release dates" as of yet. via ...

Buying a smartphone? Save the receipt

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Original Post: Here's another future prediction we're guessing no one could have made fifty years ago: Fifty years in the future, people will carry around wireless, personal telephones that each contain more computing power than today's largest mainframes... Also, one out of five people will return them to the store because ...

Teague gets new creative director

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Original Post: Seattle-based Teague has for their Product Studio: Tadeo Toulis. New Yorker, former Fulbright Scholar and Pratt grad Toulis was the top ID guy at Motorola's advanced concepts group, and also did a two-year stint at Samsung after founding SF-based collective Design RAW. We'd send you a link to ...

Coroflot Design Job of the Day:Art Director, Vera Bradley, Fort Wayne, IN

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Original Post: Vera Bradley. Fort Wayne, IN, USA Under the direction of the Creative Director and following the creative vision of the Company’s Co-Founder, design direct marketing, in-store, events and trade targeted materials that promote Vera Bradley products and increase sales revenue. Maintain, expand, and protect the Vera Bradley brand image, keeping it ...

Sony-Ericsson’s modular cell phone patent

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Original Post: That there is a new Sony-Ericsson patent drawing for a modular cell phone: As described in a patent application called "Detachable Housings for a Wireless Communication Device," mobile phone has two detachably connected housings. One of them can hold user interface devices such as keypad, keyboard, touchpad, joystick control, ...

In the beginning, there was the word

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Original Post: In the beginning, there was the word / we made this We've just been taking a look at artist & cultural activitst Martin Firrell's website, and it's rather lovely. He works principally with projected text, and has created site specific pieces for the National Gallery, the Tate Britain and the ...

High-Def Napkins

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Original Post: Guerilla marketing company JI Worldwide is putting their money where your mouth is. So here it is folks, the new frontier in advertising: "Many companies have looked to alternative advertising mediums as both the media and consumer behavior have become more fragmented and specialized," said Jay Jaber, the founder ...

PicLens

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Original Post:PicLens / the serif This is well worth a look, lovely designed plugin for use on web sites such as Google images, Flickr, Facebook etc It even works on blogs/wordpress sites. Perhaps an update to the Serif Jim? Brought to you by Cooliris. Cheers to Ryzo for the tip!

Sony’s stunning water and laser hologram

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Original Post: This has to be the coolest movie promo we've ever seen: to plug their upcoming The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, Sony has rigged up a water-spray-and-lasers projection in Tokyo Bay that provides an eerily-realistic Loch-Ness-type monster. Check the video. via ...

Candidates in their natural habitat

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Original Post: When he's not cruising the campaign trail, John Edwards kicks back at this $5.4 million, 21,000-sq.-ft. home in Chapel Hill. Check out our next --hopefully their architectural preferences won't sway your existing decisions. via ...