Very nice IKEA has made cameras fun again by announcing the new IKEA cardboard camera. It runs on two AA batteries and features a swing-out USB plug, viewfinder cutout, shutter key and paperclip-friendly erase button.
Changing role of Design
I guess you already know that the world is changing. Or actually the world continuously changes, basically the only constant is change! The only constant is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. — Isaac Asimov I truly believe that this continuous change has brought us to a level which needs us to question everything as we know it and asks for a complete new approach in order to define this new world. It’s not just the next step, it’s the third industrial revolution! The best thing is to start with yourself, and as a creative Studio we also understood that this changing environment asks for another approach and the way things worked before are no longer applicable.
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The Cube by Electrolux
During the Milan Design week I noticed something strange on the rooftop aside the Duomo… The Cube by Electrolux is a unique temporary dining concept that opened its doors for the first time last year. The Electrolux “Cube” will pop up on a series of landmark sites across Europe, and started with a placement on top of the Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium.
Meet the Nest Learning Thermostat
Very Nice Smart Beautiful Thermostat!!!
Milan12 Designweek Impressions
Great inspiring week at the Milan Designweek! Check out some impressions.
10 Car Innovations
New production models and concept cars might have stolen this year’s New York International Auto Show, but underneath all that aluminum, steel and carbon fiber was some impressive new technology, most of which is headed to a car near you in the coming months and years.
Startups, This is how design works
Companies like Apple are making design impossible for startups to ignore. Startups like Path,Airbnb, Square, and Massive Health have design at the core of their business, and they’re doing phenomenal work. But what is ‘design’ actually? Is it a logo? A WordPress theme? An innovative UI?
Think Big, spend Small
It happens more and more that we don’t get a designbrief anymore. Due to the known factors it’s not longer possible to predict easily what will be the next step. Basically we have to start designing the designbrief which is of course what we love most. We call it imagineering! After clarifying the goals we start investigating in order to understand, and finally come up with different scenario’s, idea’s, possibilities,.. It always seems that this point is so crucial and considered as the end of being creative. It almost feels like stop playing around, let’s go back to reality now. I personally believe this is a big misunderstanding and I believe a radical mind-shift is necessary here. It’s not possible to keep thinking within fixed methods and project based processes. It used to be common to put all the ideas together make a first ‘realistic’ selection and spent some budget
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Foldable displays
Samsung Electronics and LG Display have developed prototype flexible displays that can be gently bent while continuing to show images……
Vibrating Tattoo
Nokia has just filed a patent for the world’s first vibrating tattoo that alerts the user about a call, text message or email alert.