Archive for June, 2008
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in isolation from their original context images acquire new meaning. similarity is amplified while any inherent significance or value is diminished. ultimately the viewer is prompted to re-interpret the message, placing new cultural, aesthetic and emotio
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This is actually emergency water (and well water at that) to be saved for earthquakes and other disasters, but it’s fun nonetheless. What do you think they do with all of the empty bottles when they pour them out?
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On April 15, 2008 in San Francisco, Green Works brought together an English reverse graffiti artist and a critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker, to create an environmentally friendly work of art and a film about a philosophy of clean.
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As CD sales continue to decline and MP3s are traded without thought, the left-for-dead LP is staging a comeback.
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The Bank of Common Knowledge (BCK) is a pilot experience dedicated to the research of social mechanisms for the collective production of contents, mutual education, and citizen participation.
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More infos on the Bank of Common Knowledge
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Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) today announced that it has reached an agreement that gives Yahoo! the ability to use Google’s search and contextual advertising technology through its AdSense™ for Search and AdSense for Content advertising programs.
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Unlike MuxTape, MixWit lets you drag songs from their MP3 archive into your playlist and create embeddable mixtapes. Plus, Mixwit offers a myriad of features to personalize the way your mixtape looks, making it even more of an extension of yourself. Bravo
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A shape-shifting BMW. No kidding. -shape-shifting-
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through http://www.trendsnow.net/
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The use of WiiSpray is similar of using a real spray can – but without the colour and the toxic smells.
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25mm buttons in Pantone colors.
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Insanely nice wallpapers
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In all, the lowest-paying 25 occupations employ 15.6 million people in America; the best-paying jobs employ 3 million.
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Our fundamental issue, I guess, is that people are consuming too much. By which we mean too much stuff. Physical stuff. Stuff that requires energy to be made and un-made. So we wouldn’t mind people consuming per se, if they consumed less actual stuff and
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This work was done in Bocchignano, Italy, a village close to Rome, as part of the group project “20 Eventi”. The group of artists developed projects for 4 villages of the Sabina region and decided to create a compilation of drawings, for collectors to pur
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a one-night exhibition freaturing works where the titles, creators and inspirations will be revealed only after the show has finishsed
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The Scorpion produces hydrogen during vehicle operation through electrolysis of water using the power generated from the vehicles electrical system.
0-100 under 4 seconds. 150 000$. 6L/100km. Woah.
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I posted in late may an article about that music/art installation from David Byrne. Here it is in action.
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Warren Buffett recently bet an ambitious hedge fund operator $1 million that they won’t beat the returns of S&P 500 after their extremely hefty fees are accounted for. Buffett claims investors will do as well with a no-load index fund over the ten years
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AT&T’s shift to subsidizing sales of Apple’s iPhones to attract more customers will cost the company up to $1 billion in 2008 alone, analysts said.
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uhum..
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Gmail Labs is a way for us to take lots of the ideas we wouldn’t normally pick and let you all (who use Gmail) decide whether they’re good or not.
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I’ve showcased the work of Toledano earlier this month (or late last month) with his serie “Bankrupt”. Here’s his newest piece
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a headlong dash through every crevice and byproduct, physical and psychological, of its narrator’s body and mind.
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The Filter, the vision of Peter Gabriel, the Grammy award-winning artist and digital media pioneer, is an online discovery experience that filters the world of online entertainment and information, personalising it for each individual user.
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Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.
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A jumbo black watermelon auctioned in Japan on Friday fetched a record $6,100, making it one of the most expensive watermelons ever sold in the country.
lmao
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199$ for the 8 gig, which is as much as an ipod nano 8 gig.
woah.
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Looking for someone to have lunch with? Loopt can help you hook up with someone and can even help recommend a cute little local cafe.
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a chrome-free full screen / plainview browser
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Heiferman replaced the old org chart with a highly unusual management strategy in which workers set priorities and pick their own projects. Inspired by the people who use its service, Meetup loosened the reins and dispersed power.
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You must probably read about it somewhere else, here’s the website
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“Blurry posters dislayed in city streets advertise the new Chrysler 300C STR8 with 431hp engine.”
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Orange UK contest
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Advertising spot for Orange Rewind TV
Incredible India.
That would be a great alternative idea for a future Freeze event!
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Vogue Italia July 2007 Super Mods Enter Rehab
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In October 2007, MultiCultClassics presented parody diversity messages inspired by the actual JWT ad depicted above. View the original series here, here, here, here and here. Below is a new collection, inspired by recent events and observations.
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Dsquared2’s Spring/Summer 2008 ad campaign features crash test dummies in compromising poses with superishmodels.
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he design team began by working closely with Google through the pre-design process by interviewing all 350 employees with the intention of incorporating their ideas into a new workspace
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“Antwerp’s narrowest house” located in Anwerp’s former red-light district. They took a 2.4-meter (7 feet 10 inches) wide space between two buildings, erected a steel skeleton in it and installed four wooden floors, one each for work, dining, relax
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Cute. and it comes in a bag filled with water. perfect for a hot summer day
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DNA 11 is the original creator of DNA Portraits-the world’s most personal form of art. We have propelled an entire industry with unique artwork based on genetic codes.
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The aptly named Folding Lamp is made from a 0.8mm sheet of stainless steel pre-scored so all you have to do is fold along the dotted lines. In what order you choose to fold is entirely up to you making each piece a unique item.
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Offers “concrete art” to fill that concrete floor of yours
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A product that combines relexation and information, helping you during the day with your appointments and besides that, displaying nice garden sounds inside the office to remind you that there is more to life than work.
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The district has been losing a vital chunk of its Jewish character to high-end designer labels in a slow transformation that residents say is reaching a turning point. Local officials estimate that as many as 20 Jewish shops in the compact quarter have gi
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And you thought Skittles were just for eating. Turns out the candies are perfect for coloring/flavoring vodka.
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Entrepreneurs are equipping billboards with tiny cameras that gather details about passers-by — their gender, approximate age and how long they looked at the billboard. These details are transmitted to a central database.
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The Human Media Lab is Canada’s premier media laboratory. Its mandate is to develop disruptive technologies and new ways of working with computers that are viable 10 to 20 years from now. We are currently working on the design of Organic User Interfaces (
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Cities Around The Globe Half Their Operating Budgets By Installing Energy Saving Lamps ( streetlights,, carbon, dioxide,, co2,, echelon, corporation,, smart, Oslo,)
In Canada, Quebec has installed 200 streetlights in its historical district, also as part of a trial. Over the next ten years, 1,000 Quebec lamps are going to be included.
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Scott is a guerrilla gardener, a member of a burgeoning movement of green enthusiasts who plant without approval on land that’s not theirs.
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Suggestion Box is an 18” X 18” X 18” (45CM X 45CM X 45CM) cardboard box, painted white with “SUGGESTION” stenciled in black letters on four sides. The public is asked to make suggestions about anything they would like.
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Havana-based Cuban artists Marco Castillo and Dagoberto Rodriguez, who make up the collective Los Carpinteros, created ‘In the Frozen Study of a Disaster’ — an apartment caught mid-explosion that looks like a bomb blast.
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The design will provide a right and left page in vertical format, a hinged laptop in horizontal format, and a flat, two-screen continuous surface for use in tablet mode. “Younger children will be able to use simple keyboards to get going, and older chil
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Established in 1975, the BMW Art Car Collection now includes 16 works by prominent artists - including David Hockney, Jenny Holzer, Roy Litchenstein, Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol - each making a unique artistic statement about the app
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Yves Saint Laurent, who died Sunday aged 71, was one of a handful of designers who dominated 20th century fashion
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The new Coen brothers comedy
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civil servant at the ministry of agriculture and fisheries, Lee gets up at 5:30 a.m. every day, gets dressed and makes a two-hour commute into Seoul to start work at 8:30 a.m. After sitting at a computer for most of the day, Lee typically gets out the doo
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BK telling its customer they discontinued the Whopper: their reactions.
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The Marshalite is a form of rotary traffic signal that was designed by Charles Marshall in 1936. It consists of two rotors pointing at coloured sections that denoted whether traffic in either direction should proceed, prepare, or stop.
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Honda’s new multi-million pound ad campaign, which features 45 skydivers promoting the Honda Accord by creating a series of shapes over the Mojave desert to reflect new features on the car.
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The stunt is a means of gaining publicity for Honda’s new multi-million pound ad campaign, which features 45 skydivers promoting the Honda Accord by creating a series of shapes over the Mojave desert to reflect new features on the car.
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