Should consumers or brands control content? Jury still out. via businessweek [PR] Share

Twitterings: someone I follow just tweets, “friend at major NY agency says they no longer allow access to YouTube unless it’s for specific project w/ job number. #can’tmakethisshitup.” via twitter [PR] Share

Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld said it’s time for a big cleanse after years of indulgence. Christian Lacroix, Stella McCartney ignore economic crisis. via reuters. [PR] Share

Products traditionally are created in rich nations and repackaged for emerging ones. Innovation now trickles in new direction. via businessweek [PR] Share

Barbie turned 50 on 9 March. Her birthday present? A Fiat Barbie. So Fiat. So Milano. via designophy [PR] Share

Good glassy-historicist Apple store concept no slam-dunk in Georgetown. via a/n blog [PR] Share

If we are going to have vandalism here’s an innovative action plan for good vandalism. via gawker [PR] Share

Thomas D. Kuczmarski suggests an innovation action plan for Obama. via businessweek [PR] Share

No Lego replica but a full scale replica of Le Corbusier’s vacation home in Cap-Martin on the Cote D’Azure. via coudal [PR] Share

The French know what the word means and creates a new law. via boingboing [PR] Share

The winners of the 2009 design green project. [PR] Share

“I am always a careful shopper but I think, in general, everybody is looking at the clothes more carefully, not just in terms of quality but also quantity,” said Vinita Schroeder, a physician from Dallas dressed in a grey wool Stella McCartney bustier dress. via reuters [PR] Share

Hmmm, we seem to have a theme going here lately in our ” Ouch! ” category. Now we present a toilet that can flush entire chess sets. via boingboing [PR] Share

John Kao and DeLoitte launch innovation the institute for large scale innovation. via nussbaum on design [PR] Share

Ikea feeling the heat to sell first solar powered products. via ubergizmo [PR] Share

Your growling stomach overpowers the runway at Paris Fashion Week. A list of dining tips. via newyorktimes [PR] Share

Philipp Oswalt becomes the new director of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. via spiegel [PR] Share

Six decades of shoe design at the Puma Archive. [PR] Share

Eyeborg. Someone’s not only watching, he’s filming. via reuters [PR] Share

20 most important inventions of the next ten years. via businessweek. [PR] Share

20 years in 20 minutes. The best from TED. via designobserver [PR] Share

11 technologies that are older than you think. via cracked.com (thanks coudal) [PR] Share

Nothing. Less is more I guess. via the guardian — designobserver [PR] Share

15 skyscrapers waiting waiting…Dubai (4), Chicago (2), Moscow (2), NYC (1), London (1), Santiago (1), China (1), Jakarta (1), Australia (1), Unknown? (1) via oobject — designobserver [PR] Share

The animated new CU ” box kite “ logo. via the moment blog [PR] Share

World’s oldest emoticons. via digg [PR] Share

Will digital readers cut it with the masses. Here is Kindle 2. via businessweek [PR] Share

Are green roofs the new mirrored imaged? Meaning: designed to deceive? via treehugger [PR] Share

As for the future, regarding your home, the future is here. Inside the house of the future. via businessweek [PR] Share

Dell attacks Psion’s “Netbook” trademark, accuses it of fraud. via boingboing [PR] Share

2010 Olympic torch design unveiled. via designophy [PR] Share

The world’s major cellphone manufacturers have announced plans to standardize chargers for all phones by 2012, reducing the need to bundle chargers with every phone and changing the fact you can rarely borrow a charger for your phone when you need to via good [PR] Share

Eco paints paint the town green. An ethical, inexpensive option. via the guardian [PR] Share

Can design save Dell? via BusinessWeek [PR] Share

Gwyneth and Chris outed for leaky home. Other hotshot greens labeled too. Is this like being on a steroid list? via uk times [PR] Share

GQ magazine anoints Justin Timberlake as most stylish man in America. via reuters [PR] Share

We’re in a recession. How to cut out unnecessary innovation. via BusinessWeek [PR] Share

Blackjack card-counting iPhone app illegal at casinos. Using a device to count cards is a felony in Nevada USA. via boingboing [PR] Share

Money, design, and history. For some people money is the constant source of question regardless of the economic climate. via designboom [PR] Share

This year’s Fast Company 50. [PR] Share

We offer the very popular RC flying cockroach. via gizmine [PR] Share

Brit designers ignore slump to storm the catwalks of New York. Despite the costs involved, breaking into the US market is essential for UK labels. At New York fashion week. via the guardian [PR] Share

Here you go. 25-random-things-about-graphic-design-and-stuff. via designobserver [PR] Share

Jon Stewart: “Corn Ethanol F*#k That” – 2 Billion Cars Author Daniel Sperling via ecowonk [PR] Share

Obama needs a secretary of innovation. via businessweek [PR] Share

Apple sez jailbreaking your iPhone is illegal. via boingboing [PR] Share

PG-13 toothpaste dispenser concept video. via core77 [PR] Share

Looking back. What you get when you cross Sanjo ultrasonic bath, the 1970 World Expo, and Barbarella. via boingboing [PR] Share

Artist sues AP over Obama image. Oh, the artist who currently has a retrospective at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston was arrested there on Friday, accused of illegally pasting his work in places around Boston; he has pleaded not guilty. via nyt [thanks carlyn meyer] Share

Uncle Sam wants your green ideas. via forcedgreen [PR] Share

USA companies are greener in 2008. via treehugger [PR] Share

A bird’s eye view of playgrounds from photographer Hosang Park. via Hermenautic Circle Blog [PR] Share

Peruse’s the blogging/twitter link to TED 2009. via BusinessWeek [PR] Share

When your expense account is cut what’s left? Old-school power attire.. via wsj [PR] Share

A propeller that swims by itself evolves into pedal-powered submarine. via boingboing [PR] Share

Beam me up scottie. Scientists just did three feet. via geekologie [PR] Share

Uh oh. Joker ski mask sighted. via geekologie [PR] Share

Chris bangle, BMW design chief, resigns. via businessweek [PR] Share

The return of face furniture. Glasses are back. via the guardian [PR] Share

This is pretty cool. evolution of logos via ad.blogspot [PR] Share

Design Observer evolves to Change Observer. Look for launch in summer 2009 [PR] Share

Thai manufacturers want Industry Ministry to set up design centre. A centre goal: create more original-design manufacturers and original-brand manufacturers. via The Nation [PR] Share

An Illinois appellate court has struck down the city of Chicago’s landmarks ordinance, saying it is unconstitutionally vague, putting in jeopardy the city’s protection of more than 250 buildings and 50 historic districts. [PR] Share

Looking back. Homage to mundane. MoMA gets humble. [PR] Share

Pepsi logo if McCain won. via Advertising Age. [thanks Carlyn Meyer] Share

Aviator’s survival pack designer, doug ritter. [PR] Share

Handy metal business cards. via BoingBoing [PR] Share

What will liquidated Circuit City look like? via BoingBoing [PR] Share

Another logo contest. Mexico City. Till February 15. via Hermenautic Circle blog [PR] Share

Chu’s energy agenda. New Energy Secretary speaks. via BusinessWeek. [thanks Carlyn Meyer] Share

Life & style, fashion, newspaper features Great British Designer Series via The Guardian [PR] Share

Looking back. Examples of modern alphabets. 1864. [PR] Share

Sadly PingMag has announced an extended hiatus. [PR] Share

Who is Jon Favreau? Obama inauguration: Words of history … crafted by 27-year-old in Starbucks. via The Guardian [PR] Share

Obama alter-brand. Why is Che Guevara such a pop culture icon? via designboom [PR] Share

US National Design Policy Summit Report, is available. via core77 [PR] Share

Obama’s inauguration — in Lego form via The Guardian [PR] Share

Looking back. The Steelcase coordinated office approach. via The Midcentury modernist. [PR] Share