Coca-cola can for two.
We were reminded a couple of weeks ago that ‘Coke sharing’ can spread love and happiness. The idea and an experiment of literally sharing a can of coke leads to a ‘two-fer’ can.
[ coca-cola ] [ share coke with dad ]
We were reminded a couple of weeks ago that ‘Coke sharing’ can spread love and happiness. The idea and an experiment of literally sharing a can of coke leads to a ‘two-fer’ can.
[ coca-cola ] [ share coke with dad ]
An oldie but a goodie. One of my favorite window displays EVER.
venue > maison hermès window display | 19 nov 2009 > 19 jan 2010 | ginza5-4-1, chuo-ku, tokyo
installation concept/design> tokujin yoshioka
photography/video > ©satoshi asakawa / courtesy of hermès japon
Swedish mobile firm Fogg is planning to send out homing pigeons with tweets literally attached to their backs to promote its data roaming service, which has one flat rate across borders. Just submit a tweet via the Fogg Mobile website, choosing which bird will carry it, and in which country they want it released. Once the bird has reached its destination, both the Tweet and the nation that the bird is in will appear on their Twitter page.
Four birds will be sent out from Malmo on June 18th, carrying specially-created “backpacks”, to cross Denmark, Germany, Belgium and Holland. The 28g pack (which is superglued onto their feathers) will carry a Fogg SIM card connected to a GSM database which will activate the tweets. It will also hold a GPS tracking device to release location data en route. A University pigeon research unit in Munich worked with Perfect Fools to ensure the birds could carry the technology safely.
Each of the birds (named Hans, Wilma, Jean Claude, and Engeli) will have their own Twitter account, and will “tweet” about their training and experiences on the journey. #FogMobile #beyondborders [ creativity ]
Spectacular design..(my opinion) offers amazing variations always connecting to the main DNA the “W”
The responsive W: as a spatial construction. Inspired by Ad Reinhardt’s ‘typology of lines’
[ experimental jetset ] [ whitney identity ] [ details ]
Pininfarina, the traditional designer for Ferrari has created a concept for BMW. “With the BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupé, the two time-honored companies are unveiling the outcome of their first collaboration at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2013. The BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupé is a one-off and represents the exclusive interpretation of a luxurious BMW Coupé as seen through the eyes of Pininfarina. Working in close consultation, the two design teams have created a new automotive persona.” BMW says
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photo | reuters | 23 april 2013
Solar Impulse flies over the Golden Gate Bridge, preparing for cross-country flight in May 2013. The cross-country electric aircraft is a hybrid propulsion system running off of solar and then switching over to battery night flying and landing. There’s something about this plane that inspires the best, even the solar critics.
[ solar impulse ] [ solar impulse on ‘objects‘ ]
mazda kodo chair
maserati lounge chair | zanotta
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Car companies were at Milan’s furniture fair—Salon del Mobile— en masse this year. Mazda showed a chair inspired by its new Kodo design language while Maserati’s chair was covered in the same Poltrona Frau leather as its seats.
bmw quiet motion installation
BMW hired the hot design team, the Bouroullec brothers, Ronan and Erwan, to design a carousel shaped installation for its electric cars.
Mini’s display was a multimedia wall called Kapooow.
lexus inaho interactive robotic light
Lexus pulled in Pritzker prize winning architect Toyo Ito for its display.
ford bespoke chair
Ford’s “Futuring Team” of designers came up with a chair and table lamp that embody current trends, the company said. “The Ford Design team has for years attended events such as Salone del Mobile as creative observers, and now we are showing products designed by automotive designers,” said a Ford designer. “Many companies have access to technology, but it is design and innovation that elevates one product above another.”
ford 021c
renault twin z
Car companies have used Milan as a showcase before. Ford famously (world’s first automaker to showcase a car) introduced Marc Newson’s O21C car there in 2000. That strategy was echoed in Renault’s partnership this year with Ross Lovegrove on an actual vehicle.
audi r18 chair
Two years ago, Audi showed off a chair said to embody its design values.
But never before has there been such a rush of automakers to show talents beyond car building, to latch on to name designers and to turn up the lights and sound at Mobile.
[ milan 2013 ] [ r18 ] [ twin z ]
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Connecting the dots. Sort of. An interactive map of every person counted by the 2010 US, 2011 Canadian, and 2010 Mexican censuses. The map has 454,064,098 dots – one for each person. The project is open to the public domain.
1908 london map | source: wikimedia.org | click > enlarge
limitless possibilities derived from the london tube mapping model.
tube map as it would look if it was actually accurate | source: steveprentice.net
london underground world map | source: i.imgur.com
[ 17 london underground maps ] [ the new york city smart touchscreen wayfinding system ]
Gutai members sought to break free from the rigid mindset of wartime Japan by radically expanding our understanding of what art was and who could make it, encouraging viewers to participate in artistic creation. In the spirit of Gutai, Please Draw Freely, an interactive page on the museum’s web site, invites you to create art with people from around the world. To begin, choose to start a new drawing or to add to an existing one. Each week, we are choosing a theme to inspire you as you collaborate with Gutai artists Takesada Matsutani, Norio Imai, and Sadaharu Horio. Last week, drawers Savia-mahajan, mgsmtg, and Sholto created these drawings for the theme “Gutai-inspired.” [ This week, the theme is “the Guggenheim building.” ] Make a drawing using that theme for your chance to be featured Friday
savia.mahajan
by mochi
by ketchupbeard
by vincenzo
[ guggenheim ]
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