Chocolate-powered 145mph racing car.
World-first ecoF3: New racing car made of vegetables and fruit. Powered by chocolate hits speeds of 145 miles per hour when it is launched next month. via jalopnik [PR]
In defense of twitter.
An architecture, urban musings blog pov about media. Inspired by Maureen Dowd’s brain-dead editorial in yesterday’s New York Times. An opine on Twitter. via bldgblog [PR]
Ive bemoans rapid prototyping.
Jonathan Ive expressed nostalgia for the days before rapid prototyping blaming the rise of rapid prototyping for distancing designers from the physical design process.
‘When we started out we made all our own models. Just pressing “print” is an obstacle to designers being close to the materials and the object. He declined to comment on the state of the UK’s digital product design industry, and said he ‘didn’t know’ if he’d ever come back to work here. via design week [PR]
Earth day. 30 amazing ads.
An earth day stimulus package. via designcrave [PR]
Ambra Medda. Milan 2009
The young design-world star is in Milan exploring this year’s Salone del Mobile and working with Fendi on “Craft Punk,” a collaboration that brings together 11 designers working in different media for a performance-based event. The co-founder and director of Design Miami and Design Miami/Basel shares her impressions in Milan. via new york times [PR]
Solar oven wins climate change challenge.
Carboard boxes, aluminum foil, black paint. A $5 investment wins the FT Climate Change Challenge, which sought to find and publicize the most innovative and practical solution to climate change. via designobserver [PR]
2009 goldman environmental prize winners.
Winners include a single mom who battled Big Energy (and won).
Porsche chooses China.
Porsche unveiled its entry into the luxury sedan market Sunday night, the eve of the Shanghai auto show. [PR}
Gadget concepts. #11.
Concepts that inspire. thanks kk [PR]
Mailbox fetish.
17 unusual and creative mailboxes. thanks carlyn meyer [PR]