See the world's largest disco ball suspended over Paris - by Michel-de-Broin. It was 50 meters in the air and has a 7.5 meter diameter. Crazy. More here
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Disco!!
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Labels: installations, light, Sculpture
Vancouver 2010
Nice style from the BBC for the trailer
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Quote this
Fresh Bump present 10 design quotes brought to life by wicked typographers:
More here
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Labels: design, Typography
Keep calm and carry on
Read about the evolution of it here
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Labels: design
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Consollection
Ahh... now for a spot of console nostalgia. Every console you've ever played on is here with a nice little write up and some shots.
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Labels: history, technology, video games
Egg Watchers
Watching eggs boil is boring but not when you have Egg Watchers which chooses a random Youtube movie of the exact length it'll take to boil your egg to perfection. Smart.
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Monday, 25 January 2010
Banksy Film
"Exit Through the Gift Shop". The hype starts here.
Wooster Collective have already seen it and say it's brilliant. let's hope so.
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Labels: film, Street art
Ideas
Nice video about them, etc
Rethink Scholarship at Langara 2010 Call for Entries from Rory O'Sullivan on Vimeo.
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Thursday, 21 January 2010
The Proposal
This is clever and cute. How could she have said no...
Read all about it here
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Labels: comedy, innovation, love, sex
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Point the finger
Nice little book mark idea that has a hand with a movable pointing finger so that you never lose where you read up to (because that can be really annoying and waste precious seconds)
By 25 To Go - check their other nice product ideas.
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Labels: Books, innovation, products
Monday, 18 January 2010
Nike True City
Bet this Nike iPhone app for 6 European cities is good:
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Labels: application, Mobile
UseLess Products
Nice line of products from Nika Rams creating awareness to save the planet through using less water and energy, etc.
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Labels: environment, innovation, products
Obsolete canvass
Nick Gentry paints pictures directly onto canvasses made of obsolete media such as cassette tapes, floppy disks, and so on.
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Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Check out Sleep Talking Man
Right here
"Shhhhhhhhh. shhhhhhhhh. I'm telling you: your voice, my ears. A bad combination."
"You're pretty. pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty.... [long pause] Now fuck off and be pretty somewhere else. I'm bored." and other comical sleep based musings.
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Labels: blog, Social Media
Love Egg
These are just odd. They are love toys for blokes. I'll not say more but watch the film below...
For more head over to Notcot
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010
3 bits of lego niceness
One... this awesome film called Cl!ck to celebrate the launch of Lego's new site:
Two... fun Lego iPhone photo app:
More here and a link to free download
Three... the Lego house by James May. This has been going on for some time but I've missed it. Good attention to detail:
Watch vid below:
Read loads more over on Fire Wire
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Labels: architecture, Lego, Mobile, photography, toys
Monday, 11 January 2010
Cueva de los Cristales
Read Paul William's account of spending a short while in Cueva de los Cristales (The Giant Crystal Cave) in Mexico - it's 50 degrees centigrade and 100% humidity - one of the the deadliest places on earth.
Here he is in ice suit to keep cool...
Here's the cave...
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Labels: Documentary, environment, nature
Most Contagious 1009
If you haven't cast your eyes over Contagious Magazine's review of 09, then do do here
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Labels: advertising, Brands, Digital, innovation
Friday, 8 January 2010
Eco golf ball
A golf ball that bio-degrades within 48 hrs of being submerged in water - and releases fish food as it does. Smart.
Read lots more here
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Labels: environment, innovation, Invention, products
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Amazing Parkour film
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Labels: animation, film, Illustration, stunts
The disloyalty card
This is a great little idea from Gwilym Davies, the 2009 World Barista Champion - pioneering the whole East London coffee shop scene whilst bragging slightly. Well smart.
Read more here
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Labels: advertising, fashion, Food