If you’re a fan of Greener Gadget Recompute, you might want to check out the video above, where designer Brenden Macaluso puts the corrugated contraption through its paces.
And don’t forget to check out and vote on ALL your favorite Greener Gadgets in the gallery!
Everyone who’s everyone [sic] these days talks about Experience Design, but 8 years ago, when the book Experience Design first came out, the approach was pioneering. Nathan Shedroff, its author and the guy who basically invented the term, has just come out with a reissue of this seminal book, with new text, new examples, and a new title, appropriately Experience Design 1.1. (That’s gotta be the best usage yet.) Here’s from the release:
At the beginning of this century, many people confused Experience Design with Web, digital, or interactive design. Many didn’t connect design with the development of all experiences, whether realtime/realspace or virtual” explains, Nathan Shedroff. “Now, it’s finally become clear to most that the brand experience of any offering must be consistent, compelling, and delightful through all touchpoints in all media.” The book explains 50 topics of experience design, highlighting both a digital and non-digital example of each.
The book, a 312 page, full-color job is only US $25, but you can also get it as a PDF download for only US $10. Both are available right here.
Marc with David Muyres, Executive Director of the Art Center Summit, in front of the Aptera.
If you aren’t at Art Center’s Sustainable Mobility Summit right now (or tomorrow or the next day), you’d do well to follow Marc Alt’s twitter feed here: www.twitter.com/marcalt. He’s live on the floor, with laptop and phone!
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Elizabeth Soule uploaded these to her Flickr stream last night and they immediately caught my eye! I asked her what inspired these images:
“I found these letters at a shop, there was a whole set of them that I originally bought to spell out generic words that you would see on card, like “thank you”, “happy birthday”. While photographing I was really uninspired by “happy birthday” and began to play around and think of adjectives that or phrases that I like to use or hear often. I chose a solid colored background to let the letters pop and to also enhance the mood that each word made me feel. The cameras are the beginning of an idea “if these objects could talk” that I’m exploring.”
Please visit Elizabeth’s new shop; there are many beautiful prints and cards.
Fresh off a smoke, Renzo Rosso sat down with us to answer a few questions about Diesel’s newest and largest Planet store on swanky Fifth Avenue in NYC. Looking more Mick Jagger than his revered neighbor Armani, it’s clear this store is more rock’n’roll than Rockefeller. Located at the corner of 54th Street, the doors open today, just four hours before Renzo bares his Fall 2009 collection a few blocks away at Bryant Park.
What was your role in creating the Diesel Planet store?
My role? I had so many roles, we changed the store so many times. I am very well involved in the interior design, the construction was not easy because before the place was composed of many little rooms and we wanted to adapt it to our business spirit. It was a little bit difficult but in the end we are very happy because it’s very nice, it’s very Diesel, very modern.
You said before that in today’s economy a brand can be very creative for not a huge investment. Do you not consider this store to be a huge investment?
It is a big investment but you have to consider that we are a very solid company, we work with our own money, we don’t need any banks to finance us. We see this particular moment as a good moment for the company and thanks to our solid position we will be able to use this to become stronger for the future.
What is your personal definition of innovation?
Innovation is always trying to do something different, something fresh, something more modern over what’s existing. Something that is actual for the moment, for the consumer, trying to be in time with what we need. I think we are because when we see the results of the retail we are up while a lot of companies are down.
You do a lot of collaborative work with people like Viktor & Rolf and Marc Jacobs, how do you view collaborations?
It’s good for me because I have the possibility to deal with different designers and a different market and consumer, it allows me a different way to think. It’s fantastic because it makes me a lucky man that I have the possibility to share a lot of opinions. I am so happy to have all of these good designers on board because they give me a lot of energy everyday to do better.
Do you hope that the Diesel store has a line going around the corner like Abercrombie & Fitch does a few blocks away?
I hope! I hope we have a line for all of our stores around the world, a line of people waiting to buy our jeans. I think it’s a dream for everybody to have a line of people waiting to buy your product. We are happy though because the result is very good for the moment.
This spring the Cooper Hewitt museum in New York will host an exhibition called “Design for the Living World” that will showcase innovative designs commissioned by the Nature Conservancy.
Ten designers were each given a local sustainable material to create new products with. Seven of them got the opportunity to travel to the material’s place of origin. The image above is of NYC based designer Steve Burks.
For a sneak peak on what to expect go to I.D. magazine.
“We wanted to bring out a whole gamut of responses to the idea of engagement with materials and communities,” Miller explains. “We didn’t want to insist upon full-on product designs with guaranteed markets of some kind.” Lupton adds
Voici une compilation de 9 minutes, baptisée Boombox, et créée par l’étudiant Ely Kim. Un enchaînement de 100 danses sur une excellente sélection musicale de 100 chansons. Un travail impressionnant comme seul Internet permet d’en produire : tracklist complète dans la suite.
Tracklist :
001. Heart of Glass / Blondie
002. Jimmy / M.I.A.
003. Deceptacon / Le Tigre
004. Im on Fire / 5000 Volts
005. Je Veux Te Voir / YELLE
006. The Way I Are / Timbaland
007. Too Young / Phoenix
008. Over And Over / Hot Chip
009. Stick It To The Pimp / Peaches
010. Say My Name / Destiny’s Child
011. Pin / Yeah Yeah Yeahs
012. Geremia / Bonde Do Role
013. Let Me Clear My Throat / DJ Kool
014. Point Of No Return / Expose
015. Bubble Sex / The Seebach Band
016. Pump Up the Jam / Technotronic
017. Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above / CSS
018. Hella Nervous / Gravy Train
019. Me Plus One / Annie
020. Don’t Go / Yaz
021. Bootylicious / Destiny’s Child
022. Electric Feel / MGMT
023. Boys Don’t Cry / The Cure
024. Lose Control / Missy Elliott
025. Ride The Lightning / Evans And Eagles
026. Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough / Michael Jackson
027. Hearts On Fire / Cut Copy
028. Tainted Love / Soft Cell
029. Between Us & Them / Moving Units
030. It Feels Good / Tony Toni Tone
031. Polaris (Club Mix) / Cyber People
032. You Never Can Tell / Chuck Berry
033. Huddle Formation / The Go! Team
034. Pump That / FannyPack
035. My Love / Justin Timberlake
036. Hung Up / Madonna
037. Justice – D.A.N.C.E (MSTRKRFT Remix) / Justice
038. Cybernetic Love / Casco
039. Creep / TLC
040. When I Hear Music / Debbie Deb
041. B.O.B. / Outkast
042. Bubble Pop Electric / Gwen Stefani
043. Miss You Much / Janet Jackson
044. You Spin Me Round / Dead Or Alive
045. Slide In / Goldfrapp
046. Kelly / Van She
047. Mine Fore Life / The Sounds
048. Disco Heat / Calvin Harris
049. Nighttiming / Coconut Records
050. Club Action / Yo Majesty
051. Pogo / Digitalism
052. Lip Gloss / Lil Mama
053. Heartbeats / The Knife
054. Enola Gay / OMD
055. Goodbye Girls / Broadcast
056. Kids In America / Kim Wilde
057. Kiss / Prince
058. Tenderness / General Public
059. Push It / Salt N Pepa
060. Circle, Square, Triangle / Test Icicles
061. Day ‘N’ Nite (Crookers Remix) / Kid Cudi
062. Shadows / Midnight Juggernauts
063. Paris (Aeroplane Remix) / Friendly Fires
064. Out At The Pictures / Hot Chip
065. Me Myself and I / De La Soul
066. AudioTrack 10 / Diplo
067. Girls & Boys / Blur
068. Heater / Samim
069. I Wanna Dance With Somebody / Whitney Houston
070. Hands In The Air / Girl Talk
071. Limited Edition OJ Slammer / Cadence Weapon
072. Meeting In The Ladys Room / Mary Jane Girls
073. NY Lipps / Soulwax
074. Lex / Ratatat
075. Gravity’s Rainbow (Soulwax Remix) / Steve Aoki
076. Once In A Lifetime / Talking Heads
077. Leave It Alone / Operator Please
078. Half Mast / Empire Of The Sun
079. Hardcore Girls / Count and Sinden feat. Rye Rye
080. Dance, Dance, Dance / Lykke Li
081. Never Gonna Get It / En Vogue
082. Blue Monday / New Order
083. Crazy In Love (Featuring Jay-Z) / Beyoncé
084. 10 Dollar / M.I.A.
085. Love To Love You Baby / Donna Summer
086. Steppin’ Out / Lo-Fi-Fnk
087. Karle Pyar Karle / Asha Bhosle
088. Love Will Tear Us Apart / Joy Division
089. Straight Up / Paula Abdul
090. My Drive Thru / Santogold, Casablancas, NERD
091. Like A Prayer / Madonna
092. Freedom 90 / George Michael
093. Black & Gold / Sam Sparro
094. B-O-O-T-A-Y / Spank Rock and Benny Blanco
095. Great Dj / The Ting Tings
096. In A Dream / Rockell
097. Don’t Stop the Music / Rihanna
098. Hong Kong Garden / Siouxsie & The Banshees
099. It’s Tricky / D.M.C.
100. Bizarre Love Triangle / New Order
Eden Bio, a Parisian social housing development set in an “urban wilderness” and designed by French architect Edouard François, has been completed. (more…)
What happened to the green consumer? Sales of hybrid cars, organic food, and solar panels are on the wane, as recession fears forced the hand of the Whole Foods class. The self-described greenies were supposed to lead as early adopters, a small but growing group of committed and conscious consumers willing to vote with their wallets and drive the green business revolution. Yet a new study published by design firm Continuum suggests that this niche understanding of green behavior may have blinded us to a less faddish and more mainstream trend that fits our more frugal times.
Over a year ago, Continuum, which was one of the first global firms to adopt the Designers Accord, launched the aptly named Colorblind research study to understand how people were re-orienting themselves to the idea of environmentally friendly design. Using sophisticated research techniques such as in context ethnography and follow up conversations with over 7,000 people in an online community setting, Continuum focused their efforts on everyday Americans who may or may not consider themselves green. Kristin Heist, one of the designers who lead the study, explained, “part of our interest in taking on the project was in exploring who we could make sustainability more part of the mainstream. We felt like there were plenty of people chasing after the leading edge ‘green’ consumers. That was a problem, because, to be completely idealistic for a moment, if we are going to save the world, we need to make everyone a part of it.”
What Continuum did differently than most standard research studies on purchase intent was to go behind the cover story everyone tells about green. When you ask the average consumer if they are interested in products that cause less environmental harm, they tend to say yes. But when you follow them around the supermarket or visit them in their own homes, you are able to get closer to the truth. What did Continuum discover?
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