Hasta La Ideas The Adventures of Star Wars Figurines in Nature Archives

Jun 02

Hamburger Automatenverlag Book Vending Machines

Posted in: Uncategorized

In an effort to both reuse retired cigarette vending machines and encourage literacy (not to mention sell a few books), newly-minted German publisher Hamburger Automatenverlag recently introduced a resourceful new concept—the book vending machine. Basing their name on the concept, the publishing house’s clever street project supplants one unhealthy habit with a positive one through the re-purposing of existing resources.

The machines vary in size and are currently scattered throughout the University of Hamburg and its surrounding neighborhood. A mere €4 fee secures your pick from a rotating assortment of small-format novels, photo books, graphic novels and collections of poetry—all by local authors.

From pizza and ramen to seed bombs and even sneakers, this decade has seen a lot of unlikely objects coming out of vending machines.

Jun 02

Digital District Showreel

Posted in: Uncategorized

Voici le nouveau showreel 2010 du studio Digital District fondé en 2008 et spécialisé en effets visuels et post-production. Des travaux en collaboration avec des réalisateurs comme Edouard Salier, Pleix, Daniel Askil ainsi que de nombreuses agences de publicité.

Previously on Fubiz

Jun 02

Print with Lego

Posted in: Uncategorized

As is probably all too evident on this blog, we at CR love a bit of Lego. So we were delighted to see this film of a fully functioning Lego printer, complete with felt tip ink, on the B3ta website…

Lovely stuff – our only sadness is according to the YouTube entry this is not a kit you can buy.

Jun 02

Macro Sea’s Glassphemy lets you recycle with rage

Posted in: Uncategorized

pDevelopment company A HREF=”http://macro-sea.com” Macro Sea/A, the firm that famously A HREF=”http://macro-sea.com/blog/?p=278″ turned dumpsters into swimming pools last year/A, is at it again. This time the constituent parts are bulletproof glass and beer bottles, and the aim is recycling:/p

div style=”align: right;”img src=”http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2010/06/0msglassphemy01.jpg” width=”468″ height=”382″ alt=”0msglassphemy01.jpg”//div

blockquoteThis whole recycling and green thing has gotten so damn boring in recent years that we felt we had to do something. A HREF=”http://macro-sea.com/blog/” GLASSPHEMY!/A celebrates the illicit thrill of breaking bottles while working through deeply rooted emotional issues (and sort of saving the planet a little)./blockquote

div style=”align: right;”img src=”http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2010/06/0msglassphemy02.jpg” width=”468″ height=”331″ alt=”0msglassphemy02.jpg”//div

blockquoteGLASSPHEMY! is Macro-Sea’s visceral and psychological recycling center. We have built a 20-foot high, 30-foot long steel tower specifically designed to allow you to hurl glass bottles at your friends, enemies, and loved ones while they are safely tucked away behind bulletproof glass./blockquote

div style=”align: right;”img src=”http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2010/06/0msglassphemy03.jpg” width=”468″ height=”312″ alt=”0msglassphemy03.jpg”//div

blockquoteWe will be collecting bottles from some local Brooklyn bars and then recycling the glass on site. We will be making cool lights, pulverizing the glass for use as environmental fill or topsoil, and through a contest sponsored by Readymade magazine opening up the project to people with other interesting recycling ideas./blockquote

div style=”align: right;”img src=”http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2010/06/0msglassphemy04.jpg” width=”468″ height=”409″ alt=”0msglassphemy04.jpg”//div
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/macro_seas_glassphemy_lets_you_recycle_with_rage_16666.asp”(more…)/a
pa href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JOTPTQgrx_NzU2UwKRrHjnByFl8/0/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JOTPTQgrx_NzU2UwKRrHjnByFl8/0/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/abr/
a href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JOTPTQgrx_NzU2UwKRrHjnByFl8/1/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JOTPTQgrx_NzU2UwKRrHjnByFl8/1/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/p

Jun 02

LG’s “Design the Future” design competition winners

Posted in: Uncategorized

pLG has announced the winners of their 3rd Annual Design the Future Competition, which asked entrants to “define the future of mobile communication” via a design for a cell phone. Oddly, the press release does not include images of the winning design (done by Virginia Tech ID students Zack Filbert, Chris Carpenter, James Connors, and Kees Luyendijk) but does include runners up: /p

div style=”align: right;”img src=”http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2010/06/0lgdtfwinn01.jpg” width=”468″ height=”457″ alt=”0lgdtfwinn01.jpg”//div

blockquoteThe second place winning entry – titled Premium – is a mobile phone with 3D interface that connects the phone and the car together to adjust in-car climate, control the infotainment system, select seat memory, check tire pressure, gauge the fuel amount, etc. It should come as no surprise that the winner, Nouphone Bansasine, is a professional car designer./blockquote

div style=”align: right;”img src=”http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2010/06/0lgdtfwinn02.jpg” width=”468″ height=”698″ alt=”0lgdtfwinn02.jpg”//div

blockquoteThis year’s competition marked the first-ever Prop Mater’s Choice Award which was given to Dua Xiong for his cutting-edge design titled the Flutter. A smartphone that fans open to reveal a beautiful flexible OLED touch screen that scrolls radially, the Flutter has won the opportunity to be featured in future blockbuster film./blockquote

div style=”align: right;”img src=”http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2010/06/0lgdtfwinn03.jpg” width=”468″ height=”413″ alt=”0lgdtfwinn03.jpg”//div

blockquoteParticipants submitted a wide range of ideas including accessories and concepts for the disabled. For example, an honorable mention – titled Atlas – is a smartphone that docks into a base which projected the pages, so you can view multiple applications simultaneously. The dock features a tracking system which senses your hand gestures, so you can spin the pages in a loop and zoom in and out./blockquote

div style=”align: right;”img src=”http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2010/06/0lgdtfwinn04.jpg” width=”468″ height=”977″ alt=”0lgdtfwinn04.jpg”//div

blockquoteAnother honourable mention – titled Surface – is a watch phone for the blind and features a Braille keypad and a unique shape, so you can distinguish orientation of the phone by feel./blockquotea href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/events/lgs_design_the_future_design_competition_winners_16664.asp”(more…)/a
pa href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HhjJA514BmjxNaPJoLEShyhfpSE/0/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HhjJA514BmjxNaPJoLEShyhfpSE/0/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/abr/
a href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HhjJA514BmjxNaPJoLEShyhfpSE/1/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HhjJA514BmjxNaPJoLEShyhfpSE/1/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/p

Jun 02

Designer Defends Controversial World Cup Ball, Offers to Give Lessons

Posted in: Uncategorized

It’s difficult for we Americans to capitalize on anything related to the World Cup, given that we don’t even call the sport involved with it by the right name. So we were sad, seeing that we weren’t going to be able to cash in on any of that lucrative football/soccer traffic. But now the sport has fortunately provided a gift to us with a design controversy about the very basic fundamental of the whole game: the ball. Designed and released by Adidas, the official World Cup ball, called Jabulani, has been leaving player livid over the past couple of weeks, most recently with goalkeeper David James who called the ball’s design “dreadful,” joining the chorus of complaints that the ball moves irregularly in the air and is much faster than those they’re used to. In response, one of the lead designers behind it, Dr. Andy Harland, has publicly come out to say that he’s willing to talk to teams, to give them a quick lesson on how to use it properly, and how everyone will eventually grow used to the ball and come to love it (so much for an emphasis on function, we playfully jest). Harland has even issued a thinly veiled warning, that those who do take him up on his offer will have a slight edge on the competition.

New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Jun 02

Yall Us: An exhibition of young American design in Atlanta, June 5

Posted in: Uncategorized

pimg alt=”yallandus.jpg” src=”http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/yallandus.jpg” width=”468″ height=”366″ class=”mt-image-none” style=”” //p

pIf you’re in Atlanta this Saturday, don’t miss the a href=”http://www.peopleofresource.com/yallandus”YallUs/a opening. The exhibition, curated by a href=”http://www.peopleofresource.com/”People of Resource/a and a href=”http://modern-atlanta.org/”Modern Atlanta/a, brings housewares and furniture by young American designers to the Atlanta public. Participants include Core-faves Craighton Berman (top left), Joey Roth (bottom left), Design Glut (right), Materious, Wintercheck Factory, Jason Miller and more. Many of the objects are for sale through a href=”http://www.portalmrkt.com/yallus/”PortalMKT/a, a text-based storefront provided by Subports. /p

pThe event starts at 8pm on June 5th in the People of Resource studios. It’s part of a rich set of design events put together by a href=”http://modern-atlanta.org/”Modern Atlanta/a, all unfolding this week./p

pbYall Us/bbr /
8pm, June 5thbr /
828 Ralph McGill Blvd W6br /
Atlanta, GA /pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/events/yall_us_an_exhibition_of_young_american_design_in_atlanta_june_5__16665.asp”(more…)/a
pa href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GrzsQfaDTK1tlJPrJSMUraXkl6o/0/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GrzsQfaDTK1tlJPrJSMUraXkl6o/0/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/abr/
a href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GrzsQfaDTK1tlJPrJSMUraXkl6o/1/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GrzsQfaDTK1tlJPrJSMUraXkl6o/1/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/p

Jun 02

The Future of Retail by PSFK

Posted in: Uncategorized

pimg alt=”psfk-FutureOfRetail.jpg” src=”http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/psfk-FutureOfRetail.jpg” width=”468″ height=”352″ class=”mt-image-none” style=”” //p

pToday, PSFK presents a href=”www.psfk.com/future-of-retail”emThe Future of Retail/em/a. Available as a free PDF, the 80-page report points to 10 trends that PSFK believes will impact the retail sector over the next 3 to 5 years. These are: World As Retail Experience, Pre-view Shopping, Tablet Enabled Service. Selling The Ideal, Every Store As Flagship, Complementary Curation, Revolving Decors, Taking The Store to The Customer, Instant Show Tell, and Group Clout./p

pIn tandem, the ad agency Wieden and Kennedy New York will respond tomorrow, June 3rd, by releasing a series of product and retail concepts inspired by the report’s content. /p

pHead over to PSFK’s site to a href=”www.psfk.com/future-of-retail\”get more information/a and request your copy./pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/the_future_of_retail_by_psfk_16663.asp”(more…)/a
pa href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JQXeitHANWgae77xzIEshqSvEBE/0/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JQXeitHANWgae77xzIEshqSvEBE/0/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/abr/
a href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JQXeitHANWgae77xzIEshqSvEBE/1/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JQXeitHANWgae77xzIEshqSvEBE/1/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/p

Jun 02

Converse is seeking a Design Director in North Andover, MA

Posted in: Uncategorized

pa href=”http://www.coroflot.com/public/jobs_browse.asp” border=”0″img alt=”coroflot_design_jobs.jpg” src=”http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/coroflot_design_jobs.jpg”/ /a/p

pstronga href=”http://www.coroflot.com/public/job_details.asp?job_id=26723referral=C77blogpost”Design Director, Brand Design/a
brConverse/strongbr /North Andover, MA/p

pAs a Design Director at Converse, focused on the Action Sports category and Latin America region, you will be responsible for bringing this unique brand to life at retail, in marketing/communications, in advertising and in any print/collateral executions. Additionally, you will be part of the creative team that designs and develops strategic positioning for the brand. From energy marketing to events and seeding, your insight and discipline will help this strategy be manifest to the consumer./p

pa href=”http://www.coroflot.com/public/job_details.asp?job_id=26723referral=C77blogpost”raquo; view/a/p

pemThe best design jobs and portfolios hang out at a href=”http://coroflot.com”Coroflot/a./em/p
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/featured_items/converse_is_seeking_a_design_director_in_north_andover_ma__16662.asp”(more…)/a
pa href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3hvPcMk9upNitJ9CfYa-_0RS8Xg/0/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3hvPcMk9upNitJ9CfYa-_0RS8Xg/0/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/abr/
a href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3hvPcMk9upNitJ9CfYa-_0RS8Xg/1/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3hvPcMk9upNitJ9CfYa-_0RS8Xg/1/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/p

Jun 02

Unitasker Wednesday: Zoku Quick-Pop Maker

Posted in: Uncategorized

All Unitasker Wednesday posts are jokes — we don’t want you to buy these items, we want you to laugh at their ridiculousness. Enjoy!

For those times when waiting a couple hours to make traditional ice pops in your freezer is just a ridiculous request, there is the Zoku Quick Pop Maker:

This appliance makes three (yes, THREE!) pops at a time in less than 10 minutes, and it costs $50. Like most newer model ice cream makers, the shell of the Zoku Quick-Pop Maker has to live in your freezer until you’re ready to use it, otherwise it takes more than two hours to freeze the shell first. In the end, it might take you more time to use this device (if the shell isn’t already frozen), about $40 more, takes up a good chunk of storage space, and makes considerably fewer ice pops than traditional methods. Maybe there are ice pop emergencies I’m not aware of that this device is perfect for solving? Or … maybe not.

(via Serious Eats)