Day one of this year’s conference on idea execution
Today kicks off the 99% Conference, an event focused on how to make great ideas a reality that we cofounded along with Behance three years ago. We’re anticipating a great year full of speakers, events, workshops, Cool Hunting Video premieres, and more.
If you can’t be here, follow the action on Cool Hunting’s twitter feed, the official 99 Percent feed or catch it all at the #99conf.
Nike unveils a Twitter-sourced motto with their new U.S. soccer jersey
While fans of Argentina’s national team still clearly outnumbered U.S. supporters at the exhibition match held at the Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey last Saturday, the sold-out event and tie game were proof that soccer continues to gain momentum stateside (or at least that seeing a living legend like Messi play is pretty exciting). Doing their part to grow the sport’s presence, Nike launched their new “inspired by supporters” kit for the U.S. Men’s National Team at the friendly, introducing a red version due to popular demand and with it “Indivisible,” which may be the world’s first Twitter-sourced motto.
“The people’s jersey,” as it’s been dubbed, called for submissions earlier this month by asking fans to tweet their ideas for a slogan with the hashtag “#RedAllOver” during a five-day period. Narrowing it down from thousands of entries, Nike chose the winning slogan based on several tweets that suggested indivisible.
A limited run of the Indivisible kits are available at Niketown in NYC for $90. If the handsome blue sash is enough for you, the jersey without the slogan sells online from Nike for $70.
Win our exclusive prize pack—a limited-edition chocolate bar, caramel sauce, and iPhone case
In an effort to treat our loyal readers outside of NYC right, we’re giving away three items that are otherwise only available at our Cool Hunting for Gap shop to one lucky winner. The triple threat prize includes the insanely delicious Happy Goat caramel sauce infused with Macallan scotch, an equally mouthwatering chocolate bar by Mast Brothers and June Taylor and lastly the Cool Hunting iPhone case by Uncommon, boasting a Spirographic-style snowflake and created for either the iPhone 3 or 4.
To win this giveaway, you must follow us on Twitter and Tweet @coolhunting with #chforgap in your reply. We will choose one person at random on Monday, 20 December 2010, at 10am.
Une initiative intéressante du studio Weareplace en provenance de Buenos Aires (Argentine), avec ces illustrations typographiques et posters mettant en scène les réseaux sociaux comme Twitter et Facebook. Tous les visuels sont à découvrir dans la suite de l’article.
Apprezzo l’analogia. Questo pack è stato distribuito durante la Disruptive Codice, una conferenza per gli sviluppatori web a Stoccolma in occasione del 30° anniversario di Post-It con un piccolo promemoria in cui si ricorda che il messaggio breve non è una nuova invenzione 😉
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Today our second annual 99% Conference, in partnership with Behance, kicks off in NYC. With a line-up full of some of today’s most respected visionaries, an audience that has been sold out for months, and a few surprises, we’re all pretty excited. To get a taste of the event highlights, follow our tweets (and of course other attendees’) with the #99conf hashtag.
While traditionally just a cuddly staple in a child’s life, the teddy bear gets an upgrade with the addition of a built-in tote. Recognizing its comforting effect on kids, the Vermont Teddy Bear Company recently introduced the useful Teddy Tote, giving kids another excuse to bring their beloved bear everywhere.
The Teddy Tote looks like a standard stuffed animal but by unzipping its back, a convenient carryall bag unfolds—perfectly-sized for kids to transport coloring books, snacks and more.
“Made from scratch” in Vermont, each Teddy Tote comes with a lifetime guarantee. Launching July 2010, CH has one in advance to give away to a lucky reader. To enter follow us on Twitter and simply tweet @coolhunting with what you would do with a Teddy Tote and we’ll pick from entries received before 11:59 pm EST on 29 March 2010.
Une belle animation informative et didactique autour de la représentation graphique des chiffres clés d’Internet dans le monde (Twitter, Facebook ou Google). Un brillant travail et une excellente mise en images par Jesse Thomas, inspiré des statistiques d’AIGA Baltimore.
Pour aller plus loin : rejoignez la page Facebook Fubiz et le profil Twitter.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google plans to launch a new ‘updates’ service today which will be seen by the industry as a move to compete with social media services including Twitter and Facebook. The move will allow the 176m Gmail users to view a stream of status updates from people they choose to connect with.
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