The device designed by Poke tells its Twitter followers that something hot and fresh has just popped out of the local bakery’s oven.
We’re off to Webstock!
We’re heading North for the summer. Two of our team members Tim Klein and Lexi Thorn will be heading to Webstock in Wellington 15-19th February 2010. “5 full-on days. 13 hands-on workshops. 20 kickass international speakers. 24 must-see presentations. Design, development, mobile, usability, content, community, open data, innovation & inspiration.”
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Teux Deux
TeuxDeux is a simple, designy, browser-based to-do app and the first collaboration between studio-mates swissmiss and Fictive Kin.
Principles of print design for the web
SVA Dot Dot Dot Lectures: Jason Santa Maria from MFA Interaction Design on Vimeo.
A great little video from Jason Santa Maria on designing for the web.
Perfect design for the Queenstown home
…all I need to do is change my gas fire place into a wood fired one.
Float bed by Design Mobel
If I had a private beach, I’d want a bed like that to be on it.
ComplexCity Mappings
“Picking up on the inherent similarity between transportation systems in cities and the morphology of leaves and trees, is Lee Jang Sub’s ComplexCity series of works. These elaborate mappings of roads and highways mimic the venation patterns in leaves and the rhizomatic configurations of tree branches, creating delicate organic filigree structures in a range of different mediums, including light.”
From: dataisnature
The Idea Virus
Claimed to be the most downloaded eBooks of all time, Unleashing the Idea Virus discusses the transition in today’s economy from farms, factories to idea merchants and explains the factors needed to get your idea out there.
“An idea that just sits there is worthless. But an idea that moves and grows and infects everyone it touches… that’s an ideavirus.” Seth Godin, Unleashing the Idea Virus.
Seth discusses concepts which have been common to modern marketing for some time, but by putting his own slant on things and introducing terms such as “hive, sneezers, virus, and vaccum”, he asks some poignant questions: