What was Microsoft thinking here? I get it that they want to advertise Bing and that they want to cash in on parents' fears for their children's health (jerks!), but this ad is bad from top to bottom. Now, you can ...Read More
Is it any surprise it's Japanese? This beautiful fusion of form and function is the product of designer Shin Okada and craftsman Masuya Koubou. Made from cypress wood, the humidifier works to evaporate water into the air through capillary action rather ...Read More
Welcome to two thousand and ten of the common era, or as I have taken to calling it twentyX. May the year and the decade of the teens bring good fortune to you and all your endeavours. - Kevin Read More
Let's take a moment to talk about Bejeweled. This is the most addictive game on the planet, and that may well be an understatement. What is it about this little game that's so addictive? Why is my Facebook news reel littered ...Read More
In recent days a follow up of sorts to the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report—the Nobel Prize winning report on the most up-to-date climate change science—has been published by a group of leading climatologists, over half of which are from the ...Read More
Nendo has done what was once thought impossible: they have made a floating chair. Okay, so not really, but it certainly looks the part! The Japanese company states on their website that their conceptual goal is to "give people a ...Read More
On my usual GOOD cruise this morning I came across a few very groovy things. The first I want to talk about is a highway map after the London underground map. I'm not kidding, it's the United States highway system plotted ...Read More
Hey guys! Check this out... it's pretty awesome. The EyeWriter Project is an "ongoing collaborative research effort to empower people, who are suffering from ALS, with creative technologies." Basically, with fifty dollars, a computer, and some free software the EWP team ...Read More
id's classic shooter has finally been (officially) ported to the iPhone. And thanks to oversight from John Carmack himself, there are a number of improvements that make it worth a purchase even for Jailbreakers. Like what, you ask? ...Read More
In the words of my good friend Rossi Dixon, "this makes fonts sexy again." Fontplore is, quite possibly, the best use of the Microsoft Surface table technology I have seen thusfar. As an interactive font exploration device it ...Read More
A friend and I have been kicking around a exploratory creative project for a few months now and we're finally buckling down to start work on it. First step: Identity. The project is a creative lifestyle magazine that with each issue ...Read More
In July Stefan Sagmeister gave his third TED conference talk at TED GLOBAL. This time he spoke about the power of time off. Essentially taking time every couple of years to stop working and start enjoying. Enough of my drivel, ...Read More
I love Joshua Davis. He is one of the most amazing designers/artists I have ever come across. And to add to that, I feel like we'd make easy friends based on his twitter, facebook, and photos like this: And no, I'm ...Read More
This weekend was pretty the tits. A few friends and I went to the Flying Dog Brewery on Saturday for a brewery tour and it was fucking amazing. Dare I say it: The best day ever. We got to sample ...Read More
In recent days an email went out to the IGDA membership discussing the seat of Tim Langdell on the association’s board of directors. The email cites Mr. Langdell’s trademark of the word “edge” and his, and his company Edge Games, ...Read More