Motoring-related clothing from the 1920s

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:16:25 GMT

http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/motorist-clothing.htm

Cycles

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:41:23 GMT

Cycles

Make: Online : Giant 3D printer can print buildings (theoretically)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:26:23 GMT

Make: Online : Giant 3D printer can print buildings (theoretically)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:26:13 GMT

Make: Online : Giant 3D printer can print buildings (theoretically)

SIGGRAPH 2010 | The People Behind the Pixels

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:20:07 GMT

http://www.siggraph.org/s2010/

(Image)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:00 GMT

"One of the things our grandchildren will find quaintest about us is that we d..."

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:31:00 GMT

"One of the things our grandchildren will find quaintest about us is that we distinguish the digital from the real."

–William Gibson

Make: Online : Laser-mapped subterranean passages

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:28:22 GMT

Using HD laser mapping tech to visualise tunnel systems in 3D.

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/03/laser-mapped_subterranean_passages.html

Smart Cities

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:25:03 GMT

Instrumented Landscapes explores the potential of low-cost, networked sensing and actuation technology to improve urban agriculture, promote public health, and foster deep connections between people and the natural environment.

http://cities.media.mit.edu/projects/instrumented_landscapes.html

area/code

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:26:48 GMT

Area/Code makes cross-media
games and entertainment.
Area/Code takes advantage of today's environment of pervasive technologies and overlapping media to create new kinds of entertainment.

Games and media define imaginary spaces that we enter into and explore. Area/Code highlights the connections between these imaginary spaces and the world around them.

http://areacodeinc.com/

1063-1.jpg 420×633 pixels

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:34:16 GMT

1063-1.jpg 420×633 pixels

Open Data Commons

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:56:45 GMT

Open Data Commons is the home of a set of legal ‘tools’ to help you provide and use open data.

http://www.opendatacommons.org/

FrontPage - The Open Knowledge Foundation

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:56:14 GMT

Founded in 2004 we're a not-for-profit organization promoting open knowledge: that's any kind of information – sonnets to statistics, genes to geodata – that can be freely used, reused, and redistributed.

http://www.okfn.org/

Interesting links from Rufus Pollock: www.okfn.org www.opendatacommons.org da...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:54:46 GMT

Interesting links from Rufus Pollock: www.okfn.org www.opendatacommons.org data.gov.uk #openupthecity (via @teppo)

w-heath-robinson-01.jpg 400×520 pixels

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:53:32 GMT

w-heath-robinson-01.jpg 400×520 pixels

Detroit - the last days: http://bit.ly/asMwMs

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:13:58 GMT

Detroit - the last days: http://bit.ly/asMwMs

Puma phone anyone? uxmag.com/...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:04:10 GMT

Puma phone anyone? uxmag.com/...

The #iPad will change the face of e-commerce: http://bit.ly/buwX0i (via @sam_...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:20:51 GMT

The #iPad will change the face of e-commerce: http://bit.ly/buwX0i (via @sam_andrews)

Bloody helicopters.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:33:46 GMT

Bloody helicopters.

Nokia is back and beginning to rock | Mobile Industry Review

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:14:05 GMT

:: Dan Shepelavy :: | this, that, and also, etc ::

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:00:19 GMT

:: Dan Shepelavy :: | this, that, and also, etc ::

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:00:12 GMT

:: Dan Shepelavy :: | this, that, and also, etc ::

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:59:59 GMT

:: Dan Shepelavy :: | this, that, and also, etc ::

I wish I could be at #SXSW for this: my.sxsw.com/...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:35:40 GMT

I wish I could be at #SXSW for this: my.sxsw.com/...

Creative Review - Various publications and stuff we really like

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:22:37 GMT

Creative Review - Various publications and stuff we really like

07.jpg (image)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:22:16 GMT

07.jpg (image)

southsiders: DS Citroen

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:22:11 GMT

southsiders: DS Citroen

10 Years After: Wired mag takes a look back at the dotcom boom and bust www.w...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:18:59 GMT

10 Years After: Wired mag takes a look back at the dotcom boom and bust www.wired.com/... (via @wired)

City Forward

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:18:20 GMT

http://www.cityforward.org/

Mujicomp

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:37:00 GMT

Recently Matt Jones coined the term “Mujicomp” during a talk in Switzerland. He said that ubiquitous computing devices need to be “tasteful, simple, clear, clean, contemporary and affordable in order to be invited into the home” and that Mujicomp is a key factor in developing a bottom up strategy to building the sentient city.

I couldn’t agree more… but it does worry me a little.

I love the idea and there’s certainly a place in the world - my world even - for Mujicomp but I think we could be in danger of forgetting something.

To understand what (I think) he meant by Mujicomp it’s probably worth looking at the design ethos of Jasper Morrison and Naoto Fukosawa. Two designers that introduced the concept of Super Normal in 2007.

The Super Normal philosophy is that when something is designed perfectly it’s so easy for people to accept it that it effectively becomes part of the existing “normal” in their lives. It upgrades normal but doesn’t shout about it in order to pander to the designer’s ego. It simply dissolves into behaviour.

Naoto Fukosawa’s ”design dissolving into behaviour” quote is used in relation to ubicomp frequently and he’s famous for designing the classic Muji CD player so I can see why it’s logical to end up with Muji as the style benchmark for ubiquitous computing devices but I think we’re in danger of forgetting that the majority of people probably think Muji is posh, boring - or even “poncy”.

I have a feeling that Mujicomp is likely to only get invited into the homes of the affluent, educated, aspiring middle classes.

If we really want to design the sentient city from the bottom up we shouldn’t forget that the rest of the world aren’t designers. We should be thinking about those that probably think Billy Big Mouth Bass is something hilarious, and worthy of display on their wall.

This photo from Matt Jones’ Flickr is titled “Not Mujicomp” and he’s right. It certainly isn’t super normal for me but I think we shouldn’t discount the mileage we could get by creating things with such mass appeal.

I know the stuff in that photo is only destined to be landfill and would probably do more harm than good but we’re designers - we can work out how to be funny and sustainable at the same time, surely.

I definitely reckon I’d add funny to the list of attributes needed to get ubicomp invited into people’s homes.

the foo bar

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:47:21 GMT

the foo bar

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:47:16 GMT

the foo bar

"The adult public’s taste is not necessarily ready to accept the logical solut..."

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:08:13 GMT

"The adult public’s taste is not necessarily ready to accept the logical solutions to their requirements if the solution implies too vast a departure from what they have been conditioned into accepting as the norm."

–Raymond Loewy on his famous MAYA (Most Advanced Yet Acceptable) principle.

Thinking about starting #weeknotes.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:59:32 GMT

Thinking about starting #weeknotes.

Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:22:58 GMT

Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer

graphpaper.com - Letter to a Young Interaction Designer

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:29:55 GMT

Wired Reread

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:37:27 GMT

Wired Reread

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:36:11 GMT

Wired Reread

"Put simply, blocking access as envisaged by this clause would both widely dis..."

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:23:43 GMT

"Put simply, blocking access as envisaged by this clause would both widely disrupt the Internet in the UK and elsewhere, threatening freedom of speech and the open Internet, without reducing copyright infringement as intended. To rush through such a controversial proposal at the tail end of a Parliament, without any kind of consultation with consumers or industry, is very poor law making."

–Digital Economy Bill | Tom Watson MP (via adactio)

Monolake tours Dubplates & Mastering (video): vimeo.com/...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:31:38 GMT

Monolake tours Dubplates & Mastering (video): vimeo.com/...