January 2008
7 posts
The Future Of Apple Is In 1960s Braun: 1960s Braun... →
“The year 2008 marks the 10th Anniversary of the iMac, the computer that changed everything at Apple, hailing a new design era spearheaded by design genius Jonathan Ive. What most people don’t know is that there’s another man whose products are at the heart of Ive’s design philosophy, an influence that permeates every single product at Apple, from hardware to user-interface...
It's easy to underestimate how difficult it is to... →
500 Euro notes not welcome here →
Today in my ongoing series of photos from my travels over the years: a sign in a cafe in the Vienna airport declaring the 500 Euro note invalid. This is the most valuable note in the world I’m wrong — there are Swiss and Latvian notes that are more valuable — learn something new every day! — part of the answer to the logistical question of transporting lots of...
Laser-cut steel "flat" shelving you bend to suit →
Piegato shelving is a flat piece of laser-cut steel that you screw into the wall with two screws, then, working by hand, you simply bend out the die-cut sections corresponding to the sorts of shelving you desire. Comes in white, black and gold and costs €129.
• it’s only one piece!
• easily bend it by hand!
• just two screws needed!
• comes as a flat sheet
• high load capacity
•...
Where Your Cellphones Go When They Die (Hopefully)... →
As CES 2008 comes to an end and we wipe the gadget drool from our collective chins, the NYT published this interesting shot from Umicore’s cellphone recycling plant in Hilliard, Ohio. And damn it’s depressing to see that pile of electronic carcasses, our fetish of choice piled high in phallus-shriveling obsoleteness. The article also points out that cellphones are the most valuable...
Alienware Curved Monitor Looks Like It's From... →
The sighting: We can’t have one of these Alienware curved monitors until the second half of this year, but until then, we’ve been abducted by its four nearly seamless and sharp screens of DLP goodness. Lit by LEDs, this 2880x900 monster is well over three feet wide and is said to have an other-worldly .02ms response time, great for gaming. The Soylent Green: You can see the seams...
Crumpled beer cans in porcelain →
Spotted on the Punk Planning blog, crushed beer cans recreated in Chinese porcelain. Sadly, there’s no information on the creator. Link (via Virtual China) UPDATE: Just found the artist behind these, Lei Xue. Link