http://www.designalligator.com Design Alligator http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/11364a8/story01.htm Have you entered our "My Video Life" competition yet? If not, there's still time - you can shoot something over the weekend in fact, as the deadline is the end of <strong>Monday 19th May</strong>. Don't forget that the top prize if five hundred quid's worth of vouchers, with eight runners-up prizes of £50 worth of vouchers.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/11364a8/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Last call for "My Video Life" entries!&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/last_call_for_m.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Last call for "My Video Life" entries!&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/last_call_for_m.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8554790902/f/4271/c/304/s/18048168/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8554790902/f/4271/c/304/s/18048168/a2.img" border="0"/></a> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/11369a4/story01.htm <form mt:asset-id="16259" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/women.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.shinyshiny.tv/women.html','popup','width=423,height=209,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/women-thumb-240x118.jpg" width="240" height="118" alt="women.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 5px;" /></a></form> <br /> <p>We all know the saying 'diamonds are a girl's best friend'. Well, this could soon be a thing of the past with diamonds being replaced by all things gadgety. According to a recent survey, every three out of four women will choose a pricy and glitzy TV over a diamond solitaire necklace, a high-end mobile phone over designer shoes and the very much loved little black dress will take a backseat for the iPod.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/11369a4/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Forget flowers and choccies and even diamonds, we want gadgets&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/forget_flowers.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Forget flowers and choccies and even diamonds, we want gadgets&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/forget_flowers.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/11364a9/story01.htm <form mt:asset-id="16246" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="speaker laptop.jpg" src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/speaker%20laptop.jpg" width="189" height="289" class="mt-image-right" style="float: right; margin: 0 0 5px 5px;" /></form> This seems like a very good idea indeed. Having spent a lot of time in hotel rooms listening to music through my tinny laptop speakers, the idea of having something small you can bung into the USB port makes sense. 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Yes? Me too! God, we're probably the only two people in the whole world who have ever wondered that. Thank god we met like this! This post is for us - just us. No one else. 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How unbelievably amazing would it be to control your computer by just thinking the commands? I know I've thought about controlling my computer with my mind many a time and so wish it was a reality.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/11359bb/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=PC power: Computers are going to get very exciting over the next 25 years...apparently&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/pc_power_comput.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=PC power: Computers are going to get very exciting over the next 25 years...apparently&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/pc_power_comput.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/113495b/story01.htm <form mt:asset-id="16191" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/zara%20rabinowicz.jpg"><img alt="zara rabinowicz.jpg" src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/zara%20rabinowicz-thumb-200x229.jpg" width="200" height="229" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 5px 5px 0;" /></a></form> <em>Zara Rabinowicz Writes...</em> Maybe it's the fact that I just flew to Oslo for the launch of the latest MMORPG game from Eidos (the Age of Conan if you must know) but it got me reminiscing about the time I first started out in RPG's. It wasn't any of your final fantasy fluff that so many people seem to start with (who wants to spend 2 minutes summoning a power?) no, it was hardcore PC action, the world of Baldur's gate. The game was released in 1998, and started me on my on/off love affair with the RPG world. 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Don't worry, it's not, but this new service has surely come from the future to bring us the future of search.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/113495c/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=The future is here and it's Thrrum&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/the_future_is_h.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=The future is here and it's Thrrum&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/the_future_is_h.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8554789049/f/4271/c/304/s/18041180/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8554789049/f/4271/c/304/s/18041180/a2.img" border="0"/></a> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/113495d/story01.htm <form mt:asset-id="16208" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/Creative.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.shinyshiny.tv/Creative.html','popup','width=415,height=156,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/Creative-thumb-240x90.jpg" width="240" height="90" alt="Creative.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 5px;" /></a></form> <br /> <p>Yesterday Creative announced an exciting offer called Pure Music Listening designed to entice people into buying the company's high end products. This means that with every purchase of selected MP3 players, speakers and headphones, you'll be able to download a free concert video. 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This means that with every purchase of selected MP3 players, speakers and headphones, you'll be able to download a free concert video. You can opt for a bit of Cold Play, Snoop Dogg, Lenny Kravitz, Norah Jones or from a selection of other artists too.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/113442d/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Creative get all err...creative with Snoop Dogg, Cold Play and Kylie Minogue&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/creative_get_al.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Creative get all err...creative with Snoop Dogg, Cold Play and Kylie Minogue&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/creative_get_al.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8554789008/f/4271/c/304/s/18039853/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8554789008/f/4271/c/304/s/18039853/a2.img" border="0"/></a> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/11321d1/story01.htm So, we've been cooking up a storm here at Shiny Towers, in the shape of TechTonic, a new weekly show bringing you bang up to date on the latest tech news and internet sensations. It's early days and we'd like to here what you think, so drop us a comment below. You can also find it on iTunes <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=280812908">here</a>, so you can carry it round with you.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/11321d1/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Introducing TechTonic - news, rumours, buzz and more&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/introducing_tec.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Introducing TechTonic - news, rumours, buzz and more&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/introducing_tec.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/1131766/story01.htm <form mt:asset-id="16161" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/isobotnew.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.shinyshiny.tv/isobotnew.html','popup','width=192,height=174,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/isobotnew-thumb-240x217.jpg" width="240" height="217" alt="isobotnew.jpg" class="mt-image-right" style="float: right; margin: 0 0 5px 5px;" /></a></form> I am a keen lover of robots and have a few proudly on-show around in my house for when I feel like a bit of robotic action (not that kind of action - I'm not a freak)!! The i-Sobot from Tomy is the world's smallest humanoid robot in production, well at least it is according the Guiness Book of World Records.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/1131766/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Not just another automaton: This is the world's smallest humanoid robot&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/not_just_anothe.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Not just another automaton: This is the world's smallest humanoid robot&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/not_just_anothe.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8554788588/f/4271/c/304/s/18028390/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8554788588/f/4271/c/304/s/18028390/a2.img" border="0"/></a> http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/291590451/005489.php <p><A HREF="http://mocoloco.com/art/archives/005463.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/week_donovan.jpg" width="468" height="150" border="0" alt="week_donovan.jpg"/></a><br /> Instead of painting on brick walls, Miranda Donovan paints the painted brick walls.<br /> <A HREF="http://mocoloco.com/art/archives/005468.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/week_kanarick.jpg" width="468" height="150" border="0" alt="week_kanarick.jpg"/></a><br /> Craig Kanarick’s work makes us drool, and there’s more than a good chance it will have the same effect on you, if you have a sweet tooth.<br /> <A HREF="http://mocoloco.com/art/archives/005470.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/week_rogowski.jpg" width="468" height="150" border="0" alt="week_rogowski.jpg"/></a><br /> As if jigsaw puzzles were not already difficult enough, Kent Rogowski combines pieces from a variety of puzzles and makes it work.<br /> <A HREF="http://mocoloco.com/art/archives/005471.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/week_hahn.jpg" width="468" height="150" border="0" alt="week_hahn.jpg"/></a><br /> Samantha Hahn takes her illustrations one step further and repeats them to create wonderful patterns for surface and textile.<br /> <A HREF="http://mocoloco.com/art/archives/005482.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/week_dalek.jpg" width="468" height="150" border="0" alt="week_dalek.jpg"/></a><br /> And end the week on a note of fantasy, with the latest colour popping canvas from Dalek. <A HREF="http://mocoloco.com/archives/001322.php" target="_blank"><b><em>SM</em></b></A></p> <p>More at <A HREF="http://mocoloco.com/art" target="_blank"><b>Art MoCo</b></a>.</p> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/112ff3c/story01.htm <form mt:asset-id="16113" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="icecream soda.jpg" src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/icecream%20soda.jpg" width="122" height="200" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 5px 5px 0;" /></form> OK, this shit is weird - totally fulfilling a niche I was unaware existed up until today. 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Well, no longer!<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/112ff3c/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Fizz cup - gadgety in a 1950s kind of way&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/fizz_cup_gadget.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Fizz cup - gadgety in a 1950s kind of way&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/fizz_cup_gadget.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/112eca4/story01.htm <form mt:asset-id="16064" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/micro%20toaster.jpg"><img alt="micro toaster.jpg" src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/micro%20toaster-thumb-230x230.jpg" width="230" height="230" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 5px 5px 0;" /></a></form> Now I'm sure you remember the fab <a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/kettle_toaster.html">kettle/toaster combo</a> I brought you last week, as it seemed an ingenious time saving idea. 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Not as good as the Kettle/Toaster&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/the_mucroiwave.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8545151092/f/4271/c/304/s/18017444/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8545151092/f/4271/c/304/s/18017444/a2.img" border="0"/></a> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/112ff3e/story01.htm <form mt:asset-id="16114" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/solar%20powered%20bra.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.shinyshiny.tv/solar%20powered%20bra.html','popup','width=233,height=360,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/solar%20powered%20bra-thumb-240x370.jpg" width="240" height="370" alt="solar powered bra.jpg" class="mt-image-right" style="float: right; margin: 0 0 5px 5px;" /></a></form> A solar-powered bra (yes your eyes do not deceive you) has been developed in Japan by lingerie maker, Triumph. It was unveiled on Wednesday as being capable of generating enough electricity to charge a mobile phone or iPod.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/112ff3e/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Triumph reveals the charger bra with an AC/DC cup&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/triumph_reveals.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Triumph reveals the charger bra with an AC/DC cup&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/triumph_reveals.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/112dafa/story01.htm This video has made me very happy indeed, which is no mean feat bearing in mind the state I find myself this morning (bad red wine, bad, bad). It's probably one of the geekiest and therefore loveliest music videos I've seen in ages, and it doesn't hurt that it's a pretty brilliant song too.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/112dafa/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Friday Video Fun: Again and Again on the Mac&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/friday_video_fu_42.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Friday Video Fun: Again and Again on the Mac&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/friday_video_fu_42.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8545150638/f/4271/c/304/s/18012922/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8545150638/f/4271/c/304/s/18012922/a2.img" border="0"/></a> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/112c9e9/story01.htm inline;"><a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/4-30-08-t10floral.jpg"><img alt="4-30-08-t10floral.jpg" src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/4-30-08-t10floral-thumb-420x289.jpg" width="420" height="289" class="mt-image-none" style="" /></a> Remember how excited we got when the YP-T10 got produced in a <a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2007/08/samsung_ypt10_w.html">selceion of rainbow shades?</a> If you enjoyed that I'm sure it's latest makeover will fill you with goosebumps. I'm not sure how many of these flowery models will be in production yet, but i really like the engravings etc<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/112c9e9/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Samsung T10 gets all flower full&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/samsung_t10_get.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Samsung T10 gets all flower full&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/samsung_t10_get.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/112e6aa/story01.htm <form mt:asset-id="16077" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/mp3.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.shinyshiny.tv/mp3.html','popup','width=436,height=240,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/mp3-thumb-436x240.jpg" width="436" height="240" alt="mp3.JPG" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 5px;" /></a></form> <br /> <p>I'm guessing the premise behind these wireless <a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2007/11/oakley_mp3_sung.html">MP3 sunglasses</a> is to offer convenience and style (???) together in one bundle. Convenience, I guess so (if you've always wanted a pair of glasses attached to headphones). Style, hell no! They look like they'll fit right in at the Tour de France and seem better suited to sports enthusiasts and men who wear shorts when they really shouldn't.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/112e6aa/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=MP3 sunglasses: Protection and entertainment combined&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/mp3_sunglasses.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=MP3 sunglasses: Protection and entertainment combined&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/mp3_sunglasses.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/291049281/005488.php <p>Tomorrow we're going to the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York. Sabine Modder, Sally Kuchar, Jaime Kopke and I will be covering the show every day (and for days afterward). </p> <p>Here's a question for all the full time, and part time, New Yorkers:</p> <p><strong>Seeing as the Jacob Javits Center is in a somewhat barren/ industrial area, where are the closest good restaurants?</strong></p> <p>Feel free to include fast food places, and for that matter, any good restaurants that you can recommend in NYC in general. <A HREF="http://beta.mocolocal.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Praize the place in MoCo Local</strong></a> (learn more <A HREF="http://mocoloco.com/archives/005345.php" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>) and we'll include you in a draw for a free book; Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan's <A HREF="http://mocoloco.com/archives/005425.php" target="_blank"><strong>Apartment Therapy Presents: Hundreds of Design Solutions</strong></a>. Please leave a valid email address when you register so that if you get picked we can contact you and send you the book. Thanks for sharing your favorites.</p> <p><img alt="icff_2005.jpg" src="http://mocoloco.com/archives/icff_2005.jpg" width="468" height="300" /></p> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/112c442/story01.htm <form mt:asset-id="15995" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/digital%20scales.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.shinyshiny.tv/digital%20scales.html','popup','width=369,height=358,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/digital%20scales-thumb-369x358.jpg" width="369" height="358" alt="digital scales.JPG" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 5px;" /></a></form> <br /> <p>We've all been there. So concerned with packing EVERYTHING into your suitcase (including manky old sandals which you probably won't wear but brought 'just in case') that by the time you've crushed your clothes in you haven't realised just how over your luggage really is.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/112c442/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Digital luggage scales for those last minute checks before heading to the airport&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/digital_luggage.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Digital luggage scales for those last minute checks before heading to the airport&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/digital_luggage.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8540545369/f/4271/c/304/s/18007106/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8540545369/f/4271/c/304/s/18007106/a2.img" border="0"/></a> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/111c1eb/story01.htm <form mt:asset-id="15995" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/digital%20scales.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.shinyshiny.tv/digital%20scales.html','popup','width=369,height=358,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/digital%20scales-thumb-369x358.jpg" width="369" height="358" alt="digital scales.JPG" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 5px;" /></a></form> <br /> <p>We've all been there. So concerned with packing EVERYTHING into your suitcase (including manky old sandals which you probably won't wear but brought 'just in case') that by the time you've crushed your clothes in you haven't realised just how over your luggage really is.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/111c1eb/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Digital luggage scales for those last minute checks before the airport&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/digital_luggage.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Digital luggage scales for those last minute checks before the airport&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/digital_luggage.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/291009529/005483.php <p><A HREF="http://www.designersblock.org.uk/" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/milan_design_we_20/block_main.jpg" width="468" height="515" border="0" alt="block_main.jpg"/></a><br /> The Designers Block exhibition in Milan took place just outside the Zona Tortona in the Navigli neighbourhood’s local outdoor swimming pool. A variety of tents dotted the venue and housed the wares of designers such as <A HREF="http://www.alicerosignoli.it/" target="_blank"><b>Alice Rosignoli</b></A>, <A HREF="http://www.jamesvanvossel.be/" target="_blank"><b>James Van Vossel</b></A> and <A HREF="http://www.privatecircle.it/" target="_blank"><b>Private Circle</b></A>. There were wallcoverings by <A HREF="http://www.souffrezpourmoi.com/" target="_blank"><b>Ninette Van Kamp</b></A> and <A HREF="http://www.rebeccaotero.com/Rebeccaotero/Home.html" target="_blank"><b>Rebecca Otero</b></A>, <A HREF="http://www.bannerina.com/" target="_blank"><b>Bannerina</b></A>’s mesh lamps and paper coats by <A HREF="http://francescasignori.com/" target="_blank"><b>Francesca Signori</b></A>, not to mention a pretty drain by <A HREF="http://www.TheOrnamentedLife.com/" target="_blank"><b>Joana Meroz</b></A> and a chair based on sound from <A HREF="http://www.plummerfernandez.com/" target="_blank"><b>Matthew Plummer-Fernandez</b></A> (when the sound is graphed three-dimensionally, the resulting shape forms the chair). </p> <p>+ <A HREF="http://www.designersblock.org.uk/" target="_blank"><b>designersblock.org.uk</b></A></p> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/111ae53/story01.htm <form mt:asset-id="15957" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/remote.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.shinyshiny.tv/remote.html','popup','width=196,height=198,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/remote-thumb-196x198.gif" width="196" height="198" alt="remote.gif" class="mt-image-right" style="float: right; margin: 0 0 5px 5px;" /></a></form> All for one and one for all. You must be wondering why I've begun this post with the motto of the three musketeers? It's because I'm writing about the One For All Energy Saver, that's why. I was trying to be clever, can't you tell? It's also because I've been writing about quite a lot of energy saving gadgets recently, and there's only so much witty things I can say about being eco-friendly so I thought I'd opt for a change with this one.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/111ae53/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=An energy saving remote for some eco-friendly channel changing&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/an_energy_savin.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=An energy saving remote for some eco-friendly channel changing&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/an_energy_savin.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8325147502/f/4271/c/304/s/17935955/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8325147502/f/4271/c/304/s/17935955/a2.img" border="0"/></a> http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/290999984/005485.php <p><A HREF="http://www.ryandartdesign.com/rd/index.cfm" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/met_jersey.jpg" width="468" height="301" border="0" alt="met_jersey.jpg"/></a><br /> + <A HREF="http://www.ryandartdesign.com/rd/index.cfm" target="_blank"><b>Jersey</b></A>, with a gel coat top and walnut or cedar legs, is the first piece of furniture from Ryan Dart Design in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> <p><A HREF="http://www.establishmentnyc.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/met_bamboo.jpg" width="468" height="351" border="0" alt="met_bamboo.jpg"/></a><br /> + Intricate bamboo sculptures by Thai artist Korakot Aromdee will be shown at <A HREF="http://www.establishmentnyc.com/" target="_blank"><b>Establishment</b></A> in New York’s Meatpacking District during ICFF.</p> <p><A HREF="http://www.airdivision.com/siteMain/" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/met_foxhole.jpg" width="468" height="284" border="0" alt="met_foxhole.jpg"/></a><br /> + The cosy Foxhole sofa from <A HREF="http://www.airdivision.com/siteMain/" target="_blank"><b>Air</b></A> provides a safe haven for users, but also offers the possibility to change cushions when needed. Mix and match colours or replace any section that may become damaged or stained.</p> <p><A HREF="http://www.furniturestoreblog.com/2008/05/15/space_saving_multifunctional_concept_furniture_by_stephane_perruchon.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/met_studio.jpg" width="468" height="250" border="0" alt="met_studio.jpg"/></a><br /> + Stephane Perruchon’s <A HREF="http://www.furniturestoreblog.com/2008/05/15/space_saving_multifunctional_concept_furniture_by_stephane_perruchon.html" target="_blank"><b>Studio</b></A> line features tables that that can store seating while not in use. Great space-saving collection.</p> <p><A HREF="http://www.theotheredge.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/met_corey.jpg" width="468" height="351" border="0" alt="met_corey.jpg"/></a><br /> + <A HREF="http://www.theotheredge.com/" target="_blank"><b>Donald Corey</b></A> and Zach Thomas of the Black Valley Design Collective create light fixtures that will be debuted at ICFF out of post-consumer waste.</p> <p><A HREF=" http://rksdesign.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/met_mimique.jpg" width="468" height="400" border="0" alt="met_mimique.jpg"/></a><br /> + The Mimique phone by <A HREF=" http://rksdesign.com/" target="_blank"><b>RKS Design</b></A> is the next generation touch-screen phone developed for Google’s Android open-source software.</p> <p><A HREF="http://www.pro2.cl/" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/moco_submission_135/met_pro2.jpg" width="468" height="339" border="0" alt="met_pro2.jpg"/></a><br /> + Lighting from Chile’s <A HREF="http://www.pro2.cl/" target="_blank"><b>Pro2</b></A> is bold and to the point.</p> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/111874b/story01.htm <form mt:asset-id="15910" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/LG%20DVD.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.shinyshiny.tv/LG%20DVD.html','popup','width=329,height=281,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/LG%20DVD-thumb-329x281.jpg" width="329" height="281" alt="LG DVD.JPG" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 5px;" /></a></form> <br /> <p>This portable DVD player from LG has been designed with comfort and easy viewing in mind. It has a swivel style body and a built in seven inch LCD wide-screen. So it will make a good travel accessory (would be great on an aeroplane) and will be good for portability around the house.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/111874b/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=LG's portable DVD player for on-the-go movie watching&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/lgs_portable_dv.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=LG's portable DVD player for on-the-go movie watching&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/lgs_portable_dv.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/111874e/story01.htm <form mt:asset-id="15879" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/BT.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.shinyshiny.tv/BT.html','popup','width=240,height=187,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/BT-thumb-240x187.jpg" width="240" height="187" alt="BT.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 5px 5px 0;" /></a></form> A few of us at Shiny went to the BT Podshow at Shoreditch House (woohoo) on Tuesday. We were there for a fair few hours, during which time we managed to sneak up to the roof-deck and sit by the pool (ha ha to those that didn't). However by the time we left, none of us would have been able to tell you what BT were launching. No one showed us a thing. I had to read their press pack to fill myself in.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/111874e/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=The BT Podshow: We saw Jade Jagger, Alexa Chung, Matthew Horn and Tara Palmer Tomkinson but couldn't tell you what BT were launching&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/the_bt_podshow.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=The BT Podshow: We saw Jade Jagger, Alexa Chung, Matthew Horn and Tara Palmer Tomkinson but couldn't tell you what BT were launching&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/the_bt_podshow.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8325146966/f/4271/c/304/s/17925966/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8325146966/f/4271/c/304/s/17925966/a2.img" border="0"/></a> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/11158fb/story01.htm <form mt:asset-id="15860" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="iphone bluetooth headset.jpg" src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/iphone%20bluetooth%20headset.jpg" width="414" height="78" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 5px 5px 0;" /></form> I wouldn't normally write about bluetooth headsets, unless it was badged with some kind of moon-faced cat, but in this case, I'll make an exception.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/11158fb/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=New Aliph Jawbone headset packs 'NoiseAssassin'&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/iphone_headset.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=New Aliph Jawbone headset packs 'NoiseAssassin'&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/iphone_headset.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/1113c2f/story01.htm <form mt:asset-id="15843" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="samsung f400.jpg" src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/samsung%20f400.jpg" width="89" height="240" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 5px 5px 0;" /></form> Yes, it looks like every other mirror-surfaced slider phone on the market this year, but under the deceptively generic shell lies a music phone with some serious potential. This new F400 from Samsung is the result of a partnership with Bang & Olufson, who provide the speaker technology. There's also a 3.5mm jack, rather than any proprietary rubbish.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/1113c2f/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Samsung F400 shortcuts to Shazam&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/samsung_f400_sh.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Samsung F400 shortcuts to Shazam&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/samsung_f400_sh.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8325145828/f/4271/c/304/s/17906735/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/8325145828/f/4271/c/304/s/17906735/a2.img" border="0"/></a> http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/111313f/story01.htm <form mt:asset-id="15811" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/jessica-rabbit-2.jpg"><img alt="jessica-rabbit-2.jpg" src="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/jessica-rabbit-2-thumb-420x196.jpg" width="420" height="196" class="mt-image-none" style="" /></a></form> Now I really love cartoons. I grew up on a diet of Disney mixed with Thundercats, and my dreams were full of intergalactic battles and magical encounters. I would have given my right arm to have just an hour with the silver tongued Aladdin (pre Jasmine naturally) but sadly he remained in 2D. We<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/304/f/4271/s/111313f/mf.gif' border='0'/> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Which cartoons would you like to meet for real? And how would Jessica Rabbit be in 3D?&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/which_cartoons.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Which cartoons would you like to meet for real? And how would Jessica Rabbit be in 3D?&link=http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/05/which_cartoons.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/290636353/005447.php <p><A HREF="http://freshmoco.com/upcoming.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/fresh_moco_2/brokate_lixfield_maas.jpg" width="468" height="150" border="0" alt="brokate_lixfield_maas.jpg"/></a><br /> Recently at Fresh MoCo there has been a wide variety of all things design. From Brooklyn, we have the best lampshades depicting little boys from <A HREF="http://freshmoco.com/story.php?title=Charlie_Does_Lamps" target="_blank"><b>Charlie Brokate</b></A>, and from Israel, the <A HREF="http://freshmoco.com/story.php?title=Break__Use" target="_blank"><b>Break & Use</b></A> salt and pepper shakers from Mey Kahn and Boaz Kahn – what a unique design! The Grass Vase by <A HREF="http://freshmoco.com/story.php?title=Grass_vase_-_a_tuft_of_grass_for_flowers" target="_blank"><b>Normann Copenhagen</b></A> is sweet and to the point, while the concrete tableware by <A HREF="http://freshmoco.com/story.php?title=Concrete_Tableware" target="_blank"><b>Alexa Lixfield</b></A> is substantial, but not overly so. The Lichtinfusion lamp by <A HREF="http://freshmoco.com/story.php?title=Lichtinfusion_by_Christian_Maas-1" target="_blank"><b>Christian Maas</b></A> is lighting that you either love or hate, and we can’t stop looking at it. And to wrap up, the lines of the Es1 cabinet by <A HREF="http://freshmoco.com/story.php?title=Es1_Cabinet" target="_blank"><b>Afid Design</b></A> are very soothing, in contrast.</p> http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/290453570/005469.php <p><A HREF="http://101pr100designed.be/" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/milan_design_we_18/101_percent_brussels_2008.jpg" width="468" height="488" border="0" alt="101_percent_brussels_2008.jpg"/></a><br /> The 101% Designed in Brussels was a small exhibition in Zona Tortona with pieces that packed a lot of punch. <A HREF="http://www.atelierblink.com/" target="_blank"><b>Atelier Blink</b></A> was our favorite design studio in this venue. The Brocante de salon rug that incorporates a black and white photo of flea market wares was hanging on the wall, and immediately went to the top of our favorite-rugs-of-all-time chart. The many pairs of legs of the Octopus seat was an attention-grabber, and whole piece can be wrapped even closer around anyone seated in it by using snaps found along the hems. The Rendez-Vous wallpaper seemed like typical swirls and paisleys, but a closer look revealed a more kamasutra approach. <A HREF="http://www.raphaelcharles.com/" target="_blank"><b>Raphael Charles</b></A> had a couple of designs that were fun, like the Stars lighting, small-scale constellations, and the 33T Pouf, a stool/storage combination for the music-lover.</p> <p><br /> + <A HREF="http://101pr100designed.be/" target="_blank"><b>101pr100designed.be</b></A><br /> </p> http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/290346570/005436.php <p><A HREF="http://www.internimagazine.it/Dynamic/SingleItem,intLangID,2,intCategoryID,46.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/milan_design_we_18/green_energy_design_2008.jpg" width="468" height="700" border="0" alt="green_energy_design_2008.jpg"/></a><br /> Organized by <em>Interni</em> magazine, Green Energy Design was an exhibition of experimental, multimedia installations by some of the top international design talents. The event took place on the beautiful grounds of Milan’s Università degli Studi and it was the perfect site for a relaxing sunny Sunday morning after a week marked by loads of action and just as much rain. The main installations were along the courtyard and there were plenty of “isole relax” or relaxation areas where one could sit in well-designed comfort by the likes f Martí Guixé and Patricia Urquiola with a cup of coffee and a few <em>Interni</em> design week publications. It was a pleasant way to take in the work, some of it quite self-explanatory, some a little more obscure. Ross Lovegrove’s Solar Tree and Toshiyuki Kita’s Sunplant were two of the most obvious energy-producing pieces, and a most apt piece of social commentary was Gaetano Pesce’s installation of a bare space with a hospital bed called <em>Lo Spazio Malato? </em></p> <p>+ <A HREF="http://www.internimagazine.it/Dynamic/SingleItem,intLangID,2,intCategoryID,46.html" target="_blank"><b>internimagazine.it</b></A></p> http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/290286297/005478.php <p><a href="http://www.idea-in.com/takumi/plugpin/" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/tokyo_takumi_plugpin.jpg" width="468" height="171" border="0" alt="Plug Pin"/></a><br /> + Takumi's <a href="http://www.idea-in.com/takumi/plugpin/" target="_blank"><strong>Plug Pin</strong></a> is just what it sounds like, a pin in the shape of an electrical plug end.</p> <p><a href="http://www.imcjpn.co.jp/english/design_project/index.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/tokyo_imd_retto.jpg" width="468" height="129" border="0" alt="RETTO Bathroom Accessories"/></a><br /> + Sumie Noda continues to add to the line of RETTO bathroom accessories for <a href="http://www.imcjpn.co.jp/english/design_project/index.html" target="_blank"><strong>I'mD</strong></a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.tmiyakawadesign.com/fractal-1.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/tokyo_takeshimiyakawa_fractal%20drawers.jpg" width="468" height="212" border="0" alt="Fractal Drawers"/></a><br /> + New York-based Takeshi Miyakawa's <a href="http://www.tmiyakawadesign.com/fractal-1.html" target="_blank"><strong>Fractal Drawers</strong></a> re-imagine the drawer chest. Via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/12/fractal-drawers.html" target="_blank"><strong>Boing Boing</strong></a>. <a href="http://mocoloco.com/archives/000636.php" target="_blank"><b><em>JS</em></b></a></p> http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/289632230/005476.php <p><A HREF="http://www.loveannajames.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/verona_collecti/verona_collection_anna_jame.jpg" width="468" height="500" border="0" alt="verona_collection_anna_jame.jpg"/></a><br /> London-based Anna James carefully restores twentieth century furniture before adding her hand-painted designs to complete the transformation. Her current collection, Verona, is a mix of graffiti, brightly coloured dots, modern art and pinstripes. James pays attention to the insides of drawers and cupboards that contrast subtly with the vivid exteriors. </p> <p>+ <A HREF="http://www.loveannajames.com/" target="_blank"><b>loveannajames.com</b></A></p> http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/289514260/005473.php <p><A HREF="http://www.kundalini.it/" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/bokka/atomium_hopf_wortmann.jpg" width="468" height="468" border="0" alt="atomium_hopf_wortmann.jpg"/></a><br /> Kundalini presents lighting by way of four “ecstatic” lamps selected for the Water Air exhibition taking place during ICFF. The four are the Bokka table lamp designed by Karim Rashid, the Sama table lamp designed by Gregorio Spini, the Atomium floor lamp (shown above) designed by Hopf & Wortmann and the Abyss table lamp designed by Osko & Deichmann. The exhibition features over 80 designs made in Italy that feature the two elements of nature.</p> <p>+ <A HREF="http://www.kundalini.it/" target="_blank"><b>kundalini.it</b></A></p> http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/289475602/005451.php <p><A HREF="http://abc-design.be/en" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/milan_design_we_15/authentic_belgian_creativit.jpg" width="468" height="353" border="0" alt="authentic_belgian_creativit.jpg"/></a><br /> Authentic Belgian Creativity was promoted in Milan’s Zona Tortona by the likes of <A HREF="http://www.bramboo.be/FR/Home.aspx" target="_blank"><b>Bram Boo</b></A> who showcased his new line of furniture called Homeland and <A HREF="http://www.buzzispace.com/" target="_blank"><b>Buzzispace</b></A>, a company that uses recycled plastics in room dividers, lampshades and memo boards. <A HREF="http://www.jaga.be/" target="_blank"><b>Jaga</b></A> had very sleek and cheery radiators on display, the anti-Heatwaves, as it were, and there were some great pieces by Katrien Van Hulle of Colect.</p> <p>+ <A HREF="http://abc-design.be/en" target="_blank"><b>abc-design.be</b></A></p> http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/288905060/005465.php <p><A HREF="http://www.lovegroverepucci.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/moco_submission/met_delft.jpg" width="468" height="225" border="0" alt="met_delft.jpg"/></a><br /> + <A HREF="http://www.lovegroverepucci.com/" target="_blank"><b>Lovegrove & Repucci</b></A> are launching the new London Delft series of porcelain dinnerware. The five-piece settings bring the London streets to the table in an unusual, yet traditional, manner. </p> <p><A HREF="http://homepage.mac.com/bevhisey/" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/moco_submission/met_hisey.jpg" width="468" height="400" border="0" alt="met_hisey.jpg"/></a><br /> + We are looking forward to seeing <A HREF="http://homepage.mac.com/bevhisey/" target="_blank"><b>Bev Hisey</b></A>’s new hand-knotted rugs at ICFF. The rugs are inspired by oil paintings her grandmother did in the 1950s and are as effective as wallhangings as floorcoverings.</p> <p><A HREF="http://www.fold.co.nz/" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/moco_submission_134/met_fold.jpg" width="468" height="378" border="0" alt="met_fold.jpg"/></a><br /> + This origami-inspired dish by Rachel Young called <A HREF="http://www.fold.co.nz/" target="_blank"><b>Fold</b></A> is a polypropylene fruit bowl (or centerpiece for dry articles) that has been carefully hand-folded.</p> <p><A HREF="http://www.centralunitdesign.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/moco_submission/met_central.jpg" width="468" height="189" border="0" alt="met_central.jpg"/></a><br /> + The Margaretae sofa by the <A HREF="http://www.centralunitdesign.com/" target="_blank"><b>Central Design Unit</b></A> was a comfortable hit at the Salone Satellite.</p> http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/288742457/005455.php <p><A HREF="http://www.nonesiste.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/reflections_on/nonesiste_grandmother_table.jpg" width="468" height="468" border="0" alt="nonesiste_grandmother_table.jpg"/></a><br /> Romolo Stanco showed pieces from the new <em>Reflections On My Grandmother</em> collection from Nonesiste in Zona Tortona’s Nhow Hotel. <em>Grandmother</em> is a very simple glass table that combines new technologies with baroque lace decoration. <em>Killthequeen</em> is a mirror that focuses on continuous geometric lines, and the <em>Quelcheresta</em> lighting shows “what remains” – the section of the lighting when the lamp shape is removed. The <em>Gulp</em> and <em>DinDon</em> chairs are after the jump.</p> <p>+ <A HREF="http://www.nonesiste.com/" target="_blank"><b>nonesiste.com</b></A></p> http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/288703846/005458.php <p><A HREF="http://www.craftscollection.dk/" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/danish_crafts_d/danish_botanics.jpg" width="468" height="346" border="0" alt="danish_botanics.jpg"/></a><br /> Danish Crafts, an independent design group under the Danish Ministry of Culture, will be presenting the latest Crafts Collection at the end of the week at ICFF. Crafts Collection 12 will feature works that look at safe sex, animal welfare and fair trade by way of a refined mix of materials, technique and humour. Over 20 designers and craftspeople have been chosen to participate in this collection of furniture, glassware, textiles, ceramics and jewellery. Shown above is the Botanics necklace by Mai Ørsted, and several more projects from the collection are shown after the jump.</p> <p>+ <A HREF="http://www.craftscollection.dk/" target="_blank"><b>craftscollection.dk</b></A></p> http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/288264467/005462.php <p><A HREF="http://www.bokus.com/b/9789178432837.html?pt=search_result" target="_blank"><img src="http://mocoloco.com/upload/2008/05/designboost_07/designboost_07_book_3" width="234" height="258" border="0" align="right" alt="designboost_07_book_3"/></a><a href="http://mocoloco.com/archives/005425.php" target="_blank"><b>Another design blogger publishes a book</b></a>, this time it's David Carlson of the <a href="http://davidreport.com/blog/200804/new-book-about-sustainable-design/" target="_blank"><b>David Report blog</b></a> with Designboost 07, "the first in a series of books that in words, pictures and moving media describes the work of Designboost. Designboost is a knowledge company that helps companies and organisations to learn more about design in general and sustainable design in particular". Contributors include Beckmans College of design professor Mathilda Tham, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design PhD research associate Kristina Börjesson and architect Tim Power & designer researcher/ writer Jennifer Leonard from IDEO. Also included, a DVD with interviews with all the participants at the 2007 Designboost event. Softcover, number of pages unknown, well illustrated, 136 kronor (approx. $23 USD) at Bokus. A detailed english language <a href="http://www.bokus.com/se/help/index.shtml#in_eng" target="_blank"><b>How to shop</b></a> will help guide you through the process at Bokus.</p> <p>+ <a href="http://www.bokus.com/b/9789178432837.html?pt=search_result" target="_blank"><b>Designboost 07 at Bokus</b></a></p> http://www.core77.com/corehome/2006/12/tastes-like-bakers-chocolate-to-me.html This has been eating me for months. (you like that pun don't you). So much so, that I've decided to end my blogging hiatus, so I can talk about this topic. First: Who designs a phone, makes it black and then thinks let's call it "CHOCOLATE"? No way tha http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/12/bucky-dome-home-to-multimedia.html MASS Music Dome is a multimedia performance created by MASS Ensemble and o2 Creative Solutions. MASS Ensemble designs and creates innovative architectural scale stringed instruments and kinetic performances, including the Earth Harp. o2 is an experien http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/this-is-last-post-in-core77-blog.html We've switched our blogging software and we have a new RSS feed available. The new URL is www.core77.com/blog/rss.xml. This feed will no longer have any new posts - please update your reader software. Thanks! http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/why-your-choice-of-materials-is-so.html If you ever wanted proof of how important the right choice of materials and processes are in the design and development of consumer products (not that they aren't in industrial machinery) today's story in the BBC underscores it. Here's a snippet, Both http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/design-your-life.html This site from Ellen and Julia Lupton is not about shopping or decorating. Nor is it about a caste of specialists endowed with mysterious talents and impenetrable secrets. DESIGN YOUR LIFE is about thinking. DESIGN YOUR LIFE applies ideas from desig http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/etsycom.html ebay + Get Crafty = Etsy, a great place "to buy and sell all things handmade." http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/douglas-rushkoff-gives-it-away.html Rushkoff will be posting 10 tidbits from his upcoming book, "Get Back In The Box: Innovation from the Inside Out" on his blog. Here's a taste from the first one: The longevity and prosperity of any enterprise depends most on its participants' ability to http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/pedal-power-from-indonesia.html Deez sent in this link to a wonerful array of indi-genius designs posted by Jonathan McIntosh. http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/user-experience-job-market.html Signs o' the times at last weekend's Conference on Designing for User eXperience (DUX) http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/kodak-one-gallery-new-york.html Kodak has gone all out this time with the Wi-Fi enabled easyshare-one digital camera launch opening a temporary gallery space in both New York San Francisco to promote the utopian world of picture taking/printing/sharing. Pictured above, the MTV2 launc http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/sf-and-la-not-cool-anymore.html "The idea of living in the middle of the desert in a prefab 1,200-square-foot home, stretching ourselves financially and driving three hours a day, wasn't appealing anymore," Mr. Cannon, 34, said. Interesting article in the NYT about a social trend of http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/xbox-360-rejects.html Take a look at what we didn't get; especially love the editorial, "Dude, even I could've done this..." [via Engadget via The Raw Feed] http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/blue-ball-machine.html (Not that kind, though you'd assume it from the source.) Sending you into the weekend with this Rube Goldberg-meets-Flash extravaganza, enjoy. http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/glow-in-dark-car-trunk-release.html Mark Frauenfelder calls this "progress at its best"; Garth Johnson says, "you may call it the apex of industrial design if you wish". Us, we'll just never leave our house, thank you very much. http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/100-design-tokyo-silent-gliss.html Re-Thinking the Vertical Blind by Silent Gliss (or is that Glass). Thanks again to Victoria for the live TKO updates. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/292050665/laika-the-astrodog-t.html This 1958 Japanese tin toy features Laika, Sputnik 2's brave cosmo-dog. Poor Laika. Link (Thanks, Erin!) See also: Laika - graphic novel tells the sweet and sad story of the first space-dog...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=5bba999527316eebf4bb267be428ce3d" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=5bba999527316eebf4bb267be428ce3d" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/292050664/sofabookcase.html If you know me, you know I love bookcases built into EVERYTHING. This sofa (the Flexform Oltre) with bookcases in the arms: no exception. Link (via Cribcandy)...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=ed487b37fe101ea05cb3aeb3a001bfc2" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=ed487b37fe101ea05cb3aeb3a001bfc2" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/292050663/vintage-japanese-rob.html Wired's posted a photo gallery from the new show of vintage Japanese robots opening at the Sci Fi Museum in Seattle. Iconic graphic designer Tom Geismar, whose firm Chermayeff & Geismar has created memorable logos for Mobil, PBS and other U.S. institutions, has been collecting the shiny bots for decades. The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle will exhibit toys from Geismar's collection in Robots: A Designer's Collection of Miniature Mechanical Marvels through Oct. 26. The vintage robots on display reflect Geismar's trained eye. "I've really restricted myself to ones that appealed to me as interesting, imaginative designs," he says. Link...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=b9d9cb49ebc34f6689c9f0202ab5dbd4" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=b9d9cb49ebc34f6689c9f0202ab5dbd4" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/292043886/microsoft-and-nbc-en.html Danny O'Brien from the Electronic Frontier Foundation sez, Vista users are complaining that Media Center refuses to let them record broadcast digital TV shows on NBC. Here's a screenshot of what they're seeing. After we won the fight to stop the Broadcast Flag three years ago, over-the-air digital TV shouldn't have any copy controls -- and if it did, Microsoft shouldn't have to obey them. Is it a bug in Vista's DRM systems? Did Microsoft and NBC cut a deal? What other receivers out there are going to obey the broadcasters instead of their owners? Link (Thanks, Danny!)...<br style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=2a72ab28cb97d5b1f2c0cdb54c341aa5"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=2a72ab28cb97d5b1f2c0cdb54c341aa5"/></a> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=2a72ab28cb97d5b1f2c0cdb54c341aa5" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/291956456/researchs-v-vale-on.html BB pal and inspiration V. Vale is the publisher of RE/Search, chronicles of underground and fringe culture since 1977. The RE/Search books, from Industrial Culture Handbook and Pranks! to Modern Primitives and Incredibly Strange Music, are essential encyclopedias of alternative thought, art, music, literature, and methods to circumvent "control" in all its manifestations. (Pranks!, Industrial Culture Handbook, and RE/SEARCH #4/5: Burroughs, Gysin, Throbbing Gristle are now available in limited edition hardcover!) Vale attended the recent Maker Faire Bay Area and was blown away by the connections he saw between the hacker/maker/crafter culture and what he suggests are the original, unspoken "principles" of punk rock: DIY, Mutual Aid, Anti-Authoritarianism, and Black Humor. Vale saw all those characteristics embodied at the Maker Faire and, inspired, wrote a wonderful piece about what the Faire meant to him. Here's an excerpt from Vale's RE/Search blog post, "Maker Faire and Punk Rock": The first, quintessential principle of “Punk Rock” was (obviously) “DO-IT-YOURSELF”… meaning Create All Your Own Culture: music, recordings, record labels, distribution, “Punk Rock” stores, art, graphic art, collages, drawings, interior decor, your clothing, hairstyles, sculpture/installations, social gatherings, community centers, squats or shared housing, art studios, shows — everything that makes your life “meaningful” and “fun.” And this “principle” made EVERYONE at least a naive or “outsider” artist, if not more... Well, for more than thirty years Punk’s “Do-It-Yourself” signified (to me, at least) Doing It Yourself — but pretty much restricted to the “Arts.” But for the first time we attended last weekend’s Maker Faire and realized that: Why shouldn’t D-I-Y also apply to Science and Technology? (Now, we had ALMOST thought that, years ago, when Survival Research Laboratories began, but — we’re dense.)... In other words, for thirty years the underlying message of all my publications has remained: “Everyone Is An Artist.” But, now I want to add an additional message: “Everyone Is A Scientist” — or, “Everyone is an Artist/Scientist.” Because, who doesn’t want to figure out how things work? ” Link...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=02f2efc30ee760460ba9efc646ed57c6" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=02f2efc30ee760460ba9efc646ed57c6" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/291919949/monk-building-medita.html Buddhist monk THich Dang "Tom" Phap is building a beautiful Buddhist Meditation Center in a very unusual and unlikely location: the barren high desert of Adelanto, California. The centerpiece is a 60-ton marble statue of the saint Quan yin, donated by a Malaysian businessman. Phap bought 15 acres in Adelanto four years ago as a home for the statue and the center that he hopes he can complete if enough donations come in. Right now, the place has no power or water. The Los Angeles Times created a lovely short video visit with Phap to accompany an article on his project. Link to video, Link to article (Thanks, Paul Saffo!)...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=7d759c59c51cae04976605049bdb3851" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=7d759c59c51cae04976605049bdb3851" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/291901555/scrabble-cufflinks.html QA Create sells these elegant cufflinks made from Scrabble tiles. You pick the letters! They're $15.99. Link (Thanks, Jess Hemerly!)...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=fe27163c373fd23cd60a0de111f7acd8" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=fe27163c373fd23cd60a0de111f7acd8" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/291896176/new-release-at-archi.html Did you know archive.org has lots of cool old feature films in the public domain you can download for free? Here's one they just added to the archive that looks promising: The Hoodlum, from 1951. I'm downloading it now. (Here's the RSS feed for recent additions to the movie archive.) Lawrence Tierney ("Reservoir Dogs") plays an unreformed, hardened criminal who has just been released from prison. Working at his brother's gas station, he becomes very interested in the armored car that makes regular stops at the bank across the street. Link...<br style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=31f6e1be77b42f6faa1d7d0ba591077a"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=31f6e1be77b42f6faa1d7d0ba591077a"/></a> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=31f6e1be77b42f6faa1d7d0ba591077a" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/291889591/greg-dulli-sings-sam.html Here is an old soulful cover of Sam Cooke's "Having A Party" by Greg Dulli, former frontman of one of my all-time favorite modern rock bands, Afghan Whigs. The first national magazine article I ever wrote, for Alternative Press, was about the Whigs, who I knew growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio. And Cooke's "Having A Party" was my wedding song, so this cover has special meaning to me. On hiatus from his current band Twilight Singers, Dulli just put out a killer new record with Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age), under the moniker Gutter Twins. The album, titled "Saturnalia," is some heavy-ass neo-gothic gospel. Link to Dulli's Having A Party video Link to buy Gutter Twins Link to Summer's Kiss for more on Whigs, Gutter Twins, Twilight Singers...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=558b723165bfdef5f2c6cc3a987cda2b" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=558b723165bfdef5f2c6cc3a987cda2b" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/291873058/mechanical-gaspumps.html Richard sez, "Apparently there are still places in the US where people are still using the old-fashioned analog gear driven pumps to meter gas instead of the common digital ones. The old pumps will need new gears to go past $3.99/gallon for gas and those parts are getting harder to come by. It is strangely like having a Babbage Difference Engine run the gas pump. Gear driven gas pumps are another unexpected but sad victim of rising gas prices. No more clicks and bells." Link (Thanks, Richard!) (Image: Tracy A. Woodward -- The Washington Post))...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=836221fad5552fd0ecae778e0bea4745" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=836221fad5552fd0ecae778e0bea4745" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/291873057/frogdesigns-electron.html frog Design's concept facemask would let you escape reality by augmenting or replacing what you see, smell, and hear with sensory inputs of your own choosing. In a troubling future, these augmented reality devices would offer a new dimension - a virtual layer that could be used to “re-skin” the troubling outside world. A boundary between the wearer and the world around him, the device would become a sort of visual drug, used to make the world appear a better place – even if just for a moment. The device itself acts as a mask between the user and the outside world, expressing the internality of the human-device interaction. It offers a physical distinction between those moving in the real world and those who are “plugged in” to their private dimensions, the world as they wish to see it. The visual design casts the mask as a lifestyle product of the future, as it plays with a glaring, exaggerated coolness of the wearer. It gives an almost robotic appearance, and suggests a diversion from what we define today as “normal” physical human interaction. Within the mask, smells, sounds, even air quality would be imitated to create a full sensory experience. The facial expressions of those wearing the device would be detected and projected onto personal avatars visible to others also living behind the shield of the mask. Link...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=6b8844f9c30c3aa684b8d9819aa87321" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=6b8844f9c30c3aa684b8d9819aa87321" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/291856714/funny-will-elder-pho.html Eric Reynolds of Fantagraphics writes: "I came across this incredible Will Elder photo this morning, looking for some nice Elder photos in our MAD PLAYBOY OF ART files, to give the Los Angeles Times for its obituary, which I'm told will run tomorrow. Was there ever a man who embodied the vivaciousness of his work more perfectly?" Link...<br style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=3df3ed41f0333f9e5c9614c8370fed23"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=3df3ed41f0333f9e5c9614c8370fed23"/></a> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=3df3ed41f0333f9e5c9614c8370fed23" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/291807241/spitting-contest-par.html A 29-year-old Swis man died in a spitting match with a friend, reports the daily Blick newspaper. Apparently, the two pals were up late at a hotel in Cadempino, Switzerland when they decided to see who could spit the greatest distance off the balcony. One of the men took a running start and, well... Link (via Fortean Times)...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=d2f232e3646636641915ef54cb53fdea" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=d2f232e3646636641915ef54cb53fdea" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/291797052/pretend-to-work-post.html This poster sure beats most motivational office posters. Created by artist Andy Smith, it's hand-printed in a small edition and sells for £25. Link (Thanks, Koshi!)...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=a4c5f5c2be359b6b2abc60a1f766d988" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=a4c5f5c2be359b6b2abc60a1f766d988" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/291790368/will-eder-and-harvey.html Yesterday, I posted the sad passing of Mad cartoonist Will Elder, one of the undisputed giants of comic book artists. Today, The Comics Journal blog has made available a scan of a Harvey Kurtzman / WIll Elder story from Help! magazine that Archie Comics took from Help! in a copyright infringement battle. During Will Elder’s run on the ill-fated Help! Magazine — one of three such publications upon which Elder collaborated with Mad founder Harvey Kurtzman following the latter’s exodus from the magazine that made him famous — a story starring Kurtzman and Elder’s naïve leading man Goodman Beaver attracted the ire of Archie Comics for taking their signature characters and grafting Hugh Hefner’s “Playboy Philosophy” onto them. That story was “Goodman Goes Playboy,” and it resulted in waves of lawyers raining upon the strip’s creators, ultimately leading to Kurtzman and Elder handing the copyright to the story over to Archie and signing an agreement promising never to reproduce it again. Some 40 years or so later, Gary Groth or someone close to him discovered that Archie had forgotten to renew the copyright to the strip, and that it had fallen into the public domain. Armed with a copy of Myron Fass’ underground zine Portzebie Illustrated, which contained a copy of the strip, we reproduced it in The Comics Journal #262 — and here it is again, Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder’s “Goodman Goes Playboy,” available either as a PDF file (5.9MB) or, if you’d prefer to use your comics-reader software to read it, as a Zip file (also 5.9MB). Next Friday, we’ll present a copy of Gary Groth’s 2003 interview with Elder for TCJ #254 here on the website, so there’s more Elder on the way, don’t you worry. Link...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=a048efba767d52be4615a138dd2e11da" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=a048efba767d52be4615a138dd2e11da" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/291763039/kooky-60s-comic-book.html Here's another comic book gem from Ethan Persoff, outré ephemera scanner extraordinaire. Vietnam month continues with a great mid-month snack. Tod Holton was a school student from the 60s who fought the Vietnamese through use of a magic beret. Presented here is every Tod Holton story ever produced. A patriotic kitsch classic, now presented in full. Link...<br style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c14af7542fa111cda81deb01d4002eb5"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c14af7542fa111cda81deb01d4002eb5"/></a> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=c14af7542fa111cda81deb01d4002eb5" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/291701656/coupon-queen-spends.html Atlanta's Crissy Thompson is the queen of coupon-clipping -- she's so skilled at it that she's cut her weekly grocery bill to $10 for a family of five: She buys two copies of the AJC's daily double Sunday paper, getting four papers, four sets of coupons, for $5. She also goes to her favorite coupon websites (s