via: Let’s Evo
I met Henrinque Monnerat — a Brazilian visionary designer and friend — a year ago. Through some beer-meetings I realize that we share some points regarding design and its potential to change the world (Yes, we are idealists when talking about design). And simple ideas can do the job. Even better, everyone can [...]
via: Geekdad
This link just bumped into my browser: http://rdushay.home.mindspring.com/Museum/Index.html
WHY: To remind me that I need to investigate more the difference (if any) between toys and games.
Kevin Kelly has a particular way of presenting his complex views on technology matters without being oversimplified. I saw his talk before, via TED. I even have used his talk on “How does technology evolve” when I gave a presentation at ECA/USP (http://www.eca.usp.br/ in Portuguese). His last talk published by TED (The next 5,000 days [...]
Tangible.cc will be the URL for my project development. I feel confortable by doing note-taking online, so the wiki sounded as a good idea. Easy to edit and to re-order the content as my knowledge grows.
As this work is a one-man-project, you can’t create a wiki-user as it is usual in other wikis. Colaborations with [...]
via Microsiervos (in Spanish)
Matt Kirkland did a good exercise. In his words:
…armed with my childish curiousity and the spurious excuse of ‘product design research,’ I set out to discover what, exactly, these creatures are hiding.
WHY: Although the first Toy Story feturred this behave in a bad boy (Sid Phillips), curious children and adults can have [...]
via: Update or Die (in portuguese)
This photographer caught my attention. By looking to his work you can see that the images are well planned, carefully built, but it also involves a good exploratory pattern. In his own words:
The artwork I create combines my scientific curiosity with a constructive approach to making pictures.
WHY: Again its another [...]
The Inventables guys, Zach Kaplan and Keith Schacht, demo some amazing new materials and how we might use them. Look for squishy magnets, odor-detecting ink, “dry” liquid and a very surprising 10-foot pole.
Great video: you can see it here. The video is originally from 2005 (It is sad that TED took so long to put [...]