Infinite Innovation
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A Brief History of John Baldessari, as read by Tom Waits
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We hardly see this kind of innovations any more
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Mentors: A Young Entrepreneur’s Secret Weapon
You need a good idea. Startup cash can make a real difference. Business experience...
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Marketing Myopia
Many companies define themselves almost completely through the product or services they offer. This is a common approach that can...
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The Top 5 Eco-Friendly Innovations in the Auto Industry
Green is the new black, and nowhere is it more apparent than in the automobile industry....
‘Medusa’ and other impossible buildings by Victor Enrich
Just a superb gallery to shake the imagination awake.
IKEA upstages Apple?
UPPLEVA — the new all-in-one mod furniture, smart TV, sound system, DVD and it also kneads-your-tired-legs device. Or something.
Watch the UPPLEVA maiden on YouTube who’ll tell you all about it.
Oddly this was via Gavin Purcell — Let the parodies begin!
We heart true innovation. (via The Pringles Package Sucks. This Chip Can Blooms Into A Bowl | Co.Design: business innovation design)
The best morphing hexapod robot video you’ll see today — guaranteed.
Hop on, hop off! British design brings back much loved routemaster onto London streets. Thomas Heatherwick has redesigned the London iconic bus and seven of them have now hit the roads. They are simply awesome! The new version features not one but two staircases and three doors - enabling travellers to once again hop on and off whenever they want!
Apparently the new bus will also be fuel efficient, saving 15% more energy than the existing hybrid buses and 40% more than the conventional diesel versions. LOVE!
Beautiful.
“Did you design a brilliant, life-changing device? Did your firm create an inspiring tool for tomorrow? Enter our inaugural Innovation By Design Awards, honoring the year’s best designs. Finalists will be featured in Fast Company’s October 2012 issue.”
Proof that innovation needn’t be high tech. Subway map cuffs: $37
via upcoming World Innovation Forum NYC speaker Guy Kawasaki
Facebook’s design staff has gone from 20 to 90 people in the past year. We talked with its brightest stars about the sea change that this represents for Silicon Valley.
Who doesn’t want to peek behind the Facebook curtain?
Umino Seaweed Design Nori
Laser cutters recreate classic Japanese patterns carved into seaweed. “The designs convey happiness, long life, respect for the past and hopes for the future. The design project was developed to help the North East Japan company rebuild in the wake of the March 2011 tsunami.”
Amazing marriage of art and technology — we could not love this more. Full story and more pictures here on TheInspirationRoom.com.
Sneak Peek At The Final Phase Of New York City’s High Line
Our favorite wildly innovative NYC park is blooming and growing. Read all about it here on PSFK.
Note: The park is a quick easy trip if you’re going to be attending wifny.com in June or wbfny.com in October.
