louise guay, president and founder of my virtual model, presented her company’s avatar-based fashion shopping and social networking system tuesday at the moda+tecnologia gathering at the ICA. on-line shopping for clothes is notoriously unsatisfying, especially if you care about fit and detail. americans only buy 8% of their clothes on-line, as compared to 41% of […]
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all-in-one simple
i really like this new mp3 player design by no-nonsense electronics manufacturer evergreen – small and thin, it includes everything you need to charge and upload in a simple, visible package. when other ‘simple’ designs actually contain all sorts of crap just so you can charge them… via
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interknit
netGranny is a revolutionary service where consumers directly commission grandmothers in switzerland to custom-knit socks for them. it has the spirit of transparency of programs like dole’s organic labels, with the mass customization you would expect from local experts, all the while supporting elderly people to make an independent income. this is something i’d like […]
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touching robots
i feel honored to break this story: hayes raffle founder of zoob and inventor (along with my colleague amanda parkes) of topobo finally released his work on youtube – and it’s worth watching every movie. not just because i’m lucky enough to work with him, or because he’ll be a free agent in a few […]
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edible cups
what’s better than composting dishes? eating them! amit zoran‘s coffee cups are made from baklava so you can eat them when you’re finished drinking the coffee. anna bullus‘ ‘one cup or two’ is made of sugar, so the coffee gets sweeter over time (some version have flavorings too). what if everything was edible? via
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almost made in china
atelier van lieshout‘s ‘almost perfect’ is a chair that was drawn on a napkin and sent to china without further information. most of the detail was achieved by the chinese manufacturer, lending a sense of imperfection and the mystique of a knock-off to the finished product. on the opposite end is the incessant attention to […]
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kitchen blogs
olivier peyricot’s video set is a set of cookware with integrated cameras that allows their contents to be captured and displayed on computer. this reminds me of takashi okamoto’s kitchen blog project, in which a simple countertop device allows video to be recorded and edited and posted to a blog for friends and families to […]
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obsolete furniture
there’s something strange about the relationship between technology and the built environment: although they cost about the same, one lives much shorter life than the other. so while we’re always busy working to buy new technology, we seldom make changes to our furniture and buildings. when herman miller launched in ‘red’ line in november 2000, […]
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