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I like these infographic style illustrations made for IBM by The Design Surgery (click for more).
I was in New York for the first time in 11 years in ‘12 on a work related trip to do some user research in relation to the project I am working on at Novo Nordisk. It was great to be back in the city eventhough our hectic schedule did leave much time for all the stuff I wanted to do and see, during the 10 days we where there. But I did have one day off, and carried the camera with me most of the time. Here’s a peak (the B&W version) of some of the images which I caught with my lens. More on my flickr account.
“Best wishes for year 2013, ya’ll! Lets make it a good one.”
Not many modern bikes catch my attention, I like the classic metal frames much better, but this one I like.
Olafur Haraldsson made this truly awesome movie, illustrating rays of electricity over a speech by Nicola Tesla from 1893. All the pictures was shot of the beautiful landscape of Olafur’s native Iceland. The film was produced as part of the iPower project (sister project to etrans) as a way to raise awareness of our perception of electricity.
Currently writing on a collection of advice on how to work with change and transformation in complex systems, based on experience we have gained from the innovation challenges in the etrans project. Should be printed and publicly available during this fall. Stay tuned…
aisleone.net July 11th, 2012
I stumbled upon these Braun brochures on the Das Programm’s Flickr and I love them. There are two distinct designs at work here, but they’re both well-done. Great photography, color and the product is king. Wish I knew who designed these, but if I had to guess I’d say they were done by Wolfgang Schmittel.
“Frustration is where my creativity comes from”
Tony Fadell from Nest in this Q&A session. Similar to one of the points made by Banny Banerjee last week, who pointed out that friction and frustation often is a sign that you’re uncovering a trapdoor, which can take your project to the next level.
I just stumbled upon Nest, a really well designed thermostat / climate control system, which learns your habits and routines and help you save energy. It has been developed by some of the smart folks who also helped form PalmOne, iPod, iPhone etc., headed by Tony Fadell, who you can hear talking about his experience in this 20 minute Q&A.
Sweet idea from CIID student Marco Triverio. Feel Me is a messaging app which aims at enriching digital communication. I hope this get snatched up and implemented (and Marco get’s a great carreer).
