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“People who can focus, get things done. People who can prioritize, get the right things done.”
John Maeda are spreading wisdom on twitter
Check out these good looking icons by Swedish Lundgren+Lindqvist for American Express / SAS Euro Bonus.
Ice Cube Celebrates The Eames (by pacificstandardtime)
I hadn’t seen this one coming. More on Cubes thoughts on the Eames at NY Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/garden/ice-cube-on-eameses-and-his-hometown-qa.html?_r=3&src=dayp
This is pretty clever. Smart way to do good and market the guys behind it (a social innovation company):
A Good Week is a not-for-profit initiative, founded and led by social innovation agency A Very Good Company. This is your chance to get involved and celebrate all of the good that happens in the world! We believe in helping to create a world where people can Feel Good, Do Good and Live Good.
A Good Week is set to June 18-24 2012. The Very Good Company behind. Graphics by Because Studio
Didn’t get to put this on my Christmas list, but I definitely would like to own a copy of Jon Hicks new book.
A little video of the etrans, Designskolen Kolding and Tongji University collabo in Shanghai October 2011, and a teaser for the upcoming etrans event on December 15 where the resulting electric car service concepts and interior models will be on display.
After a break this fall, my photoblog bophoto is again being updated with a daily shot- from the archives or fresh for the memory card. This is one posted today is from my trip to Shanghai in October and taken at the Alto Design Factory on campus of Tongji University.
Hello Little Printer.
Don’t know if I’d get enough use out of this, but it’s hard to not want one.
Hello little printer is a pretty lovable idea.
A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design
Can’t help but love stuff like this: a look into the future of how we’ll interact with computers, even though this concept by Microsoft doesn’t really bring any new ideas we haven’t seen before. The part of a future device where payment, phone, computer, ID etc. has merged to one is nothing new, but it’s still very interesting. It’s so logical, but still faces many real life obstacles. Also interesting to look at how we can make the fluent transitions work as well as it’s depicted here. Following above link leads you to Bret Victor who points out even more critical issues with this ‘vision’, especially in regards to our tactile experiences of how we interact with our surroundings, which are great and valid points.
I believe it was the same point that Marko Ahtisaari, design director of Nokia, was making when I heard him recently (introducing the N9) comparing our current interaction with smartphones to how we interacted with early cars which were controlled with a tiller for the first 20 years of existence.
But still, if you have a little bit of gadget freak in you and are interested in interaction design the video is worth your time.
Simple
Any bank that values design at this level has my business. In an industry that desperately needs innovation and creativity, Simple is clear at the right time and the right place.
I’m not quite sure I’m sold on the service quite yet, but Simple undoubtedly has some design genius behind it.
Can’t remember any financial service that caught my attention, like this did!
Pierre Fauré’s Electra from 1941, one of the many electric cars which were built in France during WW II to combat the almost complete absence of petrol.
Found at mrscharroo flickr account, where he has impressive collection of old microcars that I have never seen before.
At etrans we recently launched an open competition looking for app ideas that can make the electric car smarter, safer and more fun.
One of the strategic areas I have had my focus on since I started as innovation consultant at etrans was ‘Smart Data’, investigating how the intelligent e-cars can become more attractive than the gasoline driven ones by looking into the possibilities when combining the e-car with traffic data, navigation, wifi, smart phones etc.
The competition appsogelbiler.dk (apps & ecars) is rewarding the 3 best ideas in 3 categories with 25.000 DKK - and before you click through let me just say it’s all in Danish (etrans is working to get the Danes to love the e-cas).
I am hoping we get a bunch of creative and innovative concepts before the 1st of december deadline that our very competent jury can evaluate. The jury consists of:
Henrik Werdelin, Managing Partner at Prehype with a background from MTV Intl. Joost and Hotpotato and specialized in innovation and digital startups and focusing on user experience
Morten Just, Interaction Designer at Google. Previously worked with Adobe, Vodaphone and ZYB and develops new quirky apps in his sparse free time.
Christiane Vejlø, Digital trend expert and editor at Electronista.dk after having worked for 10 years with innovation in broadcasting and telephone industry.
Bo Borbye Pedersen, myself, innovation consultant and sr. designer at etrans with a background in user centered design and innovation, etc…
Please help spread the word to anyone you know who might be interested - and can understand Danish!
