Month: March 2009
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Micro cocooning
During the 1980s with the rise of the video cassette recorder (VCR), the reduction in costs of the devices due to the VHS vs. Beta war and an uncertain economic climate consumers started to stay at home in what was later called cocooning. The internet extended this as a trend as community interaction increasingly happens…
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Skank blog + other news
Skank blog MediaPost Publications Tearful Model Claims ‘Skank’ Blog Damaged Her Reputation – with a skank blog the online world extends bullying into the adult world from the school yard. With concepts like the skank blog will come leaking of sexually intimate material as a media platform. Think sex tapes, but for ‘average people’. The…
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Hydrokinetic adjustable wrench + more
Hydrokinetic adjustable wrench “Hydrokinetic Adjustable Wrench” is a real product (and awesome) – at a conceptual level at least, really sweet piece of problem solving. The hydrokinetic adjustable wrench relies on two principles: Both of which mean that the hydrokinetic adjustable wrench should banish torn up bolt and nut heads China Chinese developer: Buy a…
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The basics
The current economic climate will help re-define the basics for many people. Since I was a child supermarkets and shopping experiences have been richer and presented consumers with progressively more choice. During the last recession of the early 1990s supermarkets created own brand products that offered cheaper alternatives with the exact same quality as own…
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Terratag
Paul Nicholson aka Terratag became famous as the designer of the logo for electronica artist Aphex Twin. He worked at the cutting edge of culture, listening to early techno and designing for small skateboard labels like San Francisco’s Anarchic Adjustment. His work felt like an alien otherworldly twist on cyberpunk. At the time digital tools…
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Bijin tokei + more news
Bijin tokei bijin-tokei（美人時計）official website – bijin tokei is a relatively simple creative idea, really well executed. In bijin tokei pretty Japanese ladies were photographed holding a board with the time on it. This was then turned into a clock. It is a website and an iPhone app. Consumer behaviour Value Is the New Green –…