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Nike’s ‘Live’ Frozen Moment Installation on Venice Beach is Absolutely Awesome
Nike’s Jordan footwear range has given birth to the new CP3.IV shoe, celebrating its release with this awesome feat of photographic engineering. The two and a half minute video is one continuous shot...
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Why the London Tube Map Has Been Turned Into a Working Radio
When Harry Beck designed the iconic London Tube map in 1931, he was partly inspired by circuit board schematics. He even sketched an “All Electric” spoof diagram of the network before working on the...
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Reverse-Skeuomorphism: When ‘Digital Things’ Transcend the Screen to Analogue...
Many will agree that Apple remains the master of industrial design in the digital age, but over the last year or so, some of their interface designs have divided opinion, and it comes down to a concept...
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Broken Headphones? Just Print Yourself Up a New Pair
Headphones are annoyingly prone to twisting and snapping, especially if they’re getting crammed into your bag everyday before heading off to work. And when they do break they get chucked, with all the...
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Joy Division’s Famous Unknown Pleasures Squiggles are Actually...
“There is a global cult around Unknown Pleasures and very much around this image,” says graphic artist and designer of New Order’s Blue Monday record sleeve, Peter Saville. And he’s right. The iconic...
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The Future of Britain Is a Design Fiction
The London Design Museum announced this week that from the 30th of January 2013, they’ll be running an exhibition all about the future of high-tech Britain. The exhibition will be called ‘United Micro...
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10 of the Best Coke Bottle (and Can) Designs
Unlike their main competitor, Pepsi, Coca-Cola have kept the same classic logo ever since their inception in 1885! They have however changed a few things along the way. Particularly the design of their...
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30 Years of G-Shock Celebrated, With Titanium MR-G and Other Limited Edition...
The idea to create “the toughest watch in the world” came to Japanese creator Kikuo Ibe, when he dropped and broke a precious watch given to him by his father. The first G-Shocks were developed in the...
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10 Great and British Designs, Handpicked by Two Eagle-Eyed Design Critics
Tim Greenhalgh of FITCH writes… ”Design is everywhere, and there is almost nothing that you use or see everyday that has, in fact, not been designed in some way…but is it great? For me, great design...
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Man Shows Why Trying to Jump Through a Frozen Swimming Pool Is Such a Bad Idea
We’re not entirely sure what was running through this chap’s peanut before he jumped. There are only two possible outcomes to this particular stunt: 1) your body breaks through the ice, leaving you...
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Google Earth Used to Make Nostalgic ’60s and ’70s-Era Postcards
Hungarian art director and ad-man at BBDO, Akos Papp, has taken satellite images from Google Earth and given them a retro twist to create ‘Postcards From Above‘. The images have been beautifully...
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This Super-Creepy Baby Doll is Pregnant, and Her Foetus is Pregnant Too
British artist Darren Cullen has taken doll culture to new extremes with his disturbing creation, ‘Baby’s First Baby’, which we can only hope will never hits the shelves. The top of the box reads “real...
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10 Worst Photoshops of All Time
We live in the age of Photoshop, which means that we’re all duped on a daily basis by images that belie reality. But occasionally, those that doctor the originals are so incompetent, that they leave...
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Got a Samsung Galaxy S III on O2? Check For Updates, as Jelly Bean’s Here
More good news for Samsung Galaxy S III users. O2 is now rolling out your Android Jelly Bean update, while Vodafone’s should be out on Monday. If you’re not already using the ”buttery smooth” 4.1...
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The BBC’s Media Player App Goes Jelly Bean
A new version of the BBC Media Player app is now available for Android users. The app works with the newer, smoother Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, but is also compatible with older Flash-based versions. iOS...
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Dances With Nerds: Science Described Through the Medium of Interpretive Dance
When you simply dont understand your own PhD thesis anymore, a little interpretive dance can really help to clear things up. And if you’re as creative as Peter Liddicoat from the University of Sydney,...
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Less But Better: Dieter Rams Did It First
If you’re a fan of British design hero Jonathan Ive (the guy behind the look and feel of the Apple iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad), you might also be aware of his major German influence, the...
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Blood, Sweat and Engineers: Technological Innovation and Performance in Sport
Why are humans all over the world so fascinated by sport? It must have something to do with the desire to win. And yet winning isn’t just down to how much you want it. Winning, especially at the...
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Think You’re Happy?
Everyone wants to be happy, and there are a million and one tips, mantras, books and belief systems that are supposed to give you a helping hand — for a price, of course. And with one in five Britons...
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How Deadmau5 Tore Up a London Neighbourhood With a Crazy Light and Music Show
Last year, 12,000 people gathered on the bank of the Thames to see Deadmau5 play in front of Millbank Tower, which was temporarily turned into a 390-foot projection screen. This year, Deadmau5 and...
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