Sometimes, when we’re working late a night, we take a break and go 'coolhunting' on the web. Here are the latest nifties we've come across...
1. Anti-Theft Lunch Bags
If your co-worker keeps stealing your lunch, try these anti-theft lunch bags. They give the illusion of mould, keeping those sticky fingers away from your precious sandwich. Just be careful that your food doesn’t end up in the bin...
2. Anatomical Socks
Give your date a scare with these anatomical socks. Useful, perhaps, for medical students.
As designers we like to stay in touch with the latest technological developments.
Siftables are a new invention in user interfaces. These cookie-sized cubes can detect motion and proximity and are designed for more intuitive data handling – just like sifting through a pack of photographs or working with physical tools. The research is still in its embryonic stages, but the possibilities are endless... education, maths, toys, communication and music.
Who knows, perhaps in future Photoshop can be simplified to a few blocks connected to your screen!
The silly season has arrived and it’s time for some much needed comic relief! Here are some of our favourite design-related spoofs and snippets.
1. How much should you spend on a business card?
Before you opt for that low cost print run, consider this scenario (copy here).
2. What's in a name?
Your website domain should be short, snappy and memorable. However, read it from all angles to ensure it doesn't have any unintentional double meanings. Renault picked this up and developed it into an advertising campaign.
When working with design drafts you'll often come upon lorem ipsum text - "dummy" text that simulates readable content. Where does it come from and who created it?
Initially, lorem ipsum was believed to be nonsensical babble. Thanks to Latin professor Richard McClintock, however, we now know better. He stumbled upon the passage while looking for citings of the word 'consectetur' in classical literature.
Turns out, lorem ipsum is a passage from a treatise on ethics (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Marcus Tullius Cicero written more than 2000 years ago.
For those of you who are interested, here is an excerpt, translated by H. Rackham:
Once a year, the folks at Google put their heads together to come up with a fun way to celebrate April Fool’s Day. This year it’s theGoogle TiSP, which promises free in-home wireless broadband service by connecting your router to your, um, toilet. All you have to do is drop the end of a fibre-optic cable into your toilet and flush (visuals here). This connects the cable to “TiSP access nodes”. A bit of further wiring and installing, and you have 8Mbps of internet connectivity, free!
How is this all funded, you ask? According to Google, the service would be supported by "discreet DNA sequencing" of bodily waste to display online ads that relate to culinary preferences and personal health!
