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My career up until 2007 had been about design and styling on the exteriors and interiors of automobiles. This type of design work is essential for car companies, as it is better aligns the appearances and function with the demographic in mind for a brand. While working at GM Holden in Australia, I worked on new [...] Read more...
To address better ways of integrating Transportation in Urban environments requires a very wide-angle perspective lens in order to view the whole scenario of life in an urban environment as well as those in and around the emerging world. It requires that we put ourselves on the same streets of the people we would like [...] Read more...
Recently there have been a few great and green projects that have caught my eye and feel the need to share these innovations with all of you… The Clever Little Bag by Puma Recently Puma announced the Clever Little Bag that will reduce their environmental footprint. As a shoelover, a shoebox is not only an [...] Read more...
As designers/industrial designers/architects/visionary futurists we must be able to employ many tools, and with the passing of the hand-drawn ship curves we are now permanently entering the realm of an almost fully digital process. With so many new softwares becoming available, the creative process itself has become fully encompassed with digital tools for every aspect of [...] Read more...
Automobiles of the future and the Designers who develop them are at a decisive moment in history. The Automotive design field as a whole which has notoriously been a heavily veiled and secretive field is now in state of accelerated change. Previously, only a select lucky few have ever had the chance to experience Design [...] Read more...
I just came back from my first Idea Couture business trip. They sent me ‘down South’ to Austin, Texas and part of my job was to familiarize myself with the culture, customs, and styles of the city. My goal was to research and soak in as much of the lifestyle as I possibly could; but [...] Read more...
I stumbled upon this very innovative magazine that you can actually wear it. Like the regular subscribed magazine, each “issue”, designed by T-Post will focus on one news issue. In this past issue, you can play rock, paper, scissors with the t-shirt through a webcam. Not only it take publishing to next level, the AR [...] Read more...
As an anthropologist who has taught about the cultural impacts of new technologies, I am a bit stunned by the news of the new iPhone ethnography app. I can’t decide if the new research tool is good or bad for anthropologists. On the one hand, it’s further evidence that the value of ethnography is being recognized [...] Read more...
Lady Gaga’s newest music video, Telephone definitely has shock value- girl on girl kissing, nudity, and even murder. However, with 16 millions views on YouTube since its release only a week ago, it’s surprisingly not the racy scenes that are making headlines. Instead it’s the abundance of product placements that are creating a constant buzz. [...] Read more...
So, Facebook is evolving. With emphasis on at least 3 core web services – search, chat and the upcoming email – Facebook is getting more serious about functions that Google, among others, are doing well at providing. It makes sense. So here are some quick thoughts on what 400 million users are experiencing on Facebook [...] Read more...
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