Cool Edition February ‘08




01. The True Masters of Cradle to Cradle

The True Masters of Cradle to Cradle

We all know Africa is the garbagedump of the western world. Literally. Western companies pay African countries loads of money to import their garbage. Cars that are not allowed to…

02. Vanishing ink

Vanishing ink

Xerox introduces Ink that uses ultraviolet light and regular surrounding heat to vanish. By using this ink you can recycle the paper as many as 30 times. As soon as…

03. Binge Chilling

Binge Chilling

We’ve all heard of binging. Binge drinking. Binge eating. Binge shopping. The term is generally associated with overindulgence and has a negative connotation, but it isn’t always a bad thing.…

04. The Pain of Everyday Life

The Pain of Everyday Life

Constrain city walks is a project/design/warning system led by Gordan Savicic.The corseted garment he created is equipped with servo motors and a WIFI-enabled Nintendo DS. If you put it on…

05. Geek Squad City

Geek Squad City

Geek Squad City is a company that hires real ‘computer geeks’ to work all together fixing laptops and knock together other digital machines. Located within the walls of 345 international…

06. Viral marketing?

Viral marketing?

Viral marketing? I got this picture as an attachment to an email sent to me by a friend. Is this a real protester or a clever advertising campaign planned by…

07. Niche social networks

Niche social networks

Friendster died. MySpace is quickly becoming irrelevant. Facebook is hot now, but how long with that last? Probably not much longer than it takes for the masses to get there.…

08. Think Local, Act Global

Think Local, Act Global

Don’t underestimate the ever growing pride of the Brazilians – Brasilidade it is called, or Tropicalismo – which has been ingrained in their post-colonial culture by heroes like Caetano Veloso…

09. Blyk

Blyk

Blyk is a new Mobile Virtual Network (MVNO) running on the Orange network in the UK, for 16 – 24s, by invite-only, which, the founders claim, will allow a control…

10. Howies

Howies

Howies are bringing out a jacket with which, if you want to buy it, you have to sign a contract saying when you have finished it you will hand it…

11. The New Ugly

The New Ugly

They’re calling it The New Ugly. A collective term for the rapidly growing body of design work that seems to give almost no thought to traditional aesthetic principles and purposefully…

12. A Playful Watch

A Playful Watch

This wristwatch is a combination of utility and playfulness in one. Reading time becomes a game as well as a conversation piece, and the watch also has a very futuristic…

13. Personalisation Going Underground

Personalisation Going Underground

Xiao Lee, a street vendor, has a hot new product, cheap to produce and easy to sell. Simple stickers shaped to fit onto the city’s public-transport cards. (Or wherever else.)…

14. Dignity Toilet

Dignity Toilet

Dignity Toilet is a portable sanitation solution, ideal for refugee camps and developing countries. This product was designed by Canadian designer Mike Loveless and engineer Terence Woodside of Cooler Solutions…

15. Self Love

Self Love

This ad for D&G jewellery, currently airing in heavy rotation on TV and in cinemas across Europe, is devilishly clever. It toys with your expectations about boys meets girls and…


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