Nokia’s new “L’Amour Collection” (love the use of french for this title) uses a definite fabric and leather visual language for their new designer collection. Although they are of course still using metal and plastic covers, they are recognising the use of textile fabric inspired look and feel to their phone. Definitely getting closer and… Continue reading Nokia and leather-like finishes
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Wooden keyboard
A screen and keyboard made out of wood!!! “”People are tired of everything in plastic and want to return to the genuine. Some people would love to have something exclusive and stylish in the office.” Ok so maybe the reasons that the company gives aren’t exactly convincing but i believe that the white box regime… Continue reading Wooden keyboard
Adidas customizable shoes
I like this set that came out originally in 1983 but that they are rereleasing again, showing once more that consumer involvement in a product’s lifespan creates richer relationships. Via Cool Hunting.
Another book to read
Sigh, my life is just about adding more books to a long list which i never seem to get to the end of.. So this is Everyware: the dawning age of Ubiquitous Computing by Adam Greenfield. A good Boxes and Arrows interview of him and his latest book reveals that this touches exactly on the… Continue reading Another book to read
Pimping my blog…
Victor helped me out pimping my blog today… so no more weird sidebar errors…yeh!!! Thanks victor…
Still not impressed
I’ve always been an avid fan of bitching the iPod, as my thesis’s enemy and now they’ve given me new reasons… I think ill start an iPod rant category for this… So they come out with the iPod HiFi which includes a “Universal dock” on which you plug your iPod and the added feature of… Continue reading Still not impressed
What makes a hit?
“A new study reveals that we make our music purchases based partly on our perceived preferences of others.” From aLive Science article
iPod embedded in a scarf…practically
Im so one step ahead… mouhahahah, still an interesting post on an Engaget post “The bright pink silk tie has a hidden pocket on the back that’s the perfect size for an iPod nano, and includes an extra loop to keep headphone wires from getting tangled (though from Pink’s promo pic, right, it looks like… Continue reading iPod embedded in a scarf…practically
Applied Dreams again
I am now sucked in again into another exciting 2 weeks of what we call Applied Dreams. Working with Jan-Christoph Zoels, Alie Rose, Yaniv Steiner and Myriel Milicevic from IDII and with great guests from Laboratoire de Recherch Informatique, Jean-Baptiste Labrune and Aurélien Tabard.
Hacking the enemy
My project’s enemy no 1 the iPod nano was hacked by the Technology review team at MIT.