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Industrial design has a new ingredient in the kitchen of product creativity: Light source will be now a malleable, bendable, shapeable material thanks to the Organic Electro-Luminescence phenomenon b…

Product designers rejoice: OLED promises to shape light itself

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:06:43 -0500

http://www.konicaminolta.com/about/research/oled/index.html

No more fragile glass bulbs, no more cumbersome diodes, no more unsightly sockets… Beyond backlighting current crop of flat displays, you will soon be able to lay a blanket of light around surfaces, even curved and flexible ones. Light will simply emanate from any product skin as if it coming from the heavens!!

Additional benefits:

Large area surface (ceilings will now be THE source of light!)
Energy efficient (30% of a fluorescent light)
Low heat (cool to the touch)
Thin & lightweight (product does not need to be bulky to provide light source)
Flexible (wrap it around, roll it in and out)
Green (good for the planet)

Technology is indeed becoming indistinguishable from magic. Next stop: malleable, bendable, shapeable video screens (Think music videos on your raincoat!) Following stop: OLED Video paint? (You read it first here).

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Good mini-documentary about craft and the love of doing

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:24:52 -0500

Good mini-documentary about craft and the love of doing:

“Brothers Chris and Kirk Bray have been producing leather goods for the last ten years. They launched Billykirk from Los Angeles in 1999, learning their craft from a third generation leather …

Good mini-documentary about craft and the love of doing

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:27:05 -0500

“Brothers Chris and Kirk Bray have been producing leather goods for the last ten years. They launched Billykirk from Los Angeles in 1999, learning their craft from a third generation leather maker. A simple leather strap kick started the business, a decade later their collection has flourished into other offerings that consists of bags, belts, shoes, wallets, hats and other accessories. Since expanding and moving their operation to the East, they’ve employed a group of Amish leather makers to produce much of their line, while wrapping up production in their studio. We visited the brothers over the summer to observe their operation first hand and to discover the beauty behind the process.”

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3Quarks - Background Pattern

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:58:17 -0500

3Quarks - Background Pattern:

Paper textures for use in images

Squidfingers / Patterns

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:58:16 -0500

Squidfingers / Patterns:

Free web patterns

Shopify — Create Your Online Store

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:58:15 -0500

Shopify — Create Your Online Store:

Quick ecommerce engine

StreetView Switzerland - Look as if you were there!

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:45:30 -0500

StreetView Switzerland - Look as if you were there!:

Recorded video tours of streets in Switzerland

[Gandi] Domain Name - Domain Name Registration

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:01:38 -0500

[Gandi] Domain Name - Domain Name Registration:

Register Domain Name : Domain Name Registration Online - International Domain Registration - Internet Domain Registration

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:01:35 -0500

Register Domain Name : Domain Name Registration Online - International Domain Registration - Internet Domain Registration:

Domainr, the domain name search engine

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:36:48 -0500

Domainr, the domain name search engine:

Fun tool for finding innovative domain names

UX trends: Captology... or the "Tamagotchi effect"

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:44:26 -0500

UX trends: Captology... or the "Tamagotchi effect":

“Most humans are naturally wired to nurture things and be rewarded for doing so” -B.J. Fogg, director of thePersuasive Technology LabatStanford University: More:…

UX trends: Captology... or the "Tamagotchi effect"

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:43:45 -0500

“Most humans are naturally wired to nurture things and be rewarded for doing so”

- B.J. Fogg, director of the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University:

More: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/fitbits-motivator-a-virtual-flower/

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