Monthly archive of 6. February 2009

DeserTED

Friday, den 6. February 2009

Yesterday marked the unveiling of the TED prize, an annual award given to 3 ‘world-changers’ granting them each $100K to fulfill their philanthropic wish.
We attended the Chelsea, NYC screening of the event, sponsored by TED, to (remotely) take part in the live unveiling as well as get a sense of the local TEDophile community. The [...]

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Add-Art: The Entire Web as Art Gallery

Friday, den 6. February 2009

Add-Art is a free FireFox add-on that transforms website advertising into a curated art show featuring rotating works by emerging artists that are selected from a submissions database. The open source project was developed by artist Steve Lambert with support from Eyebeam and Rhizome. The idea emerged from the popularity of existing “adblockers” that merely replace [...]

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Winterhouse Institute: Designing Social Responsibility

Friday, den 6. February 2009

Winterhouse is more than a design studio, their founders are more than educators, and their commentary has done more to develop critical commentary around the design industry than arguably any of their kin. And now, with more than a small nudge from the Rockefeller Foundation, they will be expected to do, well, even more.
Headed by [...]

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New York Times Parody Ad

Friday, den 6. February 2009

This parody ad comes from the team at 92YTribeca. Nice little viral effort written and Directed by Michael Showalter. Satire always reveals so many social truths.

By Piers Fawkes | © PSFK, 2009. |
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Comments | More stories in: Advertising & Branding, Media & Publishing and New York Times, NY Times

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Faile Collective Studio Tour

Friday, den 6. February 2009

Design Boom points us to a nice detailed studio visit of the Faile artist collective conducted by Fecal Face. There are tons of great photos showing off Faile’s complex work that they were preparing for their recent 2008 London show. Native American themes are abundant - the hand painted “prayer logs” are especially interesting, combining [...]

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PSFK Twitter Survey Results

Friday, den 6. February 2009

A few days ago, we asked you to tell us how you wanted PSFK to be using Twitter. We got some great feedback from you and plenty of written-in suggestions of other ways we should use the tool. The findings:

70% of you want twitter.com/psfk to include thoughts about trends and ideas from Team PSFK bloggers [...]

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Archiving Your Life & Acting on Missed Opportunities

Friday, den 6. February 2009

Aka-Aki is a wonderful mobile social networking platform that tracks your movements and detects the presence of other members. After downloading the mobile application, users establish a profile online, where contact information and personal interests are displayed through public ‘”stickers” - members can also form and join groups with other members.
As members go about [...]

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Pic: American Heart Association’s Ad Fumble

Friday, den 6. February 2009

Gored: v. to pierce with or as if with a horn or tusk.
A new campaign by the American Heart Association bears an unfortunate resemblance to the popular (RED) campaign we’ve discussed a bit (controversially) here before. The latter campaign, which raises awareness of AIDS/HIV around the world, embeds the word red in other words, [...]

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Solar Cycle Rickshaw

Friday, den 6. February 2009

Soleckshaw is a solar Cycle-rickshaw which has recently been introduced on a test basis in Delhi, India. The vehicle can be powered both by pedal power and solar energy. The Soleckshaw’s solar rooftop has been designed to power a 36-volt solar battery, which not only alleviates the drivers’ physical strain but also [...]

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One Step Closer to Teleportation

Friday, den 6. February 2009

Scientists at  the Joint Quantum Institute at the University of Maryland have made progress towards making teleportation a reality. A recent experiment has successfully transferred quantum information intact from one atom to another over the distance of about a meter. Now, this isn’t quite the feat of transferring a human from place to place, but [...]

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