core77.com's design blogIndustrial design, product design, consumer culture - it's all here. Updated daily and covering the fascinating world of design!This is the last post in the Core77 Blog- November 10, 2005 We've switched our blogging software and we have a new RSS feed available. The new URL is www.core77.comblogrss.xml. This feed will no longer have any new posts - please update your reader software. Thanks!http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/this-is-last-post-in-core77-blog.html Why your choice of materials is so important- November 9, 2005 If you ever wanted proof of how important the right choice of materials and processes are in the design and development of consumer products (not that they aren't in industrial machinery) today's story in the BBC underscores it. Here's a snippet, Bothhttp://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/why-your-choice-of-materials-is-so.html design your life- November 8, 2005 This site from Ellen and Julia Lupton is not about shopping or decorating. Nor is it about a caste of specialists endowed with mysterious talents and impenetrable secrets. DESIGN YOUR LIFE is about thinking. DESIGN YOUR LIFE applies ideas from desighttp://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/design-your-life.html Etsy.com- November 8, 2005 ebay + Get Crafty = Etsy, a great place "to buy and sell all things handmade."http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/etsycom.html Douglas Rushkoff gives it away- November 7, 2005 Rushkoff will be posting 10 tidbits from his upcoming book, "Get Back In The Box: Innovation from the Inside Out" on his blog. Here's a taste from the first one: The longevity and prosperity of any enterprise depends most on its participants' ability tohttp://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/douglas-rushkoff-gives-it-away.html Pedal Power from Indonesia- November 7, 2005 Deez sent in this link to a wonerful array of indi-genius designs posted by Jonathan McIntosh.http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/pedal-power-from-indonesia.html User Experience Job Market- November 7, 2005 Signs o' the times at last weekend's Conference on Designing for User eXperience (DUX)http://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/user-experience-job-market.html Kodak One Gallery : New York- November 7, 2005 Kodak has gone all out this time with the Wi-Fi enabled easyshare-one digital camera launch opening a temporary gallery space in both New York San Francisco to promote the utopian world of picture takingprintingsharing. Pictured above, the MTV2 launchttp://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/kodak-one-gallery-new-york.html SF and LA: Not cool anymore- November 7, 2005 "The idea of living in the middle of the desert in a prefab 1,200-square-foot home, stretching ourselves financially and driving three hours a day, wasn't appealing anymore," Mr. Cannon, 34, said. Interesting article in the NYT about a social trend ofhttp://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/sf-and-la-not-cool-anymore.html Xbox 360 rejects- November 7, 2005 Take a look at what we didn't get; especially love the editorial, "Dude, even I could've done this..." via Engadget via The Raw Feedhttp://www.core77.com/corehome/2005/11/xbox-360-rejects.html |