October 2011
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Oct 31st
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Inspiring talk from Justin Hall-Tipping on freeing energy from the grid: “the power plant of tomorrow is no power plant. Justin Hall-Tipping works on nano-energy startups mastering the electron to create power. Full bio and more links via TED
Oct 26th
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Richard Seymour speaks about “emotionally functional” design that focuses on how beauty feels, “taking the brain” out of something and feeling it in the gut: Poignancy, Pathos, Triumph, “not just about nice”. As a partner in seymourpowell, Richard Seymour designs idea-driven products — from household goods to trains and motorcycles. Full bio and more...
Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 18th
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Oct 18th
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Oct 18th
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Oct 16th
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“[H]ighly creative nations are less likely to suffer from the deep divides and...”
– Is There a Relationship Between Creativity, Happiness…and Equality? via PSFK
Oct 13th
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Oct 13th
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Oct 13th
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Oct 13th
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Oct 13th
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“A players hire A+ players. Actually, Steve believed that A players hire A...”
– What I learned from Steve Jobs via Holy Kaw! (Thanks Mike)
Oct 10th
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Green Challenge Award Ceremony: Keynote Lecture by William McDonough. Message: do more good, NOT less bad. Why can’t more Architects speak this language? Why can’t more of the world think this way? Revolution is coming to America in different guises and as much as it will be a tough place, it’s already ripe for values like fairness, honesty and integrity, sustainability and...
Oct 10th
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“Whether they’re individuals or organizations, we follow those who lead,...”
– Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action via TED
Oct 10th
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Message: “People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” - That’s how you trust Apple to deliver on multiple platforms, why you trust every product line to be considered. Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action: Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?” In...
Oct 10th
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Oct 9th
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Oct 9th
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“Apple’s devices have connected us to a world of information. But they...”
– What Everyone Is Too Polite to Say About Steve Jobs Should the man be remembered for the products and inspirational story, the good he brought to the world, or should we temper the current God-like adulation with a reminder that he wasn’t perfect?  via Gawker
Oct 9th
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Oct 7th
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Oct 7th
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theatlanticvideo: ‘Connected’ Sheds Light on Our Addiction to Social Technology Tiffany Shlain’s feature-length documentary Connected is an intensely personal exploration of what human connection means in our modern, technology-obsessed world. In anticipation of the film’s release in New York next week, she shares an excerpt that looks at how our brain chemistry compels us to reach for our...
Oct 7th
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Oct 7th
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“News junkies: “Hardly a man takes a half-hour’s nap after dinner, but when...”
– Sam Graham-Felsen, writer and filmmaker: Why I Dumped My iPhone—And I’m Not Going Back via GOOD
Oct 7th
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Oct 5th
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Oct 4th
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Adam Greenfield makes an important and interesting point at Picnic 2011: the institutions (IBM, Cisco, Siemens, etc) developing “smart cities”, as we know the term, “do not have a sense of urbanism”, ” probably do not love the places they are developing for “,  “probably have not thought of the idea of love and the idea of a city, and how these things...
Oct 4th
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Oct 3rd
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“Gmail’s redesign truly signaled the aging of American Design.”
– American Firms Now Embrace Design, But They’re Aging Fast. What’s Next? via Co. Design
Oct 2nd
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Canadian filmmaker and photographer Ryan Enn Hughes’s 360 Project uses 48 cameras triggered simultaneously to explore the crossover between still and moving image: this video clip shows behind-the-scenes footage and introduces the people involved. Watch the 2 videos of krumpers and ballet dancers here… via CREATIVE REVIEW on LinkedIn
Oct 2nd
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“Under Apple’s influence we are watching an entire generation of aging...”
– American Firms Now Embrace Design, But They’re Aging Fast. What’s Next? via Co. Design
Oct 2nd
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“Job creation is a false idol. The future is about gigs and assets and art and an...”
– The forever recession (and the coming revolution) via Seth’s Blog
Oct 2nd
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Oct 1st
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Oct 1st
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Oct 1st
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