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Design changes: water transportation made easier
I present to you the Q Drum, a simple example of how design can positively change how we interact with the world.
“The Q Drum eases the task of fetching water for peoples in developing nations. Climate change has required a countless number of people all around the world to travel greater distances to retrieve water for everyday use. The Q Drum allows a child to pull the full capacity of 50 liters of water over flat terrain with comparative ease.”
3 comments. Posted by tanner in innovation, social change on 30 September 2008.
Top 250 words spoken at first presidential debate
View hi-res version. Full word frequency list.
2 comments. Posted by tanner in politics, visualization on 29 September 2008.
Muxtape is back, with a new focus
Muxtape, the ridiculously simple playlist hosting service, mysteriously disappeared a couple of weeks ago, citing “a problem with the RIAA”. Read more. →
No comments. Posted by tanner in experimentation, innovation, interwebs, issue 1, music on 29 September 2008.
Yes, I realize you are probably hearing this a lot. There are lots of deadlines approaching for voter registration (For instance, in Arizona, you have to register by October 6th) and I know some of you may not be registered, or may need to re-register (I just did, for AZ). Sorry for the redundancy if you’re all set.
I used Obama’s site to register
(No matter your politics, you have to admit the Obama/Biden site is 1000 times better than Mccain/IdiotTrophyVP one.)
So, everyone register. Vote.
Also, in case you missed it:
Fill/Stroke Supports Obama/Biden
No comments. Posted by md in politics on 29 September 2008.
Last week, a friend pointed me to the blog/portfolio of Mark Boulton. Mark Boulton Design has primarily made small websites for little clients; you know, such as the BBC and ESPN. Now, they’re tackling the infamous drupal.org. Read more. →
No comments. Posted by tanner in branding, interwebs on 28 September 2008.
The Great Schlep from The Great Schlep on Vimeo.
Flaming Lips’ Christmas on Mars (finally) released
The Flaming Lips, who have been working on Christmas on Mars for what feels like an eternity, have finally set a firm release date.
The film tells the story of the experiences of Major Syrtis during the first Christmas on a newly-colonized Mars. Coyne has described the film as “Maybe Eraserhead or Dead Man crossed with some kind of fantasy and space aspects, like The Wizard of Oz and maybe A Space Odyssey, except done without real actors or money, and set at Christmas-time.”
Trailer after the jump. Read more. →
No comments. Posted by tanner in motion, movie, music, video on 27 September 2008.
Google recently stepped outside of its normal arena to publicly denounce Proposition 8, which aims to ban gay marriage in California.
…while there are many objections to this proposition — further government encroachment on personal lives, ambiguously written text — it is the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on many of our employees that brings Google to publicly oppose Proposition 8. While we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument, we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality.
Our Position on California’s No on 8 campaign
Data Flow: Visualising Information in Graphic Design
For all you Tufte fans / information design lovers Gestalten has something sweet for you.
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The Institute of Contemporary Arts in London is starting a new monthly event called Heavy Pencil. They are starting off with Ian Stevenson and Bob London. They will be drawing and playing some of their favorite tunes.
Heavy Pencil starts next Thursday, October 2nd at the ICA in the heart of central London. If you are there, or plan on visiting London don’t miss out.
No comments. Posted by adria in art, exhibition, presenting on 25 September 2008.
