Open House Feb20

Open House

So clever. A pop-up shop, in a house. The Design Files Open House was produced by thedesignfiles.net in collaboration with The Project Agency. The Design Files Open House ! from The Design Files on...

Remixed Feb20

Remixed

A lovely 4 part series on how Everything is a Remix, by Kirby Ferguson. If you need to be creative everyday, you have to refine the art of taking something, and making it better. Creation requires influence. Part 1 Everything is a Remix Part 1 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo. Part 2 Everything...

Le Practice Jan24

Le Practice

I don’t ride, but this looks ace. The indoor training bike, built to mimic Le Tour de France experience. Lewis Eliot says his ‘favorite features are the Google Maps iPhone application, and that the bike actually rotates up or down based on uphills and downhills’. I lifted...

Feel Good Jan24

Feel Good

I’m often asked to predict the reach of an idea. I usually respond with it’s not about how many people see it, its about how many people actually care. Kleenex have done something which proves that theory works, with their Feel Good Campaign. Being in the height of Winter in...

Hollyworld Jan23

Hollyworld

In the continuation of the PressPausePlay film, that highlights making, and sharing stuff has never been easier, Amazon have launched Amazon Studios. It’s pitched as a big disruption to the film industry, that boasts it will give people (more) opportunity to get their film funded,...

Word Trends Jan12

Word Trends

Google offer so many free tools it’s almost impossible to stay up to speed with them all. Google ngrams, buried within Google Books is my latest favourite. I was given I Will Have What She’s Having by Eaon which is full of scientific analysis on mapping social behaviour, and...

Cut the Ads Jan11

Cut the Ads

My nephew, Henry and I are massive fans of Cut The Rope on both iPhone & iPad. We play it often. I was wrapped when Calvin shared a link to the game being made using HTML5, to be played in your browser. It’s been made beautifully. On the edge of the game interface, Internet Explorer...

VW Fanwagen Jan09

VW Fanwagen

Here’s another great example of old being in demand, as recently I looked at Mustang releasing the ’65 shell for custom development. VW in the Netherlands have just asked Facebook which VW model they’d like to bring back the most. They are calling it the Fanwagen. Not only...

Wipe Out 2.0 Jan09

Wipe Out 2.0

You have to love when science meets games. We’ve seen some mind blowing progress in Quantum Levitation over the past year or so. Here is a cool example from the Japan Institute of Science &...

Soup Nazi Script Jan02

Soup Nazi Script

Bought at auction a few weeks after the episode aired in 2005, the copy of The Soup Nazi script signed by the cast, could be yours on eBay. You have 13...

Thriller Jacket Dec26

Thriller Jacket

Give tribute to Michael by wearing his jacket from the epic Thriller clip. And, yup, it’s 100% leather. Found on...

Whistle Key Finder Dec26

Whistle Key Finder

Next time you’re ferreting under the sofa cushions in an effort to recover your lost keys, make sure you have the Whistle Key Finder on your keyring. All you have to do is give a whistle, and the Key Finder will light up and beep noisily until you successfully locate them. It slots...