Design Indaba: 10 x 10 Housing Project Challenge

Posted on March 10, 2008 Under Design

In 2008, for the first time in recorded history, fifty percent of the World's population will be inhabitants of the earth's urban environments. The dense population of these cities has created a great need for low-cost housing. The Design Indaba…

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NOTConcept

Posted on March 7, 2008 Under Design

Attention George Foreman, you're about to be knocked out. At least, it would is the inspired collective that visits NOTCOT had their way. In an attempt to fuse fun, creativity, and design, the site introduced by NOTConcepts and Hero Design…

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Kluster x TED: Over There

Posted on March 7, 2008 Under Eco

Several days ago at the TED conference we told you about Kluster's mission to create a product in seventy-two hours with the assistance of one thousand of the brightest people in the world. Well, the results are in, the votes…

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Kitsune Noir: The Desktop Wallpaper Project

Posted on March 6, 2008 Under Design

Many people these days work without walls as boundaries. Instead of toiling away in a cubicle all day, their laptop is the only consistent element of their personal workspace. One of the only negatives about not working in a cubicle…

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Gap+Rehab: The Sound of Color

Posted on February 26, 2008 Under Music

So what exactly is the sound of color? Gap and San Francisco-based Rehab asked this question to five bands, who each wrote corresponding tracks for Sound of Color. The pieces were then handed off to different directors who were allowed…

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Wax Poetics Books x Powerhouse Books

Posted on February 20, 2008 Under Books

For more years than you can count on one hand, heads have been turning the pages of the Wax Poetics music magazine to read about lost heroes and found classics in hip-hop, funk, soul and jazz written by the most…

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Zapping x Cansei de Ser Sexy

Posted on February 18, 2008 Under Fashion

Sooner or later, as time has told, many graphic designers and street artists make the bounce to designing apparel. With rock stars, the two creative outlets aren't always yin and yang "” like, imagine the potential disaster of Iggy Pop…

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Mini Axe To Grind

Posted on February 15, 2008 Under Gadgetry

Attention all guitar heroes: do you spend the entirety of your daily grind day dreaming about those legendary rock 'n' roll video game moments you're going to create once you get back from the office? Don't you wish you could…

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Friends With You x Zune Arts: Tickle Party

Posted on February 14, 2008 Under Music

When we last caught wind of the whereabouts of the FriendsWith You gang, they were having their characters fashioned into Mimobots conveniently available by Valentine's Day. However, now that the magical day is upon us, the Miami-based Art Collective has…

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Diesel Wall Project: Your Work Here

Posted on February 13, 2008 Under Art

Most artists long to show their unique vision of the world to people all over the globe. While worldwide artistic domination might be a tall order, the folks at Diesel are giving artists the chance to start small in a…

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