Rob Walker’s Sweetest Newest Idea
November 10th, 2009 admin
Above: Proposed, and actual buildings Rob Walker pitches a great concept for some collective street art action: Signs advertising fanciful future-use development plans There’s a little building around the corner from me with this sign posted on it–a rendering of its supposed future. It’s been there for years, and it’s pretty obvious that it’s at best a hypothetical future, and arguably a fictitious one. The actual building remains vacant, and in fact is for sale. Any development that may take place some day depends on someone buying it, and what they might
Related Videos from Youtube
Simon's Cat 'Snow Business' (Parts...A curious cat discovers snow for the first time.
Penny Shooter Business Card...This is a prototype of the Penny Shooter. A card the size of a standard business card in which you can load 10 US pennies and fire them off in rapid succession. For more info and links to the design files if you want to build your own visit cardnetics.com It is also on Thingiverse www.thingiverse.com
2000s Decade Recap - Business and T...Starting out on a high, the financial problems didnt take long to surface. Meanwhile, the 2000s brought us Wikipedia, youtube, Facebook and Twitter, while Google began its quest to take over the world. Apples ipod and iphone swept the market, and breathed new life into the Apple brand. But who can forget the financial crises, fraud and incompetence that made headlines throughout the decade? Life savings and homes lost, companies failing and government bailouts became the reality in the 2000s. In this video, www.watchmojo.com reviews these and more biz and tech milestones from the first decade of the new millennium.
risky business gone wrong...attempt to make our own "risky business"/ old time rock and roll video clip, when it doesn't go according to plan. warning: murphys soap oil + water = big fall... turn up your volume people and sorry for the lack of pants... and keep the creepy thoughts to yourself!!!
CREATIVE CONFAB SF 10/21/09 // CORO...Every creative professional is looking for great work. And even in a tight economy, every innovative business needs great creative talent. The Confab brings these groups together in a unique way, in an event tailored to maximize the exchange of ideas and build effective professional networks in just a few short hours. In San Francisco at the lovely and inspiring Autodesk Gallery on location and this was what we did that day. Extra special thank you goes out all of you who were there and brought this to life, Carl Alviani, Emily Delmont, John Foster, Kate, Steve Johnson, Stu Constantine, and of course my right hand man on camera and editing Drew Dorsey (San Diego X San Francisco, CA,). Mo-Graphics brought to life by F/22 (Palm Springs X San Francisco, CA) and tunes in stereo by Maker (Aurora, IL) & Mic Legg (Palm Springs, CA) Credits : carlalviani.com/ coroflot.com core77.com ideo.com google.com 24seveninc.com drewdorseycine.com gluemakesmusic.com myspace.com/makerwon makerfinishedtheinternet.blogspot.com myspace.com/miclegg f-22.tumblr.com Directed By : Josh Couto aka F/22 For collaborations or cinematic services, feel free to contact joshcoutoakaf22@gmail.com Enjoy! This small featurette collaboratively endured a lot of obstacles and rough edges that eventually smoothed out. The best part about it is that you get to see it finally. Be sure to check out the extended full panel discussion. Remember to stay up with THE STOPDOWN™ 2009/2010
Glen Taylor from CORE77 - A Better...
Portigal Consulting/Core77 Design C...An introduction to the 1 Hour Design Challenge for the Future of Digital Reading
Core77 sketch contest...First entry
Related Posts
Trying to forecast the future of global healthcare is an ambitious undertaking, to say the least. Even trying to discuss the future of health insurance leads to heated debate and disagreement, as we’ve seen over the past few months. Not to be deterred, the team at Ergonomidesign took on this task, and created a short video outlining their vision...
A presentation from Non-Format’s Jon Forss at Walker Art Center last month recently surfaced on youtube. It’s essential viewing for fans and inspirational for anyone questioning the reality of running a virtual office. Forss lives in Minneapolis and his business partner Kjell Ekhorn is based in Oslo, their accounts are managed in London...
A lot of the time, buying presents for people year in and year out can be really stressful. It’s hard to come up with unique gifts sometimes – especially if you’ve been buying them gifts for years and years. However, there are a few solutions to this. One of the most popular things to do these days is buy personalised presents. They...
The consumer electronics business, once the playground of large companies, has seen scrappy entrepreneurs charge in. But while the bar to becoming a hardware entrepreneur is lower than ever, it’s still not a gimme. Indeed, there have been some big blowups along the way. The CrunchPad project , a stab at creating a $200 touchscreen tablet,...
People never really understand the advantages of a liquor flask. You can party on a budget with the benefits of having a drink whenever you feel like it. But the stainless steel flask has remained a classic for many years.
Read More →
The first luxury mixed-use property in Culver City is complete. Culver Centrale is located in the heart of Culver City, and has just its doors for future residents. The property is designed to embody sophisticated living with European sensibilities, and could be best described as “Modern con Classico.” The inspired design is a product of Joseph...
Still on despite the rain! Core77 is proud to be sponsoring the first in the series of walks, entitled “A World of Tomorrow in Queens: Space-Age Adventures for Pint-Size Walkers/Pre-Walkers” as part of Alissa Walker’s City Walks: Architecture: New York , with maps by John Spelman. Here’s what’s on the agenda: Bring...
It’s Valentine’s Day, in Twitter era. In days when greeting cards look ancient and professing love is all gizmo laden, Macys has jumped into the season boom and announced its Sweetest Tweets contest. So, send in a syrupy sweet tweet with the choiciest of words, and you could get lucky with diamonds too! The tweets must be has tagged –...
Not even a single day passes without some innovation in the luxury bathroom world coming up in the luxury market. And we definitely are not complaining for who doesn’t like re-inventions and multiple variety options for onself. Lifestyles are going chaotic by the day. Stats reveal that folks spend more waking time in their bathrooms than...
Roger Dennis spoke to Ed Burak of Formway Furniture about the product development phases involved in the award winning ” Hum ” range of furniture. The lead time spanned 5 years – a serious investment in time and money in this day and age – as Dennis says “In this current economic climate it’s tempting to cut...
Related Tweets from Twitter
|
CinnamonEdge (Cinnamon Edge) : One simple way to make use of the Internet for your local business: http://bit.ly/aKuJse.. Updated : 2010-03-11T15:53:33Z | Reply | View Tweet |
|
EBizArticles (E-Biz Articles) : Create Internet Marketing For Your Business http://goo.gl/fb/7Xh7.. Updated : 2010-03-11T15:53:32Z | Reply | View Tweet |
|
Listen2Bec (Rebecca Rootes) : I Have Finally Found a Legit Home Business --> http://ezymoney.ws.. Updated : 2010-03-11T15:53:31Z | Reply | View Tweet |
|
knappst3r (Amy) : RT @SMCSLC: Check this out! Governor's Student Business Summit at the Grand America, 3/29/10, $5 registration: http://bit.ly/d09R6I #slc.. Updated : 2010-03-11T15:53:31Z | Reply | View Tweet |
|
SugarMamasCafe (Sugar Mamas) : @MayorSamAdams small business is the heart of Portland. None of us mind paying our fair share for services. Progess helps everyone... Updated : 2010-03-11T15:53:31Z | Reply | View Tweet |
Related News from Digg
-
Behind the scenes at Netflix (pics)
[Movies]Netflix recently delivered their two-billionth dvd. See how it's done behind the scenes.
-
At Least he is an Honest Scammer!
[Odd Stuff]Pleasure doing business with you.
-
42 Unusually Brilliant Business Card Designs [PICS]
[Design]In today’s world of short attention spans it is more important than ever to make a compelling first impression. A brilliant business card that speaks to your profession, serves some unusual function or that transforms into something else can be a great way to grab attention and inspire those you meet. Organized into 5 helpful groups:...
-
New Nine Inch Nails record available for download RIGHT NOW!
[Music]NIN surprises us with an unexpected self-released album: almost 2 hours / 36 instrumental tracks described as "music for daydreams." Available as a $5 download, or a FREE album-length download, as well as a variety of physical configurations. The new business model done right?
-
There's a reason Google's best...
[Tech Industry News]And it's not just because of it's business model.
Leave a comment
| Trackback
