
"Ultimate Factories" excerpt: Inside Ikea
We’d love to see the introduction of a television program about industrial design that isn’t an annoying reality show, but until that day comes, we’ll happily settle for National Geographic’s awesome “Ultimate Factories.” Check out this excerpt from their inside look at an Ikea factory , where we can see what makes the LACK table so rigid: board-on-frame










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1993 AT&T Ads About the Future Scary Accurate
[Tech Industry News]Narrated by Tom Selleck, and directed by Fight Club's David Fincher, the ads began in 1993 and were (mostly) remarkably accurate, predicting: E-Books, in-car GPS, tablet PCs, E-ZPass, video conferencing, and video on demand.
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How to Fool a Stoplight Into Thinking Your Bike is a Car
[Gadgets]Every street biker knows the pain in waiting to cross a busy intersection. Now, the Traffic Loop Sensor Activator gives you an alternative to sweating for minutes at a time in the midst of high-speed traffic, waiting for a green light that never comes. Just ride over the sensor usually made just for cars, press a button, and watch the light change!
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Pixel Dog (PIC)
[Pets & Animals]A few ad campaigns have manifested the lo-res pixel into the real world to make this point but this one's done well. Great viral marketing.
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Wicked iTunes Visualizer
[Apple]This is the future of visuals. God help you if you smoke the reefer cause you can kiss your productivity goodbye.
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Design for London and the 2012 Olympics
[Design]PingMag has a nice interview up with Eleanor Fawcett from Design for London, "the Mayor of London's new urbanism and architecture team to support the delivery of a world class, sustainable and inclusive built environment across London. [via core77]...


































