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Chatter

Posted on January 21st by Shae Davidson.
Disembodied Voices traces the changing nature of personal and public space, exploring the ways in which the evolution of communications technology has expands the private sphere while eroding the public realm.  The ...
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virtual fit

Posted on December 6th by Leonardo Bonanni.
louise guay, president and founder of my virtual model, presented her company’s avatar-based fashion shopping and social networking system tuesday at the moda+tecnologia gathering at the ICA. on-line shopping ...
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all-in-one simple

Posted on December 4th by Leonardo Bonanni.
i really like this new mp3 player design by no-nonsense electronics manufacturer evergreen - small and thin, it includes everything you need to charge and upload in a simple, visible package. when ...
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interknit

Posted on December 3rd by Leonardo Bonanni.
netGranny is a revolutionary service where consumers directly commission grandmothers in switzerland to custom-knit socks for them. it has the spirit of transparency of programs like dole’s organic labels, with ...

touching robots

Posted on November 30th by Leonardo Bonanni.
i feel honored to break this story: hayes raffle founder of zoob and inventor (along with my colleague amanda parkes) of topobo fame finally released his work on ...
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Storytelling with Cards and Cubes

Posted on November 7th by Shae Davidson.
London-based think tank Proboscis provides a setting in which artists and scholars can explore the relationship between individuals, communities, and the environment, and create tools through which people can articulate their own ...
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user-generated art

Posted on October 19th by Leonardo Bonanni.
rudolf stingel makes installations out by covering the walls of a gallery with panels of celotex tuff-R, an insulated foil-covered foam that invited visitors to scratch, gouge, rip and insert ...
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rainbow builders

Posted on October 16th by Leonardo Bonanni.
colour lovers is social network built around color palettes, where you can upload, browse and vote on user-generated color schemes. and the color palette generator automatically matches any image on-line. ...
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stop&chop

Posted on October 15th by Leonardo Bonanni.
i’ve been posting for a long time about open design, or the free dissemination of design knowledge. ponoko is a site that allows you to share designs for furniture cut out ...
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improvisation

Posted on October 8th by Leonardo Bonanni.
open-source design promises a lot of invention but has the trouble motivating a lot of people to contribute design work. but one kind of distributed design is flourishing: improvised explosive devices, which ...