Leonardo Bonanni

glow pills

:: “ At the crossroads of Ambient and Persuasive interfaces, Glowcaps is a new product from ex-CEO of Ambient Devices David Roses’s new startup, Vitality. In this video he shows how the system is installed: it consists of pill bottle caps that glow red to remind you to take what’s inside, an ...” hyperexperience | Oct 9

light noodles

:: “ Charlie Davidson’s Hasta la Pasta is part of the redesign (tagline: for designers who don’t want to make landfill) Lighten Up collection of lamps that have vastly reduced environmental impact. Making products out of food - like these spoons and these espresso cups - guarantees ...” hyperexperience | Oct 6

chip chop shops

:: “ Hiroshi pointed me to this BusinessWeek investigation on microchip counterfeiting, which explains how electronic waste recycling is profitable: used circuit boards are baked over coal fires to loosen precious microchips. These are rinsed in the local river and sorted according to manufacturer. The ...” hyperexperience | Oct 3

design it yourself

:: “ Enzo Mari’s 1974 Autoprogettazioni (Design and build-it-yourself projects) are simple schemes for tables and chairs that can be made from scrap wood in a variety of proportions and configurations. You can follow the designs or even buy complete kits, but you don’t have to: just looking ...” hyperexperience | Oct 2

light pipes

:: “ The tangible representation of light as material makes it fun - and intuitive - to add it and to take it away. We saw an adult version of modular light blocks at this year’s Salone Satellite; now a children’s bedside lamp by beingblease that allows the child to configure colorful magnet ...” hyperexperience | Sep 30

material extinction

:: “ Earth’s Natural Wealth: an Audit explores the depletion of exotic materials necessary for manufacturing high-tech products through a series of intense infographics. The lesson is that some of our most desirable elements (Indium for LCD screens, Gallium for lasers and LEDs) are set to become c ...” hyperexperience | Sep 29

binary weather report

:: “ Last year Ambient released an umbrella with a handle that glows if you should take it with you - a lot of electronics for a disposable water defender (especially when you consider the resources required to make a single computer chip). A much more elegant solution: umbrellatoday.com, the same simpl ...” hyperexperience | Sep 26

cocoon chair

:: “ Team Shine Shine Shine’s Lin Yi-Hsien and Margaret Huang made this privacy couch called ‘hide’ from multi-colored felt, and when you’re ready to come out of your shell it turns into a bean bag. ...” hyperexperience | Sep 25