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Original Article from Top Design Magazine

Mr. banana is sleeping in a leopard print sleeping bag……

Winner #1: Sky

Winner #2: Steph

Prize: 1 day annual leave  ミ ﾟДﾟ彡

I just came across an article on a Chinese ad campaign (JWT for Samsonite) winning at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Great stuff, and hopefully a harbinger for the future of China’s creative services industry.

Advertising Age story
Enjoy!

Have you ever tried to open up to 300 tabs in your browser?

I have a habit of opening up tons of tabs in my browser (well, not 300, probably 20-30 tabs), because I always want to come back to websites that I have not finished reading.. However, this habit always crashes or slows down my computer.

Google Japan shows how fast and light Chrome is by Tab Play Project. The idea was to “Play” a stop motion animation with 300 paintings using Chrome.

So, how to do this? It’s simple, visit Tab Play Project, open all the 300 paintings in Chrome then press Ctrl + Tab (switch between tabs) or Ctrl+ W (close tabs) to “Play” the animation!

Google Chrome is light and stable enough to open up to 300 tabs, however they do have minimum requirements of the computer, so please check before you start playing with it!

OS	Windows Vista SP2 / Windows 7 64bit 、Mac OS X 10.6.4、Fedora 14 / Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo or above
Memory	4GB or above
Browser	Google Chrome
Network	Broadband (ADSL, Cable, etc)

As much as I love my typewriter “A” key pendant (with wings!) purchased at a Mountain View flea market, I must admit that this is a an even better use, due to its functionality and technological reference.

What you’re looking at is a mouse, designed in what I might call a retro-futuristic (I suppose that’s similar to steampunk) style.

The question now is, would you pay HK$1,400.00 for a redesigned, remanufactured Logitech?

Source link:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/13/rotobot-mice-the-best-use-of-typewriter-keys-since-the-typewrit/

Flexbook -  a flexible notebook concept by a Taiwan-based designer – Hao-chun Huang. It offers portable, multi-use computing within a single device.  It comes with a waterproof keypad and 21:9 180-degree swivel touch screen that makes it a tablet and notebook in one go!

concept illustration of the range of possible configurations of the device

Flexbook can be folded for easy portability, or used as a gaming device, e-reader, tablet, or laptop

rendering of some of the possible uses of Flexbook

More details:‘flexbook’ by hao-chun huang at Designbloom

Taking a bite of the reality toast, the Day Maker is an exciting bedside charger and alarm hub that “pops” up the phone with a buzzer, when it’s time to rise and shine! Replicating the most inherent human morning routine of popping the toast for breakfast, this concept captures the essence and is bound to make mornings more pleasant for gadget-freaks like us!

How to use Day Maker

• Set your phone alarm
• Insert phone into one of Day Maker’s cradles and push down to charge and set unit
• When the phone alarm goes off, the spring-loaded cradle will ‘pop’ the phone up
• Either remove the phone from Day Maker, or activate sleep by pushing the phone back down
• Repeat until ready

Designer: Michael Kritzer for Simple Artifact

Original Article - http://www.yankodesign.com/2011/05/13/start-the-day-with-a-toasted-iphone/

I’m speechless after watching this, Nick is AWESOME!

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