Heat upgrades
Australia is experiencing such a heatwave that meteorologists are having to come up with new colours for their weather maps: SYDNEY – Extreme heat in Australia forced the government's weather bureau to...
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I read not one but two pretty good pieces today on the practicalities of developing software. I'm not a software developer by any stretch of the imagination1 but I have just enough of a programmer's...
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Essential Design Principles for Felines
Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox: April 1, 2013 Mobile Usability for Cats: Essential Design Principles for Felines… Other findings: Rapid double and triple taps are common among felines, especially kittens;...
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Bringing a whole new meaning to the phrase 'self-assembly furniture'
If you're quick, $13,999 could buy you a limited edition Quartz Armchair: It is not often that we come across furniture items inspired by mathematical series. However, the Quartz Armchair (the...
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Aliens
The other day I came across UX designer Fred Nerby's mock up of his idea for a new look for Facebook. There's a lot more to it than that one screenshot, so I urge you to click on the link or the image...
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iOS 7 and the Iconography of 'Alien'. [Via Daring Fireball Linked List]
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Sørbråten memorial
Artist Jonas Dahlberg on his designs for Norway's July 22 Memorial sites: My concept for the Memorial Sørbråten proposes a wound or a cut within nature itself. It reproduces the physical experience of...
View ArticleSeductively different seating
David Owen writes for The New Yorker about the designers behind business class – or, more specifically, the designers behind the design of the seating since airlines reintroduced...
View ArticleA Bridge To Nowhere
A Bridge To Nowhere: A bridge builder was completing his inspection of Zjing's Bridge when he spied master Kaimu standing nearby. The builder said to Kaimu: "I have heard your monks speak of themselves...
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