June is going to be a big month for CreativeMornings, a free breakfast lecture series I started a little over three years ago here in NYC: For the first time, all 29 CreativeMornings chapters will be...
Red + White + Stripes = YES!
Last week’s CreativeMornings/NewYork was with Bre Pettis, co-founder and CEO of Makerbot, a company that produces robots that make things. He spoke on his passion of all things DIY and how you ...
A second-grader asks Neil deGrasse Tyson whether two black holes can collide and swallow one another. The answer includes backward time travel. Consider my mind blown. (via explore / via It’s O...
YES to this birthday card idea, unless the receiver of the card is over 100. Then you need two of them. (via Bekka on Pinterest)
Dirk Ploos van Amstel has created a seesaw for children that converts to a bench. YES!
Blindry (get it?) is a brilliant window blind that turns into a fold-down laundry rack for drying clothes indoors. YES!
Jonathan Harris describes four trends that are reshaping culture in the digital age: Compression, Disposability, Curation, and Self-Promotion, and takes steps to counteract them. (Jonathan is our spe...
“You must have some vision for your life. Even if you don’t know the plan, you have to have a direction in which you choose to go. You want to be in the driver’s seat of your own life because if you ...
The Heavy-Weight Tape Dispenser by Black+Blum is a beauty. They were tired of using tape dispensers that didn’t work, so they designed their own. The body is made from aluminium, but has an inn...
The Startup Visa Act will allow foreing-born entrepreneurs to keep their companies and their jobs here in the United States. The legislation is out there, we just need to push it across the finish li...
Here’s a fab tutorial on how to make a Book Cover Disguise for your wireless router.
“You just don’t say no when somebody says Let’s quit our jobs and make robots!” - Bre Pettis Quote by the CEO of Makerbot, Bre Pettis, during last week’s CreativeMorning...
There aren’t many things that will make me squeal, but this Memory Bank did, when I discovered it at this year’s ICFF. It’s a piggy bank designed to save items of emotional value in...
(Big thanks to our Swedish model Josef) It’s Tattly Tuesday and that means we just launched new designs: Check out these adorable Fake Monsters by Dutch Designer AnkePanke. And have a glance at...
Assume you’d own a Makerbot 3D Printer, then Thingiverse would be your playground: It’s an online community sharing digital designs for real, physical objects: A universe of things!
“Complaining is stupid. Either act or forget.” - Stefan Sagmeister From: Things I have learned in my life so far (thanks Rusty)
This. Looks. Promising: UberConference.
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A Spacesuit Ballet - The New York Times shares refreshing Wine Spritzers for this upcoming long weekend. (via @onehungrymama) - How To Customize The WordPress Admin Easily - Geek Alert: Turn your Mac...
“Facing a sea of infinity, it’s easy to despair, sure that you will never reach dry land, never have the sense of accomplishment of saying, “I’m done.” At the same time,...
In.gredients is a new package-free grocery store that is opening in Austin, Texas in the Summer of 2012. Its mission as the US’s first zero-waste, package-free grocery store will support local busine...
This Mason Jar Drink Dispenser gets my two thumbs up. Summer! #wishlisted
These Etsy Chalkboard Tablets are wonderfully charming, in an old-school way. (via cielbleu)
Reel by Yeongkeun Jeong creates some (unusual) bike storage in the main triangle of your bike. Wow!
Hey Australia, my fab studiomate Frank Chimero is coming to your neck of the woods this June. Make sure to grab a ticket for one of his talks in Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney. More info over on porta...
Let’s admit it, you take most of our photos with your iphones these days, right? So, why don’t we then all put a case around it that will make it look like a camera? That’s exactly ...
My friends over at the Heads of State just launched a sweet new project that will appeal to everyone that has ever experienced a serious case of Wanderlust. Pilot & Captain is about the good old...
I noticed Eau Good, a water bottle with an integrated filtering system, at ICFF. Binchotan (the filtering material inside the bottle) reduces chlorine, mineralises the water and balances the pH. It c...
1. Assuming you know what the customer wants 2. The “I know what features to build” flaw 3. Focusing on the launch date 4. Emphasizing execution instead of testing, learning, and iteration 5. Writing...
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