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Wired: How to Spot the Future
Wired Magazine's Thomas Goetz wrote a great piece on a topic that's very dear to us: How to spot the future? Must read.
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5 weeks ago by thewavingcat
Imperica: The future of the future
Leila Johnston and Chris Heathcote discuss the future of ... the future, and of advertising. As our notion of the future has become very much blurry compared to the 50s, their grasp of the current state of futurism is a must read. Along the way we learn that advertising can stay relevant, particularly if it fulfills a need beyond just advertising a product.
3wfav  future  futurism  interview 
february 2012 by thewavingcat
The Pirate Bay: Evolution
The Pirate Bay goes physical, announces to also share blueprints for 3D models: "We believe that the next step in copying will be made from digital form into physical form. It will be physical objects. Or as we decided to call them: Physibles." Expect to print your own knock-off Legos soon.
3wfav  3d  printing  future  fablab  piracy  piratebay 
january 2012 by thewavingcat
Fast Company: This Is Generation Flux: Meet The Pioneers Of The New (And Chaotic) Frontier Of Business
Excellent article about the way the world is changing with increasing speed, and in increasingly chaotic ways: "The next decade or two will be defined more by fluidity than by any new, settled paradigm; if there is a pattern to all this, it is that there is no pattern. The most valuable insight is that we are, in a critical sense, in a time of chaos."
3wfav  business  culture  future  trends 
january 2012 by thewavingcat
Emo Touch Screen Future
Toby Barnes of Mudlark started a somewhat ironic tumblelog: Emo Touch Screen Future features (often somewhat failed or misguided) visions of how touch screens will revolutionize our day-to-day lifes.
3wfav  screens  future  futurism  visions  fails 
october 2011 by thewavingcat
Inventables: Find new materials
how did i not know about Inventables? it's like ordering materials from the future. what's not to love?
hardware  materials  future  innovation  scifi 
may 2011 by thewavingcat
Web Urbanist » Associative Design: American Dream 2.0
More and more, however, the call for sustainability and an increased interest in urban living has brought people back into cities. From luxury condos to refitted warehouse lofts, residential living in urban areas is on the rise. This collective drive, cou
architecture  future 
august 2007 by thewavingcat

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