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Apple’s Campus Bikes Are Classically Minimal
july 2011 by Urbanscale
If we ever need to answer the brief "if apple made a bike-share system"...
bike
bicycle
bikeshare
apple
design
nologo
july 2011 by Urbanscale
Kenneth Grange: A very British modernist
july 2011 by Urbanscale
Simultaneously ubiquitous and almost invisible, Grange's work quietly snuck modernism into the fabric of this country's life
design
industrialdesign
publicobject
public
modernism
july 2011 by Urbanscale
Shot Note
march 2011 by Urbanscale
"Shot Note is a notepad for storing hand written notes in a digital format. The iPhone app recognises the fiduciary markers on the corner of the pad and corrects the perspective, colour and scale to fit the iPhone screen perfectly."
papernet
iphone
mobile
paper
design
graphic
technology
march 2011 by Urbanscale
Goodbye, retro Métro - Arts & Culture - Montreal
february 2011 by Urbanscale
"That do-do-dooo sound will now signal the closing of the doors. And, technology be damned, it’ll still be chunks of Quebec lumber [deep fried in peanut oil] slowing the things down at every station."
via:mayonissen
publictransport
metro
subway
canada
montreal
design
emotion
poetry
history
february 2011 by Urbanscale
Q&A With the Danish Architect Bjarke Ingels - NYTimes.com
january 2011 by Urbanscale
"We’re trying to see if you can create a hybrid typology. What happens if you crossbreed the Copenhagen courtyard with the New York high-rise? [...] New York is ideal for cycling."
via:mayonissen
urbanism
architecture
design
copenhagen
(nyc)
january 2011 by Urbanscale
cityofsound: Notes on the 'next generation check-in' experience from Qantas
january 2011 by Urbanscale
integrated service-/product-/interaction- design ecosystem
design
servicedesign
product
industrialdesign
ecosystem
transport
branding
via:mayonissen
january 2011 by Urbanscale
Fagstein: New bus shelters are so sharp it hurts
december 2010 by Urbanscale
Montreal guy rips into the city's new bus shelters, mostly over issues that seem highly relevant to NYC's current CEMUSA/Grimshaw collection.
montreal
transit
streetfurniture
design
sidewalking
from delicious
december 2010 by Urbanscale
Pasta&Vinegar: Design by Use and object repurposing
july 2010 by Urbanscale
M. Nova on adaptive (even transgressive) appropriation and reuse. "[T]he fact that it works."
nicolasnova
design
adaptivereuse
adhocracy
july 2010 by Urbanscale
NYT: Envisioning a Small Electric BMW for the World’s Very Big Cities
july 2010 by Urbanscale
You know I'm not convinced that what the world's megacities "need" is any kind of car at all.
cars
design
mobility
urbanism
bmw
futures
july 2010 by Urbanscale
Luxofor design concept
june 2010 by Urbanscale
Very clean, very nice, still short of the mark.
design
signage
sidewalking
streetfurniture
june 2010 by Urbanscale
Discover Magazine: Linux v. E. coli
may 2010 by Urbanscale
Via Metafilter: "Carl Zimmer explores the implications of network design versus evolution, suggesting that a more modular architecture in bacteria leads to a rugged (i.e. robust) system that does not "crash" like a computer."
systems
networks
evolution
design
structure
strategy
may 2010 by Urbanscale
Dezeen: Goldberger by Tervhivatal
april 2010 by Urbanscale
This is very nice. Reminds me rather of that wheeled cube-thing in "New York Nomadic Design" lo these many moons ago.
interiors
architecture
design
tervhivatal
april 2010 by Urbanscale
Londonist: Have You Seen These Chalk Symbols On The Streets Of London?
april 2010 by Urbanscale
Via Alex, latterday hobo signs spring up in London. Well, not "spring up" - it's a much less organic process. But still.
london
urbanism
code
signage
design
april 2010 by Urbanscale
The Interactive Nolli Map of Rome Website
march 2010 by Urbanscale
Great resource for the legendary map.
maps
rome
publicspace
design
urbanplanning
march 2010 by Urbanscale
Bertelli NYC: Biciclette Assemblate
march 2010 by Urbanscale
Guh. Jouissance! Via Duncan Lamb.
cycling
design
yes
march 2010 by Urbanscale
Taxi of Tomorrow
february 2010 by Urbanscale
Didn't we go through all this already?
(nyc)
mobility
design
urbanism
transportation
taxis
february 2010 by Urbanscale
Inhabitat: Turbine Light Powers Highway Lights With Wind
february 2010 by Urbanscale
I'd be worried about the birds, myself, but these are lovely.
design
energy
sidewalking
february 2010 by Urbanscale
Core77: The Sleep Box: Sleeping capsules for rent concept will require a well-behaved public
november 2009 by Urbanscale
Needs, of course, to be renamed Shagbox. Otherwise kinda neat.
design
urbanism
adollarshort
november 2009 by Urbanscale
litl :: webbook
november 2009 by Urbanscale
What the recently-launched device code-named after a sitting president could have, should have been.
design
interactiondesign
november 2009 by Urbanscale
Core77: Toto public bathroom collection wins JPN Good Design Award
october 2009 by Urbanscale
Nice stuff, especially given they're intended for high-traffic environments.
design
terlits
october 2009 by Urbanscale
TRUFIG
september 2009 by Urbanscale
Utterly lovely flush-mounted wall outlets, switches, dimmers, ports, etc. There can be no substitute.
design
renovation
personal
yes
minimal
september 2009 by Urbanscale
russell davies: ruricomp
september 2009 by Urbanscale
Worth it just for the line "Are Helvetica and leaves mutually exclusive?"
rural
ubicomp
ubiquitousmeansubiquitous
humangeography
design
september 2009 by Urbanscale
OK Do
september 2009 by Urbanscale
Along with us and the (doubly-unrelated) Do Lectures, part of Dosplosion 2009.
helsinki
design
amateurism
collaboration
doprojects
september 2009 by Urbanscale
Den of Geek: In praise of the sci-fi corridor
september 2009 by Urbanscale
Via Randy. In one or two places I'm not quite sure what point the author of this piece is trying to make - the language is oddly stilted - but I sure am grateful for the loving way in which these images have been assembled. (Especially those from films I've forgotten entirely, like "Saturn 3"!)
design
architecture
film
sf
september 2009 by Urbanscale
henrylambert's posterous: Technology is changing the way we navigate the world
september 2009 by Urbanscale
Nice image of mixed conventions (Web, airport) in address signage.
sidewalking
wayfinding
design
london
september 2009 by Urbanscale
A Factory Discography
august 2009 by Urbanscale
A major inspiration for us at Do projects.
design
factory
materiality
enumeration
august 2009 by Urbanscale
The Economist: When less is more
august 2009 by Urbanscale
A banal enough observation that can never be repeated often enough to suit me.
design
minimal
august 2009 by Urbanscale
PSFK: Future City Mobility: Bicycle Transportation via Folding Scooters, Electric Buses, and Bike Trees
august 2009 by Urbanscale
Lovely intermodal thinking here, with some elegant (and some silly) design directions.
urbanism
london
transit
design
cycling
august 2009 by Urbanscale
Re*Move
july 2009 by Urbanscale
Smart commentary on cars and vehicular design in general. Plenty to chew on, dis/agree with and engage here.
cars
design
transportation
july 2009 by Urbanscale
Core77: Jake Eadie's elevating wheelchair designs
june 2009 by Urbanscale
I really like these. Combined with Kamenesque mechanicals, you've got the crux of something that goes beyond compensating for a limitation & effectively augments one's capabilities beyond the merely ordinarily abled.
design
disability
augmentation
june 2009 by Urbanscale
The Museum of Flight: Airline Logos
may 2009 by Urbanscale
Hte massive yes.
identity
aviation
design
yes
yesterday'stomorrows
may 2009 by Urbanscale
public works: Mobile Porch
may 2009 by Urbanscale
"Mobile Porch is a mobile mini-architecture designed for roaming the public sphere." (!)
london
design
publicspace
urbanism
may 2009 by Urbanscale
Aprro Design: JFK Series
may 2009 by Urbanscale
These chairs and desks are seriously lovely.
furniture
design
may 2009 by Urbanscale
NYT: Russian Factory Bets on a Market for a Mobile Water Cannon to Dampen Dissenters
april 2009 by Urbanscale
The "anti-democracy truck" (!). Its natural markets, according to its manufacturer? "Israel, America or France." Rather reminded me of "Soylent Green."
design
interestingtimes
urbanism
crowds
securitystate
DONOTWANT
april 2009 by Urbanscale
Pulse Laser: The Utility of the Unfinished
march 2009 by Urbanscale
The rhetoric of form and interface.
design
suboptimal
contingent
interface
schulzeandwebb
march 2009 by Urbanscale
AutoWeek Magazine: Infiniti Essence
march 2009 by Urbanscale
I'm sorry: but for the inexplicable instrument cluster, this is a verrrrrry sexy car.
cars
design
march 2009 by Urbanscale
Nikola Knezevic: Solar Street Lamp
january 2009 by Urbanscale
Part of the nicely-resolved Solar Street program, an integrated collection of lamps, bus stops, service kiosks and other street furniture. Intended to harvest solar gain, return excess watts to the grid - you know the drill.
design
sidewalking
streetfurniture
urbancomputing
january 2009 by Urbanscale
A Parametricist Manifesto
december 2008 by Urbanscale
Whoah there, hoss: "We consider furniture not in terms of isolated objects but as a pre-eminent space-making substance. Our design efforts need to encompass the domains of interior design, furniture design, and even product design...Our handling of interior furnishings as dynamic swarm formations, or sometimes as a continuous surface/fluid mass, is geared towards the detailed elaboration of the continuously differentiated fields described above." (Via teh Varnelis.)
theory
parametric
architecture
space
furniture
swarm
design
designingdesign
december 2008 by Urbanscale
Pleix: Sometimes
december 2008 by Urbanscale
One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. The perfectly-resolved aesthetic of a self-assembling nanotechnics. A September 11th aura so strong it tightens my chest. A nod at "2001." A music video for Kid606. All of the above. (via La Boyer)
nano
architecture
design
kid606
pleix
numinous
december 2008 by Urbanscale
First Look: Inside JetBlue's Food Court
august 2008 by Urbanscale
The food options for JFK Terminal 5, aka Eero Saarinen's TWA Terminal. : . )
(nyc)
jetblue
jfk
retail
design
august 2008 by Urbanscale
Pasta&Vinegar: Wifi totem in Geneva
august 2008 by Urbanscale
A little Goatse, a little like that bamboo project from last year I can't find at the moment...but generally a strong first attempt at making the intangible present, real, locatable and usable.
urbancomputing
lewifi
design
august 2008 by Urbanscale
[TIMES OF THE SIGNS]
august 2008 by Urbanscale
A largely visual, coffee-table book on the hypermediated urban visual environment, understandably if unfortunately Nippocentric. The texts were too poorly designed to read comfortably, at least standing in Kiasma's gift shop...
signage
screens
urbanism
design
cities
facade
japan
august 2008 by Urbanscale
Finnish Design Shop
july 2008 by Urbanscale
Happiness for days, from the predictable (Iittala, Hackman, Marimekko) to Jopo bikes.
design
finnish
july 2008 by Urbanscale
Electro-Shock Therapy
june 2008 by Urbanscale
GM's Volt, the "Barack Obama of cars."
business
cars
gm
design
engineering
strategy
designingdesign
june 2008 by Urbanscale
My Story...-기억..생각.. 잊혀지지 않는 것...
may 2008 by Urbanscale
Looks like our Nodabowl design is winning hearts and minds in Seoul. : . )
seoul
design
personal
may 2008 by Urbanscale
suckerPUNCH
may 2008 by Urbanscale
Jackpot link: Impeccably-curated collection of contemporary aesthetic artifacts, across disciplines.
architecture
design
art
yes
may 2008 by Urbanscale
Chris Woebken: The Future of Money
may 2008 by Urbanscale
Great thinking here.
design
currency
economics
ecosystems
rfid
nfc
urbancomputing
transit
london
LHR
may 2008 by Urbanscale
Olinda (Schulze & Webb)
may 2008 by Urbanscale
Result! (As I believe they say in the UK.)
radio
design
jack
mattwebb
yes
may 2008 by Urbanscale
Can Blogger-Bashers Predict the Success of a Product? Unlikely.
april 2008 by Urbanscale
"If you change the shape and concept of something enough, it ceases to be that thing. It becomes a new thing, or a descendant of that earlier thing. But it’s no longer the original thing, and you can’t judge it on the same yardstick."
design
apple
air
april 2008 by Urbanscale
New Royal Mint designs revealed
april 2008 by Urbanscale
Wow. I often complain that graphic design standards in the UK make American public design look like dogshit on a griddle. This is no exception.
design
currency
april 2008 by Urbanscale
Younghee Jung: surveillance techniques
march 2008 by Urbanscale
"Do you check your surroundings before you decide to quickly pick your nose, or adjust your underwear nowadays?"
surveillance
design
ubicomp
everyware
securitystate
seoul
london
helsinki
tokyo
youngheejung
march 2008 by Urbanscale
London Transport Museum
march 2008 by Urbanscale
Best. Museum. EVAR.
london
LHR
design
history
transit
urbanism
urbanplanning
yes
againyes
march 2008 by Urbanscale
Artek 2nd Cycle
february 2008 by Urbanscale
Artek rereleases used Tom Dixon chairs into the wild, with RFIDs tacked on for lifecycle awareness. Kinda misses the point, kinda doesn't.
furniture
rfid
design
ecology
february 2008 by Urbanscale
Nokia Remade
february 2008 by Urbanscale
Like Nike Considered, but for mobile devices. Very important. Now if UIs were just as modular...Also: Hi Younghee!
nokia
design
adaptivereuse
raphaelgrignani
youngheejung
february 2008 by Urbanscale
Tate Modern: The Great Tate Mod Blog
january 2008 by Urbanscale
Exemplary outreach.
community
institutions
design
january 2008 by Urbanscale
This Place Is…
january 2008 by Urbanscale
"Raising awareness of people-centered place design"
urbanism
urbanplanning
design
ethnography
humangeography
cities
january 2008 by Urbanscale
Bruno Latour: Which politics for which artifacts?
january 2008 by Urbanscale
Latour pushing back at Langdon Winner.
artifacts
politics
ontome
design
january 2008 by Urbanscale
Macworld 2008: 1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple's Future
january 2008 by Urbanscale
Dieter Rams looks like Ray Manzarek would have, had he been born beautiful.
apple
dieterrams
johnyive
yes
design
braun
january 2008 by Urbanscale
It’s a clean machine!: Is my software good software?
january 2008 by Urbanscale
Very nice thinking here, ties together a lot of threads I'm interested it. Deeelighted to see thought like this in the software domain, so rarely interested in the outside.
design
software
technology
noise
networks
dieterrams
vitsœ
january 2008 by Urbanscale
Marking a hazard for 10,000 years
january 2008 by Urbanscale
I've always loved this project, although it does rather make me shiver. (Big PDF.)
design
time
conceptual
defensivespace
january 2008 by Urbanscale
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