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Bailout, shmailout; Pontiac stylists were ahead of their time 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
Shared by Future-Forest
man check that wicked pontiac out
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Online Museum Database 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Sun, 30 Nov. 2008
Ready to block out the next ten hours of your life? Coudal Partners, a brilliant online publishing house from Chicago, has a mind-blowing new feature on their site called MoOM: the Museum of Online Museums.
I was going to post a specific museum, instea
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What would a US National Design Policy need to look like? 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Sun, 30 Nov. 2008
Design policy gatherings are fashionable these days. First there was an international design policy conference on 6-7 November in Turin, Italy (that I
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Book Review: The Internet Imaginaire, by Patrice Flichy 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Sun, 30 Nov. 2008
Shared by Nick
I'm reading this book right now. Semiotics, yummy!
Rarely do I find my self in the sort of confluence of time and place as I did when I picked up Patrice Flichy's The Internet Imaginaire. I read the book while traveling on the...
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Jørn Utzon Dies 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Sat, 29 Nov. 2008
Danish architect Jørn Utzon, designer of the Sydney Opera House, died today. He was 90. Taught by Alvar Aalto and declared a genius by none other than Eero Saarinen, Utzon designed one of the most recognizable structures on the planet.
Still, hi
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Drool Britannia 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Sat, 29 Nov. 2008
British Royal Mail has announced a new set of UK design icon stamps that'll come out just in time for thank-you card season. The stamps honor the wickedest of British design, from Edward Young's iconic Penguin covers to Mary Quant's miniskirt (who knew?) to Si
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Clever showerheads 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Fri, 28 Nov. 2008
When you take a shower, you turn the water on, wait for it to get hot, then you get in.
It's that second step that's the problem, environmentally speaking: As a company called Evolve Showerheads points out, while you're waiting for the a
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HP rises to Walmart Design Challenge with packaging-reducing idea 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Fri, 28 Nov. 2008
As we do our shopping this holiday season, does it not seem a bit silly that we may buy electronics products that will come wrapped in cardboard, plastic and styrofoam, and then the recipient will throw that packaging away, and buy another product to hol
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Kitchens of the future, from the past 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Thu, 27 Nov. 2008
For those of you who aren't slaving away in the kitchen today, check out these clips of "future kitchens." The first two were produced in the 1950s; the last, a GE piece, seems to be from a more recent decade. Call us crazy but we think the '50s ones look way better.
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Cupboards, cupboards everywhere, nor any place to sleep. 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Thu, 27 Nov. 2008
Shared by safaricity
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New York architecture studio HWKN (Matthias Hollwich and Marc Kushner) has a new shelving system called the Wall Unitizer that looks kind of like a cupboard virus has sprouted and spread through your apartment. It's a
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Virtual skyscraper: Everyone's got a story 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Thu, 27 Nov. 2008
A fun blast-from-the-past piece of eye candy is Mr. Wong's Soup'parmtments, a "pixel by pixel" project that had volunteers add their own illustrated "apartments" to an ever-growing virtual skyscraper. With everything from swimming pools and aut
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RISD launches new site 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Thu, 27 Nov. 2008
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I heard Jake Loadwick helped with the redesign.
College websites are notoriously difficult to maintain, keep vital, and imbue with a sense of place. John Maeda's made RISD's a priority, with an updated "
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RISD launches new site 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Thu, 27 Nov. 2008
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College websites are notoriously difficult to maintain, keep vital, and imbue with a sense of place. John Maeda's made RISD's a priority, with an updated "microsite" just launc
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Aerate that Montepulciano! 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
Shared by Future-Forest
not that I am a connoisseur
One more thing you can bring to your In-laws (that they'll especially dig if they're oenophiles) for Thanksgiving is the Vinturi Wine Aerator. Po
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Trick out your iPhone...at Staples 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
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a horizonal iPhone stand using 3 binder clips. Cheap and portable.
From Instructables comes three ways to make an iStand out of binder clips: Rich Sipe'
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360 Paper Bottle 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
The 360 paper water bottle from Brand Image is an attempt to address 60 million plastic bottles thrown away daily in the United States (of which 86% become garbage). The paper vessel is made
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360 Paper Bottle 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
The 360 paper water bottle from Brand Image is an attempt to address 60 million plastic bottles thrown away daily in the United States (of which 86% become garbage). The paper vessel is made
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Two finds at the new Loft Life 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
Loft Life is a new magazine dedicated to "loft culture" from around the world. Two cool pieces spotted in the latest print edition:
UB Studio's Kovan ("hive" in Turkish) is a modular storage system
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Coffee-Loving Astronaut Invents Space Mug 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
NASA astronaut Don Pettit may have discovered the cardinal form of all space vessels (har-har) to follow.
click thru for zero-g video!
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16 tricked out gadget suitcases 
(unknown author) via Core77 on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
There's something timelessly appealing about the challenge to fit an entire 'system' into a suitcase. It's no kayak but the optimism behind the transforming
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