Making It
The Future Is The Past: A Skyscraper Made Totally From Wood
Architect Michael Green has a vision for a 30-story skyscraper in Vancouver, built entirely out of wood.
Portlandia Is Real: Designers Transform Factory Parts Into Fancy Lighting
The Canadian studio Castor gives old stock new life by integrating it into a gorgeous series of lamps.
Infographic of the Day
Diagrammer Enlivens Crappy PowerPoint Presentations, With 4,000 Fresh Charts
A new PowerPoint visualization tool offers a database of diagrams that can be downloaded for just 99 cents each.
Spoofing Damien Hirst, With Dot Paintings Made Of M&M’s
Tasty and tasteless.
SEAT Pavilion: Who Needs Bricks When You Have 400 Chairs?
Despite using over 400 chairs, this new art installation only seats 20 people.
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Simple Genius
Bit Timer: A Brilliant App That Makes Interval Workouts Easy
This iPhone app is so elegantly designed that, while you still won’t want to work out, you’ll really wish that you did.
Disgruntled Ex-Googlers Rethink The Way Gmail Works, With Fluent.io
Fluent.io aims to transform email the way Wave … didn’t.
Infographic of the Day
What Americans Would Give Up For The Internet: Alcohol, Exercise, Showers, Sex
A BCG study of the Internet’s importance in our daily lives reveals some shocking figures.
Unpacking The Land Mines Of Race And Religion, To Create The Jeremy Lin Brand
A look at some clever ad history, via Nike and Gatorade, shows how you can nod at race and religion without turning people off.
How Do You Market A Breakthrough Camera Like The Lytro? Very, Very Cleverly
We get hands-on with the new Lytro camera. Sure, the tech’s impressive, but if this thing succeeds it’ll be because Lytro turns every user into a salesman.
