You know Doogie Horner one of two ways: As the guy who did the flowcharts that have, at some point, existed as your desktop: the Heavy Metal Band Names flowchart (see below), the Universal Comedy flowchart, the What to Say During Sex flowchart; or as the beardo comedian who's somehow survived three rounds of America'
There's a good reason that the Victor Bike, designed by Christophe Robillard, looks so funky: The various bends allow it to use less metal, and less welds. Ergo, the bike frame is green, in a way.
"Don't worry," Grace Bonney, founder of the blog design*sponge told a ballroom full of designers at IDSA's international conference in Portland, Oregon last night. "DIYers won't replace you. We're not trying to take your jobs."
Remember back when everyone was trying to build artificial islands? Those resorty redoubts were the perfect metaphor for the global real-estate boom (big, indulgent, and chock-full of sharks). Nowadays, though, they’re adopting a humbler, if still somewhat lofty, purpose: that of renewable-energy store.
Bike baskets that you can detach and take with you are great for lugging around farmers' markets, like Marie-Louise Gustafsson's neo-crocheted plastic Carrie basket that made the rounds a few years ago, which slips off the bike and onto your shoulder with a strap. But you can't take the basket into, say, a bar without looking like you're ready to check out in the express lane. (15 items or less, please.)
Last night on MTV, in the plum time slot right after Jersey Shore, Kanye West debuted his newest music video, "Power," which might be one of the most ambitious shorts of the year. Co.Design spoke with the man who created the video, Marco Brambilla, a veteran video artist who lately has been creating stunning "video collages" that combine ancient reference points and cutting-edge technology.
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