Jawbone Releases UP, A Wristband For Tracking Your Wellness
Priced at $100, the device is a leap for Jawbone. And it’s aimed at nothing less than making its wearers happier and healthier.
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Infographic Of The Day: The Insane Choices You Face At The Drugstore
Your local drug store offers a cautionary tale about what happens when innovation runs amok.
A Magazine Cover Inspired By Bucky Fuller Highlights The Feel Of Paper
The lovable oddball Buckminster Fuller has inspired everything from surf mobiles to ice cream sandwiches. And now this: a faceted magazine cover that looks and feels like a flattened geodesic dome.
How Vanity Presses Can Use Good Design To Boost Business
Ubyu is the rare self-publisher with a website that’s both easy to use and easy on the eyes. Can other vanity presses learn from it?
Did Arne Jacobsen Come Up With The Idea For A Flatscreen TV?
According to AIAIAI, a Danish audio-design studio, Jacobsen made drawings of "the world’s first flat screen TV.”
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LOL: Newspaper Industry Aims To Save Itself With Hideous Print Ads
Tthe Martin Agency unveils a new campaign for the Newspaper Association of America. But does it matter?
And Why Shouldn’t You Have A Swank Gadget For Keeping Bees At Home?
Honeybees are on the decline. Urban beekeeping could help.
A Look Back At The Groundbreaking Drug Ads Of 50 Years Ago
You wouldn’t know it by looking at Cialis commerials today, but for 20 years, beginning in the post-war 1940s, the pharmaceutical industry owed its visual aesthetic to the cutting edge of fine art.
Angle, A Clever Concept For Making Bluetooth Headsets Smarter
You know those dudes who walk around with hands-free Bluetooth headsets jammed into their ears all day? Maybe their twittishness isn’t a character flaw, but an unintentional emergent effect of poor product design: let’s face it, those things are awkward as hell to get on and off your ear, so once you’re 'Toothed up, you might as well just leave it there (even if you’re not a high-powered Hollywood agent who’s actually fielding calls every five seconds).
