Infographic of the Day
Infographic Of The Day: All About The Mobile App Market
A superb infographic from GDS reveals three important insights about what people want from the apps on their phones.
NYC’s Sexy New Scaffolding Leaks On Mayor At Unveiling
Oopsie!
Almost Genius: Furniture Assembly So Complicated, It Becomes A Brainteaser
Here’s the real head-scratcher: That’s supposed to be a good thing!
Can You Identify These Brands Without Seeing Their Names Or Logos?
A new board game by Dutch designer Hendrik-Jan Grievink asks players to identify major brands based on visual clues alone. You’ll be surprised by how easy it is.
No Joke: Here’s Ice Cube Professing His Love For The Eameses
“They were doing mash-ups before mash-ups even existed.”
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Infographic of the Day
Wanted: Yearlight Calendar Unveils The Mysteries Of Dusk And Dawn
Custom calendars show how dawn, dusk, sunrise, and sunset make each day of the year feel a little different.
To Remain On Top, The U.S. Needs To Start Protecting Its Design IP
China hasn’t usurped our manufacturing power, but the United States is slipping behind in trademarks.
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Mind-Boggling Digital Portrait Uses Video Clips As Paint [Video]
Sergio Albiac’s "videorative portraits" used videos about the subject’s life as digital paint, so that each piece is made of the sitter’s own memories.
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First Time Ever: Flying Robots Build 20-Foot-Tall Tower [Video]
Flying robots at the FRAC Centre in Orléans, France, have built a nearly 20-foot-tall structure based on blueprints designed by Swiss architects Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Kohler, with assistance from Zurich roboticist and professor Raffaello D’Andre. The tower was built by four quadrocopters--worker-bee-like mobile flying machines that use four rotors for better agility--that were programmed to lift, carry, and assemble 1,500 polystyrene foam bricks to complete the design.
