amusing article/diary entry by Kenny Schachter (art dealer, patron and car enthusiast?) where he writes about the z-car, the "digital diva" and the "egg on a hot tin roof". Schachter is founder of ROVE a publication with the ambition to get an artist, designer or architect to design a car for... View full entry
Light-gauge metal framing gets sexier and a much needed performance upgrade through a process of rolled ribbing--dimpled for your contractors pleasure. UltraSteel View full entry
The National Design Awards are one of the top honors in the design world. Not only do you get to pick up your award up on the museum mile in NYC, you also get to have snacks at the White House. Last month 5 finalists, all communication designers, snubbed the white house reception and wrote this... View full entry
SF based Graphic designer Wendy MacNaughton is currently on route to DRC (Congo) for the forthcoming elections. In 2000 she help instigate a 'get out the vote campaign' in Rwanda. Here is her story (via Designers Without Borders) View full entry
Researchers say they have found a way to build cheap, sturdy homes in one day by spraying a quick-drying ceramic onto flimsy frames. The technology could help the world's 1.3 billion poor.WORLD SCIENCE View full entry
Turn in that craftmatic, Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars has produced a hovering sleep slab (aka bed) for those that really like magnets and have $1.5 mill to burn. | engadget | sooo View full entry
Ever so versatile Jumbo Jet is on another mission. This time flying low and more useful ways.afp View full entry
Harry Potter-style, just five years away! (... or does the emperor have no clothes ...?) telegraph | via View full entry
New York Times reviews some of the emerging designers from the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. NYT View full entry
The Airbus A380, the world's biggest passenger jet, has landed at London's Heathrow Airport for the first time. BBC | photos . Amazing plane but what about the enviroment? View full entry
reportedly, Apple is working with Softbank to produce iPods+phone. Reuters View full entry
Save the 76 Ball | Gas Station Icons being 86ed View full entry
Japan's Institute of Physical and Chemical Research have unveiled their prototype of a glass-like material that they claim to be 100% transparent. engadget - from resarch, Brett Steele's blog View full entry
Vespa, the Italian scooter, has celebrated its 60th birthday with the release of three new models and plans for a museum to be built in its honour. Aljazeera View full entry
no kidding . You be the judge. View full entry
