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We first looked at the Copenhagen Wheel, a powered bicycle wheel with a self-contained motor and batteries, when it won the James Dyson Award back in 2010. It was developed by a team of students at MIT's SENSEable City Lab, a sort of combination think-tank/skunkworks dedicated to solving urban issues. Read more
The Beginner's Guide to Vine


Vine's meteoric rise through the social media world comes as little surprise to anyone who's browsed through the looping six-second video clips that define the app.

When Twitter acquired Vine in October 2012 — before the app had even launched — the social network explained the move as part of their search for the next big thing. Living up to expectations, the video sharing app saw 403% growth between Q1 and Q3 of 2013. Read More
15 Pinterest Users Every Designer Should Follow

Pinterest has exploded in popularity since its launch three years ago, and is now the fastest-growing platform for online content sharing. It's achieved this success by combining social networking with powerful, inspirational imagery.

Even global brands such as Topshop, Uniqlo, Pegueot and others recognize Pinterest's unique amalgamation of passionate consumer interaction and appealing aesthetics. Read more

The 2020 World Expo Will Look Like A Crystal Palace From Space

Designed by HOK. Dubai's plan for the 2020 World Expo is beautiful, but could come at an all too Familiar Human cost

The Shangri-La of the Middle East may be built upon shifting sands and the mirage of luxury, but come 2020, it will play host to the World Expo. For that, it is gaining another palace: a gorgeous pavilion that looks like a beautifully folded crystal ribbon. But, like so many other buildings in Dubai, it might well be built upon the suffering of the disenfranchised. Read More

Its time for the wow gen!

When hands come together with sincerity, the steps become stronger & vision gets clearer. Today with heads held high, wowjee starts its journey. And we start this journey with pride as our dedication & determination has paid off. We are ready to write our story; we are happy, we are excited, we are going to make the world a better place. We are wowjee & we are bringing everyday wows to your life!

5 Surprising Principles For Designing Smartwatches

Soon, Wearable technology will be as common as the Iphone. An Expert in Ergonomics shows the best way to design the small screen.
Five years ago, I coined the phrase “Ergonomics of Interaction Design” to explain how physical ergonomic principles could be applied to the design of user interfaces. At the time, many thought of ergonomics only as it related to 3-dimensional, tangible products where issues of physical fit and comfort were considered critical (think: office chair).  Read More

A Rad Electric Guitar That Kids Put Together Themselves


As a follow-ip to his successful acoustic kid's guitar. Uruguayan designer Rafael Atijas launches a second Kickstarter campaign for an electric version. If technology has enabled everyone to do anything--be a photographer or a writer, for instance--it’s partly because we’ve found less onerous ways of learning how to do it. That’s the point of the the Loog electric guitar, the sequel to the now award-winning acoustic guitar   Read More

 

A Camera That Turns Real Scenes Into Toy-Like Dioramas

The Bonzart ampel delivers optically playfull tilt-shift photography to amature photographers. In 2010, Uniqlo released one of their early digital products (they now have amini arsenal of them) as part of a branding platform. The online calendardisplayed monochromatic dates and times, alongside a rotation of stop-motion video clips depicting scenes of everyday life in Japan. At first blush, the vignettes don't appear to be of real people but of Lego-like characters dancing around very convincing dioramas. Read more

From Paper, A Stylus That's Like A Pencil

By the Team behind Paper, This isn't any old stylus. If the pencil takes off, The IPad may never be the same.The iPad never came with a stylus. Steve Jobs’s famous quip was, “God gave us 10 styluses--let's not invent another.” In some ways the quote epitomizes Apple’s legacy of design simplicity, and in some ways, its stubbornness. (Because frankly, if fingers were the perfect drawing tool, Man wouldn’t have had to finish the job God started and invent pens--or for that matter, iPads.) Read More