This modern 33-square-foot wooden hut is a concept by Swedish firm Tengbom Architects for affordable student housing called a smart student unit. It cleverly packs about five different traditional types of space into one small volume. But would it actually work?
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All that chatter about the death of skeuomorphism and the rise of flat design
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We’re smack dab in the middle of a golden age when anything you could possibly want can be ordered online and delivered
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Eating at home is a joy for many reasons—not least of which that pants are not required for entry—but if you’re going to go out (and you have the cashola), why not make it an evening to remember at a place that’s as well-designed as it is delicious? Like, say, one of the winner’s of this year’s independent Restaurant and Bar Design Awards.
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American history is among the richest in the world. I’m not just talking about what went down in the real world, but also everything that transpired in the realm of science fiction, horror, and fantasy.
In an attempt to map the most notable of these fictional events, Chop Shop has launched a Kickstarter project called the “Altered States of America.”
It’s essentially a print project, where backers can make pledges to receive buttons and posters featuring the parts of the map or the completed map itself.
Putting the map together will require a lot of work. In fact, the Chop Shop team is already on it, but they’re inviting anyone who wants to contribute to send in their suggestions of which events to include on various parts of the map – especially those states with a shortage of otherworldly occurrences.
A minimum pledge of $5(USD) will get you two one-inch buttons featuring the state (and its corresponding artwork) of your choice. Contributions between $30 to $40 will score you an individual state print, while $70 will get you the full 36″ x 24″ silkscreened print.
The project wraps funding on September 23, so you’ll want to head over to Kickstarter now if you want to get in on the action.
[via io9]
iOS 7—Apple’s revamped mobile operating system—will be available for all consumers tomorrow. It will be a shock for every John and Jane out there. Will they hate it or love it?
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One of my earliest posts here was about the Color Picker, a concept for a pen that let you copy colors from your surroundings and then doodle with that color. Matthew Sheridan brings us a step closer to that magical device with the Nix Color Sensor. It’s basically half of the Color Picker pen, letting you copy colors from physical objects.
Actually the Nix was designed to do more than just copy colors. With the help of its complementary desktop and mobile apps, Nix can save and place notes on your captured swatches, show you the RGB, HSL, HSV, Lab, XYZ, HTML, or CMYK values of those colors and even look for a paint store that sells the matching paint.
Pledge at least $99 CAD (~$96 USD) on Kickstarter to get a Nix sensor as a reward. The iOS and Android apps will be bundled with the sensor; I’m not sure if the Windows and Mac apps will be free as well. I wonder if Pixy can be modded to work like Nix.
[via MacTrast]
Legendary designer Peter Saville gave a design voice to bands like Joy Division and New Order. And now, he’s making his first foray into hip-hop by designing a whole "visual identity" for Kanye West. Which is the most Kanye West thing ever.
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A few months back, Instapaper was acquired by Betaworks
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If you bought Orée’s wooden keyboard, it’s time for you to save up for its sidekick. This October Orée will release the Touch Slab, a Bluetooth multitouch trackpad that’s also made of a single piece of wood. It’s a pointing device, a piece of kindling and a construction material all in one.
Like the Board, the Touch Slab is made of either walnut or maple. It will also come with what appears to be a fake leather mat that will help you use it as a numerical keypad. According to Wired, the Touch Slab will age and develop “a rich patina” from the oil from your hand. Whether that’s cool or disgusting is up to you. I wonder what Cheetos patina is like.
Grow a browser and head to Orée’s website to pre-order the Touch Slab. For some reason it’s even more expensive than the wooden keyboard: it costs €150 (~$200 USD) plus shipping.
[via Wired]
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