The way we bury our dead hasn’t changed much over the past two thousand years. But it needs to change soon, according to a group of designers, philanthropic foundations, and funeral directors who sponsored a recent design competition to rethink burial traditions in the face of emerging problems with the status quo. It’s a less less macabre concept than it sounds.
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Salone del Mobile limped to a close last week, with tons of shade being thrown at exhibitors by big-name critics who say it’s “changed.” Yep, the glitziest, most-hyped design week of the year—informally nicknamed Salone del Marketing—has definitely changed. Chalk it up to the protracted recession most of Europe is slogging through: $160,000 tables just don’t interest people (even rich people!) like they used to. More »
Please join us at Kicker Studio’s 3rd annual Device Design Day (D3) conference on August 3, 2012 at the San Francisco Art Institute.
D3 2012 offers a full day of lively discussions in different shapes and sizes around the topic of natural user interface. Talks will be held in the morning and early afternoon, with a lunch break featuring the second annual Robot Petting Zoo. For the last session of the day, attendees will choose from smaller discussions and workshops focused on specific topics such as multi-model interactions and branding cross-platform experiences. The conference will be followed by a reception celebrating Kicker Studio’s 4th anniversary.
Tickets cost $399 and participants can register at http://devicedesignday.com. The discount code for Ubergizmo readers is: UBERGIZMO
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