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Cheering for the “Away Team”:  Satisfaction and Sport

Posted by: Patrick Dunn, at 2:20 pm on December 17, 2009

How does the performance of the Toronto Maple Leafs impact my relationship with the team?

I have reached a point where I am (gasp!) considering making the Montreal Canadians, and not the Leafs, my favourite hockey team. I was born and raised a Leafs fan….so this move is serious business for me, and comes after prolonged deliberation. It is not just the performance of the Leafs–...

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Art and Culture, Social Change

The Charter for Compassion

Posted by: John Lally, at 10:31 am on November 13, 2009

Karen Armstrong won the TED Prize on February 28, 2008, and made a wish: for help creating, launching and propagating a Charter for Compassion.  Since that day, thousands of people have contributed to the process and yesterday, the Charter was unveiled to the world. The Charter for Compassion is a cooperative...

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Art and Culture

US Interstate Map Meets the London Underground

Posted by: John Lally, at 4:31 pm on November 12, 2009
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In an age where we have Google and Microsoft mapping technology available that allows us to see such voyeuristic details as the front door of a building or a bird’s eye view of a celebrity’s backyard, it’s sometimes refreshing to look at a road map with a different lens, one that only...

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Technology, sustainability

Bicycle Parking Innovation

Posted by: Cheesan Chew, at 12:37 pm on November 8, 2009

I’ve traveled to many a cycling loving city including Amsterdam and Copenhagen and they live in stark contrast to our city’s bicycle culture. With few dedicated bike lanes, sparse parking facilities and a passive aggressive car vs. bike culture relationship, it’s amazing that people...

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Experience Design, Industrial Design, Technology

Design innovation for… the plug?

Posted by: Patrick Glinski, at 9:27 am on October 14, 2009

A show stopper at the Royal College of Art’s graduate show is… a plug? A student has tackled a design problem that has been ignored for decades – how to change the fist-sized plugs used in electronics in the UK. What’s amazing about this is how a major annoyance has been ignored...

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Industrial Design, Technology

A Magic Wand for TV

Posted by: Patrick Glinski, at 11:37 am on October 13, 2009

Creating real life products that have the aesthetics of fantasy is a trend we’ve seen before. The steam punk movement is an incredibly romantic example of this. The Wand Company has recently introduced a re-imagined television remote, integrating classic remote features into a gyroscope-enabled...

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Industrial Design, Strategic Innovation, Technology

An Innovative Breeze. Meet the Dyson Air Multiplier.

Posted by: Adam Rubin, at 7:34 am on October 13, 2009

When was the last time we saw an innovation in the “fan” product category? This guy gives a quick demo. I love love this product. http://www.dyson.com/fans/ The Dyson Air Multiplier™ fan works very differently to conventional fans. It uses Air Multiplier™ technology to draw in air and...

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Experience Design, Service Design, Strategic Innovation, Technology, Web

10/GUI – Multitouch of the future

Posted by: Paul Morrison, at 6:34 am on October 13, 2009

Just watching this vid already, I’m ready to buy into this software. The system itself looks great, and I’d love to use it. How do you see the future of multitouch heading? Something more along these lines? I’ve personally found touch desktop all-in-ones to be somewhat pointless, and...

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Art and Culture, Experience Design

Smell Graffiti

Posted by: John Lally, at 8:00 am on September 30, 2009

San Francisco-based designer, Mitchell Heinrich has created a new form of street art using scent. Since early human cave wall painting, graffiti has remained largely unchanged as a medium.  The style, tools and purpose have evolved over the centuries, but still nobody has successfully broken free...

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Art and Culture

Wall Vinyl

Posted by: John Lally, at 2:52 pm on September 23, 2009

London-based Hu2 Design (http://www.hu2.com/index.php ) is an innovative company that creates and sells quirky die-cut wall stickers that are great for making temporary changes to a space since they’re made of low-tack adhesive vinyl that allow for simple installation and residue-free removal...

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