Magical in its simplicity.
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Hartmut Esslinger, one early superstar of high-tech design, was responsible for the design of Apple devices in the 80s. He then developed together with Steve Jobs a prototype of a touchscreen phone whose main function was to make possible sending digital bank checks though a phone wire. This quite revolutionnary gizmo – remember that we’re then in 1983 – was part of the Snow White design language applied to the IIc and the original Mac.
Was Apple already trying to raise the buzz?
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The well expected Apple’s iPad has been announced last week at an Apple press conference at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Cupertino’s firm has already made of its name, a legend with its iPhone, iBook, and iPod. But will it also meet with success  with the iPad, even with the dyed in the wool Apple lovers?
like it or lose it, it’s here, and in images.
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According to research from the University of California at San Diego—which has been transformed into this awesome accompanying graphic illustration by the artist Rob Vargas for Fast Company—Americans consume 3.6 zettabytes per day. Literally mind blowing…

Here’s a bit of the executive summary of the report:
In 2008, Americans consumed information for about 1.3 trillion hours, an average of almost 12 hours per day. Consumption totaled 3.6 zettabytes and 10,845 trillion words, corresponding to 100,500 words and 34 gigabytes for an average person on an average day. A zettabyte is 10 to …

And the teacher asked the children what they wanted to be when they’re grown-up. At age five or six, such an easy question merely insult their intelligence. Without careful consideration or hesitation all of them squeaked back something along the lines of,  “I’m going to be a doctor”, “an astronaut!”, “I want to be the president!”, “I would like to be a teacher”, “I’m gonna be a queen with a purple crown and a castle made of glitter and my cat, Miss Kitty, can be a princess“. This last input …

Physical distance used to dictate how remote a place was, but no longer. Now that there are airlines reaching around the globe, bullet trains, Autobahn-like superhighways and go-fast boats, the remoteness of the location is measured by how good the transportation is between here and there. In the map above, the darker a location is, the harder it is to get there.
Created by the European Commission’s Joint Research Center in Italy and the World Bank, the map started out as a model based on how long it would take to …

This “Snow’s Revenge” laptop decal, sold by Vinylville on Etsy, is one of the best uses of logo integration I’ve seen. Unfortunately everyone else on Etsy seems to think so, too–the $14 sticker is currently sold out.
it is also available in a glossy white for dark laptops
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“Disposable Technology: A response to our consumer relationship with technology and obsolescence”. Quite an impacting truth!
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