The Lost Practice of Resting One Day Each Week -
He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities. – Benjamin Franklin
Ask any physician and they…
Follow The Sign!: How To Get To Hoboken -
You gotta admit, that’s a pretty clever Photoshop job. Granted not as clever as any of your ideas, but that’s because you’re so smart and creative and should probably be hired by some…
Editors Note: In his first article for Think Vitamin Matthew Smith, Principal Designer at Squared Eye Design, discusses the benefits, risks and infrastructure required to work…
Obama Loves Infographic Movies (and Edward Tufte) -

Yesterday, I tweeted the quite surprising news that information graphics guru Edward Tufte will be joining the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel [edwardtufte.com], which aims to track…
Headstones Get Interactive With RFID -
RosettaStones are specially-crafted RFID tags that can be embedded on or within any headstone, storing a personal memorial that can be accessed up to 3,200 years from now.
[Lingo] Slack, YAGNI, and low ceremony -
Three terms that came up repeatedly during our San Diego retreat:
Slack
All the stuff that doesn’t fit neatly into bigger, concept-driven iterations. We save one of our programmer/designer …
Cuuute: Squirrels Pretending To Be Astronauts -
This is a pair of squirrels playing outerspace in the park with a couple of coconut helmets on their heads. YOU TWO ARE CRACKING MY SHIT UP!!
Miss Roberts, 46, leaves out two coconuts…
Kodak kiosks to print photos from Facebook and Picasa -
We’ve seen several efforts recently to bring Facebook photos into the offline world, such as HotPrints’ free, advert-supported albums. Now bringing such capabilities to brick-and-mortar…
Prizes for academics who solve real-world problems -
We’ve seen the crowdsourcing contest model applied to everything from business documents to doughnut design. The latest spotting? One Billion Minds, a prize-led innovation platform that…
High-end thrill-seekers pay to be kidnapped -
Extreme sports such as bungee-jumping from the Macau Tower may well be enough to satisfy the adrenaline needs of the majority of premium thrill-seekers. Those still wishing for more,…
Acer working on frameless laptop with touchscreen keyboard? -
Would you believe that Acer is working on a frameless laptop with touchscreen keyboard? As far-fetched as the idea might be, it’s certainly plausible, expected even. The idea, as rumored…



I spotted these amazing images by Alberto Seveso about a month ago but I never got around to posting them. Th effect is simple, he’s poured varnish into a fishbowl, but the end…
Mario And Luigi Venture Into Food Service -
Not to start any wild speculation or anything, but I haven’t heard from Toad in over a week and the mushrooms on Luigi’s pizzas are f***ing huge. And delicious. ‘But our princess is in…
Subscription service for men's underclothes -
The subscription services are coming thick and fast lately, automating for shopping-weary consumers the routine purchase of life’s little necessities. Most recently it was men’s skincare…



This chair, made by Japanese design company, Nendo is really dramatic piece of furniture! The fadeout chair’s legs seem to gently disappear, as though the chair stands in a pool of…