Busted your augmented reality cherry yet?
It's really pretty simple. Click here for the Tissot watch demo:
STEPS:
Select your PC or Mac.
Click on 'Men's' or 'Women's' watches.
Print out the PDF.
Cut out the watch (you remember, like in kindergaarten.)
Tape it on your wrist.
Download the file.
Turn on your webcam and start the software.
Hold your wrist in front of the webcam. Your 3D watch will appear. Cool huh?
Meet Gliffy. A very useful little site that helps you build polished charts and diagrams for free. We like free.
A key on a ring. Worn by ladies in the 18th century.
From Ikea comes a cookbook titled Homemade Is Best which features beautifully photographed ingredients but without the food preparation instructions.
“Nothing more than a luxury bauble that will appeal to a few gadget freaks” - Bloomberg.
“Consumers seem genuinely baffled by why they might need it” - Businessweek.
“Insanely great it is not” - Marketwatch.
“My god, am I underwhelmed” - Gizmodo.
All this they said about iPad 1, the fastest-selling gadget in the history of electronics.
Say hello to iPad 2.
Yup, never trust an expert.
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What goes into them before you go into them.
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How to make numbers look good.
I'm not a huge fan of Walmart (the Walton family's net worth being equal to that of the bottom 100 million Americans...combined), but I know why they're in business.
I just bought this sweet Ocean Pacific Cruiser for $99.
Ninety-nine dollars.
And the shipping?
$2.97
Heck, the lock and chain cost more than the bike!
As my friend George likes to say, that's ricdiculous.
(And in case you're wondering, Household Name does not accept payment, gifts, or sponsors.)
The perfect example of elimination and combination to create a new idea is the new $38 Gator Combo Axe II.
An axe
with a saw in the handle. Blissfully simple.
No, I don't need an axe, but I'm going to have to buy one just to support such a great design idea.
Great creativity often arises from playfulness, and so we love the creative mind of Dominic Wilcox and his sketchbook thoughts, ideas, and inventions all collected on VariationsOnNormal.
Above, a device that aims to help those who are at odds with each other make a first step toward reconciliation.
Here's an idea: Let's treat the web window as a creative opportunity to be explored and not just a place to sell crap stuff.
You will enjoy the single serving web pages created by digital artist Rafael Rozendall.
Thank you Rafael.
Among the many things wrong with legacy airlines, confusing boarding passes are high on the list.
Above, Delta's designed-by-computer mish-mash. (Dear God, don't they understand they're in the entertainment business!)
And below, designers take a crack at a make-over.
Smoke some soup. Sip a cigarette.
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Described by the Wall Street Journal's 'Wealth' columnist as the ugliest yacht in the world, the $200 million 'Motor Yacht A' designed by Philippe Starck and built by Blohm+Voss shipyards is 119 meters long and weighs approximately 5,500 tonnes.
The keys belong to 36-year-old Russian banking and energy billionaire Andrey Melnichenko.
Andrew Ohanesian is a Brooklyn-based installation artist who builds an entire house inside a gallery, then destroys it. Really.
His walk-through installations can be seen on his just-launched website above. (It's a drag.)
[Pixels by Household Name. Development by Jerome Gipe at Slickerhat.]
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From Russia. No really.
Thinking I'll be building my fixed-wheel Billyburg cruiser online from high-brow cyclery Republic Bike.
"A singlespeed bike with a flip-flop hub, Aristotle's clean lines and components balance value and visual." Okay.Pick your own frame size, rake, and color for just $399
Remove the lever brakes immediately...they're for wimps.
Now there's a claim that should strike fear into the entire design industry.
Combine the premise of both The World is Flat and The Wisdom of Crowds and you get 99Designs.com
Designers from say, Vietnam, Lithuania, Hong Kong submit designs for prizes in the $300-500 range and the best logo as judged by the client wins.
The other 60 designers get nothing.
