We humans have an uneasy relationship with perfection. We strive for it — but we’re not always sure we want it. If something is close to perfect, it seems suspiciously smooth or, as commentators invariably say when an athlete or performer is at doing the best possible work, “he/she makes it look easy.” Of […]

A couple of weeks back we talked about designers going to great lengths to make high-tech products resemble obsolete products of the past. It was just one more of several posts we’ve done, and may well continue to do, on the divide between the technically inclined cognoscenti and, well, everyone else.
Today, however, we […]

Okay, so in the last week we have had two news stories dealing with new materials that are incomprehensibly thin.
First, there is the breakthrough (also covered on NPR) about a new fabric that is by far the blackest material on earth, absorbing almost all light. This material is composed of nanotubes that are, […]

Happy New Year, all. And since we’re starting out on a new year, a post about innovation seems appropriate…..
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We’ve heard it a million times. A great innovator is questioned about some early achievement, “We were too young and foolish to know that what we were doing wasn’t how things were done,” the innovator replies […]

India’s richest man builds 27 story home. First six floors are for parking alone, with a three helipads on the top terrace. More…
Fertilizing soccer cleats - now that’s ingenuity!
Humorous Flash presentation on flags around the world, with comments that clients might make to designers and the potential outcomes of such displeasure.
Fantastic post over […]