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8 teknologier der kan redde verden

8 technologies to save the worldThese futuristic projects promise to make the world greener, while making entrepreneurs some green.

By Saheli Datta and Todd Woody, Business 2.0 Magazine

8 technologies to save the world | 1 | Business 2.0

Users as producers: Video and podcast

Charles LeadbeaterIn this off-the-cuff talk, Charles Leadbeater weaves a tight argument that innovation isn't just for professionals anymore. From open-source software to mountain biking to astronomy, passionate non-professionals are harnassing digital technologies to collaborate, innovate and re-make entire industries. This astute observation turns our idea of invention on its head (There's no single creator; no "moment of birth when someone comes up with an idea."), and has profound implications for anyone doing business today. Leadbeater is a a prolific writer on creative businesses, who's been an adviser to the British government and European commission, as well as many major companies and institutions.

Charles Leadbeater on TED Talks

Portfolio in the Making

I am in the progress of developing my portfolio. Taking one step of a time. Something is added, some is removed. Let us know if you want your own gallery on this site. I will put mine up later. The shown example is a prototype light, flexible enough to go around corners. In the process I developed a sentence, a kind of dogma which became a guideline for me in this project and in others too: "Do not force upon a material what it is not able to do in itself".

Thoughts On Design

"Good design, at least part of the time, includes the criterion of being direct in relation to the problem at
hand – not obscure, trendy, or stylish. A new language, visual or verbal, must be couched in a language that is already understood."

Download some wise words!!

Der er mange kloge ord fra mange kloge personligheder. Man kan så selv tage stilling til om de alle er lige kloge eller om det er klogt at lægge noget i deres udtalelser. Det er vel klogest at lytte til sig selv hvis andre ikke har noget klogere at sige. Nok om det - læs eller lad være!

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Handpainted russian posters

"Men in Black 2"

For so long the bright heralds of currently showing films at cinemas around the country, foreign movie billboards were painstakingly hand-painted – and the effect is quite stunning. Se and read more at Designboom

Fik mig en dejlig lille hyggelig latter her til morgen. Kan anbefale Designboom som en fed resource. Har den som begyndelsesside i mine browsere.

Velkommen til designastronaut - Welcome to designastronaut

Velkommen til Designastronaut. Stedet hvor alt foregår på både dansk og engelsk. på skrift og i grafik - i billeder og poesi. på opfordring fra Rasmus. nu et forum for os alle. Vel mødt.