In the aftermath of the recession, we have the opportunity to truly change the system. From replacing outsourcing with insourcing to untying well-being from GDP, here is what the economy of the future might look like.READ»
Want to support stores in your neighborhood by doing more than just shopping there? A new crowdfunding site gives you the chance to help them grow, and become a part of their success.READ»
If you can't be in the sun, you've got to make the sun come to you. But why mess with bulky sun lamps when the sun can shine on you all day--through your spectacles?READ»
After blowing up on Kickstarter and IndieGoGo, the LuminAID is going to be appearing on both the shelves of American stores and in disaster areas around the world.READ»
The notoriously reclusive Alan Moore talks with us about Harvey Pekar’s influence, quantum physics, Frank Miller’s rant, why he usually avoids the Internet, and his unprecedented videoconference to raise Kickstarter cash for a Pekar memorial statue. READ»
What is it with these innovative weather apps lately? I wouldn't have thought this useful-but-boring space would be so attractive to designers and developers, but here's another one that really raises the bar: Dark Sky, an app that ...READ»
What is it with these innovative weather apps lately? I wouldn't have thought this useful-but-boring space would be so attractive to designers and developers, but here's another one that really raises the bar: Dark Sky, an app that ...READ»
If you ask them, they will help--that’s been the guiding principle for social startups who are hoping to reap the benefits of connectivity to provide opportunities for people to give back and get involved in ways like never before. READ»
As the anniversary of 9/11 nears, the world will be reminded of the tragedy that occurred on that crisp, clear September day. But over the last 10 years, New Yorkers have confronted the loss every day as they look at the skyline and ...READ»
For some bizarre reason, I really want to learn how to do letterpress printing. This is an old-school process that requires lots of dirty, heavy, expensive equipment, but creates gorgeously tactile typography and graphics -- you're ...READ»
The world seems to have an insatiable appetite for Apple accessories. It’s no coincidence that Kickstarter’s biggest success ever is Scott Wilson’s wristbands for the Nano. Now, another promising product has popped up on the ...READ»
Kickstarter sure has some weird projects seeking your patronage, but one of the oddest -- but also cleverest -- is + Pool, a public swimming pool literally floating in the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan. It could also be ...READ»
It broke my heart: Mere days after I waxed ecstatic about a Kickstarter-funded iPhone camera accessory, Steve Jobs announced an update to iOS that will make that product redundant. But Apple still can't do everything. A company called ...READ»
Henri Cartier-Bresson, god of street photography, would have loved the iPhone camera. But he might have been frustrated with its ergonomics -- how are you supposed to capture "the decisive moment" quickly, spontaneously, and artfully ...READ»
It’s the ultimate Kickstarter success story. Unable to secure a manufacturer, the Chicago-based designer Scott Wilson placed his TikTok and LunaTik wristbands -- which convert the Nano into a watch -- on the funding site. Within a ...READ»
Who knew the iPhone would spur an entire industry of dongles, stands, cases and converters -- most of them dashed off in plastic, many overpriced, nearly all crap? The Oona is one antidote. It's a moderately priced piece of machined ...READ»
It's easy to forget how precious typefaces were before Microsoft Word commoditized them by the zillions into tiny drop-down menus. As Matt Griffin and Matt Braun of Bearded Studio explain, "letterforms were once drawn by hand, cut ...READ»
The Internet has thrown its dollars behind everything from an iPod Nano watch to a RoboCop statue in Detroit. Up next: tomorrow’s Damien Hirst?
If USA Projects continues apace, the answer could very well be yes. Introduced last ...READ»
Good design solves problems. If some of those problems are the kind that only nitpicky coffee snobs have, so be it. Such is the case with Joulies, a Kickstarter-funded (or should I say super-funded?) project that combines industrial ...READ»
