- A form of ‘reverse’ consumer activism by @carrotmob that rewards responsible retailers http://carrotmob.org/about #
- ‘your teeth are perfectly kerned’ and othe cheesy pickup lines for designers http://bit.ly/1bqVz4 via @DesignerDepot @gracesmith #
- A new type of newspaper for a new type of world – http://thefastertimes.com via @AlbertoNardelli #
- Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability @stanforddschool http://bit.ly/cWNN4 http://bit.ly/3e0X2 via @OutofPoverty #
- Innocent until proven guilty in the UK? Suspected pirates have connections cut, have to admit guilt to reconnect http://is.gd/1Kcva #
- Something tells me that @konigi is having issues with their Twitter account… Unless they’ve had a reboot to focus on prescription meds. #
- Apple, Dell, HP, Motorola all criticised over DRC mineral trade and associated human rights abuse http://is.gd/1Kam8 via @davidcoethica #
- A portrait of a developing nation thru the eyes of its children – ‘Mass-e-Bhat’ documentary trailer http://bit.ly/HJuOh via @TRCdocumentary #
- Why do retailers take ethical/eco decisions? Money first, of course. http://bit.ly/pazXa via @Timberland_Jeff #
- Brilliant reference (and fascinating to just browse) The Movie Titles Stills Collection http://bit.ly/s3ilf via @litherland @lettercult #
- Asda’s £70 bike is rubbish. That’s a surprise then – http://is.gd/1HEnp via @guardianeco #
- Enjoy the sight of politicians fist fighting? One from the archives, with what seems to be a Ghostbusters logo at 58secs http://is.gd/1Hzwg #
- In mutual admiration, NYC’s @citizenscholar is similarly invested in developing nice design in a socially-positive manner http://is.gd/1Hyhc #
- Design, increasingly, refers to itself. Does design now point to an unreality, disengaged from meaning/utility? http://is.gd/1HtQe #
- Arts projects likely to be hurt the most by cuts in charitable funding – http://is.gd/1Htup (free reg. required) via @ThirdSector #
- Magnificent – http://is.gd/1Htbm – folding photos of Ross Kemp to create new creatures. ‘Kemplings’, I like to think. via @daniel_howells #
- is disappointed to report absence of mouse shaped light from apple mouse as reported by @daniel_howells – what model are you using? #
- Some sensible perspective on swine flu – http://is.gd/1HmQO – Sensible is less profitable in this case, though. VIa @Glinner @chris_coltrane #
- How might we employ and transform the abundant objects and imagery that already exists? Repurposes – http://bit.ly/XPxPP via @krfg #
- Happy more affordable electric cars are coming to market– http://is.gd/1GyT8 –but they need to be noisier for cyclists via @Timberland_Jeff #
- By the way, don’t ever tweet anything containing the word ‘c*ck’, unless you want a barrage of ‘adult’ spam… #
- Logo cock-up. Quite literally. http://is.gd/1GhOV via @full_beard #
- A wonderful bookshop in north London – http://www.stokenewingtonbookshop.co.uk/ – #bookshops #
- A collection of gifts for the typophile in your life – http://is.gd/1Ghya via @ThinkingType #
- @Glinner And the brilliant http://www.stokenewingtonbookshop.co.uk/ in reply to Glinner #
- thoughts about design and activism http://tinyurl.com/m4nqkq – perhaps designers feel activism could threaten their business Via @atlasann #
- it’s great to have choice and competition, but now my head’s spinning. Fontdeck – http://fontdeck.com via @ilovetypography @typographica #
- Step up to the voluntary plate as knowledge support for charities begins to wither – http://is.gd/1Fc3R via @davidcoethica #
- Beautiful highspeed footage of exploding water. Explaining formation/distribution of raindrop size – http://is.gd/1Fbuv via @newscientist #
- Phew. The UK terror threat is now a mere ‘substantial’, rather than ‘severe’. Can we take photos outside again now? http://is.gd/1F8nC #
- Web fonts http://is.gd/1F8aN Good, clear summary by @ilovetypography my thoughts right now .webfont = long wait, typekit = solid, imminent #
- AIDS cure? Perhaps someone should notify PayPal about this rubbish: http://bit.ly/34OYGW surely they wouldn’t support it? Via @lecanardnoir #
- ‘Hot air carbon credits’ – never has there been a more appropriate name for a stupid concept http://is.gd/1F4ey via @Calverts #
- A gorgeous digital clock which, if/when it does go into production, I won’t be able to afford – http://is.gd/1EtNf via @swissmiss #
- Looking forward to @ilovetypography’s post on the state of web fonts since, frankly, it’s all getting a bit confused now. #
- Personally, I’m happy to not remember most, but here’s an interesting experiment in lucid dreaming – http://is.gd/1EkeT via @odemagazine #
- Getting up. Graffiti taxonmy via @DesignObserver – very nice – http://is.gd/1Ek9m #
- David MacKay’s ‘Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air’ available free – HTML or download as PDF – http://is.gd/1EarJ via @sustainable_ #
- ‘Emergence can happen at any age’ –ageism is absent from design edu. discussion at the State of Design festival in Melbourne. Via @Icograda #
- “Ideas are like shadows—substantial enough until we try to grasp them.” Writer Samuel Butler via @designfeast #
