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BIL Conference: Minds set free!

Posted by _tango! on February 27, 2008
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BIL Conference 2008
For those of you lucky and unlucky enough to attend the TED conference this year check out the BIL Conference, which takes place right after TED this weekend, March 1-2, along with some awesome speakers joined by many TEDsters and the best part is that it’s FREE! Yes, it’s free to go as long as you can get yourself to Monterey somehow.

The idea is simple. BIL loves TED. But not everyone can go/afford TED, hence why not make a free wiki conference right after TED called BIL for anyone to go to.
Read more about it here along with their many Wiki’s. Awesome!!!!!!

I’m not sure what to expect, but I looooove the idea. If you make it, let me know what it’s like…sounds very spontaneous, relaxing, fun, and lots of goofy smart people starting a mini Burning man for ideas in Monterey. =)

Weekend Links

Posted by _tango! on February 23, 2008
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lamp bar sketches weekend links

This has been an odd week, of rescheduling then un-scheduling, hence, busy for no reason in the end. Makes you really appreciate people with concrete answers, directions, over the ones that can’t make decisions.

Tech: Building the perfect laptop(Lenovo x300). Great read on the process and obstacles.
Odd: Expensive High Heels without the heel!
Neat: How to be unidentified by a camera using an invisible light.
Cool: Self-Healing Rubber…Kind of like Silly Putty.
Music: FiddleFoxx…a fast paced fiddle crew with a beat boxer!
Video: How people from different nations count cash. How do you count your cash?
Fashion: Project Runways fashion walks during Fashion Week.
Nature: One crazy swimming pool location over Victoria Falls, with video.
Art: One HUGE panoramic image of London.
Music Video: Making music from 2 iphone and one DS.

Pecha Kucha Event at GSD Harvard

Posted by _tango! on February 21, 2008
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Pecha Kucha Harvard gsd 2008

The 3rd Pecha Kucha Boston will take place this Friday at the GSD Harvard (7-10pm). I’ll be there, so come! Otherwise, their events take place all over the world, so check out for your city here.
Brief: a dozen+ artist/designers/creatives, 20 slides each, 20 seconds each slide..rapid fire presentations and fun! Architecture, Digital Media, Urban Planning, Landscape, graphics, lot’s of ideas!

Date: Friday, February 22, 2008
Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location: Piper Auditorium, Harvard GSD
Street: 48 Quincy St.
City/Town: Cambridge, MA
FREE!

Poster of the speakers after the jump…yah, Ben Fry of Processing.org will be speaking!
Their Boston Blog
Webpage
Facebook Page

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RISD: Apparel Design Show

Posted by _tango! on February 21, 2008
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RISD apparel Show“Come see the labors of the Apparel Department from start to finish. Work from the Seniors, Juniors, and Sophomores will be displayed. Live models will wear selected looks for the opening. Cupcakes, cookies, snacks, wine and beverages will be served.

Opening night is Thursday February 21st
6pm to 7:30pm

The gallery will be displaying the work until Tuesday February 26th. Gallery hours are Fri-Sat 10am-4pm Sunday 2pm-5pm and Mon-Tue 10am-4pm.”

Date: Thursday, February 21, 2008
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Woods Gerry Gallery
Street: 62 Prospect Street (corner of Angel and Prospect)
City/Town: Providence, RI

I’m going!
via facebook

Update: Some pictures from the show after the jump.
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Casulo: Room in a Box!

Posted by _tango! on February 14, 2008
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Casulo room in a box

I used to travel all over the place with everything in my car… now comes this nifty box, which carries pretty much all the essentials needed for a room in a handy 90 x 120 cm box which takes about 7 minutes to disassemble. Reminds me of the RTA(Ready To Assemble) studio at RISD…

Watch a video of the box being taken apart after the jump, or here.

Casulo website
Casulo Youtube video

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Evolution of Tech Companies Logos

Posted by _tango! on February 10, 2008
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canon logo evolution
apple logo evolution

Neatorama’s got a great historical collection of tech company logos transforming, evolving, and even name changing over the years. It’s amazing to think about how some giant companies started, and how they adapted to nice design! Makes me wonder when it’s time to make a name change over a logo transformation…(there are many brands that I think suffer based on their crappy names)

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Jeff Deboer:Cat and Mouse Armor

Posted by _tango! on February 10, 2008
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jeff deboer cat armor
jeff deboer mouse armor

Jeff Deboer creates these freaking awesome Cat and Mouse Armor suits! I’d love to see Tom&Jerry duke away in these fierce creations, but for now I think this is the closest I’ll get a cat to resemble a Thundercat (hoooo!)

Check out his Cat and Mouse gallery here, and make sure to take a glimpse at his “how to make a samurai cat” section for more pics.

Personally, I’d be running all over the place if a cat had a joust strapped on it’s back… but just maybe, I’d stick cat food on the end and let it chase itself around all day…nah, I’m not that mean 😉

via geekologie
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