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TEDxStockholm and Tales of Passion

September 20, 2009

This weekend I was one of the privileged ones attending the second TEDxStockholm with among others Hans Rosling speaking. TEDxStockholm is a place for people who believe in the power of ideas and inspiring talks to help shape the face of the future. A great picture by Gitta Wilén from the first TEDxStockholm. Can you [...]

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Microsofts Future Interface Bonanza

September 19, 2009

A great site for finding inspiration is Fubiz. Their tagline ‘Daily Doze of Inspiration’ says it all. This morning when I was preparing for a speech on the ‘DNA of Creativity’ next week at an event arranged by Cap & Design, one of Swedens leading design magazine I stumbled on this wonderful video below from [...]

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Art, Technology and Nature Combined turns into a Future Innovation

September 18, 2009

Thomas Traxler has got his shit together. Powered by nothing but sunlight and some threads, Thomas Traxler‘s “The idea of a tree project” shows us how objects can grow during the course of a day. His project more or less mimics the way a tree grows and changes shape due to weather conditions. Amazing. Thomas [...]

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Mr Shohei Otomo rock my sunday evening

September 13, 2009

It’s Sunday evening and I’m spending some time browsing my feeds and maybe finding some last minute stuff for this coming week presentations. Pink Tentacle, one of my favorite blogs that always surprise me with something quirky introduce me to Mr Shohei Otomo – a Japanese manga artist. Shohei’s ballpoint drawings rock! A Geisha playing [...]

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I’m a Leo

September 9, 2009

August has already passed and maybe it’s a little bit late for me to share my horoscope. But since I like it I’ll share it anyway. My birthday is the 20th of August and that makes me a Leo. I just loved this portrait found on FFFFound of a Leo and couldn’t find a better [...]

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How to innovate a set of icons

August 27, 2009

Innovation is a strange thing. The best of innovations usually happens when someone takes something established from the world of culture and ads a twist or adapt it to future needs. Weiden & Kennedy’s great Honda COG pastiche on Peter Fischli & David Weiss’s art expression ‘The Way Things Go‘ is the perfect example on [...]

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Hey! It’s almost five’o clock and it’s friday. Watch this one and go home happy!

August 14, 2009

Here’s a four minutes and thirty three seconds long video that continuous on my previous post subject. Let’s be humble about the fact that nature has allowed us all to be in control of this planet. Found this one on a young Swedish ‘Berghs’ students blog. – Thank you and congratulation by the way!

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When I get old…shoot me…into outer space

August 13, 2009

Ever since I was a small boy I’ve dreamed of going into outer space and beyond. This video showcases the Ultra Deep Field first discovered by the Hubble telescope in 2003. It’s a four minutes and seventeen seconds long video that will change your perspective on human life, our way of living and our home [...]

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Lighting up graffiti

August 7, 2009

In Paris, France there’s a guy named Aïssa Logerot. He makes all sorts of cool industrial design objects. The thing that got me hooked though was this outstanding LED spray can called halo. The photo says it all. I want one. For what I don’t know but that’s generally how I feel about cool objects [...]

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The checklist that will save our world and maybe your brand too!

August 1, 2009

Brands all over the world – Google, IBM, Nike, BMW, Porsche, Starbucks, Coca Cola & Levi Straus, they all say the think about sustainability. What about your brand? Sustainability is a beautiful word, especially in terms of how it affects brands. The true meaning of it is ‘the capacity to endure’ and that’s more or [...]

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Here’s a flashmob I wish I’d known about

July 9, 2009

On Sergels Torg in central Stockholm yesterday. Swedish street dance company Bounce tribute Michael Jackson with this flash mob to Beat It. Found the beauty over at The Girls of Florida.

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Here is the brief – Create a freakin’ cool installation that makes people understand that Audi is the shit!

July 7, 2009

The 1937 Auto Union Streamliner and R8 V10 on their way to heaven. That is the solution. Gerry Judah knows how to make people go wow. His 44 tonne, 32 meter high installation outside the entry of the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed ties the Audi’s heritage together with their present in an excellent way. [...]

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