Collecting skateboards and skateboard art tends to occupy lot of wall space. So when the Jeremy Gardner, Weapon7′s super talented creative director, and all round good soul, offered to give me one of his paintings, completely free, I suggested exchanging the canvas for two collectible decks. A satisfying and rewarding exchange. Jeremy paints under the pseudonym Jelly Buckingham. What a lovely, talented and generous soul Jelly is.

A Short introduction to the marvelous work of Letman:

He is cuckoo about letters, he loves them, so far is certain. He is also one of those fellows who can read a chunky novel in a couple of hours, but that’s a different story.

His designs are transparent, leaving room to breathe. Them letters got things to say, they are so clear it tickles your eye and make you blink. What is this colourful craft ? Letman’s letters are curious. His handmade style fits the boundries of typography like a universe on itself by lashing out to illustration, grafitti and graphic design.

Letters are free entities to him. They are clear and cunning. Together they stand strong.

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This new bike can also be controlled via a phone, runs up to a speed of 50 miles an hour and weights just 24 pounds. It has is a 2.3 kW electric motor, powered by a lithium ion battery.

A suave, stylish and unpredictable allegorical short film tugging at all the right strings.

VOICE OVER (English subtitles) from Kamel Films on Vimeo.

44 Awards, more than 80 selections, including:
Nominated to the Spanish Academy Award 2013 (Goya)
Nominated to the Melies D’or 2013
Tribeca Film Festival, official selection
Clermont Ferrand 2013, official selection
Gijon International Film Festival, Young Jury Award
Chicago International Film Festival, Silver Plaque
New York City Short Film Festival, Best of the Fest
Seattle Short Film Festival, Best Cinematography, Best Script, Best Art Direction
Manhattan Short Film Festival, Bronce Medal
ZINEBI, Best Basque Short Film

Real-time subtitles from the major Brazilian TV networks translated by Google into any language

Repositioning Internet Explorer as a cherished moment of the 90s? Or circumventing IE5′s place in dire-internet-folklore via fuzzy-tingly-nostalgia?

Interesting 18 minute documentary on living systems and patterns of desired outcomes… Interaction design in our daily lives. Features interviews with designers from Method, Twitter, Arduino, Frog, Stamen, Microsoft, and Nokia.

All footage taken from the original Rear Window (1954) directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
The order of events is pretty much as seen in the movie.
more info: jeffdesom.com/hitch/
Hungarian Dance No. 5
composed by Johannes Brahms
arranged for easy listening by Hugo Winterhalter

Dramatising the new zero-emission technology, Mercedes literally made the car invisible to the environment through an impressive cloaking effect.

A relentless struggle towards an unseen sonic superpower eroding the believers into sculptural fragments. ’nuff said.

Created by the talented Matt Pyke [artist], Chris Perry [animation] and Simon Pyke [sound].

Nike has symbiotically fused gamification, socialisation and personal data together. This combination is at the heart of —and the focus of— many new products and services in development today.

Jawbone’s UP will track your diet and sleep patterns but Nike’s FuelBand truly signifies the advent of the ‘Quantified Self’. People are fascinated by their data and their timelines —Facebook’s recent UI update to the timeline profile page demonstrates this— and adding a simple gaming layer and point system creates a simple yet compelling proposition. Make it fun.

Nike+ 1st generation was revolutionary —and R/GA’s middleware solution was inspired— but FuelBand takes a massive leap in functionality by facilitating the measurement and tracking of all and any movement across all sports and activities.

The UK release can’t come quick enough. I’m counting…

Draconian changes to possibly the greatest digital tool ever?

Powerful Web properties, search engines and social media services recently displayed their collective power of the digital world. The Wikipedia blackout, Google’s blackout of its logo and the outspoken support of Mark Zuckerberg all played a vital role in this unprecedented act of Web activism.

Politicians gave up and SOPA has been shot down, but the sense of relief could be a short-lived mirage. A decision on PIPA (Protect IP Act) is nearing and Senate support seems to be high. Of course, the same was said about SOPA and we all know how that ended.

The voice of the Web transferred seamlessly to the political arena. It is fair to say SOPA and its aftermath will become a case study for years to come. The curious part is whether we can expect the same result for PIPA, which some believe has more legs.

It is imperative that the fight to secure the nature of the Web continues. This can be achieved by allowing social media to grow, not only in popularity but also in power and reach. If nothing else we learned that our online voices can yield offline results.

SOPA and PIPA aren’t necessarily malicious and evil acts against the Web and its users, but they are out-of-touch posturing based on ideas that do not match our love and use of the web.Ultimately, they have been born from people more concerned with political maneuvering than with the unadulterated freedom and purpose of the internet.