The Dapper Alchemist

I spent this past weekend in a surprisingly wet Chicago, damn you hurricane Ike. I was luckily spared the brunt of the torrential downpour thanks to my recently purchased Mackintosh (Mac), but I’ll be posting on that later in the week. The resiliency of the Mac got me thinking about how technology has […]

What is feels like to be Superman [Chris O’Shea via Hyperexperience]
Make a difference [Causecast via Kitsune Noir]
Magnificent Migration [Hellovon via Cool Hunting]
Eolos: For the modern day Sherlock Holmes [Behance via Yanko Design]
Transplant Centre [Transplant via David Report blog]

Visualizing our carbon footprint [Zago via Core77]
Being not truthful [Sagmeister, Inc. via Communication Arts]
Water never looked so good [Yanko Design]
Pop-ups for grown ups [Fubiz]
Saatchi & Saatchi does it again [Saatchi & Saatchi via I Believe in Advertising]

(Episode 1) Well here we are, the first episode of Fringe, JJ Abrams’ new “science”-based show. I’ll say that I was pretty excited about the program before it even aired, and that I was going to write a smashing review on the first episode. But as I started watching the show I started […]

The Diagram Diaries [flickr via Computerlove]
FlakeTV [flake.tv via NOTCOT.org]
Kithaus Podhaus [Kithaus via gizmag via The Design Blog via Coolest Concepts]
The Bearable Lightness of Being [Initial Access via Wallpaper]
Computers gone vintage [Chronicle Books via grain edit]

Recycled and Repurposed [Core77]
e-squire [Computerlove]
Cocktails for the persnickety [modmix via Cool Hunting]
Jurassic Closet [Kayiwa Oy via Design*Sponge]
Game Changing [SEED Magazine]

Gorgeous Green from Mumbai [Studio Mumbai via Inhabitat]
iHologram [David OReilly via Kitsune Noir]
Lights out Boston [greenUPGRADER]
Putting tech into fashion [designboom]
Advanced Beauty [Advanced Beauty]

I recall having a conversation with a friend about the beauty of mathematics. I felt and still feel that math is the simplest and most straightforward form of communication. Geometry in particular, I argued is the natural extension and simplification of how people view and interpret their surroundings. Let’s just say my […]

Custom Designer Goods for Everyone [Ponoko via Dexigner]
Roland Cernat has just made my MacBook jealous [Roland Cernat via Tuvie]
Modular Dining [Demelza Hill via what’s wrong with the zoo via Cool Hunting]
The Japanese live in the future [Pink Tentacle via DVICE]
RoboTuna [Emerging Technology Trends]

Dezeen recently posted a story on Natural History, an exhibition of biologically inspired jewelry at Selfridges & Co. The work presented by Tobie Kerridge, in particular, caught my eye. Dubbed Biojewellery, Mr. Kerridge, in collaboration with designer Nikki Scott and bioengineer Ian Thompson, has created jewelry out of human bone cells. For […]