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more about #designmodo more comments → Weakskills: I think these look like circus throwing knives, the cheap ones that are all metal with no Handel more » TechSurfer: I hate to be a downer, but I just don't see design as being nearly as functional as more conventional shapes. I completely understand wanting somethin... more » OMG! Ponies!: As someone who has been on the lam from the Sun his entire life, I can't say I have any real use for a surfboard. These are nice though. But me and... more » olternaut: Didn't you guys already post this story a few weeks ago? Or was it engadget? Go grab so more coffee and wake up. Don't you dare make this a slow ne... more » debbyherbenick: Pretty: they remind me of those yummy sugar dip sticks from my childhood. more » BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: Looks like a pregnancy test...damn Stevox beat me to it more » Stevox: First photo: The two boards on the left look like pregnancy test sticks. more » Wingnut: Did anyone see the title and think of the Mooninites from Aqua Teen Hunger Force? If I was going to accept any digital being as my ruler, it would be... more » gauden44: A solution to a problem that doesn't exist... more » PanhandleJoe: I already have a digital ruler. My hand span is exactly 10 inches. So there! more » SalmaFlorus: Won't fly in America if it doesn't have inches and fractions. Could work as a metric-only device. more » redkamel: re: fingerprints: I have the original iphone. I wipe it on my shirt when it gets prints. The back is scratched up. I don't use a case. It looks fine. ... more » orthorim: I think this is a VERY GOOD thing. Because when was the last time that HTC, or anybody else for that matter, out-designed Apple? Right: That was never... more » sam_i_am: Isn't teflon slippery? As in, non-stick? As in, won't stay in your hand? How is holding the Hero unlike holding a phone made of, say, soap? Could soap... more » jonycob: the back of the palm pre is similar to the iphone until you get the touchstone and get that sweet sweet nice matte finish. I agree that apple has dro... more » -
#summermodo
Riding a Surfboard Made By An Old Apple Designer
Jaimal Yogis is an award-winning journalist and the author of Saltwater Buddha. Here he takes a ride on the strangely shaped surfboard by ex-Apple designer Thomas Meyerhoffer on SF's Ocean Beach. More » -
#concepts
Digital Ruler
This wooden, yet digital, concept ruler combines "values of a traditional ruler, with advantages of a digital interface." I think it still needs lines, but how cool is it that it sets the zero point wherever you start measuring? More » -
#designmodo
HTC Hero's Teflon Coating Makes the iPhone Feel Like Junk
Yesterday I held the new HTC Hero next to my iPhone. Not only the new Android handset has a surprisingly cool design—straight out of JJ Abrams' Star Trek or Kubrick's 2001—but it kicks the iPhone's plastic ass. More » -
#trackpads
I Love Trackpads!
Somewhere, as I transitioned from being a proud desktop user with parts scattered around my room, to the being a dedicated laptop user, I forgot how to use a mouse. And today, I embrace the swiftness of the trackpad. More » -
#art
Liquor Master Says You Take Sculpture, Liquor Seriously
It takes a connoisseur to pay a fortune for a sculpture, but it takes a maniacal boozehound with major ducats to burn to buy one to stash his (or her) liquor. More » -
#designmodo
Silver Circuit Goo For Thinner Gadgets
The NYTimes has a post on Vertical Circuits, a company that has developed a 3d circuit stacking technology using a silver based epoxy—goo, basically—to closer fuse flash memory chips together. More » -
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#designmodo
Today, The Gadgets Will Know My Fury
Today was a bad day. Unrelated, gadgets were misbehaving. Someone had to pay for it.
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#design
Skin Furniture Gives Me
Furniture doesn't usually make me want to throw up. But this desk-and-chair set, from designer Nacho Carbonell's titillating Skin collection, makes me think about the stuff inside me that I don't like to think about. More »NamTropic Thunder Flashbacks -
#movies
Objectified Review
Do you ever stop to realize that another human being carefully conceived and designed every object you will touch today? It's a pretty amazing thought, and after Objectified, you'll be thinking it more often. More » -
#art
Nemo Gould's Bogeyman and Praying Mantis Could Easily Be Dr. Who Villains
I love Daleks and Cybermen because they're illogically terrifying: The clumsier the tech, the scarier they get. Nemo Gould's found-material sculptures unlock the same secret brain code, being cartoony and scary at the same time. More » -
#restraint
Houdini Chairs Ensure Your Guests Will Stay for Dessert
That is, unless they are Houdini incarnate. Or maybe David Blaine. These are made by designers CTRLZAK and will debut at an Italian design show next month. [Core 77] -
#design
And Now, The Periodic Table of Game Controllers
Inspired by the Periodic Table of Typefaces, Flickr artist Pixel Fantasy decided to chart out the jungle of game controller button configurations into a similarly geekgasm-inducing chart. It's mighty pretty in high-res. More » -
#design
Concept Gives Mac Mini a Dockable Desktop Radio Friend
This concept by designer Sebastian Sauvage basically takes the iPod dock concept and maximizes it for the Mac Mini, with a stackable (and coolly retro) radio receiver module and two Mini-esque speakers. More » -
#design
Electric Hand Dryers From Around the World
I love tireless photo archives of the seemingly mundane objects we run into every day. To wit: this study of 96 bathroom air blowers from around the world by photographer Douglas Wilson. More » -
#design
Objectified's Wonderful Gadget-Filled Movie Poster
Hot of the presses is forthcoming design documentary Objectified's awesome one-sheet poster by Build, which is a veritable visual history of industrial design. How many silhouettes can you name?Updated with high-res file More » -
#design
Tunto LED Desk Lamp Infuses Wood With Light
I'm seldom moved emotionally by elegant design but the $650 Tunto LED desk lamp—made of warped oak or walnut and activated solely by touch—is a sweet exception to that rule. [FinnishDesignShop via BornRich] -
#design
The Periodic Table of Typefaces
This sits beautifully nestled in my science geek and design geek Venn overlap quadrant: a good place to be. More » -
#architecture
Takasugi-an Treehouse Is Scariest Teahouse Ever
Here are six reasons why I think that the amazing Takasugi-an Teahouse is, nevertheless, somewhere I'd never be caught dead, despite my love of tea: More »
