Magic Mouse

While we don’t usually blog about new Apple updates we are allowed to make the occasional exception. Apple today launched, amongst other things, a new mouse featuring multi-touch, finally an end to the pain of cleaning the old Mighty Mouse. I have used touch sensitive mice for scrolling before and have never enjoyed the experience [...]

CleanUp

While Kathryn and I were in New York we went to a harrowing exhibition at the United Nations raising awareness of the damage done by landmines. CleanUp is a project designed by Parsons graduate Hideaki Matsui and is bar soap shaped like a landmine and sold to raise money to support landmine removal, survivor assistance [...]

Good Advice Sticks

Here is an alternative for packing tape with good advice on it, available from Blanka and designed by James Greenfield.

[via CR]

Dieter Rams

The Design Museum have a Dieter Rams exhibition coming up later on in the year. Designed by avid fans of Rams, Bibliothèque, this promises to be a really interesting exhibition.
18 November – 07 March 2010
“Question everything generally thought to be obvious.”
Dieter Rams
As head of design at Braun, the German consumer electronics manufacturer, Dieter Rams emerged [...]

Oh The Power of Branding

I came across this link on my Google reader and it made me laugh.

$10 for an iPhone stand. Two pieces of fabric sewn together around some bean-like material.
I guess the truth of the matter is that we could brand almost anything and make a profit.
I absolutely love perusing the accessories market for the occasional laugh.
Enjoy!

Calendar Pencils

A bit late in the year to mention this perhaps, however designers seem to love creating diverse and interesting calendars, Mytton Williams is no exception. They have made a lovely calendar out of pencils, sharpening off the dates. You can buy the set for £12.

Lebedev Studio

If you haven’t been introduced to Lebedev Studio it’s a haven full of slightly geeky but cool concepts and some gadgets for sale. These got my attention, cursor shaped mice and square traffic lights which would be a lot easier to see.

Obama Ninja Action Figure

I suppose it was only a matter of time.