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Watch Stefan Sagmeister’s “7 rules for making more happiness” talk at TED

Using simple, delightful illustrations, designer Stefan Sagmeister shares his latest thinking on happiness — both the conscious and unconscious kind. His seven rules for life and design happiness can (with some customizations) apply to everyone seeking more joy […]

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For Inspiration: “O Mais Vendido” by Mombojó

O Mais Vendido, by Mombojó

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Intellectual Property: China piracy cost U.S. firms $48 billion in 2009

Chinese piracy and counterfeiting of U.S. software and a wide range of other intellectual property cost American businesses an estimated $48 billion in 2009, the U.S. International Trade Commission said in a report released recently […]

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For Inspiration: “O Tempo”, by Móveis Coloniais de Acaju

The Music Video is the result of the Live Project entitled #TempoRealMoveisMtv: March 27 is the Graffiti Day in Brazil. Band fans were invited to participate in a live project with Graffiti Artists. The fans tweeted the tag #TempoRealMoveisMtv during the transmission and the artists would paint their nick names in the wall […]

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Watch Bruce Sterling’s Closing Keynote on IxDA | Interaction ‘11 Conference

Bruce Sterling, author, journalist, editor, and critic, was born in 1954. Best known for his ten science fiction novels, he also writes short stories, book reviews, design criticism, opinion columns, and introductions for books ranging from Ernst Juenger to Jules Verne.

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For Inspiration: “Oração”, by A Banda Mais Bonita da Cidade

There is always something lost in translation: “Oração”, by A Banda Mais Bonita da Cidade […]

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Watch Bill Verplank’s Opening Keynote on IxDA | Interaction ‘11 Conference

Bill Verplank is a human-factors engineer with a long career in design, research and education. As a fresh ME PhD from MIT he worked eight years at Xerox on the testing and refinement of what we now call the “desktop metaphor”: bit-map graphics, keyboard and mouse, direct manipulation […]

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Dieter Rams’ “Principles of Good Design”

Mark Adams, Managing Director of Vitsoe, discusses Dieter Ram’s 10 principles of good design during CoolHunting’s visit to Vitsoe headquarters in London […]

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Around China: Industrial robots do Star Wars better than Lucas

At the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Shanghai, industrial robot company Yasakawa equipped a couple of its manufacturing machines with lightsabers and choreographed a violent ballet for them to perform […]

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China, Technology, Innovation and the Environment: Shanghai chosen as electric car pilot city

China named Shanghai as the country’s pilot city for electric vehicle development […]