Going LikeSixty - Instablogs
Aug 4 2008
Everyone knows foosball, and how could you not love it? It’s the table game where big boys gather around little wooden men on rods to push a little wooden ball into a hole at the end. Not only that, but it’s the vast quantities of adult beverage...
Aug 4 2008
So much of the Olymic image is tied up in the five rings and the torch. Accordingly, designing the Olympic Torch has become a designers dream. It is interesting to note that the designer of the Beijing Olympic torch is not getting credit. The designer...
Aug 2 2008
OMG - PETA will have a kitten. Well, not have kitten; they will have a cow, no, a fit! Put animals in human clothes, especially trendy fashions, and I just get cracked up. This photo project comes from The Workshop in the Ukraine. Who knows if it is a...
Aug 1 2008
Even though the Segway is still a rich man’s toy, Toyota thinks The Winglet is needed. They have three sizes, and one of them doesn’t even have handle bars, no doubt a design meant to appeal to the skater market. The Segway has not been a rolling...
Aug 1 2008
The Telemegaphone Dale is an “art project” where, starting August 2, anyone can call a special telephone number and shout to the mountaintops. Yeah, anybody can call, and phone calls will not be screened or delayed. Drunk dialing just went to a new...
Aug 1 2008
Here’s why hillbillies get a bad name. I could have put up the first picture of a hillbilly mansion and you might get a little chuckle. Instead, I’ll put up a real redneck mansion and have you just marvel over how somebody could spend so much money...
Jul 31 2008
Bicycle: A vehicle consisting of two wheels and a seat powered by a human. HA! Not if you are a designer! Changing the way we look at things is the lifeblood of designers. You see a bike and you think, “Here’s a cheap and easy way to get from...
Jul 31 2008
Car crazy U.S. is also home to road rage. So it’s no surprise, Traffic: How We Drive, by Tom Vanderbilt a book about weaving through traffic effectively is getting a lot of attention. Merging - where multiple lanes reduce in number - is a big game....
Jul 30 2008
You think Lindsay Lohan is a trainwreck? Well her younger sister Ali is ready, willing, and able to surpass all expectations of a Lohan, already having met with a porn director. Dina Lohan is ready to roll heads, after learning from TMZ that her...
Jul 30 2008
Xer’s seemed to be just totally overwhelmed that Randy Pausch actually died. He actually did. He said he would, he had a deadly form of cancer, he told his family he would die sooner, rather than later.”But, but,” Xer’s seem to be saying…...