5.22.2010
Nike Re-Run @ Threshold
The good news: Nike has re-released their classic running shoe designs from the 70's. The bad news: they're only available in the faux-aged, pre-worn variety. The Nike Vintage site is amusing though.
5.18.2010
Smartphone Alternative of Peek @ IDEO
Not everyone wants a phone that does it all. Some people just want to stay connected to their email without being chained to their computer—or carrying around an expensive, feature-heavy smartphone. To meet their needs, Peek joined forces with IDEO to design a streamlined mobile device that delivers one thing and one thing only: unlimited access to email.
The result is an inexpensive gadget that’s stylish, lightweight, and straightforward. The design team paired a large (2.5 inches), high-contrast display with a full keyboard and a scroll wheel to make reading text and navigating onscreen menus easy. A soft rubber skin over the keypad promotes typing comfortably, and the metal frame with aluminum backing is sturdy and sleek. The device is extremely thin (10mm) and light (3.8 ounces). (For comparison’s sake, an iPhone is 25 percent thicker, and a Blackberry is nearly 2 ounces heavier.)
The Peek supports up to three email accounts, Web-based or otherwise. At setup, it prompts users to enter their email handle and password. The device, available at Getpeek.com and Target stores, sells for less than $100 and unlimited nationwide service is $19.95 per month; no contract required. Bonus savings: When using the Peek to send email, consumers use 97 percent less electricity than emailing from a PC.
Time magazine named the Peek one of the best inventions of 2008. Forbes featured it as a “Gadget We Crave.” And Wired magazine gave it top ranking in its gear that helped them forget the year’s economic downturn.
“It won’t satisfy convergence-rabid smartphone fetishists, but for the rest of the world (i.e., the majority of it), this one-trick pony is a godsend,” wrote Terrence Russell in Wired. “In terms of looks, its slim profile stands up to the big boys. But the real treat is the interface. Instead of forcing you to wrestle with laborious setup menus, the Peek asks for a name, email address, and password. That’s it.”
5.17.2010
Space invader toater @ Boing Boing
Chris Naylor, a student designer in London, designed this jim-dandy Space Invaders toaster that toasts individual invaders into your bread. I would absolutely buy one of these if he went into production.
War on Terror The Board Game @ Boing Boing
War on Terror: the Board Game is $44.95 in the Makers Market / Boing Boing Bazaar.
This is one bad ass board game for 2 – 6 players. It will bring out the nastiest, greediest, darkest, most paranoid aspects of your character. It can make you cry, or feel on top of the world (or, at least, in charge of it). Comes with all the ingredients of a good night in: WMDs, nuclear weapons and suicide bombings. The Axis of Evil is a spinner in the middle of the board. And it even comes with a balaclava (ski mask) that has the word “EVIL” written on the forehead. All we ask is that you play nice when wearing the balaclava. Or start a revolution. Do what you want.War on Terror: The Board Game
4.25.2010
TIME IS PRECIOUS WHEN YOU DONT HAVE IT
Time is precious when you don't have it
Vinílica sobre madera
México, 2007
Colección Juan Carlos Perez Rubio
Vinílica sobre madera
México, 2007
Colección Juan Carlos Perez Rubio
ESPECTROS EN LA LLUVIA
Acuarela y tinta sobre papel
México, 2006
Colección Privada
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