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From the monthly archives:
May 2009
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Art as organization, or is it organization as art? Either way, having all your office supplies accessible but not in a messy pile on your desk is a challenge for many of us. You can go with a beautiful walnut and felt organizer system on your desk or you can go up and mount your supplies to the wall.
White canvas and a series of magnets spaced in a grid are what give this wall tray the magical floating effect. Does the fact that each ‘tray’ is handmade by Japanese craftsman and numbered justify the $259 price though?
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Adam Kalkin designed the Push Button House that was first displayed at Art Basel Miami in 2005. It is a very innovative design that starts out as a shipping container and after the button is pushed, it transforms into a house. The motorized walls open up to reveal a functional house with elegant and stylish furniture. The mechanism includes hydraulic power to lift and lower the sides of the shipping container. Another good thing about the concept is that it uses recycled and recyclable materials. Take a look at the pictures of the house and I think you will agree that it looks super stylish and trendy. The Push Button House is priced between US $150,000 and $175,000.
source: GreenLaunches
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If you also have the tendency to forget where your car is, you should know that bright people have thought of a solution: the Travel Honey GPS Location Finder, which is being offered by Chinavision. It was especially designed to help you never lose your car again and to let you know there’s nothing wrong with it.
The only thing you should do in order to get your car back is to let yourself guided by the red LED. In the moment you reach a distance of no more than 50 meters from the saved location, you’ll see a flashing arrow that will turn blue when you’ll be within 15 meters. In addition, the gadget comes with another interesting feature: it is able to convert your computer into a genuine GPS system, by just connecting it to the USB port of your computer.
The data logger function of this device can be used when you want to record the GPS information during a trip, such as position, speed and altitude, which you’ll be able to see on Google Maps or Google Earth as soon as you establish the connection between the dongle and your computer and the you make use of the software package included, called iTravel Data Logger. So, you’ll have a four-in-one functionality that is, in fact, a mixture between: GPS receiver, Location Finder, Data Logger and Photo Tagger. The last one allows you to share the pictures that are immediately geo-tagged with your loved ones, on Flickr. The Travel Honey is available at Chinavision for $54.
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source: http://www.jump-studios.com/press/langland/
London-based architecture practice Jump Studios has completed work on the new offices of advertising agency Langland. The entire scheme includes one main workspace, a library, boardroom, games room and canteen, all located within an existing office building in Windsor. Langland was previously based at another office in the town but had outgrown the space both in terms of capacity and ambition. ‘The client’s motivation in changing offices was to gain more space but with the company profile also evolving they realised this was their chance to do something special and really make an impression,’ says Jump Studios associate Markus Nonn. Having found the perfect location in one of Windsor’s key commercial buildings situated adjacent to the famous castle, Langland commissioned Jump Studios to work on the main office space and other key areas. The Interiors Group was appointed to oversee the project management and construction of the fit out.
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We’re not too sure if this falls into the category of ‘office’ or ‘castle,’ but either way it looks like a mighty fine place to work. This beautiful office space in Turkey was built within the walls of an old salt barn, showcasing how the contrast between the modern finishes and surfaces of workstation is magnified against an aged and textured interior space (on a smaller scale, similar to Tech Tour: Andy & Heather’s Geek Chic Living Room). A closer look, below the jump.
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Siri is a Virtual Personal Assistant – a new way to interact with the Internet on your mobile phone. Like a real assistant, Siri helps you get things done. You interact with Siri by just saying, in your own words, what you want to do. You can ask Siri to find a romantic place for dinner, and get reservations for Saturday night. You can discover things to do over the weekend, get tickets to the movies, or call a cab when you’re out on the town. You don’t have search through a bunch of web pages, following links and hunting down facts. Siri does all the work giving you the information you need at your fingertips.
We believe that in five years most people who use the Internet will have a Virtual Personal Assistant (VPA) to take care of the details of using online services. We will look back at the birth of VPA’s in 2009 and wonder how we ever got by without our trusted assistant. The days of wading through links and pages from your mobile interface will seem quaint, because the natural way to interact with the rich world of information and services is to have a conversation. As John Batelle, the author of The Search, says “The future of search is a conversation with someone we trust.” Siri is just getting started, and has a lot to learn. Stay tuned – the era of the personal assistant has begun!
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