Maybe it’s just age, but at times we dearly miss C60s with tape all over, the inevitably broken off, write-protection tab, multiple sticky labels layered on top of one another and the total randomness of whatever you choose to scrawl on the cover. Upon being commissioned by German storage specialists, Freecom, Brussels based practice Sylvain Willenz clearly harboured the same wistful emotions for personalised data – giving their new CLS range of mobile drives a touch of the retros, with a little touch of modern sophistication on top. With 250gb drives from £70 and a 3-drive dock for just £16, Freecom’s CLS range has instantly installed itself as our backup method of choice, now where have those felt-tips gotten too…
An ever-evolving guide to the coolest places to be seen, includes the hottest bars, clubs and in-the-know events in all of the world’s hippest destinations.
The question of ‘what next?’ for television is one often at the forefront of any tech-head’s mind, the integration into the digital home of free-flowing media content, high speed internet and social networks is leaving the humble TV looking more and more like a tech relic as the big players continue to stumble over how to truly achieve next-gen viewing. Consider the number of times, when watching the box, you’ll grab your iPhone/iPad/MacBook/similar-inferior-device to Wiki ‘what’s he off?’, Shazam are song, place a bet on a sports match, or perhaps be reminded to book tickets for a concert or event. Now consider Irish agency Notion’s inspired MetaMirror concept…..
Flipboard: iPad’s Social Magazine
the iPad's first game-changing application arrives....
July 23rd, 2010
Co-founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Mike McCue and former iPhone engineer Evan Doll, and with some serious backing – a reported $10.5m from the likes of Twitter creator Jack Dorsey, Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz and popular filmstar thoroughly annoying Punk’d presenter turned social media giant, Ashton Kutcher – and the acquisition of real-time web intelligence startup, Ellerdale, Flipboard is evidently no ‘flash-in-the-pan’, bedroom-produced application, and with a genuine buzz being felt amongst those at the forefront of publishing, it’s certainly realistic to utter that this could be the first major player in revealing the iPad for the game-changer it’s earmarked to be…..
Adopting a rather different approach to Kee Utility Inc’s slick, contemporary ‘Desk Phone Dock for iPhone‘ – retro revivalists Hulger, who claim to bring humanity back to technology, create a number of solutions for transforming your iPad, or iPhone, into an altogether more vintage proposition – with the help of the Skype app. We love seeing a fusion of old and new, and these decidedly cool handsets are a quirky, captivating sight…..
Desk Phone Dock for iPhone
the humble desk top phone just got seriously desirable...
April 12th, 2010
Clean, stylish, slick… and, oh so Apple… Seoul based company, Kee Utility Inc. have rewritten the desk top phone handbook, with a little help from everyone’s favourite smartphone. Serving both as a dock for your iPhone, and a fully integrated wired desk phone, the ‘Desk Phone Dock‘ – they’re not as good at naming things as they are designing them – is quite simply the most useful, and certainly one of the most alluringly beautiful, iPhone docks on the market. Currently showing at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong, we can’t get any information on availability, however, if they’re showcasing this product at the exhibition, we can positively guarantee that you’ll have seeing more of this sensationally conceived, and poorly named iPhone accessory….
For the first time ever, Japanese electronics giants, Sony, will be showcasing their design at Milan’s famous Salone Internazionale del Mobile. For the exhibition, which focuses on the ‘minimal’ essence of their Monolithic Design concept – removing elements such as buttons and speakers from the products’ surface to achieve harmony with a room’s interior – Sony have worked with pioneering London-based designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby – BarberOsgerby – to explore ways of integrating product within contemporary lifestyles. The results will showcase at next week’s fair and, upon being given the opportunity to interview both Sony’s project leader Kaz Ichikawa and BarberOsgerby, we decided we’d get our readers involved…..
If you have questions about this collaborative project that you’d like to put to Sony’s Monolithic Design project leader Kaz Ichikawa or the internationally acclaimed designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, email us on questions@weheart.co.uk, tweet us on @we_heart, or leave a post on our Facebook page…. or of course, leave a comment right here.
The best questions we receive by Sunday night will be put to the team behind this exciting project and we’ll post the results – along with photographs of the actual stand – next week…..
AntiVJ Performance, New Songdo City, South Korea
startling audiovisual performance on freshly constructed building....
April 2nd, 2010
AntiVJ, a media performance group of European artists, recently took over the façade of one of New Songdo City’s recently constructed buildings, projecting onto it, an awe-inspiring audiovisual presentation. An inspired homage to technology and construction itself, Songdo is a futuristic masterplan city being built on 1,500 acres of reclaimed land in South Korea, along Incheon’s waterfront, and AntiVJ’s work explores a similar theme to the development, that of the “importance of technology, the coexistence of the ancient and the new and the presence of the sea as both a calming and menacing element”. Ambitious, beautiful and inspirational, AntiVJ’s Songdo performance throws down a gauntlet for all future multimedia installations, worldwide….
VIVmag, Interactive iPad Spread Demo
online magazine hints at the future of publishing....
March 24th, 2010
Whoever said that the iPad wouldn’t change things may well like to take a little look at this ridiculously creative approach to magazine publishing, courtesy of all-digital publication, VIVmag. Along with co-directors Cory Strassburger and Ming Hsiung, photographer Alexx Henry has created an interactive motion cover and feature spread for VIVmag, with thoughts of the unmistakable potential of tablet technology foremost in their minds. With the imminent launch of the iPad in mind, Henry’s feature spread perfectly demonstrates the breathtaking potential of next-gen publishing… with moving images and interactive content offering a unique appeal to traditional magazine spreads, the prospect of interactive high fashion is certainly one to whet the appetite of even the most ardent iPad denouncer….
Video demo and making of, right after the jump…..
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We caught up with New York based artist Devin McGrath who, in his beautifully crafted, unique style, bashes out darkly inspirational artworks with an enviable ease……
Clean and crisp, thoughtful illustration is a strong presence in the delightful portfolio of Welsh, Manchester based graduate Gareth Hughes.....
They love fellow Bristolian Banksy – in no small part due to making them a lot of money – but rate Tracy Emin as “nonsensical shit”. Here's our studio spotlight on Taxi Studio.....
The Dead Photos is an inspiring collection of macabre, touching, humorous and enlightening images that offer a delicate insight into the fragility of human life.
Half English half Japanese, London-based Jiro Bevis knocks out record covers, club flyers and editorial pieces with a ridiculously cool, 1980s retro vibe to them....
It’s great to see a company have a strong visual identity running throughout their brand – and that’s just what Stockholm based Bedow Creative have achieved for Sweden’s largest organic grocery store, Eat! Ekoaffären.
Founded by the rather talented duo of Mark Tappin and Simon Gofton, Tappin Gofton is a London-based studio that knock out some wonderfully distinctive work
We asked the Portland studio some questions, which they blindly ignored – instead providing us with a delightful insight into their wonderfully twisted minds. Enjoy…..
Decidedly Brazilian, thanks to it’s colour and vibrancy, Rubens LP’s style is the perfect accompaniment to summer – and anyone who uses bulldogs in their work is sure to receive high precedence with us…..
Rolling out across Europe in coming weeks is this, rather difficult to watch, advert for Sony’s new range of 3D TVs – courtesy of Sexy Beast director Jonathan Glazer....
Devin McGrath
Gareth Hughes
Taxi Studio
The Dead Photos
Jiro Bevis
Eat! Brand Identity
Tappin Gofton
The Official Manufacturing Company
Rubens LP
Sony 3D TV Advert
