The trend blog of Florian Kräutli, Swiss industrial and interaction designer located in Eindhoven, Netherlands

Feeling Sexy

May 24th, 2007

Feeling Sexy
Crestock presents the winners of their contest on the subject Feeling Sexy

Dell sells open source

May 24th, 2007

Starting today computer giant Dell sells three systems preloaded with the popular and easy to use Linux distribution Ubuntu, finally giving customers a choice! Surprising, because Dell and Microsoft have always been working together quiet strongly, and Microsoft recently launched their anti Linux campaign in Canada.

The bigger the mess..

May 24th, 2007

Doe Mess Ad

DOE shocks people with a realistic advertisement that shows a car accidents and its consequences. How much drama do we need to believe the message?

Watch spot on YouTube

Photobooth shows personality

May 22nd, 2007

 

Photobooth shows personality

The booth is presented in semi-public spaces as a typical photobooth holding no denotation of it’s unique qualities. Users enter the booth, pose for 2 shots & exit as usual. During the developing process, the photos are “analyzed” & customized with forecasts consisting of patterns, symbols & messages.
(via Notional Slurry)

Someone do something!!!

May 22nd, 2007

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10 animals that won’t exist in 10 years

Visual boredom

May 21st, 2007

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Smashing Magazine shows a list of 60 elegantly designed websites. All of them very clean, smooth, flat, sometimes with gradients and illustrative 3D effects. Yaawn…

Understanding icons

May 21st, 2007

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Iconglobe has interesting test results about the understanding of symbols for public spaces.

Apples are for the birds

May 21st, 2007

Mac Birdhouse

The Piccadilly Park in the Australian state of New South Wales has found a smart and eco-friendly approach to house the wide variety of birds that live in that area. Farmer Rex Harris uses casings of the classic Macintosh computer introduced in 1984 to build birdhouses.

“The old Macs are perfect for nesting boxes with ventilation slots along the front, rear, and under the hand space where you lift them,” Harris says. “We tried the original iMacs, but they are too big and get too hot.”

(via AppleInsider)

Müsli 2.0

May 19th, 2007

Customizing is and stays a big trend! The german site mymuesli.com allows you even to customize your breakfast cereals. The service is so popular that they’re currently sold out.

(via bright.nl)

Eyecandy

May 19th, 2007

Designboom takes a look at the sunglasses trends of 2007. I’d take any pair that fits on my nose..