Traends!

The above is my name written in “Self portrait as a font”. Paul Chan designed fonts that express more than simple letters and maybe more than you want them to say.

“What is it like to write like me? You don’t even know me. Lowercase letters are phrases I think I say in conversations. Uppercase letters are parenthetical comments based on what I think I say in conversations and common mistakes I make when writing. Numbers are names of friends, family, and former lovers. Punctuations are incidental words I use to feign interest, confusion, or indifference.”

Greenbottle has developed biodegradable milk packs. Read more about it over at springwise

From Microsoft this time. New thing is that the surface can identify and interact with real objects that lie on it.

by Giancarlo Norese (via VVORK)

Some nice things from the Design Sale at the tac.

A school near Washington shows that kids enjoy learning if they get more responsibility about their curriculum. The school has no compulsory tests, exams or grades. There are no age groups. And the kids are NO dummies. Video on YouTube

Found over at Swissmiss, who discovered it on Digital Roam. Ah I love this networking!

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)

Elizabeth Svoboda’s article in Psychology today shows the upsides of introverted people in todays so outgoing society.

“While a few studies have shown a correlation between creativity, originality, and introversion, perhaps more striking is the greater enjoyment introverts seem to reap from creative endeavors.”

Read the full article

This 21 meter high self-portrait by Pawel Althamer is hovering above Parco Sempione in Milan. Althamer takes on the concepts of narcissm and identity.

(via MoCoLoco)