Predicting the multi-screen world in 1967
Following in the footsteps of Charles and Ray Eames fascinating look at the future at the 1964 World’s Fair, cartoonist Rube Goldberg further envisioned the...
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How design dictates behavior
Left, right, top, and bottom… Designers make decisions every day that dictate human behavior. The social media notification–in Instagram aesthetics the heart–is what keeps users...
Crossing a telephone with a TV set
What do you get when you cross a telephone with a TV set? That’s what Western Electric was asking in 1968 with this advertisement for...
Time to get up!
The only thing truly scary about excess screen time is a lack of exercise. When your eyes get stuck, so does you butt and your...
Disattention is the new attention
There’s no cap on freedom of speech, nor is there one on attention. The latter, unfettered, encumbers our thinking with the juiciest of distractions. Facts no...
The sound of the future
We used to drive horses, then cabs, and now Uber. Ideas, hardly new, get retranslated to match the demands of modern times. First came the...
This miniature ring could be the future of wearable tech 💍
[bha size=’120×120′ variation=’01’ align=’alignright’]Smart devices are getting smaller and smaller. The Xenxo S-Ring (Kickstarter) could be the latest in wearable tech to turn your hand...