Well, if you are thinking snowboarding or some other extreme sport, we might not be on the same page right now.
That’s because the type of shredding I’m talking about involves paper and making sure your confidential information is safely destroyed.
Normally shredding wouldn’t be cool or that much fun, but when you do it with The Papervore shredding goes to a whole new level.
Let’s shred!
Created by Pigeontail Design, not only is the shredder, well a shredder, it’s also a really sweet modern style coffee table to top it off.
A cross functional, coffee table shredder where the shredded junk mail becomes a cornucopia of colors that only enhances the design of the table…. I’ll take 2!
If you don’t believe me when I say this thing is pretty cool, just check out the awesome video they made:
The company makes some great stuff so go visit them online and @Pigeontail on Twitter. And if you are looking for a new site to help you find ways/things to spend all your paycheck on, definitely go check out The Swag Mag and at @TheSwagMag where I found out about the shredder.
You can thank us later for helping you find some cool new stuff.
The ladies of the world would like to remind you that we tend to be impressed when you’re dressed with same intention. How do you accomplish snappy dressing in this day and age of 24/7 casualness (she types, noting oops she is wearing jeans)? In one easy step: simply go to Put This On and read/watch everything there. Done!
Awesome rework of the USA Currency system by Dowling/Duncan for the Dollar ReDe$ign Project. I really like the idea of the vertical format and different sizes for different denominations. Assigning artwork based on numerical value might prove tricky and limiting in the future though.
If I had been alive and in Tokyo in 1978, I would have had many a smile at their reminder posters. Images ranging from Manga to Toulouse-Lautrec remind you to be considerate of others and, most importantly, not to forget your umbrella. See them all at Pink Tentacle.
As an avid cyclist and an Apple fan (not Fan Boy), I’m more than intrigued and excited by this. When you combine the technological know how that Apple has with something like cycling, that has a number of variables that Apple could somehow integrate with, the future for a product like this seems endless.
It’s important to note that from essentially, innovation in the world of cycling has always been confined to:
1.) Making frames and components out of new materials, so they weigh less, enabling riders to move faster.
2.) Building frames with new and improved geometry to maximize the physical output of the riders body.
Aside from carbon fiber dominating the bike frame landscape over the last 5 years and replacing things like aluminum, there really hasn’t been much more evolution.
But this patent, this could begin writing a whole new chapter in cycling….
So, If you think of the Nike + iPod products out there, you’ll get an idea for what this iBike could potentially be about. The iPod + Nike product essentially measures a few key metrics output while an individual is running. With cycling though, the ability to get more rich and robust data, from heart rate, cadence, wind speed, distance, mph, etc. is more than possible. I can only imagine how awesome and more importantly informative in my training, an integrated LCD screen on my bike measuring all this data would be. I literally could talk the most informative levels of trash to my cycling buddies after we finish fighting it out against one another as we climb (i.e. race) up some of the hills in Indian Hill.
As far as the whole liquid metal thing goes, I’m not to sure what to make of that. Apparently Apple has signed a contract with a company called Liquidmetal Technologies so it’s probably a pretty safe bet this will happen. Apparently the material looks like glass, but is infinitely stronger and requires little machining and polishing.
Could this material be the next carbon fiber? If Apple is committed to making it work, I’m willing to put bets down that it will.
My only fear is that this bike, with all the technology that it could have, will be priced so astronomically high that very few cyclists may be able to afford right away.
I’m already salivating over this so I’ll just have to start saving my pennies.
Oh, the only other thing to add here is that apparently this kangaroo will be helping out with the testing of the bike. Maybe not, but it’s still an awesome image.
So long as we are talking Trapper Keeper and Nerf we might as well take a minute to remember Yikes pencils. REMEMBER YIKES PENCILS?! Aw yeah.
But enough of tacky 80s nostalgia, let’s take a classy look at pencil brands with Bob Truby’s Brand Name Pencil website. They sure don’t make pencils like they used to, eh?
Q: Can you identify this airline, based on the logo on the tail of the plane?
A. If you said, “Duh, obviously it is Continental. I have seen this globe a million times. I am very worldly and have become familiar with various airlines’ marks as well as their names, which is basically the point of branding, right? To be recognizable like that?” then you are WRONG SIR. Oh ho ho, don’t you feel foolish.
Because OBVIOUSLY the correct answer is “United and Continental recently merged and as a result hacked their two very different logos into one. United. United Airlines is the answer. Excuse me while I go die.”
Ready to see?
Drumrolllll…
Ta dah!
Not even Brand New can find anything nice to say about it. Let’s all cross our fingers that this is just a transitional thing. Wish upon a star, toss coins into a fountain, whatever we have to do to make this right. I just can’t stand another heartbreak like this.
Here are the two old marks for your consideration, I bid them a fond farewell (United) and early-’90s-tech-company good riddance (Continental):
Last known United and Continental logos. Both marks designed by Saul Bass, if you’re into that sort of thing.
Let’s all take a nostalgic look back at the totally cracked-out things we looked at as children that led us to our respective creative professions, shall we? VIEW THE GALLERY
P.S. The Trapper Keeper brand still exists but it is like totally boring now. Mead needs to reconnect with Rad Dog, stat.
This is a small step in a larger direction but i think its a good one. Obviously there are trackpads that exist out there, but just like the iPhone changed how we interact with telephones, if this becomes a standard for apple machines, this will alter the way we interact with our regular computers.
