山寨 Brands: B is for BOOS
BOOS manbag spotted on China Southern flight in November 2009.
山寨 Brands: O is for Omiga
Omiga store spotted at Wuhan domestic airport in November 2009.
Weather modification in action?
Due to scheduling conflicts President Obama could not come to see us on his recent trip to Beijing. However, we could see his presence by simply glancing out the window. Or perhaps more accurately, we could see Beijing’s Weather Modification Office in action for his visit.
A quick look at the Air Quality Index (AQI) as [...]
One world, one logo
In a few hours the venue of the 2016 Olympic Games will be announced at the IOC session in Copenhagen. The candidates: Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.
At the centre of all the hectic bidding and presidential maneuvering are 4 predictably multicoloured logos with uniformly cheesy slogans about unity and friendship. And vision statements [...]
Why is July a month for revolutions?
It certainly feels like we’re celebrating a lot of revolutions around the world these days. From old ones like Bastille Day, to new ones like Iran, something is in the air. So we looked at the independence days of 250 countries and territories around the world to see whether there is some kind of pattern [...]
A good excuse
It is no secret that we at Shift. love Legos.
However grown men putting together fire engines inevitably attract some strange looks. But fear not, now there is a good excuse for anyone to buy Legos again regardless of age.
The new Architecture series released last week includes models of five iconic American buildings such as Frank [...]
Revisiting the Powers of Ten
As our G-20 masters hobnobbed across Europe last week they issued communiques with some staggeringly large numbers.
As humans we can understand quantities of ten by looking at our hands. We can understand quantities of a hundred when we cram ourselves into a budget airline. We can even understand thousands when we go to the Hong [...]
2.2 Hummers or the power of good information design
As gold and diamond-encrusted frequent fliers we have been fans of Dopplr, the social network with an iPod-like focus on travel, for a while now. However their latest feature has ratcheted our fandom to a new level.
We are, of course, talking about Dopplr’s personal annual reports that came out last week. A masterpiece of information [...]
We’ll solve your problem for you,
and you will pay us
A little gem of an interview in which Steve Jobs talks about his experience working with Paul Rand on the development of the NeXT identity. Think of it as a seven-minute masterclass on client-designer relationships that produce great work. A high bar to meet for both parties.
All you can buy for $5
Recession. Credit crunch. Gifting season. What better time to discuss bargains.
For the past few months, Nokia’s design and research team have been hosting an interesting online initiative to compare what $5 can buy you around the world. Our top 3 picks from the submissions:
black and white passport photos taken with a box camera on the [...]
