Farewell to MiLifeMiTimes

MiLifeMiTimes was a project I was involved in from the very beginning (from concept + creation + execution) and it opened a ton of doors for me. So it’s sad to see it all come to an end today. Jump to the following page to read our farewell letter and my two cents on the whole project.

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KOR ONE Hydration Vessel

I Love this! KOR ONE >

What started as one man’s attempt to find a decent reusable water bottle has blossomed into one of the sexiest industrial designs of the year. Taking a few visual cues from bottled water packaging Kor ups the ante with a handful of intelligent design choices. Foremost, the vessel (which starts shipping next month and retails for $30) features a hinged snap-cap that allows one to open and drink with a single hand. Unlike typical Sigg bottles (our former vessel of choice), the Kor One has a wide mouth that can accommodate ice cubes and deliver more water on demand. Lastly, consider the bottle’s ovular shape. When viewed from the front, it reminds of an old thermos; only from the side or the top can you see that the vessel has been pinched to provide an easier hand grip. Brilliant.

Via Coolhunting.

Wordle

I just saw/read about Wordle over @ Mediasnackers the other day. This is a pretty sweet toy >

Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

Check out Wordle here.

(likemind) detroit

 

(likemind) detroit is back this month! (likemind) is a global event that takes place in over 40+ cities around the world + it’s going down this friday the 20th.

there is no set/secret agenda. just come out,.. meet some new people and enjoy free coffee and conversation. (piers + noah got the tab)

I also still have 5 copies of of Rob Walkers’ book Buying In to give away to the first **5 people that show up**

You can RSVP HERE. (if you have facebook) otherwise just show up.

see ya @!

Location> Zaccaro’s Market (cafe inside) mid-town Detroit.

Time> betweem 8.30am-10am

Click HERE for a map.
****terms and conditions**** come anytime between 8.30am - 10am. You have to stay @ least a half hour,.. no moochers.

Detroit Make it Here

Detroit Make it Here is a new site that is setting out to connect + profile + empower + etc. creative professionals in the Metro Detroit Area. I was recently profiled for the work I did for Paxahua/Movement 08. You can read the article HERE.

Jump to the next page to read some clarifications I wanted to make as well as share what I think about the Detroit Make it Here site.

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The Art of Nagging > Brooklyn Brothers

Guy Barnett and Stephen Rutterford of Brooklyn Brothers sat down with Behance to talk about their creative enterprise and the different approach they take toward making stuff happen. One of my favorites is their approach on nagging >

Their secret to actually pushing projects forward can be summed up with one word: “nagging.” Guy explains, “we repeat stuff like robots a thousand times…a best practice for us is to use nagging tempered by humor, we sit around a table and feel responsible to each other.” He goes as far to admit, “if you’re annoying, people will do things because they’ll want you to shut up!” How true!

Visit Brooklyn Brothers to check out all the projects they have been involved in. And if you have a sweet tooth,.. grab a piece of their Fat Pig Chocolate.

In the meantime I’m going to nagg and annoy some people i’m trying to get a hold of.

Lung Ashtray

Spotted @ Osocio >

Saatchi & Saatchi London made this for Quit, the stop smoking charity. It shows a set of lungs, transparent in the middle so you can see all the discarded cigarette ends inside the bin.

Great visual to get you thinking about how nasty smoking is for your lungs & health in general.

Buying In > by Rob Walker

I was lucky enough to receive an advanced copy of Rob Walkers’ new book > Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are < I’ve been reading it for about the past two weeks and just finished it a few days ago. All in all,.. I really enjoyed the book,… I especially liked learning about Murketing >

Murketing, a driving theme of Buying In, is derived from the words murky and marketing. The term refers to the blurring of the line that used to separate commercial persuasion and everyday life.

Funny thing is as I was reading the book I was experiencing Murketing first hand. First @ Movement (Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival) here in Detroit. The Red Bull Music Academy had their own stage set up Read more

TOMS @ Tribeca Film Festival

 

TOMS shoes made it’s way into the Tribeca Film Festival a couple of weeks ago with their documentary entitled For Tomorrow. Blake Mycoskie (founder) brought along a camera (& director Ken Kokin) for their first Shoe Drop in Argentina.

“…It was such an amazing week that we felt inspired to create a film and share it.  The film came out better than we could have ever imagined, and we were thrilled and humbled to be accepted at one of the top film festivals in the world.

The best part of this is that so many new people will learn about TOMS and our One for One giving philosophy.  This is going to put shoes on a lot of kids feet!

In keeping with the One for One model, TOMS will donate a pair of shoes to a child in need for every copy of the film sold.  You can pre-order your copy HERE.

Also go check out Blake’s blog.

Social Media Panel @ PSFK NY ‘08

I unfortunately couldn’t make it out to NY for the PSFK conference in March. The good news is that they just posted video of the panel on Social Media (the one I wanted to check out the most). In a ‘new guns’ versus ‘marketing gurus’ debate, Josh Spear (Undercurrent) & Noah Brier (Likemind) join Marc Schiller (Electic artists) & Steve Rubel (Edelman) to debate how social media will change in 2008 and how companies can leverage this digital phenomenon in the most rewarding way. The panel is moderated by Noelle Weaver (SS+K).




Watch Josh put Steve on the spot about the whole Wal-Mart/Fake blog fiasco. Pretty classic.

Via > PSFK TV

May 20, 2008 | Filed Under Events, People, Video

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