takashi murakami - flower ball gigantic stuffed animal

 

Spotted @ DesignBoom >

kaikai kiki will be participated in design miami for the first time this year. the studio will present a number of decorative and functional object designed by takashi murakami. the works are based on murakami’s art and present his vision of a ‘superflat’ world, in which there is no distinction between high and low cultures. among the items on show are gigantic plush flowerball cushions, carpets, wallpaper, a sofa, and fine jewelry based on murakami’s signature flower motif. rings and charms will also feature the flowers and other well-known kaikai kiki imagery, like the dokuro skull with flower eyes and the kinoko multi-eyed mushroom.

On view @ DesignMiami 12.03.08 - 12.06-08

Visit > kaikai kiki

Tim Brown: The powerful link between creativity + play

 

Another great video from TED! 

At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks 28 minutes about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play.
Tim Brown, President and CEO of the multidisciplinary design firm IDEO, tells how we can learn the most from our shortest creators. Kids can inform our outlook on creativity by looking at exploration, building and role playing, as he explained, “forgetting the adult behaviors that are getting in the way our ideas.”

Watch it HERE.

Source > Osocio

Tribes - Seth Godin

 

Another Classsic!

A tribe is any group of people, large or small, who are connected to one another, a leader, and an idea. For millions of years, humans have been seeking out tribes, be they religious, ethnic, economic, political, or even musical (think of the Deadheads). It’s our nature.

Now the Internet has eliminated the barriers of geography, cost, and time. All those blogs and social networking sites are helping existing tribes get bigger…. read more.

You can purchase the book here.

Or download the audiobook here for FREE!

Next 5,000 Days on the Internet


Kevin Kelly says that if we told people 5,000 days ago what the web was going to offer they would say it was impossible so now we have to expect the impossible for the next 5,000 days. His suggests that we’re constructing a single, global machine and that our handhelds and computers are just windows to that machine. Everything will be connected to the machine and this machine will be the most perfect machine we will have ever made. Must watch this!

Via -PSFK

For more videos from TED visit > TED

November 10, 2008 | Filed Under People, Video

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