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

Via > PSFK TV

TAP Project 2008

The TAP Project is a remarkably simple way to raise money and awareness for the Worlds Water Crisis.

Beginning Sunday, March 16 through Saturday, March 22, restaurants will invite their customers to donate a minimum of $1 for the tap water they would normally get for free. For every dollar raised, one child will have clean drinking water for 40 days. Or 40 children for one day.

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TED 2008

Now in its 24th year, TED begins on Wednesday and runs through Saturday. It is an elite event where leaders in technology, entertainment and design gather to cross-pollinate ideas and gain inspiration from presentations on the latest developments in sciences and the arts. As always TED is looking better than ever. Some of the BIG questions that will be asked this year are:

Who are we? What is our place in the universe? What is life? Is beauty truth? Will evil prevail? How can we change the world? How do we create? What’s out there? What will tomorrow bring? What stirs us? How dare we be optimistic? And the point?

Those are definitely some deep questions. TED, which has long been an elite gathering, opened up to a much wider audience after it began posting video of its talks on its website in 2006. According to conference organizers, 200 talks from past TED gatherings have been posted so far and have been viewed around 30 million times. So luckily for us we’ll be able to see this year’s conference once they upload the videos. In the meantime,… go check out some of past presentations here.

Via > Wired

(RED) Auction = $42.6million

There was a lot of LOVE in the air yesterday, especially for the (RED) auction. How much LOVE?…

An auction at Sotheby’s organized by rocker-activist Bono and artist Damien Hirst raised $42.6 million Thursday night to fight AIDS in Africa.

In kicking off the Valentine’s Day sale, to which over 60 top contemporary artists donated museum-quality work, Bono led the crowd in a sing-along of the Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love.”

Bono said he was pleased by the results of the auction, which far exceeded the expected proceeds of $28 million and pushed his charity’s total take to the $100 million mark.

“It is a historic night for artists, an extraordinary night in New York City. I am very moved.”

LOVE was definitely in the air and in some Wallets!

Check out some of the pieces that were auctioned off after the jump >

Via > Forbes

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Beijing Olympics “Water Cube”

The upcoming Olympics’ Aquatic Center, commonly referred to as the Water Cube for its translucent, bubbly design, had its long awaited opening last week for tourists and early testing of the pools.  Looks pretty sweet.

For more pics and info visit >

WIRED 

Futurist*c > kanYe West

Kanye West, has just released his first marketing image for his upcoming Glow in the Dark Tour. The image looks Futuristic. What else would you expect from a concert that is set in the Future…

“My whole project is set in the future,” he said. “Graduation — I’m graduating from a school called Universe City…. Regardless of whatever sh– I talk, whatever sh– anybody else talks — come to the show and have a good time.”

The Glow in the Dark Tour will also be featuring N.E.R.D, Rhianna, and Lupe Fiasco. No word on tour dates yet,.. but i’m sure someone from the future will be sending us all a message soon.  Tour dates.

05/22 - Auburn Hills, MI The Palace Of Auburn Hills

Also check out kanYe’s blog. It has a ton of great posts.

Via > Wired

Karim Rashid

A couple of months ago I went and saw Karim Rashid speak here in Detroit. It was part of the Toyota Lecture series presented by CCS & CLEAR Magazine. Karim is by far one of the best speakers I have personally seen. The man does it all,.. from hotels, products, fashion, furniture, art, lighting, packaging, media, etc. (he even DJ’s) I was so focused on everything he was saying that day I unfortunately didn’t take any notes :  (  All I know is I left really inspired, enlightened and thinking that Karim is definitely from the future!  I recommend you go to Karims site and see all of the amazing work he has done. Also check out the Events section to see if he’ll be speaking in an area near you. If he is,.. do yourself a favor and GO!

(likemind)

It’s been a little while,.. but (likemind) is back! Come out this Friday the 18th to Bean & Leaf in Downtown Royal Oak. We’ll be meeting up @ 8.30am to talk ideas, design, inspiration and how we plan on taking over the world in 2008 (at least I will be ; ) Hope to see you there! If you have any q’s send over an e-mail to me > nev [at] idUnited [.] com

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