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A HUNTER SHOOTS A BEAR

Thursday, September 2, 2010

I just got to watch what seems to be the next most hit viral video on internet after Arcade’s Fire ‘The Wilderness Downtown’. Tipp-ex’s ‘A Hunter Shoots a Bear’ is an interactive video posted on Youtube, where you get to choose what happens with the bear after being shot by the hunter! Whatever you type, [...]

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Popcorn App

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Fake or real? If you think popcorn supply should be more democratic or you’re on a diet, this app hits the spot.

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HERE & TODAY

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Today marks the first anniversary of mono.blog – yes, indeed: We posted our very first entry on July 21st, 2009. At the time, it was a bit of an experiment to share a little more of our activities and interests beyond the limits of mono.kultur. We thought we’d give it a year to see whether [...]

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GOODBYE ‘THE AUTHORS’

Friday, July 9, 2010

…Welcome Mubi. The Movie’s social network The Authors has changed its name to Mubi. Despite the controversy around the new name (and what is it supposed to mean) which is not by any means as glamorous as the previous one, the site exhibits new categories and features that make it even more attractive.
Though I’m not [...]

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ON A MOUNTAIN TOP

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Under the headline ‘The Future of Social Media is Here’, Alex Fuller presents us with his latest project in his personal website. Together with Noah Bernsohn, he developed a new social network which denies the popularity contest-driven character he finds in most social media platforms.
About the project, Fuller says: ‘At it’s most basic form, I [...]

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032C WEL.COM.E

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

‘A temporary website – a relaunch is about to happen’, was the punchline on our friends‘ at 032c magazine’s website for, oh, about the last four years. But just in time for midsummer solstice, you can finally find a spanking brand new redesign of their cyberspace presence, featuring an extensive online archive of previously published [...]

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DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

While reading about Web visuals I came across this article from designer and critic Max Bruinsma, for Eye magazine, about The 1st International Browserday, a design student competition which took place in 1998, in Amsterdam, based on the concept of reinventing Netscape’s browser, from its roots to visuals.
The article features some of the 38 designs [...]

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COMING SOON TO THE WEB: MORE FONTS

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Despite its promise of horizonless opportunity, the web has proven to be a desert of diversity. Aside from a few diehard fringe-dwellers, the world uses one search engine, one encyclopedia, one video channel and one social networking site.
Typographically, the web has been equally limited. Web designers have been forced to use only those fonts which [...]

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WEPAD

Monday, April 12, 2010

Although rumour has it that an American jounalist destroyed an iPad after more than 90 (!) hours of non-stop-use, our friends from Cupertino sold so many hundredthousands. They will somewhat be rivalled by a Berlin-based company offering the WePad who state that their device will have useful connections, like the good old USB! [...]

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BRAND SPACE

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

I fell over this architecture project and hurt myself.

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