Simple product design ideas
Simple ideas that make our life better. Love this one!
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The role of space design in retail sales
Interesting lecture about the way IKEA deliberately creates a confusing space so you will buy more than you wanted. If you don’t have time for the whole lecture you can go directly to minute 24.
In IKEA though, the story gets more interesting, here the designers deliberately set out to confuse you, drawing you into buying things that are not on your shopping list.
Facebook acquires Gowalla
In a talent raid, Facebook is snapping up Gowalla’s team to work on its Timeline project.
The Gowalla team will work on Facebook’s Timeline feature.
You can read more here
On the subject of copycats and innovation
A great read on the subject of copycats and innovation inside the technology industry.
When designing something, ideas aren’t the problem. Indeed, even crazy, blue-sky ideas are often in plentiful supply. What kills you is reality – the actual implementation.
The HP envy video is worth watching 
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Spotify player concept
Although Spotify is not yet available in the US it is a very popular service in Europe. This amazing prototype comes from Jordi Parra – an Interaction Design MA student at the Umeå Institute of Design in Copenhagen.
Spotify: Final prototype first videos from Jordi Parra on Vimeo.
Jordi’s portfolio and blog. Check out his other projects too – his work is awesome.
The Social Media Revolution
A new global visual language for the BBC’s digital services
We’ve lived with and loved the distinctly ‘web 2.0′ design for a while now and it’s done us proud. However, time’s moved on, and in autumn last year we decided it was time to resurrect the project.
We set out to broaden our ambitions; to create a design philosophy and world-class design standards that all designers across the business could adhere to. We wanted to find the soul of the BBC. We wanted something distinctive and recognisable; we wanted drama. We knew whatever we created needed to be truly cross-platform and that we needed to simplify our user journeys.
a look into the past, present and future of the BBC online presence. Read the article here
How-to register an International Domain Name
After failing to register sne.eu, I’d been on the hunt for an interesting domain hack, I eventually stumbled across uɥoɾ.com, which I snapped up immediately. In doing so, I learned a little about registering an IDN, which I thought might be of use to others.
If you are interested in registering an interesting domain name read the how-to written by John Sutherland.