Links for 9/30/09
Ponoko.com, an industrial designers dream or nightmare? You design it, they make it. LINK
Freelance Designer Mark Pavey posts a Personal Manifesto. LINK
Rumor: Marc Jacobs signs on to all-gay “real housewives” show for MTV owned Logo (Sun-Sentinel). LINK
NYC has made access to the Manhattan bridge safer for bikes (Holiday Matinee). LINK
Ira Glass talks about [...]

Links for 9/29/09
Top 20 Designers in The Middle East and Africa (PSD TUTS+ via Joel Delanez): A sampling of design work. LINK
“Knitting is the New yoga” (Photographs don’t arouse me): What is new is that Craft meets the Web – people share, sell, shop and connect over crafting online. LINK
Are you on the Twitter blacklist? [...]

Links for 9/28/09
Obituary: Donald G. Fisher, 81; co-founded the Gap chain (LA Times): Fisher was a real estate developer when, at 41, he and his wife launched the firm in San Francisco. LINK
7 Habits of Highly Innovative People (Think Simple Now): …creativity is more about psychology than intellect, and there are no secrets to being [...]

Links for 9/25/09
The Ink Calendar (NerdLike): Check out the Ink Calendar, a project by Spanish designer Oscar Diaz, which uses the capillary action of ink to display the date. LINK

Zero magazine stole my image!!! (youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com): “…my italian friend found this magazine ‘Zero’ from Roma and sent me the above photos, and found my character design [...]

Links for 9/24/09
Concept Feedback: A new crowd-sourced design critique engine (in case you miss your art school days). LINK
The Greg Brady Project (official blog of Greg Williams): LINK
How to Be a Better Brand Planner (BrandTwist): Many agencies talk a good game about striving to understand their client’s business. LINK
Andrei Codrescu: Growing Up The IPod Way [...]

Links for 9/23/09
Paul Smith for evian! (Style Couch): Sir Paul Smith designed a bottle for evian. LINK
E.Coli Cleans Up Nuclear Waste Cheaply, Efficiently (We Designs): E. Coli does more than just make people sick — it can also be used to clean up nuclear waste, according to researchers at Birmingham University. LINK
Luxury Marketers Move Online [...]

Links for 9/22/09
Lego Block Digital Camera (Gommmi Arcade): Lego has announced that they are collaborating with Digital Blue on a line of electronics goods for children including digital cameras and walkie talkies. LINK

The Impossible Project (The Impossible project): The folks who are bringing back polaroid film. LINK

Nielsen, Facebook: Social networking as consumer attitude tracker (ZDNet): [...]

The foundation for each has been affordable rent for both live and work, public transportation or ease-of-movement (foot, bike), decent schools, cheap yet good food, and easy access to transportation hubs to be accessible to, and to connect with, the greater area. These elements attract boot-strapping creative professionals who both live and work locally, and lead towards greater prosperity, not only for themselves, but for their overall neighborhood (increased property values, greater choice of services, more infrastructure attention, safer streets).

Links for 9/21/09
Social Capital as part of GDP? (Social Capital Blog): French President Sarkozy’s blue-chip Commission recommends measuring social capital. LINK
World’s ten greatest large urban parks (Infrastructurist): Everyone knows what a urban park looks like, right? LINK
Dell Expands Services in $3.9 Billion Perot Deal (NYTimes): Dell, seeking growth, moves away from hardware and into people-power. [...]

Links for 9/18/09
The Frankencamera (via Paul M. Watson): an open-source (code and hardware design) digital camera from Stanford. LINK
Weekend Reading – The Seeds of the Next Boom? (Total Rewards Blog): The Wall Street Journal
has a great article that discusses one of the positive impacts of the implosion of Wall Street and the so-called Great Recession [...]