No links for 10/05 – 10/07/09, we’re in lovely Philadelphia soaking up the intelligence being shared at the Global Creative Economy Convergence Summit. LINK

Links for 10/02/09

Does online fashion Mag fly16×9 have it right? The end of still fashion imagery; make short films. LINK

Bra That Turns Into Gas Mask Wins Ig Nobel Prize. LINK

Save space, put your library under the stairs, better yet, make it a stairbrary. LINK

Loose-numbers on the wall = clock. LINK

Belgian Designer Bruno Pieters states, “Poverty stimulates creativity,” which turns out to mean “outsource to China.” LINK

This socially conscious person has “climate justice” tattooed on her neck (back of her neck) She explains why. LINK

The Danes make cool moto-bikes. LINK

Links for 10/01/09

Um, Martha, Oprah already OWNS Twitter. LINK

Twitter to add Lists feature, soon. LINK

Incubate Innovation Lecture by Andrew Keen – video. LINK

New Music Label trolls YouTube for popular talent. LINK

This person who DID get a Google Wave invite, offers some insight. LINK

An Agency shares thoughts on their failed pitch. LINK

Bro! Some dude named Kimmel, maybe Jimmy’s bro, wrote a book on our prolonged adolescence. Party! LINK

Sculptors, photographed with their sculptures. LINK

An illustrator made an animated reel of his work to be attractive (maybe he should do animation?). LINK

David Lachapelle directed a video for Heatherette and Mac, it features the transsexual icon Amanda Lepore, (insert yawn here). LINK

“Community” needs to be redefined. LINK

The end of neighborhood boutiques? Has it all gone online? LINK

Tracey Baran, photographer who passed away recently at 32, exhibition at Leslie Tonkonow Gallery. LINK

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 creativity and why you shouldn’t quit when you’re good -video (Laughingtree.org). LINK

The Songzhuang Artists’ Residence designed by DnA in Beijing, China looks awesome (Daily Tonic). LINK

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? (Milly Diaz at Tamar): This past weekend, I discovered that tweets from Aaron Williams, Tamar’s Head of Technology (@bayshield), aren’t showing up in Twitter search results. LINK

Somewhat More Realistic Cartoon Characters – Un-tooning (Mental Floss via Miss Cellania): (Charlie Brown looks really really sad). LINK

U.S. Intelligence Budget: $75 Billion, 200,000 Operatives. Fusion Centers Will Have Access to Classified Military Intelligence (RAIN): LINK

What Do Women Want? (Contexts.org): Dating site OKCupid has done an analysis of 500,000 inquiry messages in order to determine what keywords correlate most strongly with getting a reply or getting deleted. LINK

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 creative. LINK

Journal Review: Revolver Bound Books (Quinn Creative): The journal itself is a mystery. There are two covers, two sets of pages, and the covers move much like the Jacob’s ladder toy. LINK

Sobering Truth: Computers will write songs by the billions (Unruly Beast): As far as I know, no one has built a computer program that writes ordinary rock songs from scratch, but it’s bound to come. LINK

Still photography and video evolution (Design Notes): …after watching a video from friend Justin Steele who’s known for his portraits of athletes like Roger Federer and Derek Jeter among others, the difference between the two mediums is just about non existent now. LINK

COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop): New from BLU. LINK

Innovation, Thought Leaders and Tweeting (Tudor Rickards): Joseph Schumpeter introduced the concept of world-changing alpha-innovations which in turn produce a cascade of beta-innovations. For Schumpeter, economic growth could be explained as waves of creative destruction as a new technology generated new forms of business. LINK

Alternative Transit is more than High Speed Rail (InterCon): The desire for breaking into new territory is clearly there. Forty states have reportedly submitted $103 billion in requests for high speed rail funding (that is over 12 times the available pot.) LINK

Today is:
- Yom Kippur: A day of atonement and prayer. LINK

- Vijayadashami: An Indian harvest festival/celebration. LINK

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 “Mr.Nerd” was stolen to use in their mag without my approval!!” LINK

SWEET (The Disciples of Design): the BJORN BORG chocolate bar circa 1979. LINK

Where Are the Next Cities? (Area Development): “only a handful of cities had a net in-migration of young knowledge workers, while 90 percent of America’s cities suffered a net loss.” LINK

LEGO house by James May (Farskt): James May, a UK toy fanatic, recently completed construction of his home built primarily out of legos. LINK

KC & The Sunshine Band (via YouTube): KC Performs “Give it Up” on an unnamed dance show from the early 80’s. LINK

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 (NPR, hat-tip to AshleyRenee21): The treadmill and the iPod are for my generation what the hammer and the sickle were for the early Bolsheviks — articles of faith. LINK

Law & Order Cast Gather To Celebrate 20 Years (All Things Law and Order): Cast members of Law & Order gathered on September 23 in New York City to celebrate their 20th season. LINK

A Teaching Moment for Lilly Allen (TechDirt): “…thanks to today’s technology, it’s quite easy for people to infringe while doing what they think is a good and reasonable thing.” LINK

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 but Most Lack Digital Cunning (Fresh Blog):  According to a new study, only 33% of luxury brands were selling online a year ago, but the recession has had a profound effect, as 66% of luxury brands are now peddling their wares on the web. LINK

Marketers to Spend More on Virtual Events and Social Media in 2010 (Small Business Labs): 75% plan to increase their use of social media. LINK

Jean Paul Gaultier for Target? (Style List): “Sources” leaked that the next Target Designer Collaboration Series may be the one and only Parisian chic Jean Paul Gaultier. LINK

The state of design in 2009 (Design Notes): It would be too easy to bash istock photo for treating logos as a cheap commodity. They’ve just announced they’re going to sell them for five bucks. LINK

iStockphoto Will Soon Start Selling Stock Logos, Too (TechCrunch): …the company announced that it will soon start facilitating stock logo sales through its online marketplace. LINK

Arts tax receives criticism (Daily Penn): “It’s a profoundly stupid idea,” said Edward Epstein, executive director of the University City Arts League, a nonprofit organization dedicated to arts education. LINK

Scientists Believe Life Emerged from a Process of “Creative Destruction” and Global Warming (Art Diamond Blog): “(p. A9) In a paradox of creation, new evidence suggests that devastating avalanches of cosmic debris may have fostered life on Earth, not annihilated it.” LINK

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): Nielsen and Facebook said Tuesday that they have forged a strategic alliance to use the social networking site as a research tool to gauge consumer attitudes and buying intentions. LINK

Can PR ride the Google Wave? (My Media Info): Google Wave, to be released to 100,000 members of the public on September 30. LINK

Real keyboard for iPhones (Traffic Synergy): As we know the iPhone does not have a physical keyboard, however a new attachment has been designed to combat this problem. LINK

The Camper Bike (Senses Lost): The Camper Bike is a great concept, designed by artist Kevin Cyr. He built the Camper Bike in 2008, though there isn’t much information about his creation. Below is a sketch that shows what the interior might look like. LINK

LinkedIn’s changes to personal home page resembles Facebook (Robert Stanke): It looks like LinkedIn made a small, but impactful, change last night to a logged in member’s personal home page. LINK

Is your brain grass or a glass? (MizMercer): Larry Ferlazzo did a post on an interesting lesson he did with his students to get them to think about their own brains. LINK