The Crazy Ones
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for...
View ArticlePrivacy matters in health
Yesterday night, Gilles Troussin, actually one of the very few with a genuine hindsight on this matter, made a great speech about “confidence in health”. The audience discovered (or was remained) that...
View ArticleMotoi Yamamoto’s Salt Installations
Outstanding artwork. In Japan, [salt] is indispensable in the death culture… In the beginning, I was interested in the fact that salt is used in funerals or in its subtle transparency. But gradually, I...
View ArticleThe new generation will never know…
Remember using a cristal pen to adjust tape rewind… some kind of “Madeleine de Proust”… From Vasilis Magoulas’ blog
View ArticleInstitutions versus collaboration
A great 2005 Ted talk by Clay Shirky where he points out how valuable the "power law" distribution of effort can be – especially compared with the many limits faced by brick and mortar institutions. It...
View ArticleStart the engines, Angela
The Economist’s cover page is pretty explicit! It is now up to Europe’s politicians to deal finally and firmly with the euro. If they come up with a credible solution, it does not guarantee a smooth...
View ArticleUnder the Waves
Photographer artist Asako Narahashi interviewed by Bridget Fitzgerald. Kawaguchiko, 2003 From the series half awake and half asleep in the water
View ArticleWhy Be Happy When You Could Be Normal
"Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal" is the title of a book by Jeanette Winterson quoting what her tyrannic Pentecostal mother told her when Jeanette left home because in love with a woman....
View ArticleThe World According To…
Really funny maps by AlphaDesigner… below is a sample of the latest one: The World According to USA
View ArticleHydroptère vs Pacific Ocean
Maybe you can’t understand what they say…. roughly just that they will try to reach Honolu from Los Angeles with a wind machine able to run above 100 km/h… when there is no wave to hurt… and they hope...
View ArticleLaptopverbot
German state parliament banned laptops. Funny reaction of a Pirate party member:
View ArticleOracle flies… I mean the boat
While AC45s, the "small boats", are competing for the Louis Vuitton cup… … the AC72s are training for "lift-off" and let us foresee an exhilarating competition for the America’s Cup: After breaking a...
View ArticleFelix Baumgartner
Considering my previous post picturing Wiley Miller’s life allegory, I can guess that Felix Baumgartner will travel through life at a very, very unusual pace!
View ArticleDick by Riou
The Vendée-Globe is a round-the-world single-handed yacht race. The 6th sequel will start on November 10 and is run on IMOCA 60-foot Open monohulls (18.28 metres). Each race has been an epic human...
View ArticleSuper Dick
Modern yachts can sail at an average speed of 23 knots while their skipper (here Jean-Pierre Dick) wanders around… and sometimes gets washed. Genuine exhilaration! Virbac-Paprec 3 vu du ciel par...
View ArticleYacht Racing Image of the Year 2012
The photographer Kurt Arrigo, from Malta is awarded for his photography taken during the Volcano Race, featuring the yacht Nilaya and the reflection of the island of Capri on her hull. “This picture...
View ArticleJohn Hagel: Recognizing the Power of Pull
I was musing at an amazing post that piles up many insightful answers to THE very question of the time: Can We Design For Breakthrough Innovation? when serendipity (what else?) just made me discover...
View ArticleYeongwoo Kim
Just discovered the brilliant design work of Yeongwoo Kim I am especially fond of the Pouring Light and the Heels Chair, but every product he designs is both elegant and full of humor!
View ArticleCan you make the pig sexier?
sharpsuits.net is a place where ad creatives, designers, animators, directors, illustrators and more took time out to dress up their favourite worst feedback from clients, transforming quotes that...
View ArticleCamels illusions
This picture has been making some buzz for years, though it doesn’t seem so special. Watch closer! Yes… George Steinmetz shot this photo from a motorized paraglider and black shapes are just camels’...
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