Mobile Payments

As the quest to consolidate wallet contents in to the mobile phone continues, we still look to Japan as the technological innovator. Next month trials will begin to test the use of mobile phones for subway fare payment. No worries about dialing up the right screen or sending off a text message, the entire transaction will be handled by a small chip manufactured by Sony. …

Penck

Apparently released in Japan today, the Penck was designed by Makoto Saito and Kumiko Hitomi. It's quite elegant in its simplicity and from what I can gather looking at the pictures on the site, it has all the latest features you'd expect in a phone. Thanks to Fumi for translating the site! English version after the jump. p.2 OVAL FORM to keep it simple, there’s …

Design Sponge DIY Contest

Grace over at Design Sponge is having a DIY Design Contest. If you're an independent designer who makes furniture, product, jewelry, graphics or anything else for that matter, send your stuff to Grace sometime in the next week. She'll be publishing the work of the winners on Monday 28 November. Details here.