John Kestner

A leading interactive technologist uniting digital and physical design

Among the dystopian visions of a Matrix-style digital future, interaction designer John Kestner comes as a welcome voice, “enhancing the successful physical interfaces between humans and objects.” The graduate and research affiliate of M.I.T. Media Lab, along with fellow grad David Carr, runs Supermechanical, a studio devoted to relating old-world craftsmanship with modern technology, in essence, giving electronics some soul. “When each object has an …

Poppin

Add a little color to the workplace with a new online Mecca of office supplies

If you’ve reached the stage of adulthood where you pay for office supplies, the candy-colored hues and clean design of just-launched Poppin is a “cheap and cheerful” choice. Jazzed-up desk-cessories include bright yellow staplers, pretty pink tape dispensers (both $8) and almost any color of ballpoint pen imaginable. Among the surplus of clipboards, scissors and tape, a few items really stand out for their effective …

9×1

Last chance to win a one-off art object by one of our future Icons

A few weeks ago we announced that we were running a contest to find out who you thought deserved Icon status, as a part of our content series with Audi. What we didn’t tell you back then was what the exact prize is. As the Audi Icons series nears to its end, we wanted to fill you in on what you could win, a one-of-a-kind …