Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Skateboarding Afghanistan, a bird's 3D-printed beak, Bill Moggride's legacy and more in our look at the web this week

This Week’s LAB is Sponsored by Dos Equis 1. Bill Moggridge Dies at 69 Celebrated industrial designer and technology pioneer, professor, creator of the interaction design discipline, founding partner of IDEO, Director of the Cooper-Hewitt, author and digital illuminati Bill Moggridge passed away this week. Among his legacies are the invention of the laptop’s now ubiquitous clamshell format; his 1979 design for Grid’s Compass computer …

Until The Quiet Comes

Fisher Price records, Go-Go-Gadget gloves, Weezer camp and more in our weekly look at the web

In the latest interview with Life & Times, Gossip’s front woman Beth Ditto discusses her band’s positive vibes alongside her political opinions and current musical inspirations. From listening to Lil Wayne on repeat to being inspired by the upbeat pop heavyweights of Paul Simon and ABBA, Ditto divulges what’s been running through her head in recent months since her bands’ latest record A Joyeful Noise …

3D-printed Fisher Price Records

Fisher Price records, Go-Go-Gadget gloves, Weezer camp and more in our weekly look at the web

Shot by Kahlil Joseph, the short film for Flying Lotus’ highly anticipated new album Until The Quiet Comes is as restrained and layered as his forthcoming work. The dynamic medley includes clips from tracks featuring Erykah Badu and Niki Randa—those excited to hear “Electric Candyman” featuring Thom Yorke will just have to wait until the album drops on 1 October 2012.