Africa Straight Up

Filmmakers focus on rewriting the story of Africa through technology and education

No longer considered “Africa, the unknown,” the continent is presented to the world through a pair of fresh eyes in Africa Straight Up,” a documentary released in conjunction with the relaunch of Africa.com that seeks to counter the often tragic story of a region which many still fail to understand. Written and produced by the site’s founder and editor Teresa Clarke and narrated by New …

Maison et Objet Fall 2012: Disappearing Acts

Extreme minimalism at the Parisian trade show

Pushing this year’s theme of “essential” to its most abstract limits, an exhibition at Maison et Objet plays with the idea of disappearance. Below, see the highlights we spotted—magical designs that seem to almost erase or reduce items until all that remained were delicate lines or dazzling reflections of light. Born in Tel Aviv, NYC-based artist Ron Gilad uses simple geometries to describe the transformation …

The Mast Brothers Set Sail

GPS shoes, the cure for greed, a Bad Trip and more in our look at the web this week

In a world of clouds, data junkies might want something a bit more tangible to store their precious files. The ioSafe N2 syncs cloud storage with a hard drive for double protection—encasing two drives in a practically indestructible package. The box can be set on fire and drowned to no effect, and the encrypted data is also padlocked for protection against theft. Currently an Indiegogo …