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Mozilla’s New Logo
Using the symbols :// instead of the “ill” in Mozilla, Johnson Banks’ new logo for the company is causing a bit of a stir. While the symbols come from a full URL …
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America’s Last Disco Ball-Maker
Starting with an aluminum sphere (some as large as a whopping 10 feet in diameter), Yolanda Baker makes disco balls by hand, a craft she has perfected over almost 50 years. While …
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NASA Selects Housing Designs for Mars
To encourage design thinking for the next stage of space exploration (and potential settlement), NASA hosted the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge—tasking designers with imagining plans for homes on Mars. Every entry carried a …
Via arstechnica.com
Confirming the Medical Benefits of Marijuana
The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine has released a whopping 400-page study on the clinical benefits of marijuana wherein they support almost 100 conclusions. The report features information from 10,000 …
Via techcrunch.com
Insight on Snapchat’s New Features
As alluring as Snapchat can be, and liberating when it comes to sharing with spontaneity as opposed to belabored editing, it’s been far from intuitive—especially regarding search. Today, the social media service …
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Amazon’s $5-a-month Anime Streaming Service
For $5 a month, Amazon Prime members can bundle a new service to their streaming package: Anime Strike. Offering 1,000+ titles, the feature offers an array of classics as well as current …
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Mario Video Game Inventor Shigeru Miyamoto on Design
In a superb new Vox video, visionary Shigeru Miyamoto addresses what has made his games—Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros, Zelda and more—so powerful. Filled with insight and wit, the video explains Miyamoto’s …
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Celebrating the Spontaneity of Disposable Cameras
At Downtown LA’s Think Tank Gallery, 30 professional photographers from varied backgrounds will be sharing 88 prints of work done solely on disposable cameras. The group exhibition, “Indoek 27 Frames,” was devised …
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SF’s FOG Design + Art Fair
Showing 12-15 January 2017 at SF’s Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, the FOG Design + Art fair showcases 45 fine art and design exhibitors from around the world. Bay Area galleries are well …
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Pizza ATMs are Coming
Back in August, French company Pauline debuted its pizza ATM in the United States, and now it’s set to roll out across the country. The self-serve slice machine stores dough, then when …