thank you design

Admiration. Props. Shout-outs.

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Writing Live Fieldnotes: Towards a more open Ethnography

Check out what some researchers are doing with social media:

http://ethnographymatters.net/2012/08/02/writing-live-fieldnotes-towards-a-more-open-ethnography/

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THE MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCT DESIGN WORK IS USUALLY THE UGLIEST

http://insideintercom.io/the-dribbblisation-of-design/ (via compassion-scad)

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IxD SERV UX

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Vimeo starts funding indie films to broaden its on demand platform By Janko Roettgers, paidcontent.org

Vimeo is offering film makers $10,000 to sell movies on its website. But for now, the offering is only available to select few.

Vimeo is debut­ing its own take of film fund­ing at the Toron­to Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val this week: Film…

I like where this is going....

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FOLDABLE BIKE HELMETS!

The top images come from ELY, a Collapsable Bike Helmet made from material called D30 hardens upon impact, while being soft enough to carry in a bag:

http://mocoloco.com/mr/ely-foldable-helmet/

Another contender in the 'please make a better looking bike helmet' category and one that is already in production is made by Carrera.  This helmet allows for ventilation, which is a huge plus: 

http://carreraworld.com/en/editorials/foldable-helmet/

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In order to "push students away from their computer screens and out into the world." Alex Egner, an Assistant Profesor at the University of North Texas Communication Design Program, created these Experience Passports for each year of the degree program.  Adventurous, Experience-based, tangible awesomeness!

http://www.eggnerd.com/?p=537

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Thank you, Josh Leong, for inviting Excel Spreadsheet's cool cousin to the party. We are totally getting along. 

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1673067/beyond-excel-grid-is-a-spreadsheet-built-for-tablet-life#1