COURSERA – changing the face of education globally
Just this morning I read an article from yesterdays paper about Coursera – a new free online and interactive education system initiated by two American professors, Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller from Stanford University in San Francisco. We offer high quality courses from the top universities, for free to everyone. We currently host courses from...
We feel fine – An exploration of human emotion, in six movements
I have written about one of Jonathan Harris’ projects before – back then it was Cowbird. Now it is something older, but nonetheless equally fascinating. “We feel fine” is a program, a piece of code written to detect human emotions all over the world as they are declared online on blogs. Since August 2005, We...
Little Sun° – the Sustainable, Affordable & Solar-powered LED lantern
Little Sun° Lantern is a solar powered LED light designed to provide an affordable healthy light source and help to improve the quality of life of people living in third world countries. The lantern is a joint project between by world-renowned artist, Olafur Eliasson and entrepreneur/innovative thinker, Frederik Ottesen. The lamp is based on a new...
Your Rainbow Panorama – a space without boundaries
Ever wondered what it would be like walking through a rainbow? I imagine this is exactly what Olafur Eliasson has made possible with his work titled “Your Rainbow Panorama” on permanent exhibition at Aros, a modern and contemporary art museum in Aarhus, Denmark. Olafur Eliasson describes his vision like this: “Your rainbow panorama enters into...
Muuse – The independent fashion talent community
With Copenhagen Fashion Week happening just this week I feel it is relevant to write about a recent fashion online initiative called MUUSE. It is a co-created, new and forward thinking business model within high level, couture fashion. MUUSE – describe themselves as “The independent fashion talent community”. Launched in 2011 ready for fashion week...
EAT ME – Appetite for Design
EAT ME is is the latest publication from Vict:onary - a creative publishing house founded by Victor Cheung in 2001 in Hong Kong. It is a young creative multi-dimensional workshop born to create vibrant visual experience to inspire and ignite the sense of people, inside and outside of the industry. Vict:onary is know for their...
Adding a human touch to technology
Just last week Bang & Olufsen released a completely new sub-brand – B&O Play. It was presented to the world press at the new Bella Sky hotel in Copenhagen. The first product, the Beolit 12 Airplay Sound System, is designed by Danish designer, Cecilie Manz. The Beolit 12 is kept true to the design values...
Cowbird – a witness to life
A new online platform has seen the light of day – recently Jonathan Harris launched “Cowbird” a new storytelling site . The intention is to create a community of storytellers, sharing heartfelt, personal stories. You might ask if the world needs another website for uploading images to share with the world… can’t we just use...
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