Life: The Art of Complex Problem Solving

US consulting and graphic design company Ideagram has created an outstanding set of diagrams to explain problem solving processes. These are some of the best diagrams we have seen to visualize complex systems thinking, knowledge and ideas.
Marshall Clemens, a graphics designer and engineer is behind Ideagram.

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Gadgets: Panic button for your keyboard

There are many moments when you might have missed this button on your keyboard. It doesn’t do much - depending on which button you cover - but you feel a lot better having a button to stab at when everything goes to wrong.
It comes with a self-adhesive pad on the base. Safe for home [...]

Eternity on Ice

When your kids have taken over the Lego Ice cubes there is something that might last a bit longer with you. Art. Lebedev Studio is introducing this beautiful ice tray with an eternal touch. The design is based on the fairy-tale “The Snow Queen”.
Available soon through Art. Lebedev retailers and importers worldwide.

He arranged his pieces [...]

IT Project Management illustrated

The painful process from vision to reality…
via The Techsplodervia EzzyEnough

Internet: Finding the most watched advertising videos

While many just switch to another channel when a block of advertisements starts on TV, others seemingly can’t get enough of it. And we’re talking dozens of million views here…
All-time-high winner Sony Bravia not only made it to the front-page news, got millions of views on the top download sites, it even got its [...]

Duvet-Dayz: Last week’s most popular posts (week 22-October-2006)

Most popular (week 22 to 29-October-2006):
(27-10-2006) Top 10 time waster games(29-10-2006) Design: Great animations online (1)(28-10-2006) UK: Road signs hacked(17-10-2006) The Economist: On issues with US voting machines(24-10-2006) Firefox 2: Microsoft sends a cake to congratulate(22-10-2006) Motionposter: Best advertising idea since years(18-10-2006) Interactive Map: World’s Most Polluted Places(28-10-2006) Christmas shopping for the ultra-rich (1)(17-10-2006) Packard [...]

Design: Great animations online (1)

We had a look around for you to find some great animations and visualizations that anybody interested in design or art might like to watch. It’s quite impressive what’s out there on the web. There are many more but for this week lets start with the following five movies and sites.
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History Dept: Ape to Man

great picture to visualize the evolution
original image from Dashh: A Day in The Integral Life

Christmas shopping for the ultra-rich (1)

Christmas is approaching fast so we want to contribute our part and support a group of our society - often overlooked - but in real need.
In a brief series we will provide some suggestions to those that are now discovering that this year again has already gone by while they still trying to [...]

Life: Cufflinks with a message

We did hesitate a bit putting this post up but then these cuff links are looking great on the right person (hey-hey).
Acorn Studios is selling these keyboard beauties for about USD 15. There are 10 different pairs to choose - from [Esc] & [Pause] to [Page Up] & [Page Down] plus custom orders. The [...]