August 10th, 2010 | Posted in: art, fashion
Last week I had the honors of meeting Artists Not Armies founder Alexander Tempel, and he introduced me to the label he founded: Artists Not Armies.
AnA is based on the philosophy that this world needs more artists and less armies. Instead of fighting each other and destroying culture, we should create and share. Chrystal clear message if you ask me; and the design of the first bag is just the same. The bag has been bombarded ‘the ultimate shopping bag’ by some already and it is definitely great to have around during a shopping spree. I think that its more than that though. It’ll easily hold your laptop and other daily necessities, so it can erase some boring suitcases from the eye of the public too. More products and designs will be added to the range soon.
So it’s practical, good looking and helps spread a message worth spreading. Thats what we call good design. And the goodness continues: AnA has given me 5 bags to share with you. The scheme: First come, first served. The first 5 to drop me an email will receive a bag.
Now get mailing!
In the digital era we live in, promoting your work is sometimes more important than paying for the product itself. Therefore the guys at Innovative Thunder have created ‘Pay With A Tweet‘. The concept is simple: You can download the product (i.e. books, music, movies etc.) for free after you tweet about it. Simple and effective. Just as we like it.
Now lets hope it is a good book.
Through Bright.
June 3rd, 2010 | Posted in: music
Last week Kitsune Noir pointed me to the album Deep Sleep by Catacombkid (a.k.a. Harrison Mills), and boy was he right. What an amazing album. Catacombkid’s music is best described as dark, dreamy hip hop with a hint of pop. Catch my drift? This is one of those albums you put on repeat and have it play all day without it becoming annoying. And as a true next-level musician Catacombkid has made the album available for free. Go get it here!
I think this might already be one of greatest discoveries for 2010! Meet Dropbox. Dropbox is a service which allows you to access your files from any computer or phone on any location in the world (with an internet connection of course) and share them with anyone you want.
Put your files into your Dropbox on one computer, and they’ll be instantly available on any of your other computers that you’ve installed Dropbox on (works across Windows, Mac, and Linux). The difference with other sharing services is the ease of use. The interface simply is a new folder on your computer, and the program does the sync. itself. And because copies of your files are stored on Dropbox’s secure servers, you can also access them from any computer or mobile device using the Dropbox website. Furthermore, if you have an iPhone, download the free app and access your files from anywhere you want.
You can also share files with your friend easily, simply by dropping them in your public folder and sending the link to your friend. The same is true for pictures. Create galleries online and share these with your friends (Difference with Facebook: Your friends can actually store the hi-res images on their own computer).
These best thing is you can get a 2 gig account for free! 50 gig costs you $9,99 a month and 100 gig wil set you back $19,99 monthly. A bargain right?
I strongly believe this is the way we will work in the future. We will no longer be bound to one device. You simply log in, and access your latest files on any device you have available. Now go get Dropbox!
