Urbanized: A Documentary Film

Urbanized is Gary Hustwit's new documentary that is now reported to be released late this year/early 2012. Gary along with many other great speakers will be in Toronto for the DOT conference (Design Our Tomorrow) held in November, which I will be attending aimed to inspiring youth. {Kickstarter.com} more
The third documentary in this trilogy is about the design of cities.Urbanized looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design, featuring some of the world's foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers. -Gary Hustwit

Kaweco Liliput

I bought a Kaweco Sport fountain pen when I was in Berlin this summer, great looking pens from Germany. {Cool Hunting} more

Named for the diminutive island dwellers of Gulliver's Travels, Liliput is a petite new pen from heritage German pen-maker Kaweco. True to its name, the pen measures only 3.8 inches when closed, expanding to five when posed for writing. At first glance, the cylindrical capsule could be anything from an EpiPen to an elongated pillbox, but don't let its austerity fool you. Made from solid aluminum, it takes refillable cartridges and at only eight grams, weighs next to nothing. -Cool Hunting

Speculative moldmaking

A friend of mine (a computer science major) asked me if creating iphone cases is a profitable business? I said sure if you have half a million dollars laying around maybe (which is usually the costs required to get a steel mold created for the product). Anyway I came across this interesting article about the industry and sent it to him from {core77} more 
On the morning of Apple's Oct. 4 announcement, top managers at Palo Alto startup Speck huddled into a conference room filled with colorful MacBooks to watch the news trickle in. They had created several rough models of potential new designs for the next iPhone, but were far from committing to any of them. "We have no idea what's going to hit the market," says Irene Baran, Speck's CEO. "We listen to the rumors like everyone else does and make intelligent guesses." -core77

Easton S17 Composite Skate Design

What is Coil Technology™? A one-piece composite boot form that maximizes energy return to give you explosive speed on the ice.

Why do the top pros in the world choose to shoot with Easton composite sticks? More power, lighter weight, and better response. Now our skates offer that same engineered superiority. Coil Technology is twice as responsive as traditional skates which rely on plastic. Our one piece composite boot form stores energy and then releases it to help your foot spring back stride after stride. {Easton} more

New Reebok NHL Jerseys

This year Reebok has designed new jerseys for several NHL teams across the league. Some notables...the new Winnipeg Jets jersey (formerly the Atlanta Thrashers), and the new alternate heritage jersey for the Ottawa Senators. The Senators jersey is a replica of the old on warn by the Senators in the early 1900s. The original jersey was actually analyzed from archives to make sure the colors and graphics were accurate. {NHL.com}

Steve Job dies at 56

Steve Jobs is dead at the early age of 56 on Thursday, October 6th. Steve Jobs is the great man behind the success of Apple computers and the most iconic designs given to us in the 21st century. May his legacy live on and he rest in peace. Thank you Steve. {Gizmodo} more


"In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service."
                                                            Steve Jobs (1955-2011)