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A lovely litte social experiment

March 2, 2009 at 4:40 pm · Filed under general brilliantness, ideas and inventions, social and tagged: , , , ,

Came across this delightful documentary/wireless intervention done by an RCA student here in London. This has put more of a smile on my face than the sun coming out today! Its fantastic to hear the diverse range of opinions, conversations, and thoughts (especially about network security) from these suddenly seen neighbours!

Thankyou Anab Jain for keeping the faith.

It reminds me a lot of the underground loungeroom restaurant movement that seems to be gathering momentum at the moment – it seems to be tapping into the same DIY attitude, and delight in making new connections and bringing everything down to the personal, micro-level.

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poster hack!

August 12, 2008 at 10:19 am · Filed under London, general brilliantness and tagged: , , , ,

Brilliant bit of poster hacking from Shoreditch this morning (look closely – there’s a wonam in a gas mask at the forefront).

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Fancy a spot of book publishing?

August 4, 2008 at 1:28 pm · Filed under design, general brilliantness, ideas and inventions, shopping and tagged: , , ,

Great little application for creating custom books. DIY print on demand made oh so simple… I’m going to make me one now ;-)

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Brilliant DIY grooviness from the US

August 1, 2008 at 10:50 pm · Filed under art, craft, general brilliantness, ideas and inventions and tagged: , , ,

Courtesy of the Creative Review blog, an absolute gem of organised DIY goodness - enormous soundsystems on pushbikes. Word.

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Yellow Mouse Orchestra

July 31, 2008 at 11:30 pm · Filed under art, general brilliantness, ideas and inventions, tunes and tagged: , , , , ,

Courtesy of Pink Tentacle (again), Kaseo’s modified Pikachu toys playing a version of the original Yellow Magic Orchestra track, Rydeen.

And a punk version:

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