Twitter through Trump’s eyes
The Washington Post has created Trump’s Feed, a Twitter account that replicates the ‘filter bubble’ through which the US President sees the world
HP enlists creative and scientific community to help imagine life on Mars
An ambitious year-long programme, HP Mars Home Planet will use virtual reality to simulate what a human population of one million could look like on Mars
Design Museum reveals 2017 Designs of the Year shortlist
A knitted pussy hat, on-air branding for the Premier League and Pokemon Go are among the designs shortlisted for the Beazley Designs of the Year award
Airborne drones mimic nature in Random International’s latest installation
Random International’s Zoological installation sees a flock of airborne drones take up residence at London’s Roundhouse. They put on an enthralling, at times unsettling, show: but can tech ever move us like nature does?
Make it metal, a headbanging activated music experience from Sony Japan
Ogilvy & Mather Japan have designed a fun new music launch for heavy metal band Crossfaith’s latest single. You might want to warm up your neck and shoulders before you listen…
Luke Willis Thompson’s moving portrait explores the “racialised life and death”
This time last year, a Minnesota woman named Diamond Reynolds made a chilling broadcast on Facebook Live, streaming the moments that immediately followed a police officer fatally shooting her partner Philando Castile during a traffic-stop. Reynolds’ four-year-old daughter was in the back seat of the car. If you saw the footage, which more than six million […]
Micro Machines: new website catalogues Galoob’s tiny toy cars
Designer Tim Smith began collecting Micro Machines as a small boy in the 1980s. The miniature toys – made by Galoob and based on real-life vehicles – were famously used by Macauley Culkin to deter burglars in Home Alone. They were once the biggest selling toy cars in the US – more popular than both […]
Ordnance Survey launches interactive digital map to find your nearest green space
Ordnance Survey (OS) has released a free interactive digital map and dataset showing Great Britain’s green space areas. Green space is defined as “an area of grass, trees, or other vegetation set apart for recreational or aesthetic purposes in an otherwise urban environment,” and people are encouraged to use the map to track down their nearest “public […]
New AKQA VR experience reveals the hidden underwater seascapes of Eurostar journeys
Once the Eurostar plunges underwater, surely only the most worldweary among us aren’t secretly imaging what we might be able to see out the window, were it not pitch black and encased in a tunnel. While we may never know what sharks, buried treasure, mermaids etc. might really be lurking in the Channel, agency AKQA […]
Kano’s new Pixel Kit lets users paint with light
London startup Kano is helping to demystify computing with its DIY computer, camera and speaker kits. We talk to co-founder Alex Klein about the company’s latest product – a codeable computer made out of lights, circuits and sensors – and how Kano creates engaging products for people of all ages
Branding for a life in paradox: The value of serendipity
In the second of their series of articles for CR on Branding for a life in paradox, Coley Porter Bell’s James Ramsden and John Clark look at consumers’ seemingly contradictory demands for both serendipity and predictability and how brands should respond
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Insights: How beauty brands can create great content for Facebook and Instagram
In the past 12 months, there has been a 20% increase in conversations about make up and a 21% increase in mentions of skincare on Facebook and Instagram. Beauty shoppers are increasingly looking to the social media platforms to discover new products, trends and techniques and to research items before making a purchase. How beauty […]