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Instructional baby blanket prototype by the ad agency Beattie McGuinness Bungay, from a PSFK report on health and technology for UNICEF.

PSFK on the future of health and technology.

by Bob Page on 4 August 2010

Staff member at 'Books Actually' on Club Street in Singapore. 2010 photograph by Geraldine Kan.

In Singapore, the catalytic impact of kids, communities, consultants and capitalists.

by Geraldine Kan on 30 June 2010

Adobe released HTML5 extensions to Dreamweaver enabling web developers to optimize content for multiple screens.

Nielsen on telling stories across three screens.

by Bob Page on 22 June 2010

Harvest '09 T-shirt by TS Designs of Burlington, North Carolina.

Re-inventing the T-shirt in North Carolina.

by Bob Page on 21 June 2010

Andy Ihnatko on the story behind what is probably a new iPhone.

by Bob Page on 19 April 2010

Hummer stretch limo at Times Square in New York City.

On Hummers and the need for stupidity.

by Bob Page on 17 April 2010

1961 Aston Martin Zagato DB4 GT in 'Allure of the Automobile' at the High Museum in Atlanta. Photograph by Peter Harholdt.

The rejuvenating elegance of automobiles.

by Bob Page on 20 March 2010

Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton of the McLaren F1 team.

Will McLaren’s new flute make music in F1?

by Bob Page on 13 March 2010

Lukas Mathis praises design firm Iconfactory for its 'leaf' icon for Coda software.

A Swiss designer on how mute buttons speak.

by Bob Page on 22 January 2010

Post image for Richard Sapper’s Skylight: art on deadline.

Richard Sapper’s Skylight: art on deadline.

by Bob Page on 14 January 2010

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