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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

Arnaldo Pomodoro's 'Sphere within a Sphere' at the Museum Building, Trinity College, Dublin. 2010 photograph by Javi Masa of Sevilla, Spain.

A Dubliner’s view of Globish, English, and the problem of global languages.

by Garry Prendiville on 12 July 2010

Migrant Chinese children in a private school in Beijing. Photography by Dan Chung of The Guardian.

Dan Chung on Chinese migrant children and vanishing barriers to brilliant videography.

by Bob Page on 21 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

Nike's 'Human Chain' television commercial advertisement features Dayna Huor. Directed by Brian Beletic, the spot's ad agency was Wieden + Kennedy in Portland, Oregon.

The Human Chain. Named for victory, Nike takes on perseverance.

by Bob Page on 21 February 2010

Charlie Brooker deconstructs a standard television news broadcast report.

Brooker’s formula for television news reporting.

by Bob Page on 30 January 2010

The Distill fashion anthology magazine is skipping a paper edition, distributing only as an iPhone app.

iPhone baby steps toward new magazines.

by Bob Page on 19 November 2009

Pomegranate wheat beer label from Amsterdam brewing in Toronto, Canada.

Bamforth on beer: Drink local. Zappa was right.

by Bob Page on 17 September 2009

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