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The Plush Halfling Slippers
The Plush Halfling Slippers from thinkgeek. Plush slippers turn your feet into halfling feet, look cool.
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Microsoft Unveils a New Look
It’s been 25 years since we’ve updated the Microsoft logo and now is the perfect time for a change. This is an incredibly exciting year for Microsoft as we prepare to release new versions of nearly all of our products. From Windows 8 to Windows Phone 8 to Xbox services to the next version of Office, you will see a common look and feel across these products providing a familiar and seamless experience on PCs, phones, tablets and TVs. This wave of new releases is not only a reimagining of our most popular products, but also represents a new era for Microsoft, so our logo should evolve to visually accentuate this new beginning.
The Microsoft brand is about much more than logos or product names. We are lucky to play a role in the lives of more than a billion people every day. The ways people experience our products are our most important “brand impressions”. That’s why the new Microsoft logo takes its inspiration from our product design principles while drawing upon the heritage of our brand values, fonts and colors.
The logo has two components: the logotype and the symbol. For the logotype, we are using the Segoe font which is the same font we use in our products as well as our marketing communications. The symbol is important in a world of digital motion (as demonstrated in the video above.) The symbol’s squares of color are intended to express the company’s diverse portfolio of products.
Starting today, you’ll see the new Microsoft logo being used prominently. It will be used on Microsoft.com – the 10th most visited website in the world. It is in three of our Microsoft retail stores today (Boston, Seattle’s University Village and Bellevue, Wash.) and will shine brightly in all our stores over the next few months. It will sign off all of our television ads globally. And it will support our products across various forms of marketing. Fully implementing a change like this takes time, so there may be other instances where you will see the old logo being used for some time.
We’re excited about the new logo, but more importantly about this new era in which we’re reimagining how our products can help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.
Posted by Jeff Hansen
General Manager, Brand Strategy, Microsoft
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Bentley Announces Mulsanne Convertible Concept
The Mulsanne Convertible Concept is set to be the planet’s “most elegant and sophisticated convertible,” the Mulsanne Convertible Concept fuses the sportiness of a drop-top with the elegance of the original handmade coach for the ultimate modern take on the tourers of the early 1900s. According to Bentley chairman and Chief Executive Wolfgang Durheimer, “The modern, luxurious, high-tech Mulsanne saloon provides a perfect foundation on which to create the world’s most elegant convertible. The Convertible Concept will extend the appeal of the Mulsanne family, while enhancing the profile of the Bentley brand, particularly in new and emerging markets.” Currently existing only on paper.
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UNIQLO Wake Up App.
The UNIQLO Wake-Up app, available for the iPhone and Android, is a pleasant wake-up “alarm” with tone and music set by Cornelius (‘Respect is Burning Tour’ with Daft Punk) and Yoko Kanno – play the video below for a sense of it. As well, alongside, a soft spoken voice that tells you how the day will look weather-wise.
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THEHUSIC: WEEKLY ISSUE (VOL. 3, NO. 18) I WISH U WOULD
Tracklist –
1. 2 Chainz – Birthday Song ft. Kanye West
2. DJ Khaled – I Wish U Would ft. Kanye West & Rick Ross
3. Trey Songz – Hail Mary ft. Young Jeezy & Lil Wayne
4. Pusha T – Pies
5. DJ Khaled – Hip-Hop ft. Scarface & Nas
6. Rick Ross – All Birds ft. French Montana
7. Pusha T – Exodus 23:1 ft. The Dream
8. Rick Ross – Fountain Of Youth ft. Nipsey Hussle & Stalley
9. Nas – Summer On Smash ft. Swizz Beatz
10. Glasses Malone – That Good ft. Ty$
11. Aaliyah – Enough Said ft. Drake
12. Rick Ross – Hold Me Back
13. Meek Mill – Actin’ Up ft. French Montana & Wale
14. French Montana – Pop That ft. Rick Ross, Lil Wayne & Drake
15. Snoop Dogg – La La La
16. Kendrick Lamar – The Recipe ft. Dr. Dre
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Bastard Store and Office by Studiometrico
The Bastard Store and Office is a great example of modern day work spaces that also give you facilities to let a bit of steam off and take the sigh out of everyday going to work. Bastard Store and Office has a terraced office that overlooks a large wooden bowl built for skaters to shred in their downtime. Below the bowl, a full-service retail store welcomes the public in local Milan, Italy.
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Conference of Cool.
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MC2000 DJ Controller
Denon has just released the MC2000 DJ controller. Specifically designed for Serato’s DJ Intro mixing software this entry-level device comes along with a plug and play USB device and a copy of the Serato software of course. The MC2000 features a basic two-channel mixer between the wheels, all the usual buttons for hot-cues and loops, the audio interface is built-in for easy use. The Denon MC2000 is available from October.
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LEGO Architecture: Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye
The Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye home was designed in 1931 in Paris and is still there today if you’re in the neighbourhood. The LEGO Architecture set launched in stores today.
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Bodega BAMZ: P.A.P.I (feat. Willie HEX)
Bodega BAMZ; aka PAPI, aka TANBOYS general, recognized as Spanish Harlem’s A$AP affiliate returns with his video track “P.A.P.I” off of his project Strictly 4 My P.A.P.I.Z dropping September 11th.
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Lamborghini Contach
Only 3 years after Bertone released the first wedge-shaped Alfa Romeo Carabo concept, Lamborghini got their turn with the Countach in 1971. Among all the prototypes with this universal shape, Lamborghini became the most prolific when the car was put into production in 1976. The car was named after it’s 5000-litre V12 which stood for Longitudinale Posteriore 5000.Marcello Gandini, who had shaped both the Miura and Espada was responsible for the Countach design. The low profile wasn’t too far off his Lancia Stratos 0 from just a year earlier, and Lamborghini remained much more true to the Bertone concept than Lancia ever did. Maybe that’s why the Lamborghini became so much more of a icon than the Lancia.Unique traits of the concept included forward-swinging doors from the Carabo and a periscope rear view mirror, both which were retained for production.Paolo Stanzani had the task of making a usable supercar underneath Marcello Gandini’s impossibly low design. He elected to run the gearbox forward of the engine to provide direct gear changes. This raised the height of the engine for the driveline, but made the Countach look even more purposeful with its muscular rear stance.Initially a fully-digital instrumentation system was fitted that was later replaced by analogue units so Bob Wallace could test the car. Afterward the car led a hard life and was highly modified during testing to help with production development. At met a final fate with a barrier at MIRA in Britain which destroyed the car completely.
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Porsche Pavilion by Henn Architekten
The new Porsche Pavilion at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany is the first addition to the theme park since its 2000 opening. Designed by German firm Henn Architekten, the curved lines and form are derived from the ‘dynamic flow of driving’, encompassing the universal image of the Porsche brand. following a similar construction to that of monocoque technology – applied to the development of lightweight designs within the automotive and aerospace industries – the sculptural piece of architecture forms a spatial enclosure while acting as a load bearing structure at the same time. At its entrance, it cantilevers outwards at a length of 25m, hovering over the water surface of a built-in lagoon in which a circular walkway runs the perimeter of, allowing visitors to further explore the Autostadt. The exterior is covered in 620 matte-finished stainless steel cladding with welded ribs which were prefabricated in a ship-yard in stralsund and assembled on site resulting in a seamless building skin, positioned within the park in such a way that it mirrors the location of the Volkswagen Pavilion. the surrounding landscape has been executed by WES to make sure the new pavilion seamlessly blends into the overall themes of the surrounding existing park.
An elliptically curved ramp embraces the dynamic principle of the architecture, leading visitors into the interior concept developed by Hg Merz Architeckten Museumsgestalter. the lower 400 m2 exhibition and staging areas house the original Porsche – a 356 no. 1 built in 1948 – which is the starting point of the space, leading to a collection of 25 silver coloured vehicle models at a scale 1:3, presented within the main display area. On show are short films which express the four antagonistic terms which characterize Porsche’s values and philosophy: tradition and innovation, performance and day-to-day practicality, design and functionality, exclusiveness and social acceptance. A film about the company’s history along with sound stories and other Porsche models are also presented to give an overall informative overview of the automotive brand and its history.
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