8-bit video game wedding invitations
Those lucky enough to be on the guest list for Darina & Niko’s geeky wedding received a CD invite containing a custom-made 8-bit Mario/Donkey Kong-themed video game which must be won to obtain the necessary wedding info.
For those of you who are interested, here’s where you can download and play the invitations! You can download it with Windows, or, using Wine, with Linux and Mac. Playable as either Darina or Niko.
Speck’s SeeThru Iphone Case
Now available at SpeckProducts.com and other dealers, Speck SeeThru Hard Shell features a smooth, comfortable soft-touch finish on the exterior of a slim hard shell, giving your iPhone a cool, colorfully frosted look that is soft to the touch and tough against drops.
The entire SeeThru Satin for iPhone 3G/3GS line includes six colors: black, blue, red, purple, pink and green. Featuring the same hard-shell protection as its predecessor, Speck’s glossy translucent “SeeThru” case line, SeeThru Satin increases in-hand comfort, tweaking its former look with the coveted soft-but-grippy, semi-translucent finish. This unique blend arrived on the scene to much critical acclaim last year in the form of cases for Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks.
CodeOrgan
CodeOrgan is a website where you can enter any website’s URL, and, using a complicated algorithm, it turns the website’s code into “music”.
The songs will change as the “body” content of the website changes. | Via
lotta
With the emergence of lotta, iida has once again achieved a mobile phone with simultaneously natural and supple stylistic sense. Iwasaki Ichiro, the designer of iida’s first product, G9, has imparted to lotta a sense of purpose you don’t see in mobile phones anymore. A sense of balance—elegance and casualness, strength and flexibility, simplicity and graciousness—is important.
The mobile phone’s very essence lies in balance between these qualities, which creates a sense of individuality that goes straight to the heart. lotta’s sensibility is expressed in such details. It sits firmly in your hand and casts a delicate, trapezoidal silhouette. A two-tone contrast plays on its bright surface and features a matte finish and polished texture.
The Tyrant Clock by Alice Wang
The Tyrant Clock, designed by Alice Wang has to be the meanest alarm clock concept ever invented. Some alarm clocks make a terribly annoying noise or require you to complete a physical task to shut them off. There’s even some now that will shake your bed until you’re up. Not the Tyrant Clock. This clock takes waking up into pure psychological warfare territory. You’re not going to hear many alarm clocks called pure diabolical evil but there you go, you just did.
The clock syncs up with your cell phone, randomly goes through your contact list, and then calls someone different every three minutes after your intended wake up time. It displays in a large size the name of the person who’s about to get their own wake up call from you. The potential for it to call someone and in some way completely ruin your life is huge. A disaster waiting to happen, which would make it the ideal alarm clock. Don’t want your boss, mom, or mistress awoken at some ungodly hour? Then get your butt out of bed and turn the Tyrant off. | Via
iPad
“This is a magical device, at a breakthrough price.” – Steve Jobs
Dieter Fan + Cobo Lamp by Skanno
Dieter Fan by Skanno is as pleasant to your eyes as it is to your ears. Designed by Nathan Young from Singapore, who has been designing different products also to multinational companies. Beautiful and minimalistic product was also noted in Wallpaper magazine last autumn.
Cobo is the result of a table- or bedside table lamp stripped down to it’s bare bones, where the design is inspired by harsh Finnish nature. Colors: red chili, white snow and smoke grey. Designed by Sebastian Sandelin. More pics after the jump.
BookBook
BookBook ( 80$ ) is a one-of-a-kind, hardback leather case designed exclusively for MacBook and MacBook Pro. Available in Classic Black or Vibrant Red, BookBook brings three levels of security to your prized Mac. First, the hardback cover and spine provide solid protection from the rigors of the road. Second, the vintage book design disguises MacBook for superior security. And third, the stylish case protects you from being like everyone else because BookBook is totally original.
Hungry Hungry Eat Head
A site-specific play experience by Hudson-Powell & Joel Gethin Lewis for the Big Screen Edinburgh, produced by Bren O’Callaghan. Commissioned originally by City of Edinburgh Council, with further development (phase 2) made possible by AND: Abandon Normal Devices Festival of New Cinema and Digital Culture. | Via
Sonoro radios
Sonoro audio GmbH & Co. KG is a designer and engineer of distinctive, high quality audio products. Sonoro products are recognized as innovative, easy to use and distinctive by numerous experts in the consumer electronics and design fields.They have been distinguished with two Plus X awards — a prestigious consumer electronic distinction in Europe, the USA’s Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) Innovations award; and two of the international design industries most prestigious reddot awards. Discover all the models after the jump…
Ceramic speakers by Joey Roth
When design meets technology: Joey Roth was inspired to design the Ceramic Speakers by the harmonious contrast between electronic components and simple materials. Most speaker systems are made from injection-molded plastics or metals that look sleek and futuristic, but do not convey the warmth and human feeling of good music. Since speakers must give music a physical form as well as make it sound good, he chose acoustically dead materials that are naturally beautiful, but don’t draw too much attention.
The Ceramic Speakers are made from materials more associated with sculpture than electronics, and offer a remarkably simple path from source to ear. Their 4″ full-range drivers and Tripath amplifier create a sound that’s warm, dry, and detailed. The Ceramic Speakers will show the difference between lossless and mp3 files, and will unlock vinyl’s richness.
Nike True City
Vice e Nike si sono imbarcati in una speciale collaborazione per regalarti la guida definitiva a sei città europee, Milano inclusa, grazie ad una semplice applicazione per il tuo iPhone, True City. In due parole, si tratta di una guida aggiornata regolarmente dagli insider di Vice e Nike. True City permette agli utenti di avere accesso ai luoghi nascosti di sei città europee, grazie all’utilizzo delle dritte dei Nike Insiders—tastemakers locali che sanno quello che sta per succedere nelle loro città. True City non è solo l’ennesima guida digitale. È una potente combinazione di contenuti, tecnologia iPhone, e integrazione con i social media—aggiornata in tempo reale da persone reali. Il tutto con l’irriverenza garantita Nike. I migliori contributor, che saranno giudicati dal resto della community di True City, avranno l’opportunità di diventare a loro volta degli insider di Nike. Non male, no?
