Waaaay <30 green thumber Hunter Gross is inspired to inspire others his age (and then some) after learning about the effects that global warming has on the planet. The 12-year-old entrepreneur is eager to demonstrate how small changes can add up to make a big impact. To do this Hunter and his parents created Project […]
The Game Speaks About The Kids and Justice…
The New York City Police accused of murdering Sean Bell were acquitted last week and rapper The Game (29) responded with a powerful video. Nothing conveys urgency and desperation like a well-executed Dead Presidents reference, but the message here is particularly interesting for IWRI. If Game Ran It, young communities would use technology to communicate, […]
20 Essential Young Architects - Icon Magazine
A list of the 20 most essential young architects was published in the April Issue of Icon, a magazine that focuses on design and architecture. It’s good to see the young’ens getting some love on their way to compete with the likes of Hadid, Foster and Gehry (take this guy out first please). It seems […]
NEWWORK Magazine
NEWWORK magazine is a large-format newspaper publication for readers who appreciate the value of new ideas. Designed and published biannually by studio NEWWORK, issue no.1 shows a selection of contributors solely from New York.
Seven artists chosen by studio NEWWORK present new ideas and images of art, design, high fashion, culture, and politics. From art directors […]
Rep’ Your Philosophy
We love the expression ‘Constant Beta’ & a great thinker / doer we look up to, Russell Davies, inspired a UK-based clothing company, Howies, to make ‘Always in Beta’ t-shirts for their ‘T-Shirt of the Week’ project. Even better, Russell says “‘always in beta’ isn’t really an idea anyone should own or make […]
Ephemera: Coming July 2008
Will Rutland (<30 lawyer turned idea connector) is building Ephemera (www.ephemerasite.com) around the idea of creative confluence…This site will sit at the intersection of various creative media in hopes that the work there will inspire & bring that ‘new new for you you’.
Some of you jaded creative boos might say that the number of […]
Johnny Lee gets some more Love from IWRI
Johnny Lee demos his amazing Wii Remote hacks, bending the $40 game part so it powers a digital whiteboard, a multitouch display and a head-mounted 3-D viewer. A multi-ovation demo from TED2008. (Recorded March 2008 in Monterey, California. Duration: 05:40.)
Watch Johnny Lee’s demo on TED.com, where you can download it, rate it, comment on it […]
Interview with Nikolay Saveliev
We’re no stranger to Nikolay’s work here at IWRI. He’s featured in a write-up / interview over at Future Shipwreck. Here’s a brilliant intro from them:
Like Geoff McFetridge, Nikolay Saveliev is a graphic designer who plays in the astral sandbox of 1970s homage. But while McFetridge is content to revel in goofy California vibes inspired […]
BusinessWeek Interview with Johnny Chung Lee
Business Week has a great interview with Johnny Chung Lee–28 year old PhD candidate focusing on human-computer interaction whose Wii controller mod videos have recently catapulted him into the spotlight. As a topic we find interaction design fascinating because as technology becomes more pervasive we need to figure out ways of making it more […]
Olsen Twins are Running It Harder than Us, Apparently
Something that tickled me…when you type If We Ran It into Google, the link to this clip comes up before ours. Our linkage to it probably helps that too, but whatever.
Olsen Twins. You’ve made it, ok. We give you that much. You’ve had/have some savvy handlers. But now we’re gunning for you…in Google Search Ranking, […]