Tag Archives: design
Outside-the-box Wind Turbines
Gone are the large, tall and 3-bladed wind turbines that the term conjures when one hears ‘wind power.’ Michigan-based Windtronics for Honeywell unveiled their WT6500 turbine recently that minimizes all the problems with a traditional turbine. At 6 feet (182 cm) in diameter and 170 lbs (77kg), this little baby can provide 18% of an [...]
Tenu What?
We recently visited the Japan Foundation (in Toronto) and took in the Tenugui exhibit. What are Tenugui you ask? … Tenugui are towels made of bleached cotton, approximately 34 cm wide and 90 cm in length. The exhibit displays many different Tenugui clothes from different periods and they have a really informative video running that shows [...]
Interviews: David Chou
To kick off our ongoing series of Interviews, here’s introducing David Chou, a (formerly) Toronto-based fashion designer who’s in the midst of a big relocation to Japan. We’re glad he managed to come up with responses to a few of our questions, (and even let me into his studio so I could snag one of [...]
For Print Only
So…, we’ve been slacking on the blog entries, but it’s just been swirling ’round the SQUAB offices lately! This, however, was just too cool to ignore (well, if you’re a total geekout like me). In preparation for the DesignThinkers conference in Toronto in November, check out this offshoot of Armin Vit’s fantastic site UnderConsideration, FPO [...]
Inside Apple’s wireless testing facilities
Video from youtube.com, via Apple With all the recent complaints about the iPhone 4, and the subsequent response from Apple offering a free case to owners…Media was let in for the first time to one of Apple’s secret labs. Specifically, the wireless lab where the iPhone 4 was being tested. Check out the video above [...]
España
Video from youtube.com, via ilvoelv The world cup travels in style, and particularly prefers the luggage of Kanye West. Above is a short video on the making of the world cup trophy case by Louis Vuitton.
WTC Transportation Hub
Scheduled to open in 2012 and fully in operation in 2014, the Transportation Hub is the creation of the Spanish architect, Santiago Calatrava, who also designed the Allan Lambert Galleria at Brookefield Place (aka BCE Place). The design is common to Calatrava’s works, who utilizes steel, glass and light to take your breath away. Calatrava’s [...]
What were those kicks called again?
Nike Sole Genealogy 1972 – 2004, Image via Nike.com Who doesn’t want a nice clean pair of sneakers for those summer months? I remember finding this a while ago but we didn’t have an awesome blog to post on at the time. Nike has created an online database that features every basketball shoe including the [...]
No longer the poor man’s AC
For those searching for a cure to summer heat, we stumbled upon the Dyson air multiplier fan series. The Tower and Pedestal fans (the two fans on the right in the picture above) are new designs. Generally, If you didn’t have air conditioning, you would just have a ton of fans to keep you cool [...]
