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Pictures from Enduro3

2011-02-08T11:49:00.011+05:30

All photographs courtesy Guy, Jeremy & Parag :)

Day 2 at Enduro3, 2011

2011-02-07T23:52:00.005+05:30

05.02.2011Day 2 started with sore thighs, sore backs (what else would you expect if you slept on a stone) & dirty dirty clothes. The campsite was BARE. No washroom, no food, no pretty bunker beds, no spas for massages... But it did have something.. It had a lake overlooking stone slabs you could sleep on. It had water, It had trees for shelter. As far as I was concerned this was just a perfect

Day 1 at Pune, Day 1 at Enduro3 2011.

2011-02-07T11:12:00.013+05:30

03.02.2011 - 04.02.2011How many emotions can you count in one day? I think a day seems fulfilling if they go beyond the fingers on your hands..Nothing could've prepared me for my enduro experience & I wish to capture as much of it as I can remember before i sadly forget the downsides & remember only the ebullient stages. (this is a detailed account)It started with our arrival, where we met Crazy

Thoughts on Creation

2010-12-28T07:58:00.004+05:30

Through this last year of going through dblogs, i've found a remarkable difference in the language that is used to communicate ideas.. If you read comments you'll often come across abduction, lateral thinking, design synthesis, extrapolation, insights... The fact that similar terms are used to describe a design in China, Norway, Canada, USA, UK makes it startlingly apparent that we indeed have an

Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover | Video on TED.com

2010-05-16T09:40:00.000+05:30

Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover | Video on TED.com

Redefining "Dis"Ability

2010-05-04T00:51:00.003+05:30

Indeed, redefining the most basic notions of user interactions and society in general.. Could we have ever thought of disability this way?Makes me wonder what we could create if we exclude ONE design feature that we take for granted as imperative in our designs...

Tim Brown on Simplicity vs. Minimalism

2010-04-26T19:12:00.000+05:30

"There is a discussion going on amongst some of my colleagues about the merits of minimalism versus simplicity. My own view is that minimalism has come to represent a style and as such is limited in its usefulness. It represents a reaction to complexity whereas simplicity relies on an understanding of the complex. This is an important difference. One is about the surface, about the stuff. The

IDEO Playlist

2010-04-22T11:07:00.002+05:30

Free Ride from IDEO on Vimeo.

Bio-Mimetics

2010-04-22T10:15:00.004+05:30

Woke up today with a thirst for random inspiration,Jumped to TED (but ofcourse)and found these really cool videos :)check em out....

IsenSeven: The Video Marvel

2010-03-30T12:51:00.004+05:30

Isenseven - TIMES from Vincent Urban on Vimeo."Times" is a self-contained short-clip by Isenseven and at the same time the last part of the upcoming full-length movie "Let's Go Get Lost". As this clip will be edited slightly different in the final movie, we decided to publish this original version online already now.This clip contains a collection of footage we gathered throughout the season and

A Complex Simplicity Paradigm

2010-03-09T09:14:00.013+05:30

Of late the buzzing word "simplicity" has struck every chord in my little mindspace. Really it is a beautiful word. Where we as humans have complicated everything including our lives that were initially set out to be very simple. Live for Survival.. It is a complicated word "simplicity" indeed. I'm going to try break it up here, atleast as much as i can.The art of thin-slicing (as popularized by

T-Shaped Designers

2010-02-15T19:53:00.001+05:30

Found a term today: T-Shaped Designers.(http://www.designsojourn.com/only-god-is-t-shaped/)I have been thinking about T-Shaped Designers for a long time now. How to be one, what does being one really mean and how effective can one be. Made popular sometime in 2005 by IDEO’s Tim Brown, T-Shape Designers are defined as: …people who are so inquisitive about the world that they’re willing to try to

Steel-Velcro

2010-02-05T14:44:00.002+05:30

Found this very very interesting in terms of the possibilities that lie with its usage!imagine a car with this on the back side and you can velcro 2 additional seats when they fall short!! :Dor a building that got boring in architecture.. change the structure with these velcro pillars!as i let my mind wander enjoy the read.. :)metallic velcro: steel hook and loop fastener 'flamingo'

Creative Thinking... & Our Box.

2010-01-17T11:43:00.003+05:30

Stumbled upon this when i was looking for things to put in my Design Box. Will write about that in a few days when I've made it.. :)Whether you’re trying to solve a tough problem, start a business, get attention for that business or write an interesting article, creative thinking is crucial. The process boils down to changing your perspective and seeing things differently than you currently

Just Do It!

2009-07-04T08:30:00.002+05:30

As smoke billows from a burning bus at a demonstration in Tehran, a Mousavi supporter flashes the sign for peace, or victory.Check his bagstrap..... :)

Horsetail Falls

2009-07-04T08:17:00.009+05:30

'Yosemite National Park is one of the world’s great destinations for photographers. Each year in late February, however, camera buffs converge with a particular urgency: There are just a few days when the setting sun and the position of the Earth’s orbit transform El Capitan’s wispy Horsetail Falls into a spectacular light show. This year’s “fire fall” effect was captured at about 5:45 p.m.

2009-05-19T09:55:00.004+05:30

Not something I stumbled upon, a friend of mine is using this for her graduation show ramp-walk! I love the beats!

Nerd - Ville!

2009-04-30T14:54:00.001+05:30

Check out xkcd.com for more Nerd-jokes!

This Watch is A Phone

2009-04-22T13:07:00.003+05:30

Tired of carrying an I-pod, phone & watch where-ever you go? This classic-new style statement hell yeah decreases the load of gadgets you'd want to carry with you!With an equipped 1.5 inch touchscreen, bluetooth, mp3-mp4 playback, 1.3 megapixel camera, 128 MB memory (& additional support for 8GB)..with a 100 hours of standby battery giving 180 minutes of talktime.. its well.. quite 'Cool'

RockXtreme Vs HP

2009-04-22T12:39:00.011+05:30

Yeah I know-- Laughable Comparison.But of all the Nut-Job Laptops there are out there I fell in love with these two for two very different reasons.Lets start with RockXtreme SL8 series (the one on the left)For this one im just going to write out the Specs & you'll know why I WANT this machine.Visit the website if you dont believe me- Its been tagged as the FASTEST laptop in the world.Here we

Toys For Me!

2009-04-22T12:29:00.004+05:30

Introducing Meccano's Spykee!!!!!I can understand kids throwing tantrums over this!!! Just look at it! If these are what they call toys these days I really dont ever want to grow up!!!In this age of PS3's & real-life virtual reality Meccano didn't want to feel left out.. So they develop this- a webcam, microphone, MP3 player, Wi-fi Remote Receiver 'TOY' Spycam called Spykee. Its a domestic

Dell Studio Hybrid

2009-04-22T11:41:00.005+05:30

Aah the Dell Studio Hybrid...I was never a big fan of the boxy dell features in laptops previously but they're doing a good job of making their designs more 'aesthetically pleasing' over the past two years!The Studio Hybrid obviously has been long prevalent but it struck my senses particularly today.The only problem with this is that it makes the computer tables redundant coz it requires no

Connect-With

2008-10-05T18:58:00.008+05:30

Had this little thought on what makes a design friendly- We all say if it connects with the user,but really at what level can we perceive this connection? Leaving that open to a debate & discussion and well more comments than usual, as a thought -'Le Clochard by SNURK - a cotton bedding set that looks like real cardboard boxes. The income from this project will be used to fund several housing

En Arrive!

2008-10-05T17:47:00.007+05:30

Okay so no, There is still a lot to see in this world but i guess things that make me jump ecstatically have significantly reduced. Maybe im not looking right or maybe I just got bored of the same ol' same ol' so to quench a new found level to this thirst,Andriy KurovetsHe's another Freako designer who looks to have more fun than practicality on his head! But yes this shoe design is 'ogle worthy'

Vicarious Viking

2008-09-07T02:14:00.000+05:30

an introductory letterso can be assumedentitled this isfor whoever to viewi am no-onebut an ordinary beingi have no interestsor so it seemsfeelings and thoughts and things sublimein this little head that i call mineconcoct a concoction none can chewthings to be heard and thoughts to be viewedi present therefore with nofurther alludemy love for anything and everything anew