Adding more irregular updates of inspiration to the For Inspiration Only website.Tumblr (3.0; @ianus)http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7qzynFyoM1qzvxuio1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://venomousporridge.com/post/1014900307/itv-speculation">dwineman</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>What if that simple, inexpensive controller is something like an iPhone <em>without the screen?</em></p> <p>Above, I’ve crudely Photoshopped this concept together. It’s the love child of an iPod touch and a <a href="http://www.apple.com/magictrackpad/">Magic Trackpad</a>. It has the same inertial and gyroscopic motion sensors as the iPhone 4, and the same multitouch surface we’re familiar with. A home button. Bluetooth. No screen.</p> </blockquote>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/1021245068http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/1021245068Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:13:22 +0200<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13836240&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13836240&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13836240&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.bright.nl/tilt-shift-graffiti?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+brightmagazine+%28B+R+I+G+H+T+-+innovative+lifestyle%29">Tilt shift graffiti</a></p>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/1021139282http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/1021139282Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:47:51 +0200<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7ry5bteJi1qz4tjzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.volumique.com/blog/?p=31">(i)Pawn</a>: Nice recognition of pawns on the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touchscreen.</p>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/1015588459http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/1015588459Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:29:34 +0200<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7ayf7zO351qz4tjzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Interesting <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasontravis/sets/72157603258446753/detail/">photo set</a> of personas and the contents of their bags (by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jasontravis">Jason Travis</a>)</p>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/967240091http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/967240091Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:16:17 +0200<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12861872&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12861872&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12861872&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://designthinking.ideo.com/?p=492&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DesignThinking+%28Design+Thinking%29">Design story: The Decanter: Landor Associates</a>: Great retro feel in modeling, but also very interesting market research near the end. And a whole lotta smoking in the design process.</p>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/946659462http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/946659462Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:53:59 +0200<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,124,0" width="400" height="323" id="ABCESNWID"><param name="movie" value="http://abcnews.go.com/assets/player/walt2.6/flash/SFP_Walt.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /><param name="flashvars" value="configUrl=http://abcnews.go.com/video/sfp/embedPlayerConfig&configId=406732&clipId=11180529&showId=11180529&gig_lt=1279838439742&gig_pt=1279839063629&gig_g=2" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://abcnews.go.com/assets/player/walt2.6/flash/SFP_Walt.swf" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" allowfullscreen="true" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="323" flashvars="configUrl=http://abcnews.go.com/video/sfp/embedPlayerConfig&configId=406732&clipId=11180529&showId=11180529&gig_lt=1279838439742&gig_pt=1279839063629&gig_g=2" name="ABCESNWID"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Test/video/abc-news-app-ipad-11180529&tab=9482931&section=4765066&playlist=&page=1">The ABC News App for iPad</a> The spinning globe reminds me of <a href="http://forinspirationonly.com/inspiration/nightingale">some work I did as a student</a> in 1994</p>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/846925607http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/846925607Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:52:00 +0200<object width="400" height="251"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tn-YesqzvNk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tn-YesqzvNk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="251" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn-YesqzvNk">Reality distortion field remains strong with Steve Jobs after antennagate</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/NMANews">NMANews</a>)</p>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/831556426http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/831556426Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:28:34 +0200<object width="400" height="254"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AmKwF_Si734&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AmKwF_Si734&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="254" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/07/10/epicwin-aims-to-turn-your-real-life-tasks-into-a-social-game/">EpicWin</a>: Making a social game out of my to do list.</p>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/797842819http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/797842819Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:41:35 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4s1d5k9Q91qz4tjzo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://newyorker.tumblr.com/post/745982200/in-this-weeks-issue-george-packer-on-the">Nice Escher and Oil Spill inspired New Yorker cover</a>. Bad artist copy, great artists steal.</p>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/749538986http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/749538986Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:58:17 +0200<object width="400" height="254"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iGQ1Uk1GovA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iGQ1Uk1GovA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="254" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20100610/the-evolution-of-time-magazines-ipad-app-heres-whats-next/">Time Magazine iPad update</a> I currently enjoy (actually) reading Time Magazine on my iPad, don’t know whether this will help. But this video is awkwardly similar to the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntyXvLnxyXk">Sports Illustrated Tablet Demo</a>. </p>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/686676963http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/686676963Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:46:06 +0200<object width="400" height="254"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zX09WnGU6ZY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zX09WnGU6ZY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="254" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>One for Boris (<a href="http://berglondon.com/blog/2010/06/04/friday-links-lego-printer-phonetikana-napkin-maps/">via BERG</a>)</p>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/667740204http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/667740204Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:46:21 +0200<a href="http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Web-Articles/The-Impossible-Project/"> The Impossible Project [Monocle] </a>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/657074449http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/657074449Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:50:48 +0200<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l37cwqUSmM1qz4tjzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonniegrrl/sets/72157600261634210/show/">Full Metal Vader</a></p>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/644857478http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/644857478Sun, 30 May 2010 00:24:25 +0200““Calculators inherited much of their design from the mechanical adding machines of yore… Bell’s scientists produced a massive variety of dialers and tested them all on ordinary people in a lab setting. They were trying to find the best possible numpad by measuring input speed, error rate, and people’s stated preference.””<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://blackpixel.com/blog/897/numpads-gone-wild/">Numpads Gone Wild · Black Pixel</a> Why calculators have 7-8-9 numpads and phones, ATMs and TV remotes</em>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/618987475http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/618987475Fri, 21 May 2010 13:48:03 +0200<object width="400" height="325"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Bh-yed48e0Y&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Bh-yed48e0Y&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="325" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh-yed48e0Y">What is Newton?</a> The original behind the new <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/gallery/#ad">What is iPad?</a> commerical.</p>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/616240779http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/616240779Thu, 20 May 2010 15:51:11 +0200<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l19qfbQxHo1qz4tjzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.life.com/image/ugc1039332/in-gallery/41842/exclusive-the-day-einstein-died">The Day Einstein Died</a>: Einstein’s desk, a perfect chaos (via <a href="http://kottke.org/10/04/einsteins-desk">kottke.org</a>)</p>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/540327820http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/540327820Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:04:21 +0200<a href="http://apirocks.com/html5/src/canvasphoto/index.html">Canvas Photo Demo</a>: <p>Interesting Cabinet like dragging interface as part of a feature-laden demo of <a href="http://apirocks.com/html5/html5.html">doing presentations</a> in HTML5</p>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/535340719http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/535340719Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:24:56 +0200<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0sbcmmquC1qz4tjzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/lindstrom_stromgrens_amazing_folding-map-inspired_table_16370.asp?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+core77%2Fblog+%28Core77.com%27s+design+blog%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">Lindstrom & Stromgren’s amazing folding-map-inspired table - Core77</a></p>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/516604739http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/516604739Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:19:33 +0200<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0rab6MHPU1qz4tjzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Steve Jobs on getting butterflies in his stomach before putting the iPad out in the world.</p>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/515301300http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/515301300Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:59:30 +0200<object width="400" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://s.nos.nl/swf/embed/nos_video_embed.swf?tcmid=tcm-5-693589" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://s.nos.nl/swf/embed/nos_video_embed.swf?tcmid=tcm-5-693589" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="225" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://nos.nl/video/149125-lichtkunstroute-geopend-in-utrecht.html">NOS Nieuws - Lichtkunstroute geopend in Utrecht</a> News item on the Trompe l’Oeil project in Utrecht by my friend and colleague <a href="http://fieldofview.com/">Aldo Hoeben</a></p>http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/508353096http://tumblr.forinspirationonly.com/post/508353096Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:52:10 +0200