“Was ist schon eine Idee?”

… fragte neulich einer – nachdem eine Idee gesucht und gefunden war und gerade beginnt, erste Früchte zu tragen. Richtig, es ging um die Vergütung, aber das ist eine andere Geschichte.

Diese Geschichte hier handelt von der Idee und die hat doch jeder, jederzeit. Im Minutentakt traktiert uns das Gehirn damit. Mit komischen, praktischen, abstrusen, netten kleinen Weltverbesserungsideen bis hin zu der, jetzt aufzustehen und sich einen neuen Kaffee zu holen. „Die Idee ist das, was noch nicht genügt“ sagt deshalb Hegel und meinte damit auch, dass man schließlich ja auch aufstehen müsse um sich dann den Kaffee einverleiben zu können. read complete article…

Value Innovation Thinking oder “Was würden Ihre Kunden vermissen, wenn es Sie nicht mehr gäbe?”

Ready to buy million-dollar artworks online?

“Rather slowly, the buying and selling of art and antiques is going online” The Economist “Are collectors ready to buy million-dollar artworks online? Some of the biggest names in art and technology are betting on it. Surfing for Pollock, de Kooning and Basquiat.” The Wall Street Journal.

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Google Labs launches Julia

Google launched Julia Map on Google Labs, a fractal renderer in HTML 5. Julia sets are fractals that were studied by the French mathematician Gaston Julia in the early 1920s. Fifty years later, Benoît Mandelbrot studied the set z2 − c and popularized it by generating the first computer visualisation. Generating these images requires heavy computation resources. Modern browsers have optimized JavaScript execution up to the point where it is now possible to render in a browser fractals like Julia sets almost instantly.

Julia Map uses the Google Maps API to zoom and pan into the fractals. The images are computed withHTML 5 canvas. Each image generally requires millions of floating point operations. Web workers spread the heavy calculations on all cores of the machine.

We hope you will enjoy exploring the different Julia sets, and share the URLs of the most artistic images you discovered. See what others have posted on Twitter under hashtag #juliamap. (Posted under Julia meets HTML 5 by Daniel Wolf, Software Engineer). Click on the images below to dive in to infinity!

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Superb Interior Design

Nobu Dubai was an evolution of many of the concepts Rockwell Group developed for the flagship Nobu Fifty Seven in New York, such as the emphasis on craftsmanship, natural materials and storytelling. The textures and materials in this particular location were chosen to reflect the finely crafted cuisine and Nobu’s roots in the Japanese countryside, while also celebrating the Dubai beachfront context. To anchor the restaurant in its location, Rockwell Group surrounded the restaurant walls and ceilings with large hand-woven curvilinear abaca panels to evoke an environment submerged under an ocean wave, and added accents of traditional Middle Eastern vernacular architecture such as hand-wrought iron columns of flowers, leaves and buds.

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Adorable little Speakers. This is how 2011 can sound.

2010 was a great year in music. Guess we are all looking forward on what is coming up in 2011. Naturally, music has also to do with high-tech and sound engineering. Both, the quality of the sound and the situative fit of the device make the difference not to forget Design, a value of its own. Think about Loudspeakers, think about travel baggage – only the right equipment provides a pleasant journey. Same with enjoying music. Here are 4 fabulous Loudspeakers for different purposes, little Enhancers for your Day, for travelling, for your computer, for kitchen and garden and for always. All personally tested by the Frogfisher, all very much appreciated, all highly recommended. read complete article…

#1 album of 2010: Arcade Fire “The Suburbs”

A Masterpiece. Arcade Fire released their third Studio Album, The Suburbs, in 2010 to further critical and commercial success, receiving another Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album, as well as a nomination for Album of The Year. Extra points for superb Artwork, Website (in HTML5!) and a Web 2.0 marketing as it should be… Nuff said, everybody loves that Album and deservedly so! Album in iTunes. Ready? Video on YouTube: read complete article…

#2 album of the year: Caribou “Swim”

Don’t let the name fool you. This is not Ethno World Music or Happy Caribbean Steeldrum Sound. This is psychedelic electronic singer-songwriter kraut pop…with an experimental twist and a little dub, too . Swim is a really outstanding album by Canadian mastermind Daniel Snaith who is based in London now. Amazing music that doesn’t chum up with anybody. Check out Jamelia and Odessa and the goddamn rest of the album! Easy and well done. This is what 2010 sounds like! This is what we all wanted the Hot Chip album to be like Our album of the year 2010 if there wasn’t the other one that will be shown tomorrow! Frogfisher says: Hey man, this was a good year! Listen to and buy Caribou on iTunes. read complete article…