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pigtailsandritalin: Last week I rounded up some of the geniuses I work with and gave them glittery unicorn temporary tattoos. Well, except Kevin – I ran out of unicorn tatts, so he has a ketchup packet Scotch-taped to his arm. He keeps it on his desk and occasionally wears it when he’s upset, kind of…
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Sir Richard’s, a new condom startup, is advertising its wares not by promises of hair-pulling, nail-scratching pleasure, but rather economics. Simply put, it costs so much to have a damn kid that you better not have one by accident. (via Condom Campaign Highlights Dizzying Costs of Having a Kid | Co.Design)
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There is a myth, common in American culture, that work and play are entirely separate activities. I believe they are more entwined than ever before. As the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget once said, “Play is the answer to how anything new comes about.” A playful mind thrives on ambiguity, complexity, and improvisation—the very things needed…
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The original Mechanism was made out of metal, but you had to work with plastic toys. How did that affect your design? Regular Lego bricks are problematic because they constantly want to pop apart, so I had to use cross-bracing to keep everything rigid enough to withstand all the mechanical force. And unlike my previous…