Ben Cooper

Group Innovation Director M&C Saatchi Sydney. Co-Creator O Six Hundred Kayak. Proud father. Loving husband. British.

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BBC 17 | Lean Mean Fighting Machine founders dead – Fri, 16 Dec, 2054

Published December 16, 2005

The four founders of Lean Mean Fighting Machine; Dave Cox (79), Dave Bedwood (80), Tom Bazeley (81), and Sam Ball (79) died last night in a freak hover-board accident. The four met at an online

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Cute Overload!

Published December 15, 2005

Frog Kitten :: This is for Ann (my trusty colleague) she like’s little cute animals, so I thought I’d link to this rather sickly site called Cute Overload. Excuse me, why I

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BODYWORK by Liz Cohen

Published December 15, 2005

BODYWORK is the attempt to transform a German car into an American car. Cohen bought a Trabant in Berlin and shipped it to America. Upon its arrival, the effort to transform the Trabant into

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Top 10 commandments for client interactivity

Published December 15, 2005

WEFAIL have compiled an interesting way to deliver the 10 commandments for client interactivity… I say interesting, what I mean is utter weirdness. Have a play with it, hilarious and weird – make sure you

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Jonny Rotten

Published December 15, 2005

Jonny Rotten Originally uploaded by uground1. Collection of rock / punk photography by Andy

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Synesthetic Cookbook

Published December 13, 2005

Can’t figure out what to have for dinner? Hugo Liu, a graduate student at M.I.T.’s Media Lab, has developed a “smart” cookbook that can recommend a dish on the basis of some of the

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Top 10 weirdest USB devices

Published December 12, 2005

Thanks to Hendo for another fine link, what wonders these little devices are. Check out the top 10 weirdest USB devices ever

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No I’m not X-Type?

Published December 12, 2005

Are you X-Type? is the new campaign website for the The Jaguar X-Type 2.2 Diesel. Look maybe its me, but I find this pseudo online advertising really lame. I pop my name in, watch some

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Graffiti mobbed tube

Published December 12, 2005

This is nuts, tube stops in station, emergency stop pulled and the whole carriage gets covered. Watch for

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Square headed cat: Peats Ridge Festival

Published December 11, 2005

Originally uploaded by benhamin. Great weekend had by all… more photos coming

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Royal Britannia..

Published December 9, 2005

How very un-British, a union-jack coffee table – one is more likely to enjoy tea… See other cool designs from the UK at SUCK

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IDEO :: The Ten Faces of Innovation

Published December 8, 2005

Tom Kelley is the General Manager of design & innovation agency Ideo. His book The Ten Faces of Innovation looks interesting (i haven’t read it). Over the years, Tom has observed a number of

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Close-up on PSP graf, from !Habit Forming

Published December 6, 2005

Originally uploaded by !Habit

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PSP Guerilla ads not having the desired effect?

Published December 6, 2005

Originally uploaded by !Habit Forming. Sony has hired local graffiti artists to promote the PSP in urban city areas, within New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Miami, & San Francisco. There seems to be a

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New Soft Helmet Turns Hard in Crash

Published December 6, 2005

Fabric called d3o (dee-three-oh) becomes rigid on impact, protecting the wearer. A Swiss company called Ribcap are planning to execute it in a number of snowsport applications. Read more about it on Live Science.

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