Author Archives: Niall Murphy
Behold: Keyboard Crotch

‘Beauty and The Geek’ pants. No really, that’s what they’re called. Pants with fully integrated keyboard, mouse and speakers.
Designer Erik de Nijs of Nieuwe Heren tells WebProNews:
“The idea was that you could log in to your computer and control it without sitting in a closed environment behind your desk.” It’s a pretty futurist concept and, if any of you have ever seen any videos of people at work inside the Googleplex or Facebook’s offices, you’ve probably noticed that employees are constantly moving around or using their computers while standing up.
Guys Got An Grammer Allergey
The Cyanide and Happiness lads are currently inviting fans to rewrite the text of this guest strip and post new versions on their Facebook page.
Animation: ‘Thursday’
If you’re a fan of animation, this is top-flight stuff right here.
Directed by Matthias Hoegg when he was a student at the Royal College of Art in 2010, Thursday is an elegant and charmingly-told story about patterns, predictability and how the future is not so different from the present.
It was BAFTA nommed in 2010. You’ll see why.
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For Your Consideration…



Poster Cred: Seattle-based designer Joseph King’s absurdist satire on the pretentious habit of contemporary designers who display work by photographing themselves holding it up as ‘worthy to be presented’.
You can request the Poster Cred stickers (top pic) via King’s webpage and present your own masterpiece to the gallery of mock.





















