Hey, That's a Great Idea » visionaries http://heythatsagreatidea.com Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:53:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Lego: The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/05/lego-the-frank-lloyd-wright-collection/ http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/05/lego-the-frank-lloyd-wright-collection/#comments Sat, 23 May 2009 03:05:52 +0000 the idea collector http://heythatsagreatidea.com/?p=412

Yet another for the I-wish-they-made-this-when-I-was-a-kid:

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]]> http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/04/design-business-review/feed/ 2 Jet Pack http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/03/jet-pack/ http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/03/jet-pack/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:24:29 +0000 the idea collector http://heythatsagreatidea.com/?p=401

Just forget about the umbilical for moment and think about how much fun you could have blasting jet skiers with those water jets.

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]]> http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/03/jet-pack/feed/ 0 Marc Newson Documentary http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/03/marc-newson-documentary/ http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/03/marc-newson-documentary/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:35:24 +0000 the idea collector http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/03/marc-newson-documentary/ This BBC documentary on industrial designer Marc Newson offers great insight into his creative and production processes. It is available in 5 parts on youTube:

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]]> http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/03/marc-newson-documentary/feed/ 0 Extended Interview with Gary Hustwit – Dwell Blog – dwell.com http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/02/extended-interview-with-gary-hustwit-dwell-blog-dwellcom/ http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/02/extended-interview-with-gary-hustwit-dwell-blog-dwellcom/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:57:08 +0000 the idea collector http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/02/extended-interview-with-gary-hustwit-dwell-blog-dwellcom/

More on the forthcoming Objectified documentary; this time an interview with the director, Gary Hustwit:

Extended Interview with Gary Hustwit – Dwell Blog – dwell.com

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  • How to Harvest Heat in a Home Six sources of heat you probably didn’t know you had...
    • ]]>     Bill Gates talks about two of his latest philanthropic efforts at the annual TED conference going on this week; conquering malaria and making teachers great.

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    ]]>     http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/02/bill-gates-at-ted-2009/feed/ 0     Objectified Movie Screenings Announced http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/02/objectified-movie-screenings-announced/ http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/02/objectified-movie-screenings-announced/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:23:56 +0000 the idea collector http://heythatsagreatidea.com/?p=368 Tickets are available online:

    Objectified Screenings.

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    ]]>     http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/02/objectified-movie-screenings-announced/feed/ 0     Gary Hustwit talks with Doug Pray http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/01/gary-hustwit-talks-with-doug-pray/ http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/01/gary-hustwit-talks-with-doug-pray/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:41:25 +0000 the idea collector http://heythatsagreatidea.com/?p=329 I just found this interview between Gary Hustwit, director of the new Objectified movie, and Doug Pray, director of the new Art & Copy movie.

    Art & Copy is all about advertising. Objectified, as I’ve previously written, is all about product design. Hustwit and Pray find some interesting common ground in discussing what they each learned during the making of their films.

    The mp3 is available on the SXSX Film page.

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    ]]>     http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/01/gary-hustwit-talks-with-doug-pray/feed/ 0     Objectified Premiere: SXSW Film Fest ’09 http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/01/objectified-premiere-sxsw-film-fest-09/ http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/01/objectified-premiere-sxsw-film-fest-09/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:45:36 +0000 the idea collector http://heythatsagreatidea.com/?p=327 The “Objectified” movie I wrote about earlier this month is officially scheduled to debut at the SXSW Film Fest in March with preview screenings in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and London which will be announced later.

    The official announcement is here:  Objectified: A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit.

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