livenow.jpg Eric Smith’s perspective on life changed upon being diagnosed with cancer, leading to the Live Now Project : “Before cancer I was like most folks, just cruising along. It was during my treatment, when I started to discover what cancer could gift to me – the ability to absorb every moment as if each one were my whole life.

plantyniceness.jpg Throughout my childhood my mother and grandmother would endlessly take off-cuts of plants to nurture at home, or give away to friends and family. The Osusowake planting system could have been made for them.

zoomablemap.jpg The zoomable map is an intriguing idea. OK, so it’s not very practical, and it’s a poor substitute for a phone with mapping technology, but it’s innovative nonetheless.

daschund.jpg The Happy Daschund Lamp is… well… really quite happy. I’d love to import one into the UK, were it not for the fact that it’d most likely be a fire hazard due to the difference in voltage.

simonpage.jpg City boy turned illustrator Simon Page is interviewed on Grain Feed . The interview itself is far from gripping, but his portfolio contains some pleasing experiments with geometry and type.