A lot of good and bad things happen everyday, but what are the top 10 that have affected the Earth in the past few years? Salon has compiled the Top 10 Best and Worst news items. Check out the slide show here: Best and Worst News for the Planet
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Design the Planet #40-Settle the Planet
August 21, 2010 – 11:15 am
If you have always wanted to discover and uncharted island, set up camp, and live off the land to establish you kingdom than Catan is the place for you. Settlers of Catan is the world renowned board game created by Klaus Teuber, redefining the board game industry and making a huge splash in fun and [...]
Design the Planet #39-Screen Saver Planet
August 20, 2010 – 10:15 am
Looking for an incredible screen saver? Well this screen saver featuring our favorite planet is available for free, with some sweet features. The screen saver displays an image of earth as currently illuminated by the sun, changing every 10 minutes. The vantage point of earth is even editable; view the earth from the point-of-view of [...]
Design the Planet #38-Think the Planet
August 19, 2010 – 9:45 am
Korean designer Junggi Sung has designed a couple of products to raise awareness of our impact on the earth. One being the “Think the Planet” trash bin. The bin features a net lid that is carved to represent our earth, causing the person depositing trash to consider the consequences of their actions. Also check out [...]
Design the Planet #37-Kryptonite Free Planet
August 18, 2010 – 9:25 am
Faster than a speeding train, impervious to gunfire, laser vision; he can fly, he can bend metal with his hands; and yet there is one thing that will stop him dead in his tracks, and I don’t mean Lois Lane. It’s Kryptonite. Despite all his strengths a small block of Kryptonite will bring Superman to [...]
Design the Planet #36-Objects for Our Sick Planet
August 17, 2010 – 1:00 pm
Objects for Our Sick Planet are a series of projects built by Ong Kian Peng. The goals of the projects are to draw the attention of the public to concerns involving pollution and global warming and the effects they can have on our everyday environment. The projects force the user to see their surroundings for [...]
Design the Planet #35-Zombify the Planet
August 16, 2010 – 10:45 am
Ever get the urge to eat a bit of brains? What about take over the world? Well now you can satisfy both of those cravings with a little two-dimensional action on the acclaimed internet based game Infector! World Dominator. Definitely one of the best zombie games out there. Enjoy. Infector! World Dominator
Design the Planet #34-Kern the Planet
August 15, 2010 – 10:35 am
Unless you are an absolute design nerd you probably don’t know what the term “kern” means. Kerning, for the ignorant, happens to be the spacing between letterforms. Not typically something a person cares to think about day to day, but if you are a typesetter kerning is very important. Anyway, that’s the end of the [...]
Design the Planet #33-Frame the Planet
August 14, 2010 – 12:30 pm
Have you ever wanted your head to be as big as our planet? Probably not possible, and really that would just be silly. But relatively speaking it is possible. Such as placing a photo of yourself in these beautifully crafted earth shaped picture frames and decorating them with earth themed accessories. Check it. Planet Frame
Design the Planet #32-Text Message the Planet
August 13, 2010 – 3:00 pm
Have you ever wanted to communicate with extra-terrestrials? Well unfortunately you just missed you chance. In August of 2009, 25000 text messages were accepted from participants to be transmitted to the distant planet Gliese 581d which is said may contain life. The messages were transmitted by the NASA Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex at the [...]
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