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Last Night’s Garbage is an interesting look at the inhabitants of New York City, through their garbage. The writing is damn hilarious as well. Definitely worth a look!

Pop!Tech seems to me like it is very similar to TED, which is by no means a bad thing. Sharing ideas and innovations in order to create a better society and world to live in seems to be one of the biggest trends in 2007. You can download pop!casts (podcasts) of many of the speakers from Pop!Tech to help understand their vision and learn more.

I’d just like to take a chance to say thanks to you all for supporting Hip.Young.Thing. over the past year. I hope it’s been as enjoyable for you to read as it has been to write. We’re going to be taking a short break now until the new year (there may be a few posts, but probably not too many), but we’ll be back next year bigger and better than ever.

Peace,

T.

Ola Pehrson is a Swedish based artist whose work seems to explore a connection between the real world and computers. Shown here is a 10:1 scale model of a windows 95 desktop, filmed in real time and displayed back onto a computer monitor. Genius!

Type Workshop have got some great experimental typography going on. Check out the photos from ‘Zig Zag Zombie’ to see some excellent examples.

The Glue Society are an award winning creative group based in Australia and New York. They’ve got some really great and thought provoking work, utilising many mediums from sculpture to video. Shown above is the sculpture named ‘Hot with the chance of a late storm’ which was entered into the Sculpture by the Sea competition in Tamarama Beach in New South Wales, Australia.

Irwin Redl’s work reflects upon the condition of art making after the “digital experience.” Translating this into real world spaces definitely makes for some interesting and abstract art works.

Go retro with your iPod nano! These iPod cases from 45 let you do just that, fitting your iPod nano into an old cassette case. If you happen to have an iPod  classic you’re not left out, with custom made cases from old 45 lp cases.

The SENZ umbrellas have a unique design to allow you go out in extreme wind conditions and not worry about your umbrella turning inside out. The custom shape also provides the best possible coverage to allow you to stay dry in any kind of down-pour. Plus they look cool!

I love how you can stack the LaCie Brick, an external hard drive, just like lego.