Infectious Art

I picked up the above design, Tea for Two, just before Christmas.  The artwork is pretty darn cool, and the sticker is better quality than I expected.  Affixing it to my iPhone was just as simple as they describe; I had to peel the sticker back a few times to get it correctly aligned, but it wasn’t fully attached until I firmly pressed it on.

I did have one small issue, however.  For some reason the perforation around the sticker was not completely cut in one area, and I ended up with a small tear in the sticker as I pulled it from the backing.  I suppose that is partly my fault, but I would also expect a $10 sticker to separate from its backing correctly.

Overall, I like the ability to customize my iPhone without any permanent changes.  The samurai and monkey are right up my alley, and it makes my toy a little more personal.  Infectious is quickly building their catalog; when I got mine there were around 35 designs to choose from, and now there is almost double that number.  If you want to add a little something to your phone, but can’t stand a bulky case (like me), stickers are where it’s at.

I am still very much in the early stages of what I want to do with this here site, but I figure it might help get myself motivated to start writing.

With that in mind, take a look at this:

BMW says in its press release:

GINA (Geometry and Functions In “N” Adaptions) principle grants more freedom for car design. It allows the creation of products with a design and functional range that express individuality and meet the wide variety of requirements of those who are using them.

While a concept car like this is obviously not going to be put into production, I hope they intend to use GINA for development, not just as a PR stunt.  As far as I know, the industry standard is to use full-size clay models for finishing touches on prototypes.  I imagine something like GINA could make that process a bit easier.  Not to mention it is just plain cool.

There is an 84 image gallery and the full press release over at AutoBlog.