Well, if you donate one XO laptop to a child in a developing nation, you'll get another XO to call your own. Of course, if you've already got a totally tricked out, indestructible, hyper-efficient, intuitive computing machine back home, then you can donate the second laptop as well. G1G1 is a global campaign, available in 17 European countries. The XO provides one of the greatest gifts of all... the gift of opportunity. Help inspire tomorrow.<<

Canal+, Frances premier pay channel, asked fuseproject to challenge the status quo by designing its HD/DVR cable box, remote and the TV graphical interface. Le Cube brings a radical simplicity to its design and the details are tuned down to the smallest texture and vent holes. Its horizontal and vertical orientations allow the unit to neatly fit in any environment. The design sensibility of the physical cable box has been carefully applied on the digital user interface, creating a harmonious interaction between the hardware and the on-screen UI. Who knew television was best in French?<<

*No Sharks were injured in the writing of this story.<<

The Voyage is an undulating and twisting form made up of over 6,000 Swarovski crystals and motion sensing LED lights, the Voyage combines beauty, form, and technology to deliver an illuminated manifestation of our perpetual journey.<<

Children have an amazing capacity to let us know how they use the laptop and what they want. The design of the next-generation XO is in response to their passion for learning, for sharing with each other, and for self-expression. The XOXO is challenging what a truly collaborative and creative computing experience could be...a true departure from the traditional keyboard and screen layout, a new way to interface and play with data, information and communication:

• imagine if your learning machine was an un-interrupted screen one could interface with from any direction
• imagine if it was a reading experience just like a book, and at the same time a seamless large visual tablet
• imagine if children could play board games sitting across from each other (or computer games).

Among these drawings of ordinary objects rendered oversized and set in urban landscapes was Block of Concrete Inscribed with Names of War Heroes (1965). The massive block was supposed to fill the heavily traveled intersection of Canal Street and Broadway in lower Manhattan, a spot which, according to local Cold War-era lore, would be the ideal target for someone who wanted to drop an atomic bomb on New York City." -Art in America, Jan, 2001 by Suzaan Boettger. For the full article, click here

What better place to open our NY office with David Adjaye, our architect friend from London<<

That we would win the Editor's Award at the ICFF with our first collection, however, was beyond our wildest expectations. Our C Collection comprises lounge, reception and private sitting area furnishing collaboratively designed (That's what the "C" in the title stands for) and built around clean lines and practical features. The pieces, intended for the modern workplace, offer supreme comfort, pull up work surfaces and complementary lighting.<<

We jumped at the chance to design a personalized homepage for iGoogle, working with a theme of Creative Consciousness and predicated on the idea of making users more aware of the world around them, our design includes a Global Counter - enabling users to compare real time statistics, a Surf Seeker - comparing wave data between two locations, and a theme bar that works as a visual clock using global sunlight and its absence. To download our theme and gadgets, go to iGoogle Developer profile.<<