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SABI EVERYDAY

SABI is a new brand that goes where no other has been: health and wellness for the old and the young alike. The first Sabi line is functionally focused on medicine storage and organization. The needs of many users, in multiple situations, are holistically addressed by universal ergonomic solutions. SABI is for the everyday, for everyone, and is designed to come along on our life’s journey. More...

OLPC tablet: Hello world!

The One Laptop Per Child is in the hands of 2.4 million children. We are now very excited to present the OLPC XO-3 in a tablet format. Ultra-simplicity, affordability and robustness are still the key functional ingredients. The emotive iconography, the tactile rubber grips, the flexible cover and solar charging battery, are the parts that make our hearts beat faster, and the kid’s too. It’s time for the XO-3 to say hello to the children, and for the grown-ups to make a difference. More...

HOLIDAY SPIRIT

At fuseproject we’re all about Holiday Spirit. The partying kind – and the giving kind. This year, we already did plenty of partying. And now, on your behalf, we’re doing some giving too.

These three programs have involved and inspired us: Architecture for Humanity, charity: water, and See Better to Learn Better. Each addresses a critical need in our world, and we’re proud to support them – in spirit and in cash.

To you. From us. With love.

To learn more or donate yourself, click below:

YOU ARE SO UP FOR IT!

The much anticipated launch of UP by Jawbone is here. UP is designed as functional wrist-wear for the 21st century. It is also an ecosystem of virtual and physical experiences that tracks your sleep, activity and eating habits. The monitoring UP band is comfortable, malleable, and beautiful on the wrist. The Iphone app displays the information with clear graphics and diagrams, while also connecting with friends and teams to compete and collaborate on health challenges.

So get UP and go by downloading the free iPhone app here and find the Jawbone UP band here.

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BIKE LOCAL

LOCAL is just that: the perfect neighborhood bike. Visit friends down the street; ride to shops in the vicinity such as our favorite hardware store, drop-off the kids at the school nearby, grab a picnic and take the whole family (including surfboards) to the beach. We integrated some key elements in the bike: locking, lighting, bags and even music with our wireless JAMBOX speaker!

Over the years, as our lives have become more complicated and full of stuff our traditional bicycles became less practical. So we designed the LOCAL to address the needs of our daily lives...and to bring back the fun of riding around the neighborhood.

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♥ ♥ INDEX

We are honored to receive the INDEX:Award for See Better to Learn Better today. Since the launch of the program, 358,000 kids have received a free pair of eyeglasses in Mexico. By choosing their own color combinations, shapes and sizes, the kids are co-designing their future. The INDEX cash prize will allow fuseproject to continue to support our partners, non-profit Verbien and champion manufacturer Augen of Mexico, as well as take the program to new places: from San Francisco to remote islands in Indonesia.

INDEX gave us love 4 years ago when the One Laptop Per Child was awarded the prestigious prize, and 3 million children have used the laptop since. As the first team to receive the award twice, we say thank you thank you.

INDEX Verbien Award

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MY DAD ALWAYS TOLD ME "NO SHIRT, NO DINNER"

After 3 years designing and wearing PACT underwear we have decided to offer a fuller body cover: Essential T’s. Same soft feeling and great fitting approach with the same social and environmental standards. While “Change Starts with your Underwear” still, the new T’s let you “Wear Something Good” on top, too!

Be first to order at www.wearpact.com

UP for it?

How do I get the information and motivation to live a healthier life? The answer is called UP.

We, along with our partner Jawbone, wanted to give you a sneak peek of an exciting innovation we've been working on for awhile. UP is part app on your phone, and part cool sensing band on your wrist. UP tracks movement, sleep and nutrition. What do you get in return for wearing the tech-loaded and colorful band? Suggestions and realistic challenges to help you improve, and get family and friends to do it with you. We're UP for it...Are you?

More on UP later this year...

DESIGN FOR A LIVING WORLD II

Hot cocoa anyone? Our work with the Nature Conservancy and the Costa Rica Talamanca cocoa growers is opening at the Field Museum in Chicago as part of the “Design for the Living World” exhibit.

After visiting the Bribri women in Costa Rica and experiencing their process of making cacao and chocolate, we designed a product ecosystem that conveniently packages the cacao and a tool that allows for shaving and stirring. The ceremonial aspect is in keeping with the local tradition while creating a new economic reach for the community.

Go see the Talamanca Cocoa and the other 10 projects featured in the Design for a Living World exhibit until November 13, 2011...and have a cocoa on us!

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KICK ASH, KICK COAL

Did you know that hundreds of colleges and universities use polluting and unhealthy coal to power their campuses? Ongoing pressure by student bodies, and now flash mobs where students spontaneously strip down to their “Beyond Coal” underwear are working: since the Sierra Club and it’s Student Coalition launched this effort, 16 schools have already agreed to phase out the use of dirty coal on campus.

Our friends at PACT together with the Sierra Club are arming students with the mission-oriented underwear’s pattern that evokes coal pollution in a blue sky. Get you own, strip down, and KICK ASH!

Thanks to Miami University and University of North Texas students for the video!

Get the Beyond Coal underwear here
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THERE IS MORE TO BLACK THAN YOU THINK

We are presenting the Herman Miller SAYL, for the first time at Salone del Mobile, in an ethereal monochromatic theme that transitions from black to translucent in 6 steps. While black is still the dominant color in the task chair world, the white SAYL frame combined with neutral tones takes the task chair to a new level of refinement.

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SIT AND LISTEN TO JAMSCAPE

Not only have we been using our JAMBOX on the road for the last few months, but now we are taking 1,642 of them to the Milan Salone del Mobile. Each Jambox is about half the size of a brick, from which we are building 6 large monoliths that will take gallery visitors on a sound journey. With our friends at Dezeen, we commissioned unique ambient music tracks that will be played continually throughout the week. Transmitted wirelessly to the JAMscape monoliths, the sound will envelop each visitor and be a respite from the hustle of the fair. Sit and listen...(it can get very loud)

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SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST

Meet our third and final “Pleasure to the People” intimate product with partner Jimmyjane. As with each of its predecessors, FORM 4 is technically innovative, ergonomically minded and made from medical-grade materials. FORM 4’s unique combination of flexible shape and power is wrapped in a form that can be left by the bedside, rather than hidden.

This release is the culmination of a three-year collaboration between Yves Behar and Ethan Imboden, founder and chief creative at Jimmyjane.

Find out more about the benefits of FORM 4 at www.jimmyjane.com/form4.

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REMOTE KILLER

Peel wants to reinvent the way we watch TV. Gone is the frustration of endless TV guides or finding something good to watch or the over-complicated remote. Peel is a simple, intuitive universal control on your iPhone for any home entertainment system.

The design of the fruit, name and brand, are all about peeling away the layers of complexity. This latest fuseproject design venture keeps your TV fresh! More...

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BE CLEVER (LITTLE BAG)

2011 is the year our redesign of the shoebox is going to be everywhere: from stores to your home. PUMA’s new packaging and distribution system, called Clever Little Bag, reduces materials used for shoeboxes by 65% while water, energy and diesel consumption in manufacturing is brought down by more than 60%. But the Clever Little Bag delivers more rather than less: take your kicks home in it instead of that old plastic bag (275 tons of plastic will also be saved), re-use it for travel, or groceries or? Now your turn to be Clever. More...

Watch the Clever Little Bag movie here.

A NEW VUE OF TIME

Our collaboration with Issey Miyake is now available for all to own or gift (Valentine’s hint)...Named VUE, it presents a new view of time. The watch dial displays only the current hour, while the others fade in and out reminding us of the time that has passed, and the future that is coming.

The watch packaging, a recycled paper cube notepad, continues the notion of discovery by hiding the watch within it’s volume. Contrary to traditionally wasteful watch packaging, the VUE notepad block can be re-used to write messages...and love notes. More...

Find the VUE here:

SQR - Esquire

We did our own editing for Esquire magazine’s identity. The concept logo is based on an accordion that both edits and reveals additional content: When the cover is folded up the logo reads SQR (which sounds just like Esquire). Once the accordion cover is unfolded the full logo is restored, and panels of paper expand the cover story’s content. It’s both less and more!

TAP TAP: A NEW ERA IS HERE...

Since the Jambox hit the street, we’ve been busy getting ready for the launch of the latest intelligent headset: ERA. The Jawbone ERA is the first headset with an accelerometer that allows a simple touch or shake to switch between apps and modes: “Shake Shake®” and ERA goes into pairing mode, “TapTap®” and it answers or ends a phone call. The geometric surfaces and material layering are incredibly detailed and resemble fine textile...all contributing to the next ERA.

A GIFT FOR ALL

Your friends at fuseproject and Herman Miller are making a gift in your honor to expand the See Better To Learn Better program in Mexico and the world. The gift of seeing better and learning better helps children stay in school, and reminds all of us to focus on what matters this holiday season. With love.

DESIGN OF THE DECADE X2! WOW

When 2 team favorites at the studio win IDSA’s prestigious Design of the Decade, we have to share the news.

Jawbone, our venture partner whose brand we built over the last 6 years, has impressed everyone by taking the Gold Design of the Decade for Most Successful Integration of New Technology.

One Laptop Per Child, Nicholas Negroponte’s vision to bring technologically relevant tools to children in the developing world, won the Bronze Design of the Decade for Solution to a Developing World Social Problem. 2 million children have an XO Laptop and every 6-12 year old in Uruguay uses one.

Both of these projects represent what we love most about our work: bootstrapping social and entrepreneurial spirit mixed with design that makes a difference. So cheers for this decade! And cheers to our partners and friends Nicholas Negroponte at OLPC, and Alex Asseilly and Hosain Rahman at Jawbone!

IT’S BIG, IT’S A GIGATON!

The first winners of the Gigaton Award were announced this weekend...Want to win one? it’s not for the faint of heart: reduce annual emissions of carbon dioxide and equivalent greenhouse gases (CO2e) by at least 1 billion metric tons -a gigaton- by 2020, and you may join the winners. The Gigaton Prizes are awarded by Sir Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room and Sunil Paul, founder of the Gigaton Awards.

We designed the award as a literal visualization by capturing pieces of coal inside cast acrylic blocks, and gave the logo an appropriate imposing typography. Supporting the Gigaton awards is a big no brainer!

See more about the winners here.

THE GIFT OF LIGHT FOR HAITI

For every purchase of our new "Light-Up Haiti" holiday collection, PACT wil donate one solar lantern to a woman in Port-au-Prince. This gift remedies the lack of lighting in housing camps and helps alleviate a fragile security situation for the women and their children. So it's not just festive and sweet to give a pair of organic underwear to your friends, it's also helping a community in need.

How can you resist?

Vist EarthSpark and Citizen Effect's Light Up-Haiti Program at http://citizeneffect.org/projects/solar_lamps_haiti to learn more.

Purchase here...

"IT'S A PROCESS"

The final installment of our behind the scenes design process for the Herman Miller SAYL chair has just been posted. Go to www.liveunframed.com to experience the full 3 years of "growing" a chair.

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KICK OUT THE JAMS: MINIATURE EDITION

Say goodbye to that giant boombox circa 1985! We are launching our first Jawbone product that blasts noise instead of eliminating it! Here comes JAMBOX, a tiny wireless speaker to make those jams on your phone or ipad sound, well, awesome. And it's also a speakerphone, in case the boss calls during the party...Available in 4 sound-proof colored textures at Apple stores on November 16, and at www.jawbone.com

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WHAT IT TAKES TO SAYL

This is what it takes to design the SAYL task chairs with Herman Miller: questions (Many), ergonomic test subjects (Hundreds), drawings (Thousands), full size prototypes (Seventy+), lab tests (One Million cycles) and much more. Experience the many facets of our process at www.liveunframed.com, where we present the first unframed suspension system’s invention and 3 years of non-stop design, including doubts and failures, lots of coffee, and jubilations...the second part of four installments launches today.

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WINTER WEAR

Cashmere? Denim? Suede? The sign is out in the window of your favorite boutique: "Winter earwear is here..."

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GE ♥ EV SEQUEL

The first GE WattStation was designed for public sidewalks, now the residential version for your home is here. Charging electrical vehicles in your garages means no more trips to the gas stations, something that surely no one will miss! more...

ONE MORE WEEK FOR TECHNOCRAFT

One more week to catch TECHNOcraft at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Our first curatorial show will be closing Sunday, October 3rd. Come experience how the boundaries between the role of the designer and the consumer are disappearing...hurry before time runs out!

SECRET WRAP

Our Issey Miyake VUE watch is close to launch (soon...soon), but we couldn’t wait to share details about the packaging! To build on VUE’s spirit of discovery, the packaging hides and protects the watch within the layers of a note pad. Rather than the typical jewelry style watch box, our solution is to conceal the watch in a stack of recycled paper: write a special note when gifting VUE, or just re-use the entire note-pad/cum packaging for your poetry or grocery list...

MAGIC TOUCH

Why design a vibrator? A second one? Well...if there is more magic to bring to life, why not?

Meet the second installment of our "Pleasure to the People" partnership with Jimmyjane, designed in collaboration with founder Ethan Imboden. FORM 3 adds a whole new dimension to human touch, putting the vibration literally at your fingertips. Press your finger through the soft silicone membrane and focus the sensation exactly where you want it. By amplifying your own digit, you bring the "magic touch" to those magic moments...more

For anyone who would enjoy detailed instructions, check out the video.

FORM 3 launches September 16, 2010 worldwide. Get yours at www.jimmyjane.com/form3

THE ART IN YOUR PANTS

For 36 years Creative Growth Art Center's mission has been to foster artists with developmental disabilities. The exemplary program has given safe harbor to artists and helped build their careers through exhibitions worldwide in galleries and major museums. Now you can wear that incredible art and enjoy PACT's environmental and organic commitment, while contributing to the amazing work of the folks at Creative Growth. And why wouldn't you?

PACT’s Creative Growth collection is now at www.wearPACT.com and through select retailers such as Convert in Berkeley, CA, Kuhlman in Seattle, WA, and Local 35 in Portland, OR.

GE ♥ EV...AND WE DO TOO...

Imagine this: You never have to go to the gas station again...and instead you’re charging your electric car at work, at home, or at the park while the kids are playing. This is exactly what GE+fuseproject are presenting today - an electric vehicle charging station called the GE WattStation.

The WattStation integrates in to the urban landscape more like greenery than a machine: lower profile, smooth and rounded in form with a welcoming interface angled-up towards the user, it is resistant to the tough weather and streets, while still looking and feeling friendly.

Did we mention it charges your EV in 4-8 hours versus the usual 12-18? And with an LED light-ring indicating its availability from afar, parking has never been this friendly. more...

TECHNOCRAFT: THE ROAD TO MASS-INDIVIDUALIZATION

Bored with mass-production? Scared of cultural globalization? Emotionally disconnected from your consumption? Designers around the world are using technology to fight back and create a new economy based on craft, individualization and your participation in the process of creation.

After 12 months of work, our first curatorial project opens today at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts till October 3rd. We are showing more than 800 pieces by over 40 artists: selected works span the spectrum from intentionally collaborative (such as “platforms” and “crowd-sourcing” where individuals collaborate and customize), to outsider “hacks” where manufactured products are adapted or modified by you. Do come experience how the boundaries between the role of the designer and the consumer are disappearing...we’ll be there ready to play and make together!

IT'S LIKE WINNING THE WORLD CUP

We have never blogged about awards, but this time it’s big, as one of the fusers said: "it’s like winning the World Cup of design!”. With 15 awards from the IDSA and Fast Company, fuseproject finds itself in the #1 spot of global design firms.

Ok...we hear the music starting, but a shout out to our talented and hardworking designers, the fuse team, our visionary clients, to Mom, Dad, IDSA, Fast Company and the Academy!

http://www.fastcodesign.com/idea-2010

CRADLE TO CRADLE FOR ALL!

Today is the historical launch of the Green Products Innovation Institute, a non-profit organization founded on the Cradle to Cradle principles and certification program defined by architect William McDonough and chemist Dr. Michael Braungart. We are eager to participate in this ground-breaking institution backed by Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger, and bring our experience and passion to GPII. “Cradle to Cradle reconciles the notion of business growth WITH the health of the world and it’s people. It is simply THE future opportunity for change on a scale never achieved by the design profession, and the only reason big business, governments and consumers will be moved to a new way of making and consuming.” Yves Behar, founding member of GPII.

The Green Products Innovation Institute, based in California, focuses on transforming the making and consumption of things into a regenerative force for the planet. Rather than focusing on how industry can become “less bad,” the Institute is set up to be a resource for those who aspire to achieve new levels of environmental and human health and safety for all products sold in California. The Institute will engage key stakeholders worldwide, resulting in a transparent, independently verified framework that can be trusted and looked to for innovation and guidance as we move toward a Cradle to Cradle economy.

To find out more information, and how you can get involved, visit the Green Products Innovation Institute at http://gpinnovation.org/

P.S. We designed the GPII identity...

SEE BETTER TO LEARN BETTER

"See Better to Learn Better" is a free eyeglasses program in partnership with the Mexican government, and our latest design effort in both education and design for good.

11% of kids in Mexico don't learn because they can't see, and the problem is compounded by the stigma of glasses as a handicap.

To solve both problems, the design of the frames provides kids with numerous colors and shape configurations. 5 different frame options in 7 different colors, that means a lot of unique new smiling faces!

The frames are made from an advanced plastic, Grilamid, that is almost unbreakable, and the two-part design allows for lenses to be easily inserted in the field when new prescriptions are filled.

This new program plans to give away 300,000 glasses every year. More...

PACT GETS A NOBEL

Our latest PACT collaboration is with architect David Adjaye and the Green Belt Movement, just in time for Earth Day. The print is created for Nobel prize winner Wangari Maathai's foundation, Green Belt Movement, which fights deforestation, soil erosion and water scarcity in Kenya and empowers women in the process.

100% of the purchase price goes to the Green Belt Movement. Which means if you buy one pair, we will plant 20 trees, buy 10 pairs and that's 200 trees! Outfit your whole family, and that's a forest!

So do good, plant wood....get started now at www.wearpact.com

SUSTAINABLE CRYSTAL: AMPLIFY

For our 4th collaboration with Swarovski Crystal Palace in Milan, we wanted to try something a bit different…sustainable crystal. Traditional chandeliers are made of numerous lights and crystals, we wanted to change this equation: 1 crystal + 1 low energy LED light + a faceted paper shade = AMPLIFY. Resulting in multiple beautiful reflections and rainbow color bursts…Just what is expected from crystal, but this time the effect is amplified to get the most out of just one crystal.

6 different shapes, each one carefully crafted to maximize refractions on the inner surfaces, can be grouped or shown individually. This effect can be seen on the faceted shade material, thus emulating the cut and reflective nature of the crystal inside. Each chandelier becomes its' own large glowing crystal.

AMPLIFY is a beautiful crystal light, made low-cost, energy efficient and accessible to all. More...

BYE BYE SHOEBOX, HELLO CLEVER LITTLE BAG

For the last 21 months we have been thinking about shoeboxes: how to fold them, how to ship them and how to reduce them. In the end, we decided to get rid of them altogether because along the way we discovered a new design solution….a “clever little bag”.

Why so clever? By providing structure to a cardboard sheet, the bag uses 65% less cardboard than the standard shoe box, has no laminated printing, no tissue paper, takes up less space and weighs less in shipping, and replaces the plastic retail bag. Now happy Puma customers will take home the clever little one instead. Oh, and that little bag is non-woven which means less work and waste (it is stitched with heat), and after accompanying you in your suitcase wherever you may go, our little friend is even recyclable.

With our "clever little bag", Puma kicks-off the next pivotal phase of its' sustainability program. The tens of millions of shoes shipped in our bag will reduce water, energy and diesel consumption on the manufacturing level alone by more than 60% per year. In other words: approximately 8,500 tons less paper consumed, 20 million Megajoules of electricity saved, 1 million liters less fuel oil used and 1 million liters of water conserved. During transport 500,000 liters of diesel is saved and lastly, by replacing traditional shopping bags the difference in weight will save almost 275 tons of plastic.

That such a little bag can have such a big impact...you can see why we called it clever. More...

Video Courtesy of PUMA AG, created by Droga5 & Labour.

A VUE OF THE FUTURE WITH ISSEY MIYAKE

The mindset of VUE, our new watch with Issey Miyake, is to experience the mystery of time hour by hour: VUE is a way to feel time’s appearance and disappearance in our lives. By seeing only the current hour, while the last hour representing the past and the next one representing the future subtly fade in and out, we can live a new view (VUE) of time.

IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR ICON ON.

The fifth generation Jawbone is an ICON. Launching today after an intense year of design and development, the new Jawbone ICON is smaller, packed with more technology than its predecessors and is easier to wear. ICON also introduces an unprecedented suite of choices that reflect your personal style and self-expression.

A core design principle of Jawbone is to celebrate materials, textures, color and surfaces; this philosophy is especially apparent with ICON’s six designs being more like a cast of characters in a movie than a line of products. Each is a breakthrough in producing a rich and distinct jewelry-like material...it begs to be seen and touched in person to fully appreciate the whole story.

Another innovation is myTALK where features and apps for ICON can be downloaded. Like the ICON design, myTALK is also a vehicle for self-expression: Choose one of six voice personas to deliver status information, caller ID info and more. The personas range from a sexy bombshell to a mysterious rogue.

The packaging is also the greenest yet for Jawbone, and maybe in the industry. Not only did we eliminate over 2/3 of the plastic content, but the rest is made of paper, the result is a 100% recyclable packaging.

So be who you want to be. Get your ICON on!

SO FRESH AND SO CLEAN...

Finally a friend who will help you mop your house. The Mint, a new wet/dry cleaning machine, will clean your floors (not turn them blue!) without you having to do a thing...check out the video above...

HAPPY NEW DECADE FROM FUSEPROJECT

2009 was a challenging year for all, but what we took away is the ability to step back and rely on those around us. Above is a video for the Charter for Compassion, a project we worked on with TED and one that captures the true spirit of compassion...for 2010 and beyond.

ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD, GENERATION 3!

Two years ago, around this time of year the One Laptop Per Child XO laptop was launched with Nicholas Negroponte. Now more than one million laptops have been distributed to children around the world to help further the mission of providing education and access to information for all... like in Uruguay where every public school child between 6 and 12 years old has one.

While the distribution of OLPC XO continues, today Forbes <http://Forbes.com/olpc> is presenting the XO-3. Our new design features an all plastic tablet screen which is semi-flexible and extremely durable (compared to current glass screens which crack upon impact), and just like the original XO, the display can be optimized in both transmissive and reflective modes for indoor and outdoor lighting conditions. The XO-3 supports many use scenarios to fulfill kids’ learning needs: from horizontal book mode to portrait reading mode, to multi-touch, so many hands can play and learn together on the same screen, to a full-touch keyboard and a back facing camera. More OLPC’s, more smiles...

SHOPPING IN YOUR UNDIES...

With PACT, our partners in everything underwear, we have launched 3 brand new prints for the holidays. As always, these prints are inspired by their charitable cause: this batch includes two new prints for Oceana and a new print by Sage Vaughn for Global Green. 10% of the purchase price goes to their respective charities, while 100% of the pair goes to you…no matter if you have been naughty or nice…

THIS YEAR SPRINKLE YOUR HOLIDAYS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR...WE DID.

For the Art Institute of Chicago, we took a different design approach to the normally traditional evergreen wreaths. Our version of the wreaths is composed of bright multi-colored aluminum leaves, a fusion of traditional holiday cheer and a sense of modernism, echoing the addition of the Modern Wing to the Art Institute of Chicago. The wreaths were installed on Friday, November 27th and the leaves will be disassembled and distributed in mid December to Chicagoland children to use at home for their own holiday decorations. So, add a little more than red and green to your decorations this year...

OLLIE, KICKFLIP, LIVING ROOM?

Ever wanted to skateboard in your living room? Practice where no one can see you plant?

Today, we are launching the Tony Hawk RIDE skateboard game with Activision (makers of Guitar Hero and DJ Hero). RIDE features a brand new skateboard-shaped wireless video game controller that players stand on to interact with the game environment.

No more complicated button commands to control your game avatar, you can just hop on the deck and RIDE.

CHARTER FOR COMPASSION GLOBAL LAUNCH

The Charter for Compassion Plaques, launched yesterday worldwide, the result of TED prize winner Karen Armstrong's wish. They will be hung in significant religious and secular locations around the world.

We designed these to focus on the power and meaning of the Charter's words: the plaque's isometric perspective reminds us of a book, and expresses the depth of the Charter's ideas and encompassing points of view. The plaque consists of sustainable maple with laser-engraved lettering giving impact and durability to the messaging of Karen Armstrong.

More info at charterforcompassion.org

GET BACK TO NATURE!

Nothing says back to nature like prancing about au naturel with the birds, bees and giant trees. The new vid from PACT, our co-conspirators in changing the world one pair of undies at a time, is quite...well, revealing. Enjoy, and don't blame us if HR comes knocking. Video by Terri Timely Studios.

PLEASURE TO THE PEOPLE, V1.

It's time to take a stand...in the bedroom that is. The call has been answered and Pleasure to the People is here. FORM 2 is the first in a series...from a collaboration between Ethan Imboden of Jimmyjane and Yves Behar of fuseproject. It features two ears that are individually powered for dynamic stimulation, delivering "Sensation in Stereo". FORM 2 focuses on ergonomics, quality, and design elements to bring healthy, long-lasting, and yes...Pleasure to the People. (By the way, close to 50% of women in the US already own one...www.jimmyjane.com)

AFTER-PARTY, ANYONE?

DJ Hero drops today, the newest game by the makers of Guitar Hero, Activision. Deck and graphics by your favorite designer DJ's at fuseproject...Oh also, we designed the Jay-Z and Eminem version, DJ Hero Renegade...

ELECTRIC WORLD RECORD

The Mission One electric superbike has claimed the world speed record for an electric motorcycle, achieving 150.059 mph sustained for one mile at the Bonneville Speedway Salt Flats on September 1st, 2009. Leading up to the time trial, our Mission friends even got up to 163 mph...now officially NOT your grandma's superbike.

CHANGE STARTS WITH YOUR UNDERWEAR...

Do good. Feel good. Look good. PACT, a new underwear brand combines social responsibility, sustainability and continually updated designs. At www.wearpact.com buy these fresh undies and 10% of your purchase will go to one of the organizations working to change our world: Oceana, ForestEthics or 826 National. PACT uses compostable packaging and 100% sustainable manufacturing, to deliver comfy, guilt-free good looks. PACT is a new fuseproject design-venture, so from now on: we wear PACT or nothing at all...

ON A MISSION AT THE ISLE OF MAN GRAND PRIX

We'd like to wish our friends and partners at Mission Motors an electrifying performance at Isle of Man: the world's first zero carbon superbike race, the TTXGP. The team will be racing a Mission One, the world's fastest production electric motorcycle, designed by fuseproject and introduced at the 2009 TED conference in Long Beach earlier this year.

ANIMA TERRA AT THE NEW ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

With the opening of the new modern wing at the Chicago Art Institute, we are presenting the commissioned 'Anima Terra', a sculptural landscape internally illuminated by LEDs. This work is a collaboration with Samsung, and the latest in a series of laboratory projects.

HOT COCOA THE NATURE CONSERVANCY'S WAY...

In Costa Rica, the Bribri women of Talamanca are making organic cacao and chocolate. After visiting their farms with the Nature Conservancy (the largest conservation non-profit in the world), it was clear that they are growing the finest cacao beans used by the best European chocolatiers, while doing it organically as they have for hundred of years. We thought it was time for all of us to experience this great organic drink: From packaging the cacao, to shaving and stirring, while making the entire experience a simple ceremony...

MORE CANDY ON YOUR EAR...

Jawbone and fuseproject continue their partnership with the launch of Jawbone Prime and Earcandy today. Jawbone PRIME brings consumers even better audio quality, improved comfort and fresh, fun color choices.

NIXON BRINGS THE NOISE

A first of it's kind offering from Nixon, an innovative new entry in the world of personal acoustics. The line consists of 3 models: the Wire, a high fidelity 'ear bud' designed for compact listening, the Nomadic, a foldable on-ear model ideal for the traveler and the Master Blaster, a premium offering with optimal sound quality

"RIDING THE WIND": MISSION MOTORS

Riding a Mission One motorcycle is a statement. It is a statement about performance. It is a statement about technology. It is a statement about sustainability. And it is a statement about design...

100 REASONS TO GIVE

For this holiday season, we want to give you 100 reasons to give and share the love. Images are courtesy of the entire world.

NOT JUST YOUR CHRISTMAS

We're pleased to announce the Give One, Get One OLPC holiday launch! What's it all about?

LE CUBE IS ON

CANAL+ causes serious TV viewers to move to France...and design enthusiasts to buy a TV. French and European television enthusiasts are getting Le Cube. Le Cube does for television what cellular handsets did for home phones - it completely changes the equation.

SHARK HUNTING, NO CATCH

26 fuseproject "fishermen" (and about 5 rubberneckers) go hunting for shark in the Bolinas Surf*.

MAD PRETZEL

The Swarovski Voyage chandelier can now be found illuminating the lobby of the new Museum of Arts and Design in New York on Columbus Circle.

BUZZKILL FOR LAPTOP ENTHUSIASTS

useproject launches the 2010 version of the One Laptop Per Child, sparking a second generation of computer and industry naysayers to say, "no you can't"

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

fuseproject's new address in NY has a a bit of history: "[Claes] Oldenburg's approach to monument-making had initially manifested itself in a group of drawings titled "Proposed Colossal Monuments" in his May 1965 show at the Sidney Janis Gallery in New York.

BEGINNER'S LUCK

Few things marry the need for form and function like furniture. So, of course, we were interested in trying our hand at it.

SCHMOOZEUM

fuseproject's work accessioned in museum collections around the world, at NYMOMA, Chicago Art Institute, SFMOMA, Pompidou, Cooper Hewitt, schmooze-free!

PLASTERED IN NEW YORK

Literally....all over the Meat-Packing district downtown. And in 467,167+ downloads, take a number at click here.

FOLLOWERS

Knock-offs of the Herman Miller LEAF lamp and Jawbone bluetooth headset appear around the world, fuseproject and Microsoft take-on China.

WHO DOES NUMBER 2 WORK WITH?

Over the past five years fuseproject has won more IDSA awards than any firm except IDEO. We could lament that fact, but on second thought we're pretty pleased about our perpetual challenger status. This year's awards were for: OLPC XO laptop, OLPC Strategy, OLPC Yoyo, NYC Condom and Farallon.

FUSE GOES POSTAL IN URUGUAY

Uruguay stamp a first step to stamping out child labor with education and an XO...and distributes 200.000 laptops to kids...

FOR Y'ALL

Y Water, the new USDA organically certified beverage for kids, launches at Whole Foods.

KOREANS IN SPACE

Our SHOOTING STAR phone for SKY of Korea, the choice of Astro Girls everywhere.

WHEN IS A WIN A WIN/WIN?

fuseproject and OLPC were given the INDEX award for "community design" for the XO laptop.

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS COME EARLY...

fuseproject/Yves Behar receives "design of the year" top prize for One Laptop Per Child from the LONDON MUSEUM.

STAGE FRIGHT

Josh and Yves got on stage with David Byrne to present the New York City bicycle helmet... but for some reason the major labels still aren't calling.