Quilt bills itself as a “real-time digital scrapbook built by close family and friends.” The app allows users to create “Quilts,” which “stitch together” moments from their lives, providing granular sharing and privacy settings along the way. Within each Quilt, users can designate which members of their social circles they’d like to invite, and who they’d like to share with — whether those memories can only be seen by members of the group, or whether they’re available to the broader public. Read the rest of this entry »

With the massive explosion of everything digital and app based, its really nice to see some good old fashioned print based work. However what makes Offscreen magazine so cool is that its a magazine exploring the people behind screen based designs. With interviews with designers and creatives, Offscreen is both a brilliant read and a beautifully designed piece of work. As its still in it’s infancy, they only have two issues, with a third in the making. We loved the first two here at Culturedrop and we cant wait for the third. Keep up the amazing work, those working on it and those featured.

Swedish home furniture company have made a bold move into the consumer electronic market. Above is a video showcasing their Uppleva tv. A widescreen Smart tv with full 1080p HD. It promises to bring top end technology at an affordable price. Its to earl to see if the move to compete with the big boys from Asia will pay off, but it great to see a European competitor.

Jay Z, part owner of the Nets, has been discussing the new logo to go along with new colours and Brooklyn location. He explains it’s strong bold black and white feel is influenced by ‘gritty’ Brooklyn and is meant to resemble iconic subway signs.

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This very cool idea from Guinness turns an entire pint glass into a QR code once the black stuff is poured into it.

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These amazing photos come from the portfolio of  Japanese photographer Takahiro Yamamoto. We’ve seen some nice tilt shift photos before, but these ones of Yamamoto’s home city of Tokyo are just so brilliantly executed. Read the rest of this entry »

Ink stories is a series of shorts looking at tattoo artists and those influenced by the art. This first video looks at young tattooist Daniel “Ronnie” Ronson.