Via Silly Putty History Peter Hodgson, Sr., (1912-1976) who starred in this 1951 Silly Putty TV commercial, was just another ad man down ...

Got a thirst for words? This typewriter has some type on tap. The designer, known simply as Morskoiboy , schemed up the idea of a cocktail ...

When I think of Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), the word happy doesn't readily come to mind, but I find his eloquent definition of happi...

  A compelling case about ideas; how they happen and how they can be learned, as author Jonah Lehrer  so creatively demonstrates in his new...

Take one poet, add a typewriter, a bicycle and a birthday wish to travel cross country, and you have the makings of a great story. Maya Stei...

This is an idea whose time has come again.  Recycle this cycle printing idea from the streets of 19th century Paris by strapping a cont...

Frank Chimero's   The Being There Diary , asks the question: "What was the very best moment of your day?" When asked wh...

Toast in the New Year with some text on toast. You could write yourself a to-do list for the day  in jam  or prepare a toasted love note f...

Sweet! Designer / illustrator   M.S. Corley   imagines Harry Potter covers as early Penguin Classics . I don't know how I missed these...

It is hard to take on the original iconic Scrabble game with the beautiful wooden letter tiles, but Andrew Clifford Capener has turned ove...

Happy birthday Kurt Vonnegut. We should all be so imaginative. Via this isn't happiness .

Moleskine planners continue to evolve in all directions. Here you can customize it as a travel journal on your next world adventure. And s...

The Future of the Book. from IDEO on Vimeo . In the future, reading a book may not be such a linear experience and there is no doubt, ther...

Thinking Is Fun from Davis Silis on Vimeo .