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Thank goodness they have a terrific web site, full of pictures, because I can’t go to Copenhagen to see the Hotel Fox, transformed by Volkswagen into a vibrant adventure into art. Thanks to TrendCentral for the sighting. Link: Project FOX web site. 21 international artists from the fields of graphic design, urban art and illustration…

I’m a big fan of conferences–I love the way ideas can be compared and challenged at a conference. And if you hang out long enough you can see people in all different contexts. You can see how they relate to others and their ideas. It’s very stimulating. I’m also a lurking fan of the AlwaysOn…

Don’t miss the flourishing Resource Centers of at FastCompany.com where Heath Row is building an exciting stable of regular writers who operate on the front lines of innovation. I particularly like writers who challenge my preconceptions and help me see things in a new way. For instance, I have worked in cubicles and I prefer…

The trend toward fewer printed newspapers and magazines appears to be inevitable. Who will survive? Why? The ones who focus on the readers because the advertisers will always follow the readers. Link: BtoBOnline.com: Media Power 50 by Sean Callahan [Print media] properties are changing at an ever increasing rate to keep pace with the fluid…

Finally, I can buy roses without feeling guilty about those poor pregnant women working in Ecuador… Thanks to Daily Candy for this sighting. Link: Order Flowers Online – OrganicBouquet.com. OrganicBouquet.com is the Internet’s first eco-florist. Our mission is to provide you and your loved ones with high quality flowers that are safe for farm workers…

The international rescue effort to save the magazine continues, and I like this approach. Please note that advertisers are NOT providing the loot here. The magazine reviews new technology and will purchase the items they give away. Unfortunately, they haven’t figured out how to pay for it, but they say the promotion does get their…

Now maybe I can order the sweater that fits in the color I really want…. Tim Manners spots a story in Business Week (5/9/05) by Joseph Weber and Ann Therese Palmer. Shopping centers are shrinking as retailers learn to balance inventories in new ways. Link: Reveries – marketing insights and ideas. Coldwater Creek, coldwatercreek.com, formerly…

Find plenty of ideas to copy or just get your creative juices flowing in the Springwise newsletter. This month we discover You can lease a cow Chickens come with igloos (er, eglus) In Brasil, you can get a ‘surpise box’ of organic vegetables every month, with recipes EasyCruise offers big ships without big calories (all…

CNET has a intriguing interview by Michael Kanellos with Nathan Myhrvold, formerly of Microsoft and founder of Intellectual Ventures. Nathan talks about how American companies are strangling the invention process by insisting on products. What’s interesting is he’s trying to provide an alternative economic model for inventors. Link: Building a new-idea factory – page 2…

Over at MediaPost, Gavin O’Malley has a good interview with Neil Budde, the new news director at Yahoo! and founder of Wall St. Journal Online. In an earliest post, I noted that many of us are now looking for editorial filters to help us deal with a deluge of available information. Yahoo seems to be…