In RADIO

SolidSmack Radio | Winter is Coming

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This week’s Spotify-powered SolidSmack Radio Playlist brings an entirely new face-smack of great music to help propel you through those laborious, tedious design tasks for the next few days. This week our playlist is inspired by a ‘Wintry Mix’ as we polish our boots, air our long underwear and wax our beards before heading in to another winter cold blast. We’ll start with ‘Winter is Coming’ from Radical Face and work our way through some Snow Patrol, Radiohead, Daughter, Kane, and others before wrapping up with ‘Sunlight Hits the Snow’ from I Am Kloot.

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In MAKER GALAXY

Maker Galaxy E07: Kevin Goff of Ford Motors Design Lab

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We’re always talking about the future of design, the future of technology, the future of MAKING. In a world where smart cars will drive themselves in rush hour traffic, a world where 3D printing is enabling the blind to experience outer space through touch…how do we find the next ‘big thing’? Maker Galaxy is a show that explores the crossroads of Design, Technology, and the Future of Making.

This week we spent some time in Detroit for the 2014 North American International Auto Show where we talked with the 2015 Ford Mustang Master Sculptor Kevin Goff. Kevin got his start in the automotive world as a car designer before moving on to the role of Master Sculptor where he uses everything from CAD to clay to help bring big ideas to life. We’ll talk with Kevin about how he got started in the field of automotive design sculpting, what tools he uses, how he approaches the design process, and what his favorite design element is on the new heritage-inspired Ford Mustang.

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In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smackdown: Cholbo Filtero

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Joined at the knees they rose, a purple haze amongst the thickets green and a pungent odor on the nose. Most steps were amiss, sliding and slipping against the roots roiling through the ruts. Then mist-enveloped, they appeared–a simple whistle, a lark and these links. Andreas Preis – ‘Grow’ is just one project from Andreas…

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In CULTURE

A Touch of Stylus: Touchscreen-Friendly Fingernails Have Arrived!

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It does not take a market analyst to realize that the explosion in mobile device sales within the past decade has made it relatively uncommon to leave home without at least one device featuring a touchscreen. While the innovation itself allows our gadgets to be great, the anti-ergonomic technology behind it is pretty far from perfect, and we all know it. From the calloused-handed carpenter and the sodden-fingered dishwasher, to persons struggling with arthritis or Parkinson’s disease, we have all witnessed the struggles associated with touching small screens, and most of us have had our fair share of infuriating moments in dealing with them ourselves. But there is good news for those of you manicured go-getters…touch-friendly Elektra Nails are here!

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In FAB

A New Tool That Makes Your 3D Prints Smooth as Silk

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Hang your head in shame. The surface finish on that part your 3D printer coughed out over two to five hours could be used to remove the coarse back hair off a grandpaw yak. We’re currently doomed to the hype of hi-res 3d prints but still getting jagged edges and snagly bits gumming up our impressionable, early adopting minds. Fortunately, when it comes to such circumstances, there are people who have been there, tried 50 different things to improve it until one thing works. Makeraser is the one thing that works.

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