November 2007
12 posts
Blackbird Carbon Fibre Guitar →
Café Life →
Café Life from smpl on Vimeo. Café Life In the beginning Unikum didn’t have an office, so we worked in living rooms, kitchens, cafés, on park benches and in borrowed conference rooms. Now we do have an office, but there are rarely more than two or three of us there at any time. We are all essentially mobile, having learned how to get work done in many environments. Depending on the kind of job I...
The Piano →
The Piano from smpl on Vimeo. I visited my childhood home this weekend. I recorded myself playing a tune I’ve played a hundred times on my father’s piano. The kids were talking in the background and come into view from time to time. I haven’t played the piano for a very long time, so I’m a bit rusty. In fact, I suck. But playing around with the stuff in Ableton Live is a lot of fun. I haven’t...
Kid's room →
The kids are 10 and 12 and share a small room in our three room apartment. Their room also serves as my home studio and general gadget store-room.
It’s not working.
What the kids need is a good desk with drawers each. They need somewhere where they can do homework as well as work and play on the computer. And they need somewhere to keep their books, gadgets, games and clothes. I need...
Kids Design Laptops: The Laptop Club →
Jason Kottke recently posted a link to The Laptop Club - interview by Rosecrans Baldwin. The Laptop Club is a research project where a group of 8-9 year old school-children are given the assignment to design and build laptops out of cardboard. The children start creating cool laptops that demonstrate their experiences with computers and the web. A close study reveals keyboard buttons assigned to...
Too simple? →
Although this is an unruly blog it does have a theme: that of simplicity. smpl is about making things so simple that they become hard. This leads to rather complex projects, such as the bike project. One of my earlier posts was written long before the bike project was launched, but the thought of a bike with no gears and no freewheeling hub had already struck me not as a case of oversimplification...
Dragon Spray →
Nightmare repellant
I recently got married, and my father gave me a can of “Drakspray” or Dragon Spray. Dragon spray is used to ward against dragons, trolls, ghosts demons and other vermin that may visit a young boy in his nightmares. Dragon spray is shaving foam, with a handcrafted label that says “Drakspray”. My father came up with the idea as he tried to calm me when I had had one of my...
Hand music →
Dear smrt, →
I recently found your site smrt.se. I really like it! I was trying to register that address, but now I see no need since you have already found something worthwhile to use it for. I love the simple navigation. Regards,
martin@smpl.se
smpl.se
the heel press - moleskine challenge →
Hello Decadent,
I stumbled across your piece “No batteries” and was really into it - love the way the tree changes as it spans across both pages. I think you have some really impressive talent. I wanted to tell you that I am a part of another community called the Heel Press - www.heelpress.com - where I think you should consider joining. I know a lot of members who would appreciate seeing your...
Beauty, death →
Pictures of French nuclear test ‘Canopus’ in the Fangataufa atoll, 1968. Via kottke.org. DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN.
Simple submarine →
A blacksmith from northern Sweden has built his own submarine. Apart from being utterly cool, it is also utterly cool … now I just need to hone my Google Sketchup skills to get started on my own smpl sub :-)