Detroit 2008: Saab 9-4X BioPower Concept live reveal - Autoblog: “As part of the press conference that also introduced the Hummer HX concept and the GM-Coskata partnership this morning, GM/Saab finally revealed the Saab 9-4X BioPower concept. The CUV drove onto the stage under a shake of fake snow and out popped two dolled up ski bunnies (well, one bunny and a hare, as it were). “

In May, the new incarnation of the Copenhagen International Furniture Fair, Copenhagen Design, or CODE, will take place with an expanded focus on design and a new architecture category.

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From Apple Hot News:

Apple today introduced the world’s thinnest notebook: MacBook Air. It measures an unprecedented 0.16 inches at its thinnest point while its maximum height of 0.76 inches is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks. In addition to a stunning 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display, MacBook Air offers a full-size and backlit keyboard, a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing, and a spacious trackpad with multi-touch gesture support, letting users pinch, rotate and swipe. The new notebook is powered by a 1.6 GHz or 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB L2 cache, and it includes as standard features 2GB of memory, an 80GB 1.8-inch hard drive, and the latest 802.11n Wi-Fi technology and Bluetooth 2.1. Starting at just $1,799, MacBook Air begins shipping in two weeks.

University of Art and Design Helsinki recently announced their new MA degree programme:

We are glad to announce the call for applications to our new MA degree programme, Sound in New Media. The 2-year programme is targeted to students who have completed their BA, BSc or similar degree (eg. in Polytechnic/ Applied Science) in sound design or music, or have gained basic sound design skills on the side of their studies through other kind of activities.

Today’s digital products and services - as well as new forms of art and culture - have created a need of new kind of education in various disciplines, also in sound design. Designing sounds and composing music for games, mobile applications, online media, interactive art and virtual environments requires expertise which can be best obtained through domain-specific and yet multi-disciplinary education.

This unique MA programme in new media sound combines art, design and media driven aspects of sound design in the digital era, covering a wide range of disciplines from concept design to live performance and from storytelling to programming. In addition to professors and teachers of the partner universities, teaching resources are extended through our wide international networks in the field.

The application instructions are online at http://mlab.taik.fi/studies/application/#new

Papermaster

Originally uploaded by Morten Iveland.

Norway Says Papermaster Magazine Holder

Magazine/Newspaper holder in birch, oak or walnut.

Design:
Torbjörn Anderssen, Norway Says

Manufacturer:
Swedese Möbler
Torbjoern Anderssen designs

Today marks the 500th cover made by the Ovi Team and there was no chance we would miss this chance to take you back through 499 individual covers to the very first one with those three wooden men used by artists trying to meet a deadline.

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The Dutch AutoTelegraaf auto site apparently leaked images of Saab 9-4X BioPower Concept. This Swedish 4×4 car will reportedly powered by typical Saabian 2.0-liter turbo four producing 245 horsepower, though if the engine is fueled with E85 Ethanol power increases to 300 hp and 400 Nm torque. It’ll also expected to get Saab’s latest XWD four-by setup that directs drive power to the front and rear axles and between the rear wheels via an “intelligent” rear-diff.

The 9-4X BioPower SUV looks production ready, and AutoTelegraaf claims that the Saab 9-4X BioPower will go into production this year at GM’s plant in Mexico and should go on sale in the USA not much later, Europe will follow in the following months.

(Via AutoTelegraaf.)

The Nordic Battlegroup, a 2,400 soldiers-strong rapid reaction troop, lost a legal battle over its army and was forced to castrate the overtly male heraldic lion…

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We wrote already about this escalator on Nydalen Metro Station in Oslo. Now readers of NDB can enjoy also the video of this cool light installation:

Thanks Andreas Lunde for this video!

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