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by Charlie Finch This week's perfect storm of bad worldwide economic news, including depressed growth numbers from India, China and the U.S., capital flight from Spain and continued stalemate in the European Union over Greece and the future of the euro, make one wonder whether the high end art market can continue its contrarian record sales indefinitely.

Will the Art Market Crash

http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/finch/will-the-art-market-crash-6-4-12.asp
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669775/omg-this-exists-inhalable-alcohol-gives-an-instant-buzz#1 Humans have been inventing weird (and often unsavory ) ways to get themselves embarrassingly drunk for centuries.

OMG This Exists: Inhalable Alcohol Gives An Instant Buzz

http://blog.flurry.com/bid/84831/Mobile-App-Growth-Led-by-Video-Sharing-YouTube-in-the-Crosshairs Mobile App Growth Led by Video Sharing: YouTube in the Crosshairs?

Mobile App Growth Led by Video Sharing: YouTube in the Crosshairs?

http://www.frankwatching.com/archive/2012/03/22/5-nieuwe-media-trends/ South by Southwest Interactive vond afgelopen week plaats in Austin, Texas.

5 nieuwe media trends uit de States

Over the past few years, hotels have been putting on hold their renovation plans as they do not see the need for it.

Tourism News: Top 10 Hospitality Industry Trends

http://www.tourism-review.com/top-10-hospitality-industry-trends-news3212
http://addictlab.com/home/projects/viewbulletin/307-Toy+Trends+Inspired+By+Pop+Culture,+Technology,+Social+Causes?groupid=187

TOY TRENDS INSPIRED BY POP CULTURE, TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL CAUSES

Toy Trends Inspired By Pop Culture, Technology, Social Causes Melanie Shreffler editor in chief Ypulse Essentials Archive. We were at the Time To Play toy showcase yesterday to keep an eye on the trends coming this spring and summer — and to have a little fun letting our inner child come out to play.
You won’t learn about it in business school, hear about it from Wall Street, or see it in Palo Alto. But if you spend time in Bushwick, Brooklyn, or on Rivington Street in Manhattan, you just might detect the outlines of an emerging “indie” capitalism. This new form of capitalism is not just about conventional startups and technology and venture capitalists.

4 Reasons Why The Future Of Capitalism Is Homegrown, Small Scale, And Independent | Co. Design

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665567/4-reasons-why-the-future-of-capitalism-is-homegrown-small-scale-and-independent
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669805/vimeo-co-founder-starts-diyorg-an-online-social-scrapbook-for-kids Used to be, if your kid crayoned a portrait of the family dog, you slapped it on the refrigerator for all to see (“all” being, well, the rest of the household). But such small-time exhibition space doesn’t rate anymore, says Vimeo cofounder Zach Klein: Today, children live effortlessly on the world wide web. So too should their creative output.

Vimeo Co-founder Starts DIY.org, An Online, Social Scrapbook For Kids

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669929/a-diy-kit-for-doing-molecular-gastronomy-at-home#1

A DIY Kit For Doing Molecular Gastronomy At Home

If cooking shows are any indication, in order to prove yourself as a genius chef, you have to know some basic chemistry: How to make ice cream in a matter of seconds using liquid nitrogen, and transform just about anything into “caviar” with the help of such ingredients as agar-agar. Masters of these techniques (think Wylie Dufresne and Feran Adrià) have been labeled molecular gastronomists, so named because they construct food with the tools (and oftentimes the studied nerdiness) of scientists.

7 Ingenious DIY Designs You Can Make At Home | Co.Design

Samuel Bernier’s Project RE_ is a playful enigma. http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665759/7-ingenious-diy-designs-you-can-make-at-home#1
While 2011 was a big year for political unrest, another uprising was afoot in the world of content creators and artists.

Why 2012 will be year of the artist-entrepreneur

You know the picture of Hillary Clinton on the plane, texting with shades on?

Dude, This Diplomat's No Stiff

The Jig Is Up: Time to Get Past Facebook and Invent a New Future - Alexis Madrigal - Technology

After five years pursuing the social-local-mobile dream, we need a fresh paradigm for technology startups.
by Justin Fox | 10:52 AM April 27, 2012

When Will this Low-Innovation Internet Era End? - Justin Fox

The Next Big Thing - Umair Haque

What's the next big thing? Is it 3D printing, personal genomics, cleantech, hydrotech, self-driving cars, augmented reality, wearable computing, microcurrencies, big(ger) data, faster drones?