Friday Fives, Vol.31
This week we’re sending a big congratulations to two of our favorite clients — Zola and LOLA (yes, we sometimes get their names confused). Zola just snagged $100 million in Series D funding and LOLA is launching a new line of sexual health products! Wishing them all a celebratory weekend with many Cinco de Mayo margaritas 🍹🍹🍹.
Retro IBM posters make workplace culture look cool
All of IBM’s Posters from 1969 to 1979 are finally archived on the interwebs, and (if you are in the area) on display at Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. These posters represent some of the most creative examples of mid-century corporate graphic design and were well-loved within the organization — many were even removed from walls and taken home by enthusiastic employees. As Thomas J. Watson Jr. (2nd president of IBM) always said “Good Design is Good Business”. — MM
Facebook “likes” just got literal
With over 200 million single users, Facebook has recently announced that they will be tapping into the online dating market with their new initiative — FaceDate. Although the name might sound like a bad joke, FaceDate is all business. Facebook users will have the ability to opt into the dating service by creating a separate dating profile that will only be visible to non-friends who’ve also opted in — hopefully sparing you the awkward mishap of virtually bumping into your weird uncle or crazy coworker. Matches will be determined by mutual interests, friends, and other information that Facebook gathers about its users (aka. literally everything). — AH
Hypebeasts get hype
An unlikely collaboration has just been unveiled between the fashion label OFF WHITE and furniture giant IKEA. The two companies are teaming up to create a new line of furniture marketed exclusively to millennials. Bright reds and blues, bold fonts, glass shoe boxes, and even a new Frakta bag are about to take over an IKEA near you. — KJ
Putting excess food where it belongs — in people’s stomachs
Not-so-fun fact: Every year in the United States, 35 million tons of food are thrown out — that’s the equivalent of 165 billion dollars. Goodr, a food-waste management company, is here to help fix that. Goodr has created a system that redirects surplus food from businesses (and soon farms) to nonprofits that can share it with those in need. The service is growing quickly and has already diverted nearly one million pounds of leftover food away from Atlanta landfills and into empty kitchens and hungry stomachs. — CS
Brb won’t brb
Gone are the days of dial-up internet, shared family computers, AIM, and MSN Messenger. Along with these early internet gems, we’re also losing an entire vocabulary of online language near and dear to the hearts of 80s and 90s babies: “g2g”, “brb”, “ttfn”, and “ttyl”. Why are these farewell phrases dying out? The answer is simple — we never log off. RIP to linguistic nostalgia and our smartphone-free lives. — KJ
Originally published at eepurl.com.
