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Google Seed Studio and Map Project Office experiment with new ways to alert you to important information, without distracting you into oblivion.

In a collaboration with Map Project Office, Google’s Seed Studio envisions how we can interact with technology whose notifications simply don’t distract us.

We’ve grown accustomed to some pretty annoying notifications. But maybe our devices don’t need to make loud chimes or blink little lights to get our attention. In a new experiment, Google Seed Studio and Map Project Office designed several devices that subtly ask for attention through small movements, gentle sounds, and changes to the environment.

Little Signals – sculptural objects by Map Project Office and Google – are next-generation notifiers, home sensors that communicate in subtle ways

Dezeen teamed up with Universal Design Studio to host a live talk exploring the evolution and role of the contemporary design consultancy.

Made Thoughts client list includes several well-known brands such as social media site Pinterest, fashion brands Max & Co (pictured) and Paul Smith.

Made Thought is forming a collective with Universal Design Studio and Map Project Office, The New Standard, after selling a majority share to AKQA.

WPP acquires a majority stake in branding and design agency Made Thought

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Communications giant WPP has added to its creative portfolio with the acquisition of a majority stake in branding and design agency Made Thought.