Archive for the 'design' Category
Horsetail Firefall
March 11th, 2010This photo was made by Rob Kroenert on February 18th 2010 in the Yosemite National Park. Every year during the month of February, the Horsetall Falls turn golden around sunset. Amazing.

The Book Collection
March 11th, 2010bigassmessage.com
March 11th, 2010bigassmessage.com is the online toy of the day! You can write simple messages and pick a style for it and send the link around. It’s simple as that. Of course I like this message much better. Made by Bjorn.

Tour des Convoyeurs
March 2nd, 2010AntiVJ made this light and sound installation called “Tour des Convoyeurs” during the Mutek festival in Montreal. We’ve seen video projections on buildings before, but the look and feel of this one is very nice.

found at Digital Schweinshaxe
Oblique Clock
March 1st, 2010It’s quite amazing how many different designs there’re for a simple clock. Tristan Zimmermann his Oblique Clock is my current favorite.


found at MocoLoco
Flyfire
February 23rd, 2010Flyfire is project initiated by the SENSEable City Laboratory in collaboration with ARES Lab (Aerospace Robotics and Embedded Systems Laboratory), both departments of the MIT. The goal is to transform any ordinary space into a highly immersive and interactive display environment. Its first implemetation is a display system using a large number of self-organizing micro helicopters. Each of them acts as smart pixel by using LED’s. Their position in 3D space and their color can be defined in real time, together they’re canvas able to display any kind of 2D imagery.



dvdp
February 22nd, 2010Last Friday I tweeted that I wanted this animated gif by davidope fullscreen. One day later, my wish was granted by davidope: the fullscreen version. Thanks!

Cinderella’s Chair
February 16th, 2010“Cinderella’s Chair” by Anna Ter Haar is a collection of chairs with prostheses made of glass. Each prothesis was blown onto the chair to make fit perfectly. Glass however, is a very fragile material but the legs of glass are strong enough to carry weight.
















