Be Kanye is a viral campaign for Absolut Vodka, starring Kanye West. Would you like to have famous superstar power? Then prepare yourself for the miracle of … Be Kanye.
‘Ordering Be Kanye was the ABSOLUT best thing I’ve ever done for myself.’
You have to give him some credit for this, and I still love that video for ‘Can’t tell me Nothing‘.
This project called ‘Slit-scan Cam‘ by Casey Pugh has exactly the same video effect as ‘Chronotopic Anamorphosis‘ by André Mintz. The only difference is that Casey build it with Flash, so you can try it out for yourself if you have a webcam.
Pieces by Daniel Enoksson.
My starting point in this project was to create a contrast between different colours and different materials. I wanted them to look like they where characters and at the same time would work with in a group. I used pine, MDF and steel to create a contrast in the composition between the pieces.
found at yatzer
‘Renewable clothing’ by Fernando Brízio. Colored felt-tip pens are placed in the pockets of the dress, after some time the ‘design’ appears. Apparently it’s possible to wash the dresses and start over; I’m not sure about that.
More at Designboom Weblog.
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Collectie Arnhem for newspaper De Pers by Wyne Veen. Nice fashion spread!
found at i heart photograph
‘Touched Echo‘ is a project developed by Markus Kison, a student of the Digital Media Class at the University of the Arts Berlin. It is an installation at the Brühl’s Terrace (Dresden, Germany) to remember the terrible air raid on 13th February 1945. When visitors lean on the balustrade and they cover their ears, they can hear the sound of airplanes and explosions. The swinging balustrade is transmitted through their arm directly into into the inner ear.
I think this is a fantastic project, it’s not obtrusive at all and the visitors are forced into a similar position as the people who had to stand through this horrible event.
The Royal College of Art in London is currently showing the work of their postgraduate students: Show RCA 2008. Here are some projects:
Home Sweet Home by Marie Retpen (Ceramics & Glass).
The Aftermath by Caroline Tattersall (Ceramics & Glass).
Blog Bot Platform by Andrew Broomfield (Design Interactions).
Blog Bot Platform is an open source system which I have developed for creating Different types of Blogging objects. Turning Simple experiences into online encounters. These bots ‘tweet’ to their experiences to micro blogging services. I am interested in how people react when they encounter these Blogjects invading their web 2.0 space.
White Lies by Alice Wang (Design Interactions).
This scale allows one to lie to him/herself.
The further back you stand, the lighter you become.
The user can gradually move closer and closer to reality.
Nanofutures: Sensual Interfaces by Christopher Woebken (Design Interactions).
Rather than focusing on the current development of nanotechnology, such as creating lighter and stronger materials, this project focuses on exploring its potential further, creating more manipulative prototypes such as organic electronics.
What do organic computing look like and how will our relationship with these products change? Can organic electronics with biosensors open up new possibilities for sensual and poetic designs?
Seeds contain material and information needed to grow organisms as well as algorithms for device networking. Using seeds as a simulation for smart dust, it allows one to easily visualize new interactions such as breaking, sharing, throwing away and mining data. These new interactions not only generate new behaviors but also redefine existing stereotypical electronic products.
Plugless Sink by Maja Ganszyniec (Design Products).
Plugless sink is exactly that, a sink without a plughole. To get rid of the grey water we have to tip the water out. By doing so we become more conscious of how much water we are using and mainly throwing away. This sink shows the value of water through its volume and promotes water re-usage.
Potato Chips by Cyrille Najjar (Design Products).
The Fastest Clock in the World by Freddie Yauner (Design Products).
Exhausted Cutlery by Kathryn Hinton (Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & Jewellery).
Here are 2 great chair projects by Resign: ‘Anti Breuer’ and ‘One Devided By Two’.
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