David Smeulders
Posted by Fabio 16 July 2010
Dutch designer and photographer David Smeulders has created a series of wonderful handmade cameras. First up is the RGB Scan-Camera, this camera ‘scans’ images in color, by capturing the image 3 times simultaneously in Red Green and Blue. read more
Higgs boson
Posted by Fabio 30 June 2010
Scientists have simulated the sounds set to be made by sub-atomic particles such as the Higgs boson when they are produced at the Large Hadron Collider. Their aim is to develop a means for physicists at Cern to “listen to the data” and pick out the Higgs particle if and when they finally detect it. Dr Lily Asquith modelled data from the giant Atlas experiment at the LHC. Read full article here.
Augmented Shadow
Posted by Fabio 11 June 2010
Augmented Shadow is a design experiment producing an artificial shadow effect through the use of tangible objects, blocks, on a displayable tabletop interface. Its goal is to offer a new type of user-experience. The project plays on the fact that shadows present distorted silhouettes depending on the light. Augmented Shadows take the distortion effect into the realm of fantasy.
www.joonmoon.net
EUPHORIE
Posted by Fabio 10 June 2010
Euphorie is a live performance created by1024 Architecture, a studio focusing on the interaction between body, space, sound, visual, low-tech and hi-tech, art and architecture.
Road Map 2050
Posted by Fabio 7 June 2010
Roadmap 2050 is a proposal to set in motion an invisible revolution in the energy sector which would stabilize the Earths climate. The project is a design for a feasible and affordable Europe-wide power infrastructure which can be implemented by 2050 with existing technology. With the political will and capital investment needed to realize the design, Europe could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80%, and set an example for the rest of the world. www.oma.eu
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey on Making Ideas Happen
Posted by Fabio 4 June 2010
At the 99% Conference, Twitter creator Jack Dorsey outlines his simple approach to making amazing ideas happen; drawing out the idea and gauging the right timing.
Kubik Facade projection
Posted by Fabio 25 May 2010
The conception of this project consistently derives from its underlying architecture – the theoretic conception and visual pattern of the Hamburg Kunsthalle. The Basic idea of narration was to dissolve and break through the strict architecture of O. M. Ungers “Galerie der Gegenwart”. Resultant permeabilty of the solid facade uncovers different interpretations of conception, geometry and aesthetics expressed through graphics and movement. www.urbanscreen.com
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citylikeyou: Interview with Tom Uferas - Paris-based creative director and graphic designer Tom Uferas spoke to us about design, creativity, and living and working in Paris. Plus a selection of his favourite places.