*SIGH*
That is a *sigh* full of warmth and soft focus. Born from a love for all things Lego, pixelated, physical, virtual and tech; how can I not fail to want this. It's like Lego have tapped into my brain and read my mind.
I would love to see share functionality added to the app so puzzles could be swapped with others (PushMo stylee)… actually no fuck it. Keep in local. Keep it face to face. To hell with connectivity just this once. Kinda.
Love this installation. Over the course of a few weeks, thousands of children visiting a space in the Gallery of Modern Art in Australia were invited to leave a small, colourful, sticky mark. The result is wonderfully stunning. This following quote sums the project—and generally the principal of keeping things simple—nicely.
"As with many of Kusama’s installations, the work is disarmingly simple in its elemental composition; however, it brilliantly exploits the framework of its presentation. The white room is gradually obliterated over the course of the exhibition, the space changing measurably with the passage of time as the dots accumulate as a result of thousands and thousands of collaborators."
Created by Henry Chu of pill & pillow (www.pillandpillow.com), a Hong Kong design studio, Squiggle is an iPad application that allows you to draw lines on the screen which turn into stings and can be played like guitar. Keeping the device flat you can draw and modify existing one. Tilting the device will turn the screen black allowing you to play them. Turning the device over will clear the screen. See video below for demo.
This is one of the most intense & disturbing films I've seen in a long time. Darkly beautiful and featuring the stunning Pacific NW. Be prepared.
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This is one of the best sets of work I've seen in a long time. Refreshing and intriguing and original. Gutted I missed the exhibition at W+K last year but I'm glad I spend my day working with the creator.
From what I hear, Xbox Kinect as a gaming device is pretty rubbish - flailing body parts in order to control onscreen avatars sounds like a no-no no brainer. Anyways, at least people are making good stuff with it by hacking the device. Check this video out. Wow.
Alexander Chen has created a really great piece of art / music using HTML 5, Javascript (and a teeny bit of Flash via Javascript for the sound). The piece visualises the movements of the New York subway system. You can watch the video above or follow the link to experience it live in the browser. Information about the piece can be read here.
Conductor turns the New York subway system into an interactive string instrument. Using the MTA's actual subway schedule, the piece begins in realtime by spawning trains which departed in the last minute, then continues accelerating through a 24 hour loop. The visuals are based on Massimo Vignelli's 1972 diagram.
This is a lovingly crafted post from the lovingly crafted Kath Kavan on the lovingly crafted design of the legendary Game & Watch system.
I vividly remember drawing the characters that are represented within the games and am still fascinated how they all tiled together to create a semi-believable animation sequence.
Great stuff.
Loving the artwork for this Now-Again records release. Simple, bold and fun. I'm sure the music inside is equally as good... I mean c'mon, the "Natural Yoghurt Band". Nuff said.
