Posted on February 11th, 2010 at 10:46 pm by Steve
AR Kitchen (Now with 500% more ads!)
Posted on February 10th, 2010 at 3:11 pm by dr.hoo
Posted on February 10th, 2010 at 3:11 pm by dr.hoo
An amazing/creepy visualization of what life might be like when we are “jacked in” to a virtual overlay 24/7. Lots of great little details in the animation. Note the sea of advertising that can be controlled, paying you more money per second depending on your environmental saturation.
The future looks AWESOME!
Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop from Keiichi Matsuda on Vimeo.
The latter half of the 20th century saw the built environment merged with media space, and architecture taking on new roles related to branding, image and consumerism. Augmented reality may recontextualise the functions of consumerism and architecture, and change in the way in which we operate within it.
A film produced for my final year Masters in Architecture, part of a larger project about the social and architectural consequences of new media and augmented reality.
Anti-US Propaganda from Dear Leader
Posted on February 5th, 2010 at 5:20 pm by Steve
Posted on February 5th, 2010 at 5:20 pm by Steve
Creepy but pretty interesting, too. Via the ISO50 blog.
On the Origin of Specious
Posted on February 3rd, 2010 at 11:07 am by Steve
Posted on February 3rd, 2010 at 11:07 am by Steve
Okay, so maybe referring to The Obama as specious is a bit of a stretch, but, dammit, I wanted that pun! And, really, it was just a setup for this awesome graphic by artist Mike Rosulek:
Feedback: Another Wow Moment
Posted on January 28th, 2010 at 2:25 pm by dr.hoo
Posted on January 28th, 2010 at 2:25 pm by dr.hoo
As fans of feedback thought you might enjoy this example of one of those exciting moments of discovery.
It Even Does Black & White
Posted on January 27th, 2010 at 4:17 pm by josh-wah
Posted on January 27th, 2010 at 4:17 pm by josh-wah
Just when you thought CRT monitors were dead….
LG’s new retro TV. Includes B&W and Sepia modes, rabbit ears, and knobs for adjusting channels.
Crayola’s Law
Posted on January 19th, 2010 at 8:57 pm by Steve
Posted on January 19th, 2010 at 8:57 pm by Steve
The chart above is a lovely info-graphic showing the introduction of colors into the Crayola crayon box over time. The creator of the chart derived from the data Crayola’s Law: the number of crayon colors doubles every 28 years.
Read It Just for the Title
Posted on December 27th, 2009 at 11:37 pm by Steve
Posted on December 27th, 2009 at 11:37 pm by Steve
Submarine-Repair Facilities, Mushroom Farms, and the Abandoned Islands of Sydney, Australia [BLDG BLOG]
Graphic Design Awesomeness
Posted on November 12th, 2009 at 11:59 pm by Steve
Posted on November 12th, 2009 at 11:59 pm by Steve
File this one under “E” for “EPIC WIN”! Cameron Booth created this idealized map of the United States Interstate Highway System, after the style of H. C. Beck’s original London Underground maps.
