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IAM1 x INSA by Protein® TV

July 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment

In 7 days INSA ran the city of east London, painting 35 pieces on route of Charlie Dark’s map for The IAM1 Journey Nike Sportswear project. Produced by Protein and documented by INSA’s long time collaborator, photographer Ethel, each of the 35 hand painted pieces form one of the centre pieces of INSAs major London solo show for 2009. This IAM1 Journey animation will be deconstructed within the “Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places” show with behind-the-scenes processes alongside the original painted objects that make up the individual frames.

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Nike Sportswear Air Maxim 1 …

July 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment

… the re-Engineered Air Max 1 that flys!

The new Air Maxim 1 from Nike Sportswear features an infusion of modern Nike technology, Flywire-laced upper with Phylon midsole and Transpan toebox. The best part is that the sneaker looks very similar to the OG Air Max 1, one of my favourite Nike silhouettes. Keep reading →

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NIKE Air Max 1 OG

July 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment

One of my favourite Nikes of all time, the Air Max 1.  They’re releasing the OG colourway this July.  Sweeeet!

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DEADLINE post-it stop motion

June 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Pixels into Music … by Kenji Kojima

May 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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RGB MusicLab is created by digital artist Kenji Kojima.  He created a application that converts RGB values of an image to chromatic scale sounds.  It reads the RGB values of each pixels from the top left to the bottom right of an image.  One pixel makes a harmony of three note of RGB values, and the length of the notes are determined by the brightness of the pixel.  Pure black (R=0, G=0, B=0), produces no sound.

Kenji Kojima made his application free to download for all.  You can follow this link here to check out some samples the artist did with the Mona Lisa.

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yooouuutuuube…………………

May 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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So I was scrolling thru Ubik’s blog (the guys I blogged about in my previous post), and I found this amazing site.  Essentially you just gotta feed the site with a YouTube link and watch incredible motion art unfolds before you.  Visual ‘chaos’ is something I like to feast my eyes upon, to me complexity can be sexy.  An iPhone is a product that is simple, yet visually appealing.  If you place a thousand iPhones together, each running a different application, now that is a beautiful sight!

I am still trying to find out the guys behind this, if anyone knows about them do gimme a heads-up!  Now enjoy!

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Voxel by Ubik.

May 20, 2009 · 1 Comment

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littleBits. & pieces

May 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment

littleBits is like Lego blocks, for electronics.  It is a library of circuit boards that simply connects via magnets.  All logic and circuitry is pre-engineered, hence you don’t need to be and electronic geek to play with these.  I see this as another quick prototyping tool for artists and designers, just like the Arduino.  And yes, it is opensource!

Watch the introduction video here, and check out the interview with Ayer Bdeir @ WeMakeMoneyNotArt.

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Designer Mentoring Program @ Design Sojourn

May 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Recently a great new initiative was started by the guys at Design Sojourn.  Design Sojourn is a design blog founded by Brian Ling.  The blog touches on many industrial design related issues and it has been one of my regular online chillout spots.  So Brian and gang will be leading a mentoring program in the fields of industrial design.  Much respect!

To kick off the 1st edition of the Designer Mentoring Program, they will offer only 5 spots to be accepted as young ‘padawans’.  Its been a couple days since it was announced and look at long list of campers at the site!  So check out Design Sojourn if you still haven’t!

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Soundshelters

May 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Soundshelters is an installation that is based around the topic of coexistence, designed by artist Samir Ayyad.  It is an interactive multi-channel sound space that connects people in Linz and in Gaza.  The “real sound” in Linz will be overlaid by sound travelling from Gaza to Linz and vice versa.  There may be sounds of fighting or shooting from Gaza to Linz, or perhaps the sound of singing birds from Linz to Gaza.  The main goal of Soundshelters is to create a space of mutual understanding, compassion, and maybe even love.

It is interesting because it creates an altered sense of awareness using sound, which may create a deeper impact.

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