It somehow looks more graphic and pathetic in tilt shift, but suitably childish at the same time. it definitely needs another editing pass, and maybe a different sound track but otherwise the concept is perfect. Via Digg.
Monthly Archive for November, 2009
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My heart goes out to things that are both visually stunning and functional. Due to this I am perpetually in love with infographics, and view them as less of a trend and more of something that we will see more of from an interactive standpoint as media becomes less paper intensive (I still think that a truly paperless office and mass media will never happen). Check out the sobering emissions infographic in all of it’s zoomable flash goodness here. Via informationisbeautiful.
Forget Best Buy or other big box retailers for that Garmin or camera case and do something nostalgic for a change. Think of this as a big kid’s canvas pencil case—these were once given to GI’s as a way to store cigarettes and other small items. Something nice about this online retailer is the fact that it’s all items that are Made In America (and have a slightly upscale Army/navy Surplus feel) , another nice departure from the status quo. Snatch it up for $25 here.
Piracy in the form of looting Intellectual Property is not as modern a story as one might expect. Looking back you can find several cases that Adrian Johns has selected that show some technological advances are simply……..functions of the inevitable. It’s also a bit of commentary on how today’s patent process is outdated for the digital space and how a global marketplace makes regulation that much more unrealistic. Get it for a shade above $20 here. Great book cover though, huh?
In an ethereal mix of astronauts, birds, and urban backgrounds comes Jeremy Geddes’ approach to illustration. I hate to be a prick about it but either all of his subjects are ‘fashion model rendering’ disproportionally tall or the perspective of all of his paintings would make them appear as if they have very long legs. Either way his approach to surrealism is oddly perfect for this day and age. Check his blog here and his site here for more of his paintings. Oddly enough I ran into his work on both the 3A blog (as part of their Venture HK show) and i09.
Last time with Starck I hated to admit it but there were a few items that I had to have, even though I felt that I was somehow remotely feeding his ego. Just don’t get me started about feeling conflicted when purchasing products….This time with Wanders and his ‘dutch-nuevo’ style there are about the same number of items, the first of which is his Martini shaker. At $14.99 it outclasses Crate and Barrel (and CB2) hands down. At 30 almost everyone has one of these, but this one might justify owning two.
Feast your eyes on a custom built limited edition of 25 Grand National Harley, and a damn nice one at that. In an ace move by the SHR, the company that builds these you can get the engine wrapped custom TIG-welded 4130 cromoly frame in nickel, chrome or painted finishes. Trust me–it looks just as tight in Orange as it does the White above, although that white-on-brass exhaust is perfect. Nothing like taking a series edition product and making it a ‘one-off’ by another level of customization. Of course all of the components on these bad boys are selected made to order as well. Via Bikeexif.
I’m not sure what they do anymore other than service decade old email accounts that early adopters were locked into and are afraid they can’t cancel or don’t have the wherewithal to switch from. Regardless, some really nice re-branding of the old guard as it were. Seriously–who uses AOL these days, and more importantly for what?
I have never been to Bangkok but I want to now just to see this modern slice of swiss cheese that is ‘Lightmos.’ And hopefully to avoid making bad puns like that as much as possible. Anyways, at first it seemed like a fitting exterior for a converted lighting showroom but then I thought about what it must look like on the inside, as you get a small glimpse of that below.
It has a killer inside/outside effect but could anyone really sell light fixtures, what I would expect to be especially high end ones at that, in an environment where bizarre shadows are cast at pretty much all angles? I do have to say that one of the more impressive aspects of the project includes the fact that these modular facade elements are almost all unique–very few repeat themselves. I think someone was able to turn their retail location into a destination that drives people there to take pictures in the hopes that they wander in and purchase something. Not sure what the surrounding area looks like but it definitely achieves it’s desired effect if you ask me. Via Contemporist.