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Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Chewbacca

A galaxy not so far away - Great photo essay in this Saturday’s Guardian Weekend about sci-fi fans who like to dress up as their heroes. Photo’s are by Steve Schofield.
Blow Up - Image view that hooks into the Flickr API and lets you view your images full screen

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Wim Crouwel

There’s a great article over on the Creative Review blog about the reprinting of Wim Crouwel’s ‘Vormgevers’ poster and the process behind reproducing the artwork so that it matches the original ‘non-computer’ created design and all its imperfections. The reprinted poster is available from Blanka and looks fantastic.
Lego Wall-E as created by pixar animator Angus MacLane. Think Lego missed a trick here.
SoundCloud - Online audio platform designed for music professionals that’s come up with some clever ways of sending and receiving music.

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Aurora

Aurora - Web interface concept from Adaptive Path that explores “new ways people could interact with the Web in the future based on projected technological trends and real-world scenarios”. Designed as part of the Mozilla Labs concept browser series, Aurora is designed around four themes: Context awareness, natural interaction, continuity and multi-user applications. HD versions of the series of videos can be found here.
Britain from above - New series from the BBC exploring the topography of Britain using satellite technology and aerial photography. Starts Sunday 10th August. Preview.
Incredible satellite images of earth via Environmental Graffiti

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

CERN

Large Hadron Collider - Fantastic collection of photo’s of CERN’s 17 mile long particle accelerator via The Boston Globe. Check out the aerial view for the scale of all of CERN’s rings.
Passing the Torch: An Evolution of Form - Nice interactive piece on the history of the Olympic Torch from the New York Times

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

606 Universal Shelving System

Dieter Rams’ Good design in ten commandments. All of which can be seen in his iconic 606 Universal Shelving System designed for Vitsoe.
More bamboo, Brano Meres’ Bamboo composite road bike frame.
Wish I had the time to play with this. Arduino, an open-source electronics prototyping platform that can be used with processing and flash built apps.