- Node Garden – Processing experiments from Jared Tarbell.
- From globes to stripes – The history of the IBM logo.
- The Twitterverse – The Twitter eco-system put together by @BrianSolis and @Jess3.
Archive for the ‘Connected’ Category
Connected: Node Garden, IBM, Twitterverse
Connected: Moon, Maths, Jon Hopkins
- Moon – Duncan Jone’s homage to classic sci-fi starring Sam Rockwell is out in June. Watching the trailer there’s distinct parallels to Kubrick’s ‘2001‘ and the Clooney version of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris especially with the overall-look of the film. Also worth checking out is Gavin Rothery’s concept art for the film.
- iPhone Math Apps – Round-up of math apps for the iPhone via Wired.
- Caught Jon Hopkins supporting Plaid at the recent Ether Festival. Got to say that his latest album ‘Insides‘ is my favourite album so far this year. Top notch electronica!
Connected: Wim Crouwel, Poolga, Pacing
- Hoping to make this, Wim Crouwel on ‘Designer and Client’ at the International Society of Typographic Designers.
- Poolga – Great collection of iPhone and iPod Touch wallpapers.
- Game Pace – Interesting article on level pacing for computer games.
Connected QB, Mad Man, Green Porno
- The ‘qb‘ – Innovative play houses for kids.
- Mad Man – Newsweek’s interview with Peter Arnell the ‘brand architect’ who’s behind the recent Pepsi design memo and the Tropicana re-design debacle makes for interesting reading.
- Inspired, Isabella Rossellini’s ‘Green Porno‘. A series of films on the reproductive habits of marine animals via the Sundance Channel. PS. My green porno name is ‘J. Michael Mushroomfinger‘.
Connected Exploded, Newspaper Design, Truck Type
- Exploded 2006 – Nice ’8-Bit Nostalgia’ T-shirt which appears to be one of a series.
- Award winning newspaper designer Jacek Utko’s ‘Can design save the newspaper‘ via TED. Also worth reading are his ‘Seven steps to success’.
- Truck and Type – Great resource of type and logos found on trucks.
Connected Bike Culture, Skimmer, FourTrack
- Liking these Bike culture inspired photos from photographer Matt Lingo via ViaComIT.
- Skimmer – Nice looking social networking aggregation app from Fallon.
- FourTrack – Four track recording for the iPhone.
Connected The Front Room, Inkd, Twitdom, Qapture
- Local Cambridge artist Alex Curtis is turning the ‘ever changing creative space’ The Front Room into a giant sketchbook from the 28th March.
- Inkd – An online market place for print design. Nice idea, though looking at the pricing it seems on par with the design crowd sourcing sites that are out there so in my view just reduces the value of design.
- Twitdom – Twitter applications database.
- Qapture – Twitter aggregator for following designers.
Connected Scratch, Sushi or Death, Flying Cars
- Scratch – The kid’s been playing with this a lot! A programming language from MIT designed for kids that makes it easy to create interactive stories and animations which can be shared online.
- Sushi or Death – Great resource for those addicted to sushi.
- Nostalgia for a future that never happened – Bruce McCall talks about his art at TED.
Connected Alexander Girard, Map Bloopers, Boombox Bikes
- The Girard Objects. The Alexander Girard Collection from House Industries has been updated with a limited edition signed and numbered book. Free when you purchase a set of Girard fonts or available to purchase separately. Looks stunning!
- Map Bloopers – Collection of map and infographic accidents from Matthew Bloch.
- Boombox Bikes – Mad bike/soundsystem mash-ups via oobject.
Connected Animation, Wind Car, PeePoople, Article Skimmer
- RFF Commercial – Lovely illustration/animation work from Leah Chun.
- The Wind Car – Innovation on a budget from Dale Vince founder of Ecotricity.
- PeePoople – Inventive solution to a global problem.
- Article Skimmer – News display prototype from the New York Times.