Philips Design Probes
June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This is a nice little series of experiements from Philips Design Probes. Through tracking trends and developments that may evolve into mainstream issues that have an impact on business, they are focusing on key areas covering politics, economics, culture, environments and technology features which will enable them to understand lifestyle post 2020. There are some really interesting projects going on including how we can create a sustainable habitat in 2020, but being a tattoo fan one that caught my eye in particular is The Electronics Tattoo.
The O2 memory project
April 20, 2008 | 2 Comments
So Saturday I hoped down to the Southbank for an afternoon of awesomeness with Charlie, Priyanka, Sam and Charles to see the O2 Memory Project. The instillation created by Jason Bruges, camera-captures panoramic movements and stores them within it’s digital memory bank inside. You can then go inside the instillation and see images that it has taken and here’s some for the photo album from Team Awesome
Although the project is a great idea, it wasn’t executed as well as I would have hoped however, we managed to add an additional BOOM (as Sam would say) to the project. After leaving the instillation, we went to the Hayward Gallery to see what other toys we could play with and stumbled upon these little cardboard camera’s that you put over the lens of your camera to make your photo’s a little more interesting.
Now OK these images didn’t come out as well as we had hoped when we put them over the memory project, but below you can see the effect it’s supposed to create below.
Diesel create outdoor spaces
March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Diesel are supporting the art world by launching a competition for designers win the chance of exhibiting their work on the side of buildings and giant walls within city centers. The winners will be displayed in Manchester, Barcelona, Zurich and New York. The campaign was developed to cut through the thousands of advertising messages we are faced with, to “salvage what precious public space is left and fill it with something worth saying.” The words “pot” and “kettle” spring to mind Mr Diesel but I am interested in seeing the results from the competition. Via: PSFK
Visual Complexity
February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I absolutely love this site. Visual Complexity was founded by Manuel Lima, an interaction designer who is currently Senior User Experience Designer at Nokia Design. Manuel describes the site as a resource space for anyone who is interested in the visualisation of complex networks. I can guarantee you won’t be able to put it down for at least 10 minutes.
Virtual tours for avatars at Somerset House
August 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment
London Gallery Somerset House has commissioned Turner Prize finalists Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell to create an online 3D interactive version of the gallery. Users will be able to create their own personalized avatar and explore the gallery, including its courtyard, whilst meeting and communicating with other avatars. The doors to the virtual gallery open on September 6th.
Gold Bullion findings
July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment
In a clear example of the ever fine line between art and advertising, artist Paul Insect placed a stack of signed mock Gold bullions detailing the words “if you have me, I was stolen” in strategic places around London to promote his forthcoming exhibition at Lazarides Gallery, Soho. Paul has previously been commissioned by both Adidas and Audi to assist with their advertising.
Underwater sculpture
July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment
London artist Jason Taylor has installed a series of his sculptures under the sea off the coast of Grenada. The aim of the sculpture park is to create a unique space which highlights environmental processes and celebrates local culture. The structure will allow soft and hard corals, algae and sponges to colonise creating an artificial reef. Sadly, not many will get to experience it first hand, but there is a video on the site showing this wonderful creation in all it’s glory.
Framed Paintings as Billboards? - ‘The Grand Tour’ Brings Art to the Street
July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment
London agency, The Partners have developed a rather interesting campaign for The National Gallery entitled `The Grand Tour’. The objective was to bring art to the streets of London in everyday places where people pass by every day to encourage more visitors to the gallery. HP have printed and placed reproductions of classics around areas such as Soho and Covent Garden. By visiting the site, users can see where the pieces have been placed. I haven’t seen any as yet, but I will be heading to Golden Square this week to check out Manet’s `Corner of a Cafe-concert’. Photo by George Stubbs
Death of the advertiser?
June 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Artists Steve Lambert and Evan Harper are working on modifying the current Adblock Plus tool to replace all advertising on web browsers with original pieces of art. Addart will display pieces chosen by curators, and Lambert and Harper will be providing the software under open licences to enable other people to create their own versions. The original developer of Adblock Plus, Wladimir Palant from Norway stated “Replacing annoying and obtrusive ads with some eye candy, turning them into their exact opposite, is a consequent continuation of what Adblock started — making the Web endurable and
enjoyable.” Personally I like the technology behind it, but I don’t think this technology alone will stop advertising through the web and actually think that it is a nice opportunity for advertisers to start offering branded versions should users wish to participate.
Tate tracks
May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The Tate Modern recently invited musicians to walk around the Tate Modern and find a piece of art that inspired them. They were then asked to write a piece of music to accompany that track with the intention of allowing users to listen to the piece through headphones displayed next to the work of art that inspired it or in some cases online. A fantastic idea that demonstrates the growth of digital.
