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How many of you have I pressured to read “Perdido Street Station,” by China Miéville? It’s been more than a few of you and everyone I know of has dug it, some as much as I did. Artist Gordillo has taken a stab at a new visualization of the titular station. If you haven’t read [...]
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A beautiful BMW commercial featuring sculptor/engineer Theo Jansen.
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Quiet Please: Architectural Representations of City in Science Fiction Cinema – It is exactly what it says it is, a wonderful collection of science fiction cinematic analysis pertaining to representations of cities. This Dilbert Blog post discusses the possibility that economists are immune to cognitive dissonance and explores a particular issue on the Bill Maher [...]
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Wall animation worth viewing. Let me know what you think. It’s a “poor man’s Plimpton” but one which crosses over into the real world in ways that leave you scratching your head in wonder.
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We all know that Moleskine brands their notebooks as the choice of literati and artists. Every time you shop for a new one, the labels recite famous personages who have used them before you. An example of their effusive copy is found on their website: MOLESKINE IS THE LEGENDARY NOTEBOOK, USED BY EUROPEAN ARTISTS AND [...]
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Photo from the New York Times Article Adobe has placed an engaging interactive wall advertisement for their Creative Suite 3 in New York’s Union Square. The ad wall is 7 feet tall, 15 feet long, and tracks human movement, animating a sequence of visual effects based on where the passerby happens to be located. You [...]
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Antony Gormley made 100 cast-iron sculptures of himself and put them on the beach. The effect as the tide moves in and out is a bit eery. I’d hate to be the lifeguard! More Antony Gormley information: Aesthetic Grounds: Gormley’s Lonely Men over London
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Pogo Furniture is an idea whose time has come. Discovered via this post at the Signal vs. Noise blog.
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At 8,000 euros I’m going to have to call this one “unnecessary.”
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Ross is a friend who has frequently helped me work on this blog (for which I am indebted). While I’ve always known he was in the Pacific Northwest Ballet, I had no idea you could buy a DVD performance of Midsummer Night’s Dream issued by the BBC. How cool is that? Anyone want to have [...]
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