Design: Data Driven

http://bit.ly/9×4vI7

Aaron Koblin’s site hosts an interesting six projects that involved data, outsourcing, and creative genius to produce some interesting results.  The most notable project being for Radiohead’s House of Cards music video  http://bit.ly/dtvCOI

Design: LED

http://bit.ly/8jsiPN (Video)

The Galaxy Dress is the center piece of the “Fast Forward: Inventing the Future” exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

Garden: Tools

http://bit.ly/8eabAH (Video)

This video caught me off guard when I first watched it, but you’ll find the creativity delightful.  (Open the top video)

Design: Fluid

http://bit.ly/4xOKm6 (Video)

You’ve seen cotton weaved into clothing.  You’ve seen metal weaved into chain mail.  But what if you weaved clear plastic tubing into a sculpture and pumped different colored liquid through it?

I’m a really big fan of where the world is headed in terms of the technology and body of work behind data visualization. While immensely useful in the context of bringing data to life for professional purposes, some of these renderings are so good that the lines between utility and art have started to blurr. Here is a list of really great examples of data renderings / digital art that I think are just really cool. Many of these are coming from the Victoria and Albert DECODE exhibit in London (http://bit.ly/6FSaiq). Have fun! -B

http://www.kamvar.org/

http://www.number27.org/work.html

http://www.wefeelfine.org/

www.processing.org

http://hci.stanford.edu/jheer/

http://fabrica.it/projects

http://www.stanza.co.uk/

http://www.aaronkoblin.com/work.html

http://www.reas.com/

http://bit.ly/2IZDrr

http://www.liaworks.com/category/theprojects/

http://www.troika.uk.com/graphics

http://www.unlekker.net/

http://toxi.co.uk/

http://postspectacular.com/

http://www.flight404.com/blog/

http://www.joshuadavis.com/

http://prefuse.org/

Photo: Delicious

http://bit.ly/6swiwx

It looks good, but does it taste good?  This photo comes from part of Martin Bone and Kara Johnson’s book I Miss My Pencil. Check out the making of this photo.

Font: Helvetica

http://bit.ly/7GLvso (Video)

It’s like when you watch the movies and there’s an actor who you see in everything, but you never know his name. (Check out part 2:06)

Job Description: Build GUI’s that look legit

http://bit.ly/57NROK (Video)

Have you ever watched those spy movies where they type in their 32 character password and the next thing you know they can watch you in real time, night vision, AND infrared.  Someone had to make that program look real.  Unless it’s Jurassic Park, then it’s just Unix.