These pop-up designs created for RENFE’s (Spanish National Rail Network) new fleet of trains, by artist and designer Lele Gestoso Saa are pretty incredible and extremely entertaining to look over. I posted a little over a year ago about some of her designs under the creative group name called ‘Serial Cut’ but I had not seen these works at the time. Very cool stuff. More behind the links below.
I thought the above in-flight turbo prop pictures taken by Jason Mullins with his iPhone 4 were pretty amazing, and at first I had thought maybe they were an odd Photoshop experiment of some kind. As it turns out, it’s a photographic phenomenon/effect called ‘rolling shutter’ that occurs when an image is scanned either from top to bottom or from left to right when taking pics of objects that are moving at a high rate of speed. You learn something new every day, well, almost every day.
At first when I went to check out Moscow, Russia Eibatova Karina’s Behance portfolio I thought it was not loading properly, then I quickly discovered that once you scroll down you’ll begin to find a whole world of interesting earthy illustration and paintings. It’s been a rough Monday for me, what can I say? The illustrations above really caught my attention. Her works on Behance and Flickr are very much worth checking out.
This is an entertaining and well visualized concept by Keiichi Matsuda. Lot’s of little sci-fi AR details, some interesting ideas around the ability to enhance one’s environment, some fun UI… all dipped in an old school vat of 3D… Where did I put those glasses? Worth a view.
“The architecture of the contemporary city is no longer simply about the physical space of buildings and landscape, more and more it is about the synthetic spaces created by the digital information that we collect, consume and organise; an immersive interface may become as much part of the world we inhabit as the buildings around us.
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Augmented Reality (AR) is an emerging technology defined by its ability to overlay physical space with information. It is part of a paradigm shift that succeeds Virtual Reality; instead of disembodied occupation of virtual worlds, the physical and virtual are seen together as a contiguous, layered and dynamic whole. It may lead to a world where media is indistinguishable from ‘reality’. The spatial organisation of data has important implications for architecture, as we re-evaluate the city as an immersive human-computer interface.”
Photos like the above can only be captured by someone who passionately lives behind the camera, always taking it with them, every day, every night… and of course, it doesn’t hurt to be packing an abundance of talent along as well. Portland, Oregon based photographer Jeffrey David Luker has an outstanding collection of life photos on his portfolio site. As I click though his works I get a real sense of what it might be like to experience life from his perspective, his shoes. I highly recommend you take a look at his site and his blog, both very cool.
I don’t know a lot about Dresden, Germany based art student Evelyn Siegmund or her work, but I discovered this lone piece on her Behance page this afternoon and thought it was really nice. I’ll have to keep an eye out for updates…
I’m finding a ton of amazing things on Flickr lately. The above shots are vintage photos taken by Des Moines based Photographer Phil Roeder’s father (possibly with a Zeiss Ikon Contessa from what I’ve gathered from his Flickr page) while travelling Hong Kong and Macau in the 1950s. Wonderful retro coloring and contrast along with the fact that they are just amazing images from another time that will never be duplicated make this photo set a must see.
These shots by Kevin Saint Grey are beautifully captured and pretty much mind blowing. Taken with a Canon 40D by using some pretty interesting panning techniques that I don’t fully understand, his images become surreal and abstract works of art. I love these examples for their clean lines and bold color, he’s got some other amazing shots similar these in black and white that I may have to order some prints of. More beyond the links:
Motion graphics designer and design blogger (@www.ilovenewwork.com) Ruben Kos has started up his own design company, specializing in motion graphics and animation. His reel is a constant flow of nice graphic particle animation, realistically rendered objects/lighting and some solid type/logo lock up arrangements. Makes for an inspiring view.
Like a kid in a camera store, I’m pretty excited about this discovery made and passed along by a friend of mine last week (Thanks Aaron!). These little lenses magnetically hold in place on any camera phone and judging from the shots on http://photojojo.com/ they really work! There are three lenses available -> Fisheye, Macro, and Wide Angle. The other cool feature is that they can be worn as jewelry around your neck, similar to a charm necklace. One of the coolest gift/gadget ideas I’ve seen in a long while.
The photography by California based Cole Rise (flickr name: Antimethod) is inspiring, to say the least. Shot primarily with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II his sensibility to light, texture and landscape is impeccable, taking everyday scenery, applying his technique and artistry and making it something so much more epic. Be sure to check out his website for more amazing images.
“Robin and Julia directed these visuals for Natasha Khan early 2010. This is a short edit of around 20 mins of footage produced. They were projected behind her singing with a string quartet, it was ace.”
More great work to be seen on ‘Treat Studios’ portfolio site:
I took notice of these nice poster designs on the Levi’s Facebook page. Nice type design, retro illustration style and a strong color palette bring them all together and make for a great collectible set. More info via the link below.
From the Facebook page:
“We Are All Workers” Rolling Roadshow is a nationwide tour of free outdoor 35mm screening experiences pairing everyone’s favorite films with the famous locations where they were shot or set.
I’m really feeling the above graphic composite created for a Flagstaff, Arizona based musician called ‘A Cloud for Climbing’. From the amazing music sample that I’ve heard, the image compliments their sound really well, part digi-tech, part natural acoustic and an array of beats and dub sounds. I’m intrigued already, and plan to check out more of their music on myspace.
Jeff Altman is a Chicago based post production artist. Apparently, he’s also interested in vintage film and home style documentary. On his Vimeo page you’ll find a small but beautiful collection of vintage films shot by his grandfather that he has digitized. These films make a great vintage resource for those who are interested in re-creating the look/feel of the past. Have a look.
In addition to showing my most recent Flickr photos here (left set of 6), I have decided to rotate my favorite Flickr contacts as well. This time showing photo thumbs from Kevin Saint Grey's most interesting Flickriver (right set).
September 1, 2010, at 7:45 am 
