Satori from Abhilasha Dewan on Vimeo.

I really dig the overall effect of this cleverly composited animation short by Abhilasha Dewan, inspired by the misty mountains of Nainital, India. Lot’s of great subtle shading and filtering, his use of photography to add depth and dimension to the illustration is just awesome. Very inspiring piece.

The above images are out-takes from the production of an interactive projection mapping viral for Sony Playstation. The whole story was shot in one take and in one room with an impressive amount of supporting characters in seamless white suits to help assist with the overal effect. Pretty cool concept, pushing the bounds of what [...]]]>

The above images are out-takes from the production of an interactive projection mapping viral for Sony Playstation. The whole story was shot in one take and in one room with an impressive amount of supporting characters in seamless white suits to help assist with the overal effect. Pretty cool concept, pushing the bounds of what projection mapping is capable of. Have a look below.

Visit -> http://www.meorme.com/

Sony Realtime Projection Mapping 2 from Marshmallow Laser Feast on Vimeo.

I recall wasting away entire weekends playing Wipeout on Playstation with my friends when we were in college. It was a pretty amazing game back in the day when it first came out. The above vid is a ‘faked’ concept (according to my research findings) for a controlled quantum levitation mini version of the game. [...]]]>

I recall wasting away entire weekends playing Wipeout on Playstation with my friends when we were in college. It was a pretty amazing game back in the day when it first came out. The above vid is a ‘faked’ concept (according to my research findings) for a controlled quantum levitation mini version of the game. Like all sci-fi, it may not be real today, but the seed has been planted. Here’s an example on YouTube that is very real. Have a look.

TimeHue from abstractmachine on Vimeo.

Notes from Vimeo:

“TimeHue is a clock that represents time as a series of hue values ranging from 0° to 360° within in the HSL color space. To read the clock, start from the center and move outwards: the hue of the small circle represents hours, the middle continuous hue represents minutes and [...]]]>

TimeHue from abstractmachine on Vimeo.

Notes from Vimeo:

“TimeHue is a clock that represents time as a series of hue values ranging from 0° to 360° within in the HSL color space. To read the clock, start from the center and move outwards: the hue of the small circle represents hours, the middle continuous hue represents minutes and the surrounding outer hue represents seconds. The segmented color wheels are merely there for reference, broken into 12 color segments for hours and 60 color segments for minutes and seconds.”

Visit -> www.abstractmachine.net

The new interactive video experience titled ‘Sprawl 2: Mountains Beyond Mountains’ coming from Arcade Fire feels really fresh and innovative, right down to the dismal, twitchy videography and art direction. In short you get to swing and sway right along with the track with either your mouse or with your own body via the video [...]]]>

The new interactive video experience titled ‘Sprawl 2: Mountains Beyond Mountains’ coming from Arcade Fire feels really fresh and innovative, right down to the dismal, twitchy videography and art direction. In short you get to swing and sway right along with the track with either your mouse or with your own body via the video camera on your device or laptop. Pretty inspiring execution.

Visit -> http://www.sprawl2.com/

Walking in your mind (live mashup) from Ithaca Audio on Vimeo.

It’s amazing what has become possible with live audiovisual sampling. Monome, tonematrix and tenori-on sampling devices have really evolved over that last few years. Fun stuff to keep an eye on.

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Reveal Project – Personal Data Mirror from NYT R&D on Vimeo.

I’ve seen a few flavors of mirror screen concepts coming from different tech companies in the past few years. Most notable was a Yahoo! powered experience I saw at the 2006 CES (I almost got in trouble for taking that photo)… This version by the [...]]]>

Reveal Project – Personal Data Mirror from NYT R&D on Vimeo.

I’ve seen a few flavors of mirror screen concepts coming from different tech companies in the past few years. Most notable was a Yahoo! powered experience I saw at the 2006 CES (I almost got in trouble for taking that photo)… This version by the ‘R&D Lab’ takes it to the next level with speech recognition and some nifty gestural technology. I like the overall idea, especially for traffic/weather news and other bits of information that help us to start the day. I could also see this tech being useful in retail dressing rooms for size requests and deeper assortment browsing, or just for playing video that relates to the product you’ve tried on. Lot’s of potential.

Visit -> www.nytlabs.com/projects/mirror.html

Adobe’s nicely designed ‘The Expressive Web’ beta site is meant to showcase the capabilities and seemingly unlimited potential for designers and developers using HTML5 and Adobe CSS3. New functionality includes dynamic drop shadows, impressive motion and transition control, more control with color and gradients… and a nifty canvas element that let’s you control it all [...]]]>

Adobe’s nicely designed ‘The Expressive Web’ beta site is meant to showcase the capabilities and seemingly unlimited potential for designers and developers using HTML5 and Adobe CSS3. New functionality includes dynamic drop shadows, impressive motion and transition control, more control with color and gradients… and a nifty canvas element that let’s you control it all via-JavaScript. Things are about to get interesting, once again. Can’t wait to try some of this stuff out.

Visit -> http://beta.theexpressiveweb.com/

Composition in Red from TENDRIL on Vimeo.

Really nice motion design work by TENDRIL. Be sure to check it out. Also, have a look at all of the inspiring work to be found on their website.

Notes from Vimeo:

“Tendril is a relatively young studio and we are always looking for ways to experiment with the brand and [...]]]>

Composition in Red from TENDRIL on Vimeo.

Really nice motion design work by TENDRIL. Be sure to check it out. Also, have a look at all of the inspiring work to be found on their website.

Notes from Vimeo:

“Tendril is a relatively young studio and we are always looking for ways to experiment with the brand and its possibilities.We hope you enjoy this sound-synchronized logo reconstruction sequence. If you have seen our 2011 Showreel, you may recognize some of the animation, which was intercut there to form a visual backbone for the edit.”

Visit -> http://studio.tendril.ca/

Since I traded in the old iPhone 3gs for the new iPhone 4s, my photo taking productivity has increased significantly. That’s the good thing. The bad thing is that my photo taking productivity has increased significantly and I haven’t touched my Canon 7D in weeks! I’ve found that the new 8MP camera and optics have really [...]]]>

Since I traded in the old iPhone 3gs for the new iPhone 4s, my photo taking productivity has increased significantly. That’s the good thing. The bad thing is that my photo taking productivity has increased significantly and I haven’t touched my Canon 7D in weeks! I’ve found that the new 8MP camera and optics have really made this device less of a mobile phone, and more of a handy mobile camera, for me. I wonder when we’ll stop calling them ‘mobile pics’ all together? You can check out many, many more of my 4s pics on my Tumblr blog via the link below.

Visit -> http://jhsindesign.tumblr.com/

Light from Sunday Paper on Vimeo.

Nice concept, very well executed. Definitely makes for an interesting view.

Notes from Vimeo:

““Light” a short film directed by David Parker, initially began as a project intended to bring awareness to energy waste. Bleeding, crying lights were meant to metaphorically parallel the way in which we invisibly squander our natural resources [...]]]>

Light from Sunday Paper on Vimeo.

Nice concept, very well executed. Definitely makes for an interesting view.

Notes from Vimeo:

““Light” a short film directed by David Parker, initially began as a project intended to bring awareness to energy waste. Bleeding, crying lights were meant to metaphorically parallel the way in which we invisibly squander our natural resources without much thought. While the original sentiment remains, the film also grew into a poetic statement about a world run amok and the human tendency to exploit that which we hold dear.

The film was shot over a couple nights in Los Angeles as two friends drove around with a camera exploring the city’s architecture and abandoned landscapes. Keeping in this vein, the film will be projected in selected US cities in vacant storefront windows and onto walls in alleys as a moving piece of public art.”

Visit -> http://www.sunday-paper.com/

There are a couple things in life that never cease to bring me great pleasure. Solid, simple, clean design being one …and yes, 4 wheel drive in the form of a trusty/capable truck being another. Los Angeles based custom 4×4 builder ‘Icon’ has recently promised the release of a new Ford Bronco style classic to [...]]]>

There are a couple things in life that never cease to bring me great pleasure. Solid, simple, clean design being one …and yes, 4 wheel drive in the form of a trusty/capable truck being another. Los Angeles based custom 4×4 builder ‘Icon’ has recently promised the release of a new Ford Bronco style classic to their amazing lineup. If you’re a fan of great old classic trucks, visit the Icon site. BTW, my birthday is coming up.

Visit -> http://icon4x4.com/

Sometimes senseless, random scribbles on a wall can be a ‘thing of beauty’. Especially, when applied by a free-roaming gallery robot. Pretty amazing, would love to see it in person. Check out the video below.

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TEDxAmsterdam 2011 Human Brain from WE ARE Pi on Vimeo.

Great concept, amazing visual effect. Have a look.

Notes from Vimeo:

“Rutger Hauer, The Dutch National Ballet and Amsterdam’s creative community make brains from people, an Idea Worth Doing. This is the dress rehearsal of the first human brain in a series of three. See it live: 25th [...]]]>

TEDxAmsterdam 2011 Human Brain from WE ARE Pi on Vimeo.

Great concept, amazing visual effect. Have a look.

Notes from Vimeo:

“Rutger Hauer, The Dutch National Ballet and Amsterdam’s creative community make brains from people, an Idea Worth Doing. This is the dress rehearsal of the first human brain in a series of three. See it live: 25th November 2011. ‪tedxamsterdam.com“

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

This NASA/ISS video has been super popular the past couple days in the digi-nets, and rightly so. It’s absolutely mind-blowing. What amazes me is the fact the earth is so electrically charged, both naturally and by man, at all [...]]]>

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

This NASA/ISS video has been super popular the past couple days in the digi-nets, and rightly so. It’s absolutely mind-blowing. What amazes me is the fact the earth is so electrically charged, both naturally and by man, at all times. Def a must view.

Notes from Vimeo:

“Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by Ron Garan
fragileoasis.org/​bloggernauts/​Astro_Ron and the crew of expedition
28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October,
2011, who to my knowledge shot these pictures at an altitude of around
350 km with a high ISO HD Camera developed by NHK Japan,
nicknamed the SS-HDTV camera. All credit goes to them.
I intend to upload a FullHD-version presently.”

Go All Day from Colin Kennedy on Vimeo.

This is an impressive single take video, featuring some great camera work, timelapse and some pretty slick riding by Chaz Ortiz.

Notes from Vimeo:

“A single-take, short film collaboration between Gatorade and The Berrics { theberrics.com } promoting Gatorade’s ‘Go All Day’ campaign. Starring professional skateboarder and Gatorade athlete Chaz Ortiz.”

Some are calling the Shuffler.FM iPad app the “Flipboard of music discovery”. It automagically aggregates music content from thousands of tastemakers, music blogs, sites and magazines creating one big fat, music channel of love …something like that. Just when I was just starting to really get into Spotify. On to the next thing I suppose.

Get App [...]]]>

Some are calling the Shuffler.FM iPad app the “Flipboard of music discovery”. It automagically aggregates music content from thousands of tastemakers, music blogs, sites and magazines creating one big fat, music channel of love …something like that. Just when I was just starting to really get into Spotify. On to the next thing I suppose.

Get App -> http://itunes.apple.com/app/shuffler.fm

Visit -> http://shuffler.fm/

The ‘Optimo Fine Hats’ site experience is a terrific example of online branding, story telling and product display. They obviously want customers to come away with the understanding that Optimo hats are the real deal. Quality stuff. It will be interesting to see how they design out the online store.

Visit -> http://www.optimohats.com/ 

Jawbone is releasing an exciting and innovative new health tracking device and mobile app. It’s reminiscent of the NIKE/Apple partnership but not attached to an expensive shoe, and not specific to one activity, opening the door to a much larger customer base. You can now toss your old heart rate monitor and pedometer and that [...]]]>

Jawbone is releasing an exciting and innovative new health tracking device and mobile app. It’s reminiscent of the NIKE/Apple partnership but not attached to an expensive shoe, and not specific to one activity, opening the door to a much larger customer base. You can now toss your old heart rate monitor and pedometer and that other ‘ometer’ thing that really never worked properly and left a funky rash on your arm. This wristband/app combo looks very promising, and certain to inspire other companies to dabble in the space. I’m curious to see if they have integrated a way within the app to share and extend one’s personal health data to the social nets and maybe even your Doctor? Interesting stuff.

Visit -> http://www.jawbone.com/up

Aurora Borealis in Finnish Lapland 2011 from Flatlight Films on Vimeo.

Amazing, and well worth the view.

Notes from Vimeo:

“This is selection of northern lights we filmed during the winter 2011 in several locations in the Finnish Lapland. It’s filmed with DSLR cameras with timelapse technique and with remote pan/tilt heads.”

Visit -> flatlightfilms.com

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