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Monday 19 July 2010
Wednesday 14 July 2010
Wednesday 7 July 2010
Iron Man 2 3D Interfaces
Really interesting to see how Prologue created the 3D environments for Iron Man 2. The most impressive part of the film in my eyes was the 3D Hud design. Creating something of this calibre takes a lot of time and dedication, initial concept ideas need to be tried and tested until you cant go any further. Let's hope these 3D environments can be taken out of the films and put into our everyday lives soon. It's going to happen, just a matter of time.
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Iron Man 2 3D Interfaces
Really interesting to see how Prologue created the 3D environments for Iron Man 2. The most impressive part of the film in my eyes was the 3D Hud design. Creating something of this calibre takes a lot of time and dedication, initial concept ideas need to be tried and tested until you cant go any further. Let's hope these 3D environments can be taken out of the films and put into our everyday lives soon. It's going to happen, just a matter of time.
<p>Prologue: Iron Man 2 Visual Walkthrough from Motionographer on Vimeo.</p>
Saturday 3 July 2010
Thank you Website Launch Pad - Loving your awards
Our new pals at Website Launchpad have 3 rather nifty awards.
Top of the tree we have the pointy but ever so logical - Spock Award
Then we have a rather scary nod to Sci-Fi's hardest female lead its - The Ripley Award
and last but not least we have a very still but ever so powerful - The Gort Award
We have been lucky enough to win 1 Spock Award, 2 Ripley Awards and 3 Gort Awards
Wednesday 30 June 2010
Foursquare raises $20m as it approaches 2m users
Foursquare, the location-based social networking platform, is fast approaching the two million-user mark, and has raised $20m in fresh funding as it bids to expand and develop new products.
Foursquare: approaching two million-user status
The disclosure came from the company’s co-founder and chief executive, Dennis Crowley, in a company blog.
Thanks to http://www.brandrepublic.com
Tuesday 29 June 2010
Tilda Stir Fry Kung Fu Cook Up
Working with The Tilda team we have developed a game to help build awareness of Tilda's new Basmati Rice Stir Fry. Select your Stir Fry Master and explore the world of Kung Fu Stir Fry. The site changes through out the day to reflect the time.Tell us what you think.
.Net plug-ins Site of the Month
We're very please to announce that Climb Mount Asgard has been selected for .Net's first 'plug-ins Site of the Month' award. Grab a copy if you're out and about.
Thanks to Paul Wyatt for selecting us
Friday 25 June 2010
Watch and Chair Obsession Friday Part 3
One of my favourite watches of all time. Designed by Max Bill, the watch is simple, elegant and a perfect example that good design is timeless. A little about Max:
Max Bill, born 1908, was a Swiss architect and designer world famous for the the clarity of his designs and the precise proportions to which they are derived. A pupil to the Bauhaus architect director Walter Gropious and kindred spirit of Le Corbusie; Max Bill is regarded as a highly talented and creative designer.
One of Max Bill's most famous designs is the "Ulmer Hocker" which comprises of a stool that can also be used as a shelf element or a side table. This design is still in production worldwide more than 50 years later.
Max Bill, born 1908, was a Swiss architect and designer world famous for the the clarity of his designs and the precise proportions to which they are derived. A pupil to the Bauhaus architect director Walter Gropious and kindred spirit of Le Corbusie; Max Bill is regarded as a highly talented and creative designer.
One of Max Bill's most famous designs is the "Ulmer Hocker" which comprises of a stool that can also be used as a shelf element or a side table. This design is still in production worldwide more than 50 years later.
The balance between the numbers the length of the hands, the clean layout all combine to make this watch face one of the all time classics.
Moving from the wrist to the bottom our chair this week is the Bertoia Chair.
Created by Harry Bertoia in 1950 as a result of an experiment that involved bending metal rods into practical art. It is available with a removable fully upholstered cover or with loose cushions and back pads available in a variety of fabrics, colour ways and fabric. Each piece carries the signature of Bertoia as a mark of authenticity.
Stunning, fun and practical.Tuesday 22 June 2010
Friday 11 June 2010
James Powderly
James Powderly aerospace engineer, working with NASA to put robotic space rovers on Mars also a graffiti artist. Watch this.
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Keepy-uppy
Our very own Alex Harding (@alexharding23) doing keepy-ups in the Win Dough on Shoreditch High St.
Typographic Macbook Stickers
London-based studio Hu2 Design collaborated with French Designer r.ferrer in order to create these original macbook reminders.
As well as protecting the shell from scratches, these typographic messages entice users only to charge their laptop when necessary, since an overcharged battery deteriorates faster than a properly used one, and also probably uses twice as much electricity. Via DesignYouTrustWednesday 9 June 2010
A Spotify Journey
Today I thought I'd take a Spotify Journey.It's a lot like a YouTube journey, where you watch a video, click on a link to a video it recommends for you, watch that video, click on the next video and so on until you've realised you've spent way too long on the 'Tube and wonder how the heck you got there.
I started with some Dave Matthews Band and selected one of the related artists, played one of their tracks, selected one of their related artists and so on. Pretty easy way of choosing if you can't think of what to play.
One problem, apparently the Kings of Leon are related to every other artist in the world, and a couple of times I almost backed my self into some sticky situations, Madonna, Lady Gaga, you know what I mean.View my SpotifyJourney here
One problem, apparently the Kings of Leon are related to every other artist in the world, and a couple of times I almost backed my self into some sticky situations, Madonna, Lady Gaga, you know what I mean.View my SpotifyJourney here
Friday 4 June 2010
'Show 2010' at the RCA
I was at the Royal College of Art last night to see the latest batch of graduates work. The Show pulled together a mixture of Fine Art, Applied Art, Fashion, Design, Communications and Humanities, all of which were presented to the highest of standards.
One of the exhibitors that caught my eye especially with his exciting ceramic work was 'Matthew Raw.' The theme was 'displacement' and draws on first-hand stories of asylum seekers from Zimbabwe. There was a lot of depth that went into Matthew's research, he interviewed asylum seekers to explore what it is like to be forced to leave your country. He asked them the challenging questions of what possessions did you take, and what kind of welcome did you get at the end of the journey.
Already Matthew's work has been appreciated within the artistic community by names such as: 'Grayson Perry,' the Turner prize winning ceramic artist and 'Susie Orbach' the author of Fat is a Feminist Issue.' I'll keep an eye on this exciting young talent and can only wait in anticipation for his next piece.
Other special mentions go to 'James Winter's' for his maze-like wall sculptures and 'Christina Wrege's' for a bouncy ball video installation.
Knuckles | Bryan
Music Video directed for the Parisian DJ/Producer Knuckles. Shot on the Paris Metropolitain with the Olympus i-SPEED 3 in association with International Theatre School Jacques Lecoq. Very Nice!
More Pauls stuff here
Knuckles | Bryan
Music Video directed for the Parisian DJ/Producer Knuckles. Shot on the Paris Metropolitain with the Olympus i-SPEED 3 in association with International Theatre School Jacques Lecoq. Very Nice!
More Pauls stuff here
<p>KNUCKLES | BLAKE - WHAT I LIKE from Paul Bryan on Vimeo.</p>
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Watch and Chair Obsession Friday Part 2
Following on from my first post. The watch brand we are focusing on is the 666 Barcelona Watch.From their 'Under Pressure' range.
The "Under Pressure" series is inspired be an antique pressure gauges. The UnderPressure wristwatchfeatures an over-sized single-hand analog seconds counter in the center and a digital time display at six o'clock. The design is minimally substantial. It blends varieties of textures (either brushed colored metallic or deeply textured dials) with simplicity. It reminds me of the Max Bill faces of the 50's.
The "Under Pressure" series is inspired be an antique pressure gauges. The UnderPressure wristwatchfeatures an over-sized single-hand analog seconds counter in the center and a digital time display at six o'clock. The design is minimally substantial. It blends varieties of textures (either brushed colored metallic or deeply textured dials) with simplicity. It reminds me of the Max Bill faces of the 50's.
And this weeks Chair obsession is the Lounge Chair by Oscar Niemeyer
Designed in 1907 by Niemeyer a Brazilian architect and furniture designer.
Thursday 3 June 2010
The Return of Monkey Island - Special Edition
The good people at lucasarts are revamping another one of my all time favourite computer games, 'Monkey Island 2.' They are simply polishing the old rugged look and turning them into smooth rounded modern day graphics.
As a Follower of there facebook feed I get to see lots of great things that pop out of their design studio. Their storyboard artists are continually posting up character designs. Taking full advantage of social media (facebook) they get to hear loads of comments from users talking about their favourite childhood characters. The users tell them what they like and don't like, in a way they can't get the designs wrong, genuis!
Crab Creative featured in Computer Arts
If your near a newsagents anytime this week, pop in and grab a copy of the July edition of Computer Arts. Crab are featured in the Brief Encounters section.
Wednesday 2 June 2010
Oil Spill Firefox Plugin
Creative agency Jess3 has developed a Firefox plugin that aims to black out all mentions of BP (British Petroleum) across the web. As one popular tweet reads, “Want BP to [blank] up your browser like they’ve [blank] up the Gulf? Install the Oil Spill Firefox plugin from @jess3.”The Black Oil Firefox plugin replaces all mentions (case insensitive) of BP and accompanying terms like BP oil, BP gas, BP worldwide, and so on, with blacked out letters and dripping oil drops.Images that contain meta data matching the terms are also blacked out.You can see what the plugin looks like when doing a Google search for “BP”
Grand Theft China Town Wars
The controls feel very natural. The joystick on the left takes up very little room and the area in which you can move it only fades in when you are using it. The driving controls also work brilliantly, using some subtleties to save room, for instance you only have accelerate and brake buttons, but slide your thumb from the accelerate to brake button and it pulls the handbrake, this feels very natural. Another nice little touch is that vehicles will align to the road when roughly inline, which saves a lot of adjustments.Rockstar also incorporate some attitional elements, increasing interactivity when using a touch screen. Occasionally a frame opens in the bottom corner instructing the user to complete a task before they can continue. In the opening scene, your car is driven off the peer into the sea, you have to tap the screen to smash the car's windscreen so that you can escape. If you break into a stationary car you have to use a screw driver, PDA or hot wire to start the engine. Nice little touches.
My one critism has to be the sound effects, with such brilliant graphics, fantastic interactions, a huge map (Liberty City) and beautiful illustrations the arcade like sounds are a real let down. This is only an initial review, and It is one of the most expensive app's I've bought but so far it's the best £5.99 I've spent.
Click here for the iTunes link
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