Light Graffiti , also known as light painting. It is the use of photography and photography software. This ephemeral approach to art and expression uses the movement of light to create incredible images and is created on the streets, in nature, and in studios by artists whose creative impulses transcend traditional media. Light graffiti is sometimes produced as performance art, and sometimes just to capture it with photography and video, but either way it is very interesting and intriguing to ponder upon.
If you’re in the market for new business cards or a cutting-edge new advertising medium, you should take a look at this brilliant idea - your message or logo etched right onto a real leaf, no paint necessary! The resulting leaves are simple, stunning when looked at against the sunlight, and the best part is that if they are thrown away, there is no adverse effect on the environment. Design Firm Tatil Design of Brazil came up with the elegant marketing idea, which they recently used in 2008 during the 55th Cannes Advertising Festival to promote their “Designing Naturally” workshop. Natural Medium, which is what they call their amazing laser cut leaves, was so popular and well received at the festival that it won the Bronze Award for the 2009 International Design Excellence Awards in Eco Design.
I found this while just surfing around and found the whole process fascinating and brilliant. I'malways intrigued on different ways in which things can be used and still be friendly to the environment. I found the article about the leaf business cards on Inhabitat.com. Inhabitat.com is a weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future.
Inhabitat was started by NYC designer Jill Fehrenbacher as a forum in which to investigate emerging trends in product, interior and architectural design. So in your spare time go and check out the site. They have some great articles on ways people and companies are using recyclables to save the environment.
HTC passed around their latest creation: an Android-based device they're calling Hero. And... wow! I have always been a fan of HTC since back when they came out with the HTC 8125. If you recall that phone was a monster but back in the day it was full of features that other phones during that time did not have. So now as time has passed we look for more features and a slicker looking style phones.
So it was with notable reticence that I took a shine to the Hero. The whole interface is skinned in HTC's own UI, which they call "Sense," built on top of Google's Android operating system, version 1.5 (aka Cupcake). Like other HTC-designed interfaces, it's beautiful. Unlike others, it works. Fast.
The device's most superficial menu is a dashboard-like flip screen that holds an arrangeable array of widgets, which can provide quick access to your contacts, Twitter feed, music player, calendar and weather-bugs, among other things. Once you dig into the Hero's customized apps, you'll notice that the contact flow has its own lovely Rolodex feel, akin to TouchFLO but more space-efficient and responsive. Likewise, HTC has ginned up its own custom on-screen keyboard (the Hero has no flip-out jaw, thankfully) and its own calendar, which look and feel as good as anything birthed in Cupertino. The camera, backed by an excellent 5MP sensor with autofocus and digital zoom, takes pictures that shame the iPhone's (3G or 3G S), even though zooming is confusingly operable by the rolly nav ball instead of any of the soft keys. And the rest of the phone's physical chassis is above and beyond what we've come to expect even from a good hardware maker like HTC: the glass screen is oliophobic, so fingerprints wipe off easily, and the backing is infused with Teflon so it doesn't stain or fade with contact from palm or purse. The screen is crisp and bright--moreso than the iPhone--and the body itself feels more compact than Apple's device, although they're virtually the same size. Even HTC's trademark "foot"--the bend at the bottom of the device--seems refined from its odd incarnation on the G1.
Unlike the G1 or the new myTouch 3G, the Hero has a 3.5mm headphone jack at the top, and unlike the iPhone, it plays Flash animations out of the box.
HTC says the Hero will go on sale in the U.S. this fall in two colors, black and white, but no price or carrier has been disclosed.
I was looking at doing a piece on the use of horizontal websites and how if used correctly it becomes a unique way of mostly showcasing your works. Then I came across Stephane Tartelin and his works of art. I found his style to be intriguing and it also opens the mind to your own imagination. It makes you wonder what he was thinking when these designs came to his mind. Not only is his work fascinating but the build of his website was done very well and had a great use of horizontal scrolling.
Stephane Tartelin start mixing traditional drawings with computer graphics at 15 years old. After 5 years of professional visual communication school, he fulfill childhood dream and start working for different video games development studio in Paris. In January 2000 he starts working as a freelance graphic designer, illustrator and motion designer. He now works for various range of international advertising, broadcast and publishing clients and still explore all facets of graphic design, animation, 3D, photography and of course illustration that remains his favorite playground. Co-founder of Le Soupe design studio in Paris.
The not so good quality graphics, the catchy jingles, the cheesy lines are what made 90's toy commercial so entertaining to watch.
It’s hard to believe how well the advertising worked back then, never failing to influence us during our birthday/holiday wish lists. I remember watching so many of these commercials back in the day when I was in middle school still watching cartoons. What am I talking about I still like cartoons.
Now let's take a trip down memory lane and relive some special moments that you might have forgotten about.
They make a lot of noise those Sniggle Sticks
I haven't been to a Toys 'R Us in such a long time.
Really!
Man he can talk fast
This jingle will get stuck in your head. Come on everybody Skip It!
The Secret Handshake is the electronic pop rock music project of Luis Dubuc, from Dallas Texas. This self-taught musician writes everything for this band in his room - alone with just his Wurlitzer piano and Apple computer. With one listen you can tell this band stands out from other emo tinged electronic music - The Secret Handshake's got heart and soul. His songs are very catchy and simplistic in sound.
The Secret Handshake has release a new CD "My Name Up in Lights". It has the sound in which it makes this band standout. This is a definitely a summer listener while chillin or taking a mid afternoon drive. So go out and support and purchase The Secret Handshakes new CD.
iphone Like Cellphone Designer, Bence Bogar, releases a concept phone which he claims is the “perfect phone in the world”, which means he claims his concept phone is better than iPhone. The concept phone has 2.8″, 5.0-MP digital camera, 512MB Ram, micro SD (T-flash) expansion slot, WIFI support, built-in Bluetooth technology, and built-in GPS features. Will Steve Jobs buy Bence Bogar’s concept phone idea?
Nokia 888
The Nokia 888 concept design by Tamer Nakisci can be changed to any form. You can change its shape according to your needs during the day but don’t have to carry it in your pocket or on your wrist; take it anywhere and in any form.
This cellphone concept can be rolled, bent, placed on your clothes like a clip and more. It uses liquid battery, speech recognition, flexible touch screen, and a touch sensitive body cover which lets it understand and adjust to the environment.
As well as the shape, the color of the Nokia 888 Mobile Phone may also be changed.
The idea behind the design of Nokia 888 is thatthe perfect form does not exist. Form follows you so they create the perfect form for each function.
Meet the iSaw, the world's first USB powered chainsaw. Yes, you read that right. Lamenting that "current materials used on bodies of chainsaws are too heavy for office use" the vanguards of innovation over at www.usbchainsaw.com figured out how to get a USB 2.0 port to power sharp chains for all your office-based wood cutting needs.
This would be a great present for yourself. Let's just say it would keep your coworkers in order.
Accoring to the USB die-hards over at EverythingUSB.com the "chainsaw possibly opens a whole new category of USB weaponry tools." And warms the heart of geeky lumberjacks everywhere.
I.SAW IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER $59.95 + SHIPPING
Andrew Bird is an American musician. He was born in Illinois and resides in the Chicago area. Bird is a singer-songwriter, a violinist and, since 2004, a guitarist. He also is an accomplished whistler.
His early work, which echoed gypsy jazz and traditional folk, has led into his current sound, which mixes rock with more broad compositions. His years of solo song-craft have now enabled him to produce a sound that is uniquely his own.
The instrumentation is bracingly inventive, but never for mere shenanigans or showmanship. The songs are each a perfectly formed vignette. And he's a world class whistler; not the loud summoning blast, but the supple and nuanced vibrato-laced melodicism of a master. There is no shortage of utterly riveting songs here. They work their magic on their own believable terms, without a hint of cloying nostalgia or riff-fueled seduction. - David Greenberger
Currently Andrew Bird has a new CD out called Noble Beast and he is also currently on tour. If you want to see if he is playing in your area check out his site: Andrewbird.net. The new CD is such that of some soothing jazzy folk sound.
