Tim Navis a photographer, who goes by just Navis took some remarkable shots of the Mojave. I have never been there but these photos have a futuristic type feel to them. I also enjoyed reading about his adventure on how these photos came about. I highly recommend checking out his site and his collection. There are some great shots in his portfolio. Very inspiring!
Design Motion is what Naomie Ross does. She created a video called Letterpress that caught my attention. The style in which she presented the short was instructional. It kinda took me back to the time I use to work on printing presses back in the day. The feel to this video was also just simple, but engaging and beautiful as well as interesting. Some may see letter pressing as a dying race but I think that its still got a long way to go before it goes extinct.
If you want to check out more of her work then check out her website.
Do you think the world of DJ'ing will be using multi-touch surfaces in the future? In this video the user is demoing a touch screen called the Token. It was designed by Yöyen Munchausen. It's a large multi-touch screen interfaced aimed at performance. I wasn't able to find pricing on one of these bad boys, but I sure do want one.
The software being used is called the Emulator ($149), it's a DJ Software designed to work with tablet PCs. It's basically a multi-touch MIDI controller (for Windows 7). They also just released a new version 1.5 that now supports Native Instruments and Traktor 2 Pro. They are still working on coming out with a Mac version and also to support other DJ software's like Virtual DJ and more. They tried to make Emulator more intuitive and easy to use so DJ’s can begin playing on a touch screen interface immediately. Whether they use a tablet PC, touch screen monitor or their holographic looking transparent touch surface. This software will turn a few finger swipes into a new style of lights and sounds. Do you want to buy one now?
In the past couple of months, I have been getting into Hookah's and somewhat starting to become an enthusiast of sorts. I started off my adventure by going to The Hookah Lounge in Clearwater, Fl. It's a cool little spot and the owner Dustin is a man of knowledge when it comes to Hookah's. They have really good deals on smoking hookahs. It's $15.00 bucks for unlimited and $8.00 for a single. They also have over 65 different flavors to meet anyone's needs.
I will be playing on June 18th, 2011 from 10pm-2am at the Hookah Lounge. Since it's a lounge I will be playing ambient/indie/chill dubstep all night. You should come and check it out. It will be a good night of music and hookah's!
***Note: Image on the flyer is not the Actual DJ*** Designed by Damion
Now these are some interesting bikes. They are like an SUV versions of a bike with their super cargo like fronts. These babies can have your bike ready to haul some serious stuff. I found these bikes on Rolling Orange's website, they are a bicycle shop located in Brooklyn, New York. These large bikes as awesome as they are come with a heavy prices, however, they are sure to be the talk of the town and quite useful. To see more designs check out there site.
This is the kind of news that I like to hear. Google has just released their new music cloud beta. Google Music Beta is a free cloud-based music service that allows you to upload music to your own personalized online storage locker. They give you enough space to upload about 20,000 songs. Currently it is only available to US residents but I'm sure once it is out of beta it will be available to all. It currently is only in invite only status. So you have to go to Google and request an invite. It's kinda of how g-mail was when it first came out, which seems so long ago. This new service will also give you access to your music on any device like your computers, smart phones and tablets.
I personally have already requested to get this service. So I'm just waiting to hear back. I'm a big music fan so it would be nice to access my music at all times. Although, I hope they give the option to add more space because I'm for sure going to need it. I guess time will tell if this Google Music Cloud becomes a hit. What do you think? Do you think this is something that you would utilize.
This is a unique and very angular home, which was created for a family of four who were looking for a modern styled home. I think they were able to accomplish their goals on having a modern and yet unique structure home. The homes exterior and interior are designed with good style. The kitchen and the bathroom setup alone would make me want to get this house. I think a kitchen can make or break a home. That's just my opinion. What do you think can make or break a house?
The DJM-2000 ($2999) is a pretty expensive mixer but it sits at the top of Pioneer's DJ line. This mixer which weighs about 20lbs is a heavy duty mixing machine. The mixer as you can see has a sizable multi-touch, multi-fucntion screen sitting just above the crossfader. It also houses everything famous from DJM 800 and E-effect 500 & 1000 and some of the SVM1000. So anyone that has used a Pioneer DJM prior should be able to walk up and use this bad boy. I could just keep telling you more about it but why not just watch these videos below instead.
Beth Hoeckel an artist from Baltimore has pieced together a nice collection of collage's called "Point of View". Each of her collages shown are made with found paper and archival paste. So there is no digital manipulation going on here. The style and the feel of these collages remind me of some 70's art but I'm liking it. You can check more on her website or you can check out her Flickr account and see some of her photography works as well.
