I don't think that I have written about a book before on
The Collective Loop, so this will be a first. The book
Symbol by Angus Hyland and Steven Bateman ($40) is a book that features over 1300 symbols, organized into groups and sub-groups according to their visual characteristics. Each category includes a short introduction, with expanded captions providing information on who the symbol was designed for, who designed it, when, and where appropriate, what the symbol stands for. The book is 366 pages with 1400 illustrations of symbols to get your design motivation kicking.
Below are some videos of
Angus Hyland talking about the book Symbol. It's quite interesting because he talks about old school versions of companies symbols to now. It's a five part series and if you would like to watch the rest they are available
here.
This week is going to be a good one and here is the reason why. On July 13th at
Czar in Tampa,
The Glitch Mob will be performing as well as
Phantogram and
Com Truise. Each one of these bands has it's own style yet I can see why they would all be performing together.
The Glitch Mob is a trio of three that is known for tweaking and toying with cutting-edge technology to produce their sound of electronic music.
Phantogram is more on the indie synth side with their tracks like
"Mouthful of Diamonds" with their waverly sounds of the guitars and random noises. They would describe them self's as street beat, psych pop which I actually like better then my description. Then we have
Com Truise who has been a growing name on the
Ghostly International label. His sound is more on constantly experimenting with synthesizers and structure in an attempt to bring new age sounds to the forefront. So each one of these groups has a style that in the end works together to produce a very interesting live set of cutting edge technology with new styles of music.
Tickets for this show are still available total price comes out to like $20 bucks. Get them
here. Hope to see you there!
On July 23rd I will be playing at
The Hookah Lounge again mixing up some unique ambient, indie and chill dubstep. While I'm mixing it up you can enjoy about 65 different
Shisha flavors and your own hookah. They have a really chill atmosphere with great prices on smoking hookahs. It's $15.00 bucks for unlimited and $8.00 for a single. If you haven’t been, it's well worth checking out.
Last month had a great turn out so I hope to see you there. If you want to check out my mixes you can do so
here
Designed by Damion S.
An Abrupt End is a project completed by
James Huse who uses milk-filled balloons and explodes them while capturing the beauty at high-speed. We would only see it happen so quickly with the naked eye but now with the right techniques, equipment and skill we get to see this on a totally different level. These inverted balloon photos have a unique flare or wave to them that seems like a dark and cold surface. It could be the use of the milk that makes them seem so thick and textured.
If you want to check out more of James Huse work then check out his
website.
When your Windows computer is being a bit slow, when its memory is fragmented, when the threads of its normal execution become so tangled that it's no longer considered useful, the one thing that will refresh it fully is the troika of buttons "Ctrl - Alt - Del." Hitting those three buttons are designed to interrupt the computers processes, clearing out the memory, and recycling the system power.
The
Ctrl-Alt-Delete Cup set ($11.99) by
ThinkGeek are designed to provide another stylish way of interrupting your day. Now when you feel that your becoming like your computer. You can then turn over your Ctrl-Alt-Delete Cups and clear out your lagging day with something to boast your energy a.k.a coffee.
Source: ThinkGeek
This sweet looking concept bike the
Potenza, a vehicle by Argentinian designer Nico Jara, is a simple concept on devising a four-wheeled bike that stores energy from pedaling and later converting it into kinetic energy. This concept adopts the sustainable concept on storing the energy to power the bike once enough energy has been stored.
The four-wheeled bike has an elegant design that features four spoked wheels and a canopy up top to protect riders from the elements. It has a box in the back between the two rear wheels that seems to be the device where energy is stored or collected. I'm not sure how practical this bike would be since it is only in the prototype phase but would you ride around in this Potenza?
Source: Coroflot
The summer is officially upon us and we need more music to go with our nostalgic summer memories. So here is Playlist-27 filled with upbeat tracks to store your memories of the summer of 2011. There are some fantastic tracks up in this 15 track playlist. We have some new
Death Cab and
Coldplay tracks. We have some other great finds like
Seapony,
Hey Champ,
Kleerup and more. So have a listen and enjoy.
If you want to check out any of the other Playlist then click on
Archived Playlist in this post or on the right hand side of this blog or in the menu.
Cover Art by Damion S.
