Texas photographer Ignacio Torres has created some intriguing animated photography in his series called, Stellar. He began the project from a theory that humans are made of cosmic matter as a result of a stars death. Below is an explanation from Ignacio on his project:

I created imagery that showcased this cosmic birth through the use of dust and reflective confetti to create galaxies. The models organic bodily expressions as they are frozen in time between the particles suggest their celestial creation. In addition, space and time is heightened by the use of three-dimensional animated gifs. Their movement serves as a visual metaphor to the spatial link we share with stars as well as their separateness through time.

I only put a small collection from this series on The Collective Loop, click through to see the entire project.





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Carbon Design Group has come up with a new way in which to tackle the multitude of TV functions in their concept Carbon Toggle remote. The challenge was to take a complex array of devices and uses, and distill them down into one, flexible, multimode device. The core of the Toggle is a simple touchpad, much like you might find on a laptop. This capacitive surface is printed with images, characters, and icons. The different modes are revealed by the use of a simple, grid-patterned mask. When the base and mask are aligned, Toggle is off and its logo is visible. A simple shift up, down, left or right, exposes a new interface and activates the corresponding mode —Type, Move, Surf or Play. It's actually quite an innovative design and could have some serious functionality in today's market of remote controls. I will be keeping my eyes out for this product to hit the market.

Well this is interesting. Tamiya, a company who specializes in plastic and resin kits for modellers, recently released a set of print advertisements featuring conspiracies around Elvis Presley, Roswell, the Moon Landing, JFK's assassination and Marilyn Monroe's suicide. Tamiya Put It Together kits were setup to force users to see each individual conspiracy, with the step-by-step process of shedding a light on the falsehood or truth of each. I can't say that I'm a modeller enthusiast but I think the prints are pretty sweet.







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o2 Architecture has teamed up with prefab developers Blue Sky Homes to construct a sustainable, modestly scaled residence to serve as a prototype for a prefabricated line of homes. This 1,000 sq. ft. home is located in the the Mojave Desert 4,000 above sea level which is just sitting on 6 columns. This home provides a modern yet stylish home that can be made to order, yet still be affordable to met your needs. You can watch the video below on the homes design and construction. If you want to see more photos of the home, then you can check it out on Contemporist.

I found a black and white clock with a minimal design and I want one. It's currently is just a concept but I could see this product becoming a reality. One because of the design and two because of the simplicity and three because people love clocks. Each figure in this clock set has a self-contained power supply and independent control, it can be fixed to any surface autonomously. Their is also a light sensor that will switch the clock to an invert mode: the figures are white in the dark time of the day and black at the daytime.

This is going to be a hot show, not because it's in Tampa but because it has some great talent heating up the dance floor. The Identity Festival is a one day festival packed full of great electronic music. The line up for the Tampa show is off the hook with acts like Kaskade, Pretty Lights, DJ Shadow, Steve Aoki, The Crystal Method and more... Tickets are still available for this festival if you have the time to take off work or school on a Wednesday. If you can make it out, I will see you there. If you want to see what you'll be missing check out the video below.

Let me introduce to you the Pentax Q-Black , the world's smallest and lightest digital camera with interchangeable lenses. It's only 3.9 x 2.3 x 1.2 with a 12.4 megapixel CMOS image sensor, capable of producing 12-bit DNG RAW and JPG images. You can even choose from a variety of specialty lenses which include prime, zoom and fisheye lenses... Some of the other features include HDR Capture, 1080p HD Videos, Sensor-Shift Shake Reduction, 3 inch LCD monitor, 5 FPS, Bokeh control filter and smart effects. Did I mention it could fit on your key chain as well.

The Table Drum Augmented Audio App allows iOS devices to turn that constant finger drumming into digitized drum sounds, in real time. The app works like a drum pad instead of the other apps out there where you have to tap the screen to trigger a sound. All you have to do now is tap away anywhere you like and the app uses the microphone to listen for the taps from your fingers. It can distinguish between 4 different sounds. So the sound of your finger tapping your desk at work could be the bass, while tapping on your coffee cup could be your high hats.

If I had an iPhone I would definitely get this app so I could annoy my coworkers around me with my sweet drumming skills. This apps is now http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifavailable at the iTunes Store for $3.99, so if you have an iPhone get this app today and start virtually drumming away.

Sorry for the short notice, but I will be playing again at The Hookah Lounge in Clearwater on August 20th from 10pm - 2am. You should come on out and hear some good ambient/indie/dubstep for the evening while you enjoy your delicious hookah. They have 65 different flavors of Shisha for the picking. It's $15.00 bucks for unlimited and $8.00 for a single. If you haven’t been, it's well worth checking out. See you there!


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