Archive for the ‘Conceptual’ Category
Go Cordless!
Charge wirelessly with the Powermat! Check out the demo video here.
de Caires’ Underwater Sculptures
As if I wasn’t afraid of the ocean enough, Jason de Caires sculpted underwater creations on the ocean floor that can be viewed by diving, snorkeling, or from a glass bottom boat.
It is creepy to see, but then again, I like to creep myself out, which is probably why I find this fascinating and frightening at the same time.
Read more about the sculptures in this article by James Read here. To see Jason’s website, visit www.underwatersculpture.com.
LIFEYO Launched! Born 9-9-09, 6:00pm PST
Over a day old, Lifeyo is slowly making its way over the internet. We are happy to finally release to the world our special product that has been worked on for a couple years.
What is Lifeyo? It is a website that lets you make websites! Even better, it’s free! Lifeyo believes that making a website shouldn’t be so hard or costly. I think if you were to imagine the simplest way you could make a website, that is what Lifeyo is. Featuring click-and-drag tools, easy photo uploading, professional templates, and unique photo galleries, anyone can be a web design pro from a elementary student to your grandmother. You can have a site with multiple pages, with a blog, share YouTube videos, and more.
Try it out! It’s so easy, it’s FREE, and it only takes a couple clicks to begin editing right away! Check out the videos I made at Lifeyo.com as well. Also check out http://coffee.lifeyo.com, a test site where I throw up some favorite Youtube videos. Enjoy!
Capturing Light in a Totally Original Way
No computer enhancement or visual effects: Light Art Performance Photography uses a steady tripod-edcamera, long exposures (some over an hour), and various light sources to capture these amazing light paintings. It isn’t a new concept, of course. Film, after all, is really a light painting. But Jan Wöllert and Jörg Miedza of Bremen, Germany, took the painting with light with slow shutter speeds to a whole new level.
See more photos and read about it here.
Addicting Apps
Below is a list of various apps I have downloaded or came across now (inspired by stumbling upon C64, the previous post on this blog before this one) that I find addicting. Enjoy!
1. BOXED IN – $FREE
When I first saw the above icon, I knew right away what this game was. So excited! It’s FREE, for a limited time, so get it on your iPhone/iPod Touch! This game brings me back to when I was playing old PC games on my dad’s computer, one being this similar box game. I just downloaded it and am looking forward to reliving childhood memories.
2. RACING LIVE - $FREE
This game totally captures my attention when I need to kill time, until I run out of fuel. It is a racing game, but involves no actual gas-and-go, steer-and-turn racing. Instead, you choose a race to enter. It tells you if you won money or not. You collect money to buy car parts and new cars, to become eligible for races with larger loot. You can also buy property/businesses so when you’re not playing the game, you are gaining more money to spend later. Put it in the bank, join a crew with your friends, and race against other team of friends. It is addicting and so much fun for me because I enjoy watching numbers and counting money!
3. CRASH BANDICOOT NITRO KART 3D – $2.99
I grew up with an older brother who loved his video games. Ones he bought for me to play were Crash Bandicoot. I loved the adventures, the Mario-Kart-like racing games, the characters – it was all a lot of fun. Although I am cheap and love free things, I knew right away after buying the iPhone this year that I wanted Crash on my phone. After getting the hang of it, yes, it is fun stuff. It is now only $2.99.
4. BOMBBLOCKS – $FREE
A friend of mine told me about this app, something he designed for the creator of BombBlocks. After getting into it, it is another addicting and fun game. Reminds me of Tetris, but with blocks instead of lines.
C64 for iPhone!
Commodore 64 games made for the iPhone, with a virtual joystick!
The New 911 GT3 Porsche
Just saw a new design of the 911 GT3 Porsche. I’m not sure what these new features mean in the Porsche racing world, but just wonder if Craig Stanton will be racing these eventually since he already races 911 GT3 Porsches:
Read more about it at Gradient Magazine.
Check out Craig Stanton’s site, built with Lifeyo: CraigStanton.com.
New Espresso Set
Reasons why I love this new addition to MoMA’s retail store:
-anything coffee-related is my friend (okay, so that probably doesn’t matter to you)
-easy-and-quick-serving set for six
-bamboo tray
-unique personal coasters for each espresso cup
-six stainless steel spoons that rest across the cups
Designed by Fellina Sok-Cham, winner of a student design contest in 2008. See it here: MoMA store
Someone’s Bedside Chair, My Junk Chair
Ugh. Ever see a new design so simple, so easy, you think, why didn’t I think of that? Well, not that this is any kind of invention, but it made me think, “Why aren’t we sitting in more of these?”
Lewis Taylor designed this My Bedside Chair: a wooden upright chair with a pull-out drawer beneath the seat. I don’t know what it is about the idea of sitting on a hard wooden chair and be able to pull random things out of a drawer beneath the seat that draws me. But I like it. I don’t know what situation I’d use it for, but can see this being used in church rooms (put Bibles, pencils, brochures in there) or in schools (don’t have room in your desk? check under your chair).
I’m imagining different variations of this. Something for the backyard, for the office, for your living room, for your kitchen. And it looks secretive enough that if it were in your bedroom or wherever, you can hide things in it. Like a junk drawer, this could be the junk chair!
I just like it.
Read more about this chair here: http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/08/14/not-just-a-chair-my-friends/
“Shooting” A Film, In Both Senses of the Word
When I was attending Academy of Art University, I had an editing teacher who told us a story about when he was shooting a project in New York.
He and a friend were in a public park, hoping that no one would catch them recording video for their movie, as they were without a permit. A police officer called them over, and they both knew instantly that they weren’t going to be able to film any longer. The officer asked them what they were doing, and they replied, “We’re just shooting.” The police officer gave a bewildered look and told them, “You can’t shoot here!” This went back and forth until the boys realized that the officer was thinking “shooting guns” instead of “shooting film”.
Anyways, that is the story that came across when I saw this photo in a blog, a 16mm pistol video camera (that’s 16mm “film”):
Chris Burns, of WorldFamousDesignJunkies.com, writes, “Today I’ve got to share with you the greatest video camera I have ever seen in the world, ever. It is the DORYU 2-16 pistol camera. It is 16mm, Japanese police-issue camera. I found one of these pictures through DenBompa with no info attached, so I had to do a little searching on my own (….)”
That’s gotta be the smallest film load ever! And with SLR lens? Literal point-and-shoot? I would love to see how you load this and what the footage looks like after! It looks like it must hold only about a minute or less of footage.
It’d be interesting to see someone build their own version of this. The closes to a gun-like point-and-shoot I can think of is the Bolex with a pistol grip or the K3.
Click here to read the entire post about the camera.
