© 2011 stevefuchs. All rights reserved.
During my graduate architecture thesis, I argued for creating an open source design platform that would help radically challenge design expertise. At this moment in history, the process for setting up the kind of platform I imagined is entirely accessible … Continue reading
© 2010, PlayUs Design. All rights reserved.
In an effort to assemble a unified collection of “design tinkering” resources, we’ve created an evolving open source starter kit. What are the FREE (or very cheap) tools we recommend you begin exploring now? What are the best places to … Continue reading
© 2010, PlayUs Design. All rights reserved.
http://www.playusdesign.com/academic/IDEC2010 NOTE: Each “box” is a clickable interface element. Abstract We propose a new approach to interior design education supported by social media and new media processes. As design educators, we must address social media as being a critical paradigm … Continue reading
© 2010, Feric Feng. All rights reserved.
Feric Feng is an Artist and one of the most interesting Conceptual designers in fabulous of film, & animation projects. His highly acclaimed illustrative style is surreal and beautiful, blending East and West, past and present, natural and mechanical. Hovering … Continue reading
© 2010, Kaplan & Zimmerman. All rights reserved.
Play imagines a not-too-distant future where video games have become indistinguishable from reality. These fully immersive games are nested inside each other like Russian dolls — each new game emerging from another and connecting backwards with increasing complexity. One moment, … Continue reading
© Late 1800s, Étienne-Jules Marey. All rights reserved.
Finding form through freeze frame – Marey (science) / Muybridge (aesthetics) The Technique Explained http://photos.gestures.org/images/20080210134220_marey-bev.gif Finding Form in Freeze Frame – singularities, intensities, 4D http://crushevil.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/marey2.jpg Marey video Muybridge video Historical Context http://americanhistory.si.edu/muybridge More Info http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=marey+muybridge
© 2008, David Spriggs. All rights reserved.
The work of David Spriggs lies in a space between the 2 and 3 dimensions. His installations use multiple painted layered images in space to create unique ephemeral like forms. Spriggs explores the representation and strategies of power, the notions … Continue reading
© 2007, Xia Xiao Wan. All rights reserved.
Xia Xiao Wan is a Chinese artist, born in 1959, his fascinating painting technique incorporates multiple layers of 2D painted glass to create a 3D image. In a sense, his paintings are holographic. Xia is the originator of this unique … Continue reading
© 1904, Ernst Haeckel. All rights reserved.
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (February 16, 1834 – August 9, 1919), also written von Haeckel, was an eminent German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor and artist who discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms, … Continue reading
© 1917, Cambridge University Press
Sir D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson CB FRS FRSE (2 May 1860, Edinburgh – 21 June 1948, St Andrews) was a Scottish biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar. A pioneering mathematical biologist, he is mainly remembered as the author of the 1917 book, On Growth and Form, an influential … Continue reading
© 2008, GRO Design. All rights reserved.
11 is a luxury football table for discerning lovers of the world’s favourite game. After a full year of careful planning and development it has now gone into limited production. 11’s sweeping curves reflect the beauty and grandeur of today’s … Continue reading
© 2010 Image Author. All rights reserved.
How many of us think wallpaper is about as exciting as waiting in a dental office for an exam? Ever think of creating digital wallpaper? Let your mind wander on THAT for a while as you mentally play with Pac … Continue reading
© 2010, Cmmnwlth. All rights reserved.
Founded in 2005 by Zoe Coombes and David Boira, Cmmnwlth is a furniture, art and design studio based in New York City. Harnessing a new fluidity enabled by machine languages, Cmmnwlth’s interests are as material and emotional as they are … Continue reading
© 2010, Kristian Wenstop. All rights reserved.
Design – Optimization – Fabrication RhinoFabLab’s objectives are to teach, learn and share different methods of fabrication for industrial designers, architects, and engineers where Rhinoceros is involved in any cycle of the manufacturing process. The RhinoFabLab community is a great place … Continue reading
© 2008, Mark Coleran. All rights reserved.
Yes, you’ve seen many of these interfaces in the movies. Cinema provides a great platform for questioning where we are headed in the future. Here, Mark Coleran’s show reel from June 2008 provides a look at many of the screen … Continue reading