This I Love You More Garland made me chuckle. Available over on Etsy.
Aaron Koblin: Artfully visualizing our humanity
Artist Aaron Koblin takes vast amounts of data — and at times vast numbers of people — and weaves them into stunning visualizations. From elegant lines tracing airline flights to landscapes of cell phone data, from a Johnny Cash video assembled from crowd-sourced drawings to the “Wilderness Downtown” video that customizes for the user, his works brilliantly explore how modern technology can make us more human. Watch his TED Talk below.
(via Brain Pickings)
Dot: 360º video capture for the iPhone 4
I am obviously late to the game with the Dot: 360º video capture for the iPhone 4 Kickstarter campaign, as they already met their goal. How exciting is the product idea? The thought of owning one makes me giddy. Hat tip!
I love that a hug is included in the $99 pledge. Ha!
(thank you Kevin)
Keynotopia Templates
Are you working on an iPhone App interface and workflow? Android? iPad? OSX? Or Facebook App? Then Keynotopia might be a good resource for you. Keynotopia Templates make it possible to design and prototype apps in minutes instead of hours. And all that in Keynote. Simply copy and paste interface elements from a Keynotopia template onto your slides, edit their labels, then add hyperlinks to make the interface clickable.
While it would never completely substitute the thorough UI design process in Photoshop for me, it would help me get a sense of what I am envisioning would work. Keynotopia.com
Keynote Prototyping Essentials from Amir Khella on Vimeo.
(thank you Bradley)
Typo Berlin SketchNotes
Oliver Reichenstein – We are the medium (sketched by Eva-Lotta Lamm)
What a great idea! Typo Berlin is asking attendees to upload their Sketchnotes of last week’s conference. And I can see why they invited Eva-Lotta Lamm to be their official sketchnotes taker. Check out the one above of Oliver Reichenstein’s talk. See all the sketchnotes from TypoBerlin here.
Watch TypoBerlin Video Podcasts here.
Words we don’t say
Words and phrases that Kurt Andersen found annoying and didn’t want used in New York Magazine during his tenure as editor.
(via Chris Glass)
Rainy Days And Mondays
(Thank you Rob for doing an excellent job dj’ing on this rainy monday at Studiomates)
Retro Rooster Print
I have never really figured out why I am so obsessed with chickens and roosters, but until then, I’ll just keep admiring posters like this Retro Rooster Print by Mengsel. Lovely, no? (I have a feeling Brainpicker might approve of the color scheme)
Wood Peg
Wood Peg, by Studio Gorms, is quite a refreshing furniture concept. It’s a flexible furniture system made up of simple components, which can be assembled in a variety of ways to accommodate a multitude of scenarios. It can be just as easily disassembled, using no tools or fasteners. All components can be hung from a peg rail on the wall creating pleasing abstract compositions. Made me look.
(via Stilsucht)
♥ / Listgeeks
A big thank you to Listgeeks for sponsoring this week’s RSS Feed.
Listgeeks is a social network for creating, sharing and comparing lists of things. The minimal design of the site, combined with an interface that allows for playful, collaborative engagement with other list makers, facilitates a totally new approach to the classic Best Of/”High Fidelity” school of list making.
Featuring weekly interviews and lists from prominent members (including Erik Spiekermann, Christoph Niemann and Khoi Vinh), Listgeeks is a source for inspired recommendations (see “Best Bookstores in NYC“, by Kupfers) as well as for unique and unexpected perspectives on modern life (see “Things That Are Usually Better in Theory Than Practice,” by Melissa).
(Interested in sponsoring a week of my RSS feed, learn more here.)
Tapehook
Japanese designers Torafu Architects have designed a set of supercool paper hooks that look like curled pieces of adhesive tape. #wishlisted
(thank you Keren)
Perforation Gauge
There are tools I obviously don’t need, but I would love to own, just because they are fascinating and beautiful. Take this perforation gauge used in stamp collecting, for example. It’s a thin metal plate measuring just under 2″ by 4.375″. Mrs. Easton said it right: Such a weird specialized item. But handy if you’re looking to decipher your collection. Available here.
Not Failure, but Low Aim is Sin
It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.
It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no starts to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin.
– Benjamin Elijah Mays
(via workisnotajob)
Unique New York: The (AIGA) Auction
AIGA/NY is currently organizing an amazing auction called Unique New York. They want you to bid early, and bid often, so you can take home a piece of Unique New York! The auction features a small collection of covetable artwork, collage and constructions from twelve unique talents from their New York creative pool. Some of the works are quite large, some are quite small, but they are all huge in stature, enormously good-looking, and giant in their contribution to AIGA New York. (so it says on their site. hilarious)
The auction will close on the evening of May 26th. Your secure bids, in increments of $50, can be phoned in to the Unique New York Auction Hotline, 212 255-1856 where volunteers will record and anonymously post your bid. Phone bidding will be available the evening of the auction, bidders not at the auction can pre-register to stay in the bidding action either by phone, or stating a “not-to-exceed” bid left at headquarters until the gavel falls.
I wish I could buy the above piece by Stephen Doyle, called the Hypertext Book Sculpture. Can’t remember when I last fell in love with a piece of art like this one. #heartbreak
See the entire AIGA auction here. And here’s an interview with Stephen Doyle about his Paper Sculptures.
Drawn In
I just received an amazing book in the mail! It’s called Drawn In: A Peek into the Inspiring Sketchbooks of 44 Fine Artists, Illustrators, Graphic Designers, and Cartoonists by Julia Rothman! It’s a true gem! It makes me want to dust off my sketchbooks and re-activate them asap. Thank you Julia!
Training Dresser
Peter Bristol is the designer behind this lovely children’s dresser called Training Dresser. Yes, you are seeing right, the drawers are shaped as their predetermined contents.
i-Log
The i-Log made me look and smile. It’s a wooden charging station that accomodates an iPad both vertically or horizontally. Hand picked, hand carved and handsome. #wishlisted
SLR Holster
Capture is a camera clip system for cameras of all sizes – including DSLRs. Wowwweee!
Quick Release Button Strength Test from Peter Dering on Vimeo.
(via unplggd)
Best Moments
I have a brain and some hands and every once in a while it feels like they’re working together. Those are the best moments.
– Frank Chimero
(via TheSetup)
Frank Chimero’s Setup
I had Instapapered this Interview with Frank Chimero a while back and finally found time to read it. Here are some of my favorite lines:
I try to keep a mobile studio. I like moving around. It keeps me curious and “on.”
I just bought a Panasonic Lumix GF1 a few months ago and I love it. It makes me feel skilled rather than like an idiot. That’s what good technology does.
I like Muji notebooks and Muji pens because they work well, yet don’t feel precious. In my case, the more I treasure a tool, the less likely I am to use it. I always scribble all over the first page because there’s no way I can make anything worse than that. So, we’re off to the races.
I have a brain and some hands and every once in a while it feels like they’re working together. Those are the best moments.
Read the full interview here.
Log with Headband
This Log with Headband and Wrist Band illustration by Marc Johns just made me laugh out loud. My studiomates Jason and Rob can attest that. I heart Marc John’s sense of humor. What would the world be without a little bit of absurdity sprinkled ontop?
Breakfast Interrupted
Who knew flying food can be so mesmerizing?
BSS | Breakfast Interrupted from Bruton Stroube Studios on Vimeo.
(via vimeo)
Dear Manhattan,
Considering I am calling myself the inofficial ambassador of Brooklyn, it’s no surprise, this poster by Matt Pisane made me smile.
Blue Marble Goes To Africa
My lovely studiomate Jessi just pointed me to an intriguing AIGA/NY event this coming Tuesday: It will be a talk with the two ladies who founded Blue Marble Ice Cream. They were bold enough to start an ice cream business without prior experience! The evening will include a short preview of the documentary about the work Blue Marble is doing in Rwanda.
Can you imagine a place in the world where people have never heard of ice cream? Then can you imagine going there to help people start their own ice cream shop? In Jessi’s word: Crazy and inspiring.
Get your ticket for this AIGA event here.
More about the Documentary
More about Blue Marble Ice Cream.
Sweet Dreams – trailer from Thunderfull Films on Vimeo.