Lego's were a huge inspiration to me as a child. Playing with legos gave me an understanding of geometry, color, composition, and even engineering. Lego seems to be a company that despite innovations in technology has managed to stay relevant and capture the imaginations of children and adults alike. I recently ran into an article pimping a new book by called Beautiful LEGO, by Mike Doyle.
Documentary film maker Alex Gibney, revisits his work following Lance Armstrong in 2009 during his epic comeback. After Lance's downfall, Alex investigates what happened.
You are directly responsible for what you put into the world. Yet every day designers all over the world work on projects without giving any thought or consideration to the impact that work has on the world around them. This needs to change.
Mike Monteiro gives a great talk on responsible design practices, and what we are all doing wrong.
WildCat is a four-legged robot being developed to run fast on all types of terrain. So far WildCat has run at about 16 mph on flat terrain using bounding and galloping gaits. The video shows WildCat's best performance so far. WildCat is being developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA's M3 program.
I have been following this project for a while, and am really excited to see where it's headed.
America! F%$ Yeah!
GTA V has broken all kinds of records, and is beginning to ripple it's way into pop culture. I was surprised to see a series of in-game time lapses that demonstrate how beautiful the experience is. The huge team at Rockstar has done a beautiful job creating a world to play in.
A bonus... learn how to get inside a jumbo jet and fly it around.
©MichaelSchmidt - Dita Von Teese
Michael Schmidt collaborated with architect Francis Bitonti to create the first articulated 3d printed dress for the Ace Hotel, Swarovski with help from Shapeways.
The amazing Michael Schmidt Studios designed this 3D gown made with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS for the lovely Dita Von Teese. Learn more about the design and creation at www.michaelschmidtstudios.com.
“The Human Hand Can Only do so much”
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Francis Bitoni, created a workshop to help participants uses computational design techniques to create new means for wrapping the human form. Two teams merged two designs to create the final form that was critiqued by design, architecture, and 3d printing heavy hitters.
PoolLiveAid is a project by Luis Sousa, Ricardo Alves, and J.M.F Rodrigues of University of the Algarve, Portugal. A snooker project capable of ball, cue and tables detection, for easy learning and move prediction.
The New York Times put together an insightful documentary about the Christine Quinn Campaign for NYC mayor in 2013. Interesting that the piece credits a campaign ad by De Blasio's campaign (below) to be the defining factor in New York's Change of heart.
Thank you Bot&Dolly! This is amazing..
Box explores the synthesis of real and digital space through projection-mapping onto moving surfaces. The short film documents a live performance, captured entirely in camera.
botndolly.com/boxMornings have always been inspiring to me. The sun sending sideways light across the landscape, the light warming up from a blue overcast. I thought I would share 3 films that borrow morning light.
NEW BEGINNINGS New York City Ballet presents NEW BEGINNINGS on September 12, 2013. Filmed at sunrise on the 57th floor of 4WTC in lower Manhattan, this short film captures an extraordinary and moving performance of Christopher Wheeldon's After the Rain. Directed by Davi Russo and Produced by Radical Media with Agency DDB.
Equinox's Briohny Smyth shows there's no limit to what the artfully honed yoga body can do. Video by: Project Dstllr Directed by Brody Baker
A behind-the-scenes look at "Oblivion" (2013) and the film's innovative in-camera special effects with director Joe Kosinski, lead graphics animator David "dlew" Lewandowski, and design director Bradley "Gmunk" Munkowitz.
Also Check the work of Joseph Chan.
In early June 2013, Michael Reichmann & Kevin Raber sat down with Thomas Knoll, co-inventor with his brother John, of Adobe Photoshop. Thomas tells the story of two young brothers and the beginnings of Photoshop. Later in the video, Thomas talks about the controversy surrounding Adobe's Creative Cloud and the solution he proposed for photographers.
Jet packs are coming. Some of the same technologies that are pushing the quadcopters into the air are making it easier to put a human in the air. This one from
Martin Aircraftis pretty special.
Evolo is a company using multiroto technology and electric motors to put humans safely into the air.
is bar far my favororite, in terms of aestetics.
*full electric* helicopter R&D prototype, is pretty sleek, but doesn't seem to have the potential to move very fast.
This modeling tool is amazing, and looks really fun. How many years before we find thin in Photoshop? CS10?
David Foster Wallace is Awesome.
A viral video campaign by Microsoft, that was "pulled" but yet is easy to find. Found this on Cnet.
If this could work, wow.
In our desire to ABL. ( Always Be Learning ), we are investing some time in learning new tools. Since we started shooting with the Red Epic, we have had to transition to new means for camera support, and the Steadicam Zephr is that support.
Jonah Rubash from Magnanimous Media in Chicago, does a run through of setup and calibration for the Steadicam Zephyr.
