I recently found this code called "Color Thief" created by Lokesh Dhakar a powerful tool that pulls color palettes from images. I could image this helping create dynamic design systems that use the dominant colors in images to inform color blocks on websites, or even typography.
The Art of Packing
I really love how a brand can become a parent, teaching it's children how to pack their suitcase.
A House as Portable as Furniture
Architect Camino Alonso wanted to create a small, portable, prefab homes, but she didn't want it to feel like a shipping container. Camino, along with her husband and siblings (also architects at their firm Ábaton), created ÁPH80, a tiny home that ships like furniture, but has the style and usability of a smartphone.
©Abaton
©Abaton
The 16th President of RISD
John Maeda was welcomed into the Art Directors Hall of Fame in 2008, at the time I was just joining the ADC board. It was inspiring to be part of an organization that was able to recognize the career of a creative person who is comfortable at the intersection of Design, Technology and Business. Now just 6 years later it is amazing to see what John has accomplished at RISD, bringing technology to the design/education space and what he will do in at EBAY, in the technology/business space.
Last Night's Party
Squarespace had their holiday party at the Standard Highline last night. Sloan and I made it out to hang with the team and make some hand made wind.
Telling people how to be creative is easy.
“Telling people how to be creative is easy, it’s only being it that is difficult”
John Cleese, writer and actor, famous for his work with Monty Python, and British Sitcom Fawlty Towers, intellectualizes creativity in a profound way.
80% of what you need to be a rock drummer.
Tim Ferriss guides you through his abbreviated journey to performing live on stage with lessons from Stewart Copeland
Exploding Cars - A how to by Fabian Oefner
Such beautiful work it reminds me a bit of how Steve Ellis painted a series of cars. By taking photographs of matchbox cars after they had been scratched up a bit, he would then paint in details that only real sized cars would have. Creating an ambiguity of scale, that is so pleasing in the work that Fabian Oefner has just shared.
Searchlight - A Technical Projection Study.
Urban Screen is a group of 8 contributors based in Bremen, Germany who have backgrounds in Architecture, Music, Stage Design, and Media art. They create custom made large scale projections of urban surfaces. This video documents an experiment that they are working on called Search Light. The projector is on a gimbal that is connected to a realtime 3d map of the room, allowing for amazing dynamic projections and for experimentation around artful and purpose driven use cases.
Amazon Prime Air - Drone Delivery
Prime Air is a service that Amazon is developing who's goal is to get customer's deliveries to them in 30 minutes or less. The R&D team at Amazon is working on using drones to deliver small packages, up to five pounds, which accounts for 86 percent of the items sold on amazon.
Amazon is working with the FAA to advance the rules and regulations to make this possible, which they say will take some years, with a goal as early as 2015. They also mention safety as their top priority.
UPDATE:
Wired debunks this Cyber Monday Hoax.
GoldieBlox - Go Girls!
It's sorta sad that the Beastie Boys are going after Goldie Blox for use of their song. Goldie Blox is a Small company, now, and it's likely the 7.2 millions plays will spern people to buy "Girls" from the Beastie Boys.
To think that it took until 2013 for this to happen. Thank you Debbie Sterling. The work that you are doing here is the most important kind. Creating a generation of future citizens that are interested in how things work. Making it desirable and competitive amongst the sexes, is truly inspiring. To see a future where there are rooms of engineers that are equal parts male as they are female will ensure a future that has less disease, less poverty, less war, and higher standards of living for all. Girls! Let's do this.
As the legal battle ensues between the Beastie Boys and Goldie Blox, I suggest that you buy from both sides of the argument.
Blade Runner in Water Color
This animation consists of 12 597 handmade aquarelle paintings, each painting is approximately 1,5*3cm in size. Together they form my 35 minute long paraphrase on the motion picture Blade Runner (1982) by Ridley Scott.
Transparent machines.
This beautiful piece that proposes that our privacy is being sold at the highest bidder. Really beautiful work by Beeple. You can download the cinema4d file here... beeple-crap.com/resources.php and play on your own.
HBO Movie Openers 1980 till Today
This is a behind the scenes featurette showing how they created the HBO opening sequence. The effects sequence has always been an inspiration to me. I can remember sitting on the floor watching it and wondering how it was made. As it turns out the piece was created by Anthony Lover and his team at Liberty Studios, started in 1968 the longest standing productions studio in New York.
Vintage HBO feature presentation intro from 1987.
Vintage HBO feature presentation intro from 1982.
Vintage HBO feature presentation intro from 1981.
1983 version from HBO's Channel.
Subconscious Art.
this is a short excerpt from a film i made a few years ago. miranda july is the narrator. please visit www.rodeofilmco.com for more info.
ExFEARiential !!!!
This is really well done. great job John St!
Lego the Movie
This movies looks like a lot of fun for kids and adults. I can't help but feel like the Will Arnett's Batman character is a lot like Bat Dad.
R.I.P. Video Stores
WARNING: Depending on your age, this will probably make you ache for your childhood. Special thanks to Cinefile Video http://store.cinefilevideo.com/ and Eddie Brandt's Saturday Matinee http://www.ebsmvideo.com/ Share on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/19sPJko Share on Twitter: http://bit.ly/19sPK7G Music: "Music Story: Rock, Paper, Scissors [Instrumental]" by The Ghost of E.B.L.
Understand the Economy in 30 minutes.
http://www.economicprinciples.org | How the Economic Machine Works by Ray Dalio. The economy works like a simple machine. But many people don't understand it- or they don't agree on how it works - and this has led to a lot of needless economic suffering.
Andrew Brown shared this, and I think it's a great combination of diagrammatic narrative that truly explains what is going on. Also found this from Scott Burns, an explanantion of wealth in america, and how distorted it has become.
Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is. References: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph http://danariely.com/2010/09/30/wealth-inequality/ http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/10/03/334156/top-five-wealthiest-one-percent/ http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/19/news/economy/ceo-pay/index.htm
THE ANSWER
Wealth Redistribution. It is commendable to hear about Bill Gates, and Warren Buffet giving a bunch of there money to charity to build educational and cultural resource. It would also be great to see the Wealthiest American look towards a plan that would distribute wealth, and agree to an appropriate tax plan.
Bill De Blasio Loves bikers?
I saw this on Gawker today. It reminded me of how ridiculous attack ads are. I sort of wish that as a culture we would follow that simple rule we all learned in kindergarden.
“Blowing out another's candle will not make yours shine brighter.”