Big Picture: Music
http://research.google.com/bigpicture/music/
I really love this visualisation of music history by the research.google team - they allow you to see the progress of genres of music in
Multi-Touch Finger Paintings
Evan Roth - touchscreen smears as portraits of iphone apps.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90186030/artist-turns-iphone-swipes-into-fancy-finger-paintings
This is a collection of smears from when you use an app presented as a portrait
MIT - Ambient Furniture
Some ideas from MIT's tangible media team (favourite team name ever) on future furniture.
http://postscapes.com/ambient-furniture-from-mit
Microsoft - The Kinect Effect
elegant nod to the power of a good hack. Wonderful video.
Pretty bizarre to hear The Pixies in a Microsoft Ad though... I mean, these are the people that gave us Songsmith
Calligrams :: Word as Image.
The awesome Ji Lee made a book, and a video of the book, about calligrams,
Buy it on Amazon: http://goo.gl/TS26X
We miss you Ji!
Calligraphic HTML5 music video meets platform game
www.androp.jp/bell/
It's another music video in a browser - this time taking your message or tweet, transforming it into a calligram and allowing you to guide it
Vi Hart - Doodling in Math Class: Infinity Elephants
Am having a massive Vi Hart moment...
She's like a one-woman Khan academy armed with attitude and felt-tips. (and channeling Thora Birch circa GhostWorld)
and she's not afraid
Composite - an app for 'collecting' and collaging images.
THis is really kind of cool. Or it should be. Although it looks like it needs to be incredibly simple and clean and comes across as rather complicated and ornate in the
High Altitude: Stock market landscapes
Michael NajjarMichael Najjar
The series visualizes the development of the leading global stock market indices over the past 20-30 years. The virtual data mountains of the stock market charts are resublimated in
The Art of Clean Up :: OCD aesthetics
via jeanniejeannie.com
For lots of images and commentary: http://www.jeanniejeannie.com/2011/08/29/the-art-of-clean-up-sorting-and-stacking-everyday-objects/#
A new book with fantastic imagery by artists Ursus Wehrli -- The Art of Clean
moviebarcodes
AUDITION / ÔDISHON (2000) via moviebarcode.tumblr.com
Movie Barcode. What happens if you take one thing (a film) and convert it into the form of another thing (barcode). How much cultural interpretation
Satellite Collections - Jenny Odell
Jenny Odell trawls Google Earth and then captures and cuts out urban elements to make really interesting works.
jenny odell • satellite collectionsparking lots, swimming pools, silos and more
104 Airplanes via jennyodell.
James Bridle - Rorschmaps
Happen to know James Bridle who is a fabulous thinker and designer and writer in London.
He hangs about with those Berg boys as well.
So not really that surprised to discover
0to255.com a simple colour palette builder in hex
A simple tool that helps web designers find variations of any color.
BLA BLA :: a film for computer / surreal Canadian post-digital cartoonery.
via interactive.nfb.ca
BLA BLA / National Film Board of Canada / Electronic Press Kit
http://blabla.nfb.ca/
It's a strange surreal children's tale from the 1970'
Tele-present water.
Beautiful real-time installation of Pacific wave data in a gallery in Wroclaw
This installation draws information from the intensity and movement of the water in a remote location. Wave data is being
Mortal Engine by Chunky Move
My first encounter with the work of Gideon Obarzanek
Mortal Engine is a intermedia dance performance using movement and sound responsive projections to portray an ever-shifting, shimmering world in which the limits
Shea Hembrey : How I became 100 artists
THis is both funny and brilliant. And really very pointed.
clement valla : Bridges
http://clementvalla.com/index.php?/work/bridges/#
The seams are where the magic gets in. Unnatural (digital) distortions in Google Earth imagery.
nb. Bugs = art.
Richard The :: parasite
"parasite is an independant projection-system that can be attached to subways and other trains with suction pads. parasite projects inside films inside a tunnel. these tunnels bear something mystic – most people
Ben Bashford: DisplayCabinet
DisplayCabinet is the output of 24 hours with Tim Burrell Saward and Dan Williams “connecting up our things to the web, our environments to our things, and our things to us” as
Periodic Table of Storytelling.
Dawn Paladin provides a fun guide to types, structures, devices, tropes & everything.
We'll start with the sequel:
The Second Edition incorporates all of the learning I received during my
lexadecimal morphs web colours into definitions
I LOVE things that are as clever, and light, and charming as http://lexadecimal.com. Based on Ben Griffiths original observation that hexcodes (how colour is written in html code) often made
Visualizing DDOS
Visualizing a cyber attack on a VOIP server :: data viz having a "pretty" moment
So this is a win/fail video.
Frankly it's meant to be a data
How To Be Alone
via youtube.com
This sort of video makes me very happy to work for a company that gives a broadcast platform to the filmaker, Andrea Dorfman, and poet/singer/songwriter, Tanya Davis.
"maps of the day" [2011]
This is very old but I love Tom Carden of Bloom for his Time Travel Tube Map
We are liking muchly the blunderground from MappingLondon
Stamen's experimental prettymap of Paris
Mishka Henner
No Man’s Land — Mishka HennerCarretera de Fortuna, Murcia, Spain No Man’s Land 2011–13 No Man’s Land represents isolated women occupying the margins of southern…
No Man’s Land
TrackDropper :: ghosts in the city/
Track Dropper is a mix between geocaching and filesharing, a physical piratebay. This app for android enables you te leave behind tracks out of your own music library on locations in the
Jim Campbell's 'Scattered Light'
via switched.com
Read a nice long serious article about this installation:
I've seen much position-scanning, mirror-effecting, interactive-ness recently.
And this has absolutely stayed in my mind as the most
Tellart's brilliant HTML5 love-bell-machina
Love this!
So cute that it plays real bells live in their office and that you can see them being annoyed by the really bad songs.This would drive me made -
Rapportive
Rapportive.com adds social web & pics of sender in Gmail. Deep FB integration too. OK...
This is useful for Gmail power-users who don't like trawling facebook - basically pulling
Valentines Day Maps Mashup
Amazing turnaround on producing this from the Lab in NY and London.
Typically we just didn't think about Valentine's until the last minute. But I think, typically, it
Abecegoogle :: frequency of chars in search queries in 2010
The frequency of characters in search queries in 2010. How beautifully random. I like how this takes something normal and abstracts it through data and then re-organises it - despite the fact
Move. Pick Up. Drop. hypnotic logic
Love this HTML5 practical demonstration of how three simple rules with minor variables can create chaos and, eventually, order in a hypnotic succession of random states.
http://www.monocubed.com/2011/01/
The Kiwi nativity movie.
I love this. It's amazing.
And Mary was like, 'oh my gosh I'm gonna have the son of god.'
Plus excellent production values and a rather
canvasrider.com
http://canvasrider.com
HTML5 version of free rider. Completely impossible. Rather addictive
periodic tables :: data viz and HTML5...
Vizualization Methods
HTML 5 Elements
i made tea :: joe davis
I love this. it's narrative and it's clever, and properly interactive and it's fun. and it's simple. really simple. and it's about
justbuythisone.com
It reads the reviews, compares the price, asks a friend, checks with your mum and then it just tells you which one to buy.
Things to do with Kinect
:: nice demo of something rather profound.
and while we're here:
AND... this - which is very cool...
The Humument on the iPad
O frabjous day! :: The Humument on the iPad! Brilliant... now I have to buy an iPad.
There are very few books in the world that are probably better on the ipad than
Tree of Codes
via visual-editions.com
Tree of Codes :: exquisite book art // die-cut masterpiece // novel from Jonathan Safran-Foer
This looks completely beautiful and conceptually complete (it started out as an exploration of cut text story
DemoSlam!
http://www.demoslam.com :: Google challenges the world to demo cool stuff in new and fun ways
Love this idea (from us...) - is that OK? I am not being insincere -
Glez. Todo el tiempo
I don't even know what you call this... apart from mildly disturbing but is is really cool. Freaky as friday... but cool.
typographic maps
Lovely Cool Typographic Maps:
London :: NB Studio (out of print)
ORK :: Manhattan
Axis :: Chicago
Simon Parker's London Cycle Map
Simon Parker's London Cycle Map :: wonderful. (& bizarre if you know your London A-Z)
via cyclelifestyle.co.uk
I love the way this extraordinary map treats back-roads the same as
SEIL bag: Lee Myung Su
:: cool cyclist indicator backpack for road maneuvers (with added emoticons)
First of all it's a really simple smart idea to use flashing led indicators rather than arms (or as well
Making Future Magic
3D iPad light extrusions by BERG & Dentsu :: incredible, magical and lovely
via berglondon.com
We ♥ BERG (& Beeker) & dentsu
“Making Future Magic” is the goal of Dentsu London, the creative
polymaps
Javascript libraries for dynamic map-making joy.
http://polymaps.org/
Light Stencil Urban Art by Tigtab
via oddstuffmagazine.com
Full article
http://oddstuffmagazine.com/extraordinary-light-stencil-urban-art-pictures-by...
Tippex Interactive YT
A hunter shoots a bear :: smart, funny, product-focused. wow.
Really nice to see a YouTube takeover that doesn't rely on the "surprise" of breaking the fourth wall of
starwarsuncut.com
A moment of crowd-sourcing creative genius. Weird as a cross-dressing goldfish, but genius.
I love this project - Vimeo developer Casey Pugh cut up Star Wars (the first one, the good one)
Sony's Tokyo Zoo Cycling Awareness Maps Mashup ..like, really... I think.
Super cute. Super odd.
http://www.sony.jp/nav-u/tokyozoo/and http://www.sony.jp/nav-u/tokyozoo/howto.html
Hatsune Miku live :: kinda epic for a piece of software
It's the fans going mad down the front that makes it for me... that, and the fact she's a voice synthesizer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsune_Miku
It's all relative innit? howbigreally.com
Relative size: the world versus your postcode.
Sweet maps mashup from @berglondon for BBC
Elegant visualizations of cities by flickr geotags (divided into Locals and Tourists) : Eric Fischer
via flickr.com
A interesting updating of last year's project where Eric Fischer used geotags to create maps with visual densities of photo activity in big cities - this time
"Browser Pong"
Chrome Experiments :: "Browser Pong" by Stewart Smith :: javascript WIN
via chromeexperiments.com
http://www.chromeexperiments.com/detail/browser-pong/
TrackMate OpenSource Object recognition & tagging
Trackmate is an open source initiative to create an inexpensive, do-it-yourself tangible tracking system, allowing any computer to recognize tagged objects (and their corresponding position, rotation, and color information) when placed on
OK. & in my next life I want to be part of MIT's Tangible Media group please.
http://tangible.media.mit.edu
Manhattan/Mannahatta in 1609
http://themannahattaproject.org - sublime use of maps API to transport you to Manhattan/Mannahatta in 1609
The Welikia Project
“The goal of the Mannahatta Project has never been to return Manhattan
Plastic Bag
A Herzog-voiced brown Plastic Bag on the agonies of immortality. A beautiful short film.
Plastic Bag by Ramin Bahrani
Struggling with its immortality, a discarded plastic bag (voiced by Werner Herzog) ventures
Google Chrome Speed Tests.... features an exploding potato.
Blog post: Potato gun, lightning, and sonic magic: Unconventional speed tests for the browser: http://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/05/potato-gun-lightning-and-sonic-magic.html
Here it all Comes.
Face Recognition AR Apps + Wireless World + Social Networks
[update - phew!]
Face recognition App: http://info.polarrose.com
2020 Vision :
Design Mind | Thought Leadership blog | frog, part of Capgemini InventExplore Design Mind,
Solidarites International "Water Poster"
Probably the most appropriate use of waterfall 'printing' you could want. And the looks on people's faces are so wonderful. It's like magic is happening :)
Using Maps and YouTube to collect local history.
I like the way it lets local residents add their own information easily.
slight tangent about four kids on a ferry.
I met these kids on a ferry to Manly.
They were spectacularly well-dressed, say for an MGMT gig in some obscure Hoxton cellar. But here they were on a ferry with a
Face Pong. Pong - but with your face
Because of course! Face Mapping + openCV + Processing = WIN.
And also because Pong has / is one of the origin myths of gaming. Like snake. So it makes sense to see it used again
Eye Tracking tech for text that reacts as you read.
This stayed with me for years and I still wonder how eye-tracking remains such an unstable UX element and what AI could make of all these early tracking experiments.
Johnny Cash Project ::
Inventive and clever - a Koblin+Doob+Milk -made music video where you draw your own frame!
This is great. Brilliant and clever and professional, oh and really cool.
The Johnny Cash
Read in Reverse
One of YT's more elegant memes...
Nov 2007.... Lost Generation
Based on an Argetinian political campaign
Jun 2006 .... Lopez Murphy for president - Truth (Upside - Down)
Experiencing Abstract Information
How do you make data physically exist for people
More for my "data visualisation as the new photo-journalism" hypothesis...
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer @ Vancouver Olympics
One of my favourite international artists Rafael Lozano-Hemmer has created this awesome interactive installation for the Vancouver Olympics (using the Google Earth API): http://vectorialvancouver.net “Vectorial Elevation” is an interactive artwork
Experience Mobile Mobile :: James Theophane
]Great addition to the genre of bleeping things in sync. This time with a load of discarded company phones. This responds to real-time messaging as well. http://xmas.lbi.co.uk/mobiletree/
What-type-are-you from Pentagram.
http://www.pentagram.com/what-type-are-you/#
I'm Cooper Black Italic (happy with my love handles!)
Eye-Controlled Earphones
Yep. It sounds weird.
You move your eye - the cursor moves too. So cooool.
The future has no keyboards...
speech to text, buttonhole projectors, earphone mouse... jeesh why am I even
California Cities in 3D in Earth
3D models with high-resolution facades in Google Earth (aka Ground-Based Modeling). These facades are automatically generated from Street View imagery and LIDAR - based on technology that has been developed in a
Dropping Balls & Adding Walls :: A Chrome Experiment
Love this chrome experiment - create a soundscape by dropping balls and adding walls. Then turn up the gravity until you crash your browser.
http://balldroppings.com/js/
Hand from Above: Chris O'Shea
I love Chris O'Shea's work, - beautiful examples of interactive tech-based art. Personally I prefer his scary mirror piece.
Pulp Fiction performed in Google Wave
because of course that's what you would do with it.
and also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VD0wzo_Gw4
Museum of Everything
http://museumofeverything.com/
Beethoven No.5 with a graphical score.
I'm not sure how unique / innovative this was at the time but there are SO many music apps that now visualise music or where the actual foundations of the instrument
Inventive Google Maps Mashups
People can use the Google maps API for almost anything these days... http://www.microtyp.org/ http://www.blaubo.com/ Stas Kulesh Academie Arnhem Portfolio Map Kalle Hagman World of Warcraft Grand
The process of magazine cover art [2009]
via vimeo.com
I mean, back when we had magazines.. This is a very literal film of the process by Peter Belanger. Stop-frame-anim of creating a MacWorld cover. HIGH on detail. low
Art & Copy.
via artandcopyfilm.com
film about advertising, featuring people talking about how cool they are. Were
"ART & COPY is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray
Ishikawa-Komuro Lab
http://www.k2.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/perception/StickyLight/
This has aged so well. Massively cool sticky laser tech from Ishikawa-Komuro Lab - The University of Tokyo
* Alvaro Cassinelli: concept, software and
Scratch Input - UIST '08
Keyboards are so dead
Gesture recognition software which uses the sound of the gesture rather than touch or visual scanning. So you can use ANY part of the wall / table / body(??) Crazy
SOUR '日々の音色'
The best "fan-sourced" music video. This video is so much fun it makes me wish the song were better. Crazy co-ordination.
Composites of Google Image Search by meggan gould
Before AI we made art: meggangould.net
The images in the Go ogle series are composite images, mathematical averages of the first 100 images retrieved from a Google search engine query for
Mosaic Music Video
You used to be able to clip through on everyvideo to play the original. But...
The YouTube Mosaic Music Video is a digital piece of art that was made from 1.4
youshouldhaveseenthis.com
This was the internet in 2009.
GREG RUTTER'S DEFINITIVE LIST OF THE 99 THINGS YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED ON THE INTERNET UNLESS YOU'RE A LOSER OR OLD
Periodic Table of Typefaces
by Cam Wilde @ leighton-moon.com
The Periodic Table of Typefaces is obviously in the style of all the thousands of over-sized Periodic Table of Elements posters hanging in schools and homes around
Etienne De Crecy [2007]
In terms of early projection mapping demo's this is one of my all time favs.
via vimeo.com
Here & There: BERG
More genius from BERG.
Especially the hat-tip to Wainwright.
From gizmodo.com
It's rare that we get excited over maps, but this idea by graphic designers Jack Schulze and Matt
