July 2009
28 posts
hector zamora: zeppelin installation at venice art... →
‘sciame di dirigibili’ / stuck inflatable zeppelin, 2009 image © designboom mexican artist hector zamora exhibited works as part of arsenale at the venice art biennale 09. zamora…
Introducing the Fiat 500 Bulldozer →
Ironsmith Kogoro Kurata took the body of a Fiat 500 and put it on an old set of Cat tracks. Tortoise-timed trips to the store, and hilarity, ensued. Monkey Farm [via Pink…
June 2009
43 posts
Performance with 64 helium balloons →
Robert henke & Christopher Bauder made this installation/performance piece called Atom:
A room is filled with deep, evolving noises from a four-channel sound system. An…
Steve Color (2007) - Nikolaus Baumgarten →
Steve Color is a multi-platform computer game that allows the user to pursue “act’s of vandalism with color to historical sites” including Schloss Neuschwanstein and the St Basils…
One shot: Tokyo Zokei University's 16-bit life... →
Tokyo’s Zokei University understands just what it has to do to snare new students, with this Earthbound/Dragon Quest-inspired 16-bit tour through its campus. [via James Kochalka]
Open Emu: Free Game Emulation on Mac, Quartz... →
Favorite games from the 8-bit era and beyond, now with slick, Mac-friendly functionality wrapped around them. Here’s how it might look actually playing those games.
Fans of vintage games…
Twitter Monitoring Typewriter (TwypeWriter) →
oomlut writes -
The love for Twitter around the .:oomlout:. office is undeniable. We check it constantly, and as those of you who follow us know post to it far too often (or…
Sound Scope Space demo →
Ableton Live Touch with Free Usine; Why Touch,... →
There’s plenty of rightful skepticism about the use of mainstream displays for multitouch in general purpose computing. And why not? As a full-time replacement for other input, multitouch…
“When you cut into the present, the future leaks out.”
– William S. Burroughs
Gundam Tokyo →
I’m a sucker for anything robotic. A 59-foot-tall life-sized Gundam was built and just set up at Tokyo, it will be officially open to the public in July. Pics at here and here.
From 99-cent Only Store to LACMA, Korea-style →
Why is that big bunch of colorful plastic stuff on the plaza at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art? Is it a Tupperware party gone awry? A 99-cent Only Store sidewalk sale?
Neither, but…
Tiny Music: Xenakis Synthesis, Curtis Roads... →
140 / curtis + thumb piano from m~fischer on Vimeo.
Synthesis geeks are creating some fun sonic toys for the iPhone. There’s no reason you couldn’t plug in an iPod touch or your…
How-To: Simple sequencer →
Randy Sarafan shows us how to make this rad simple sequencer. Wood-grained contact paper is optional.
City Civic →
City Civic
The architect and city planner Miguel Miguel Robles-Duran, offered to Designer Ruedi Baur, a proposal to develop together a new city in Venezuela. This and other similar…
Preview: VVVVVVVV (Terry Cavanagh) →
Originally called “vvvvvvvvvv”, then called “vvvvvvvv” and now “VVVVVVVV”, Terry’s latest offering is a hark back to gaming of old that got me excited enough to want to post about it. …
Alexis Gideon's Brimstone Blaine →
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Desktopnauts →
Shown off at E3 and considered by many as the highlight of the show, 5th Cell’s Scribblenauts captivated gamers with its promise of puzzles solvable with almost any non-proper noun players can…
A Cabinet of Natural Curiosities →
J.otto Seibold/Kyle Pulver's Jottobots →
Though I played dumb the last time this was teased, now it can fully be told: following the success of their four-part debut, culture shop/gallery Giant Robot and Attract Mode…
Martin Wilson photography: the film is the image →
Martin Wilson remarkably creates images of words and symbols using every frame in a roll of film sequentially. He explains his process:
My pictures are painstakingly created frame by…
little-scale: Threer TTF Font →
little-scale: Threer TTF Font
Zaha Hadid Lifts Seoul with Green-Roofed... →
Situated within the urban depths of South Korea’s largest shopping and business district, Dongdaemun Design Plaza & Park will provide shoppers, tourists and residents of Seoul with a…
Listen: Mister Beep's 1-Bit Bleeps →
Recently released on Berlin’s B-Hack Records is Mister Beep’s “Monophonic Generator” album. It’s a chiptune album containing, mostly, cover versions of various songs by Kraftwerk,…
Pyramid Farm: Vertical Agriculture for 2060 →
The Pyramid Farm is an incredible concept for the future of agriculture envisioned by professors Eric Ellingsen and Dickson Despommier. The design is based on the growing belief (is it…