Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

Brian Alfred

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Pleasant, thoughtful mix of stop-motion like type stuff, "live action" and animation from visual artist Brian Alfred with a soundtrack heavy on sound design including Columbia, Missouri's own Jon Sheffield. So why no HD version?

Ask me about my Zombie plan

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Crap. Really do need a Tumblr blog for this sort of stuff -- like all posts here today so far. Especially for the error fetish. But pictured is a $16.95 Ask Me About My Zombie Plan Shirt from Rooster Teeth.com.  Buy it from them here.

Turn black metal guitarist into toy

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Never has this webspace solicited votes for anything.  That changes immediately. Above the text, black metal guitar god Olaf Thundarsson beckons you to immortalize him in an action figure toy.  Olaf -- the brainchild of my pal Phil Balsman, aka Ballsy Balsman -- needs more votes before embarking on the path to toyhood. See, ...

BumpTop: 3D Mac Desktop

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

BumpTop -- a Mac program that converts your drab desktop from 2D into 3D --  looks interesting enough to try. Tech Startups brings a "hands-on" review and opines.

Crayola Chronology Visualized

Monday, January 18th, 2010

As sort of a half-ass ode to bygone days of colleague Crayola obsession -- yielding an Internet Explorer toolbar name [GoldenRod] and an affectionate company clique known as "Grandpa B and the Goldenrod 5" --  I share this visual crayon chronology from Weather Sealed, basically showing the number of Crayola ...

Infographs everywhere

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Nate Broughton is right.  Infographics on the interwebs are now ubiquitous. Here's a recent favorite from GigaOm concerning the economy of iPhone applications:

The Third & The Seventh

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo. Slow moving but breathtakingly gorgeous.  HD, fullscreen it. Full CG architecture and nature never looked more, um, (vibrantly) natural; although while gradually seeping into the surreal. To delve into this further, visit The Third & The Seventh site and view the shorter Compositing ...

Jeremy Mayer’s Typewriter sculpture

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Jeremy Mayer assembles humanoid sculptures using only typewriter parts, fitting them together without any glue or welding. (via Laughing Squid)

Mail Me Art (2)

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Mail Me Art is a fairly simple concept.  Create a piece of art that can be mailed then mail it to: Mail Me Art 37 Thames Court Victoria Avenue West Molesey Surrey KT8 1TP United Kingdom There are some stipulations, but that's basically it.  The project's first round is done and a book of several submissions has been ...

Make a font from your handwriting with FontCapture

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Ran across FontCapture, a service that will turn your handwriting into a font, usable on both Windows and Mac computers.  Just print out a form, fill it out, scan it and upload to the FontCapture site.  Magic is worked, then you can download your custom font and install it. I would ...