Thursday, August 31, 2006

Philippe Ramette






One of the most interesting articles I have ever found in an inflight magazine (Air France's), was a feature on Philippe Ramette, a French performance artist, who's human sculpures, photographed by Marc Domage. Inserting himeself into what appears a normal scene, in an unconventional way to skew and distort perspectives with breathtaking results.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

SUCK by name, not by nature





Product design company SUCK have an online store where you can buy their innovative and fun products, from jam jars that 'collect' sun light and disperse it at night, to darts 'thrown' into the wall to hang your coat on. Dead Fred lies on your desk, conveniently holding your pen...that took his life...

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Burning Brands


Neil Boorman will burn all of this branded possesions on Sept 17th, London. His blog documents the build up to this drastic moment in his life - and naturally fuels the promotion of the event and subsequent book of the event.

Monday, August 28, 2006

Dixie Chicks

Interesting fly over navigation for Dixie Chicks site, by WeFail.

Smart Fabrics


Article about fibre optic fabrics, and fabrics that are touch sensitive...
BBC Article

Coke Bottle Designs and Animations

Five bottles designed by design studios - with music videos designed by studios, for their chosen musical artist

Andy Ward - Illustrator


English illustrator based in Venice.

Anna Berton - Local Artist


Anna Berton makes childrens illustrations and art. She is local to Bassano area.

Friday, August 18, 2006

Interactive Art Installations


Interactive art created for a Sony Gadget store in Japan.

Digital Paper Installations


Random International digital interactive installations - the clock wall paper is very cool.

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Char Davis - Osmosis Interactive Art


Char Davis created Osmosis in 1996. An interactive 3D VR experience that the user interacted with depending on the pace of their respiration. A stunning piece of art and ground breaking interface design that has stuck in my mind since I saw a documentary about it soon after its creation. People actually cried having experienced Osmosis.

Music Cubes

Music Cubes from BBC.

Friday, August 11, 2006

Knife Writer: The United AOL of Wrong

Knife Writer: The United AOL of WrongThe cracks are starting to show - Big brother web companies should not make mistakes like these - as people start to understand just what information is being kept on them and how it is being used. Worse of all, when your personal information gets leaked out as in this case.

Nanika


Interactive art and installations company.

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Cheap Space Travel Anyone?


If you have a spare €150,000 and are bored of the usual holiday locations on this planet, why not go into space. Said to take off in 2008, this will become the ultimate experience of the 21st century.