I visited the new New York Times building, in the lobby they have an amazing installation called “Moveable type” – it displays realtime and archived information from the NYTimes, it also makes manual typewriter, teletype machine and rotary phone noises while the vacuum florescent displays display away… Here are some photos – Link & The […]
I seem to have missed this in Japan, the video is excellent! Pink Tentacle writes – For decades in Japan, dekochari (deko means “decoration†and chari means “bicycleâ€) have been the ride of choice for hardcore dekotora fans that are too young to drive. Modeled after Japan’s celebrated art trucks, dekochari typically feature large front […]
Very cool ring made from the profile of someone, this might make a fun (re)make if you make rings… – CONTURA – a ring that is made from the profile of the carrier or the presenter. An original in the best sense. You submit a profile photo along with ring size to Fitzsu and we […]
Jason Salavon’s “374 Farben” – This project, a large light box, contains all 374 pages of the 2007 IKEA catalogue, each simplified to a rectangle of pure color and arranged them left-to-right , top-to-bottom. With an estimated 175 million copies distributed in 2006, the IKEA catalogue is thought to have surpassed the Bible as the […]
“Take the Call” by Chicago-based media artist Sabrina Raaf, attempts to address the phenomenon of self-promotion and absorption on the Internet. The project monitors ambient sound levels in the space to affect the image of a large flag on an LED matrix that flutters to open and close a large eye (on the screen), that […]
This project called “District Art” took place in an Arabic section of the Netherlands town of Utrecht where after noticing the amount of satellite dishes in the city, designers attempted to bring the population closer to each other. By adding decorative stickers to the dishes, each previously ugly eyesore was transformed into an icon of […]
More stuff from Waldemeyer, amazing – full video LED dresses, laser dresses for Hussein Chalayan, a moving chandelier for Fredrikson Stallard and illuminated chairs that sense the colour you are wearing… Jeez! – Link. Related: OK Go jackets! – Link. 2500 LED pong table – Link.
