Monthly Archives: December 2007

Logo Trends

(via logolounge)
Logolounge put together a list of logo trends they’re seeing as users have become increasingly more participatory and more and more logos are being designed by artists with less and less formal training. Here’s what they have to say:
It is also becoming disturbingly clear that logo design has become a public sport. As…

New Wacom Cintiqs

I’ve been waiting for the prices to drop on the Wacom Cintiq (as my Intuos is getting long in the tooth) or for Wacom to release different flavors of their tablet/monitor/input device. They just have.
Pick up the 12wx for a grand. Get yourself a Mac Mini or shuttle PC and you have one low-footprint mini-design…

Optimus Tactus

Art Lebedev has a new concept for an input device. This “keyboard” doesn’t actually have physical keys, it’s just one large programmable touch-sensitive display. Think iPhone keyboard, just much larger and completely programmable.
You know, with Apple filing for multi-touch patents like it’s going out of style, I think we’ll be seeing concepts like these in…

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!, originally uploaded by victor.brunetti.

Two of My Idols In Transition

John Maeda will assume his responsibilities as president of RISD in June 2008.

The Tuna is off to Miami to be the Director of Football Operations.

A Sobering Look

(via Vanity Fair)
When we look back someday at the catastrophe that was the Bush administration, we will think of many things: the tragedy of the Iraq war, the shame of Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib, the erosion of civil liberties. The damage done to the American economy does not make front-page headlines every day, but the…

Sanch Rocks

I saw a few of these images a while back on ffffound and couldn’t get enough. They’re by an artist called Sanch (David Dessens) in a study he calls, Cartesian Creatures. So rad. Reading more about this guy now – cross-linked from Generator.X. Evidently he uses a software called vvvv, a by meso.net. Looking into…

Generator.X Video Channel

For all of you generative art lovers out there that just need more video in your life, generator.x has a video channel on Vimeo (YouTube alternative). The videos seem to handle the image and sound better in how they’re compressed for a beautiful sight and sound experience.I especially like this one:

Magnetic Structure from flight404 on…

Why 2008 Will Be An Awesome Year For Movies

(via firstshowing.net)

In August of last year we ran a controversial look at 43 reasons why 2007 would be a great year for movies. Now that 2007 has nearly come and gone and almost all of those 43 movies have been released, it’s time to look ahead at 2008. The last 12 months have played a…

Uruguay / Argentina Photoset on Flickr

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