Toothpaste, Child’s Toys and Now… Gold Medals

(via HuffPo)

China’s Gold Medals Found to Have High Lead Content

China’s impressive haul of gold medals at the Beijing Olympics was tarnished somewhat today when it was revealed that “abnormally high levels of lead” were found in the first-place medallions…”We are trying to determine how exactly so much lead got into those gold medals,” said a spokesman for Wuhan, China’s largest exporter of gold medals. “Until we do, we are urging all first-place athletes not to lick, taste or suck on their medals.”… The news about the potentially toxic gold medals spread panic among Olympic champions, especially U.S. swimming phenom Michael Phelps. “I am very, very concerned about my extensive contact with gold medals,” Mr. Phelps told reporters. “But what am I supposed to do? Stop being so awesome?”

Great Visualization Work

(via The Bridge Project)

Objectives
The aim of this project is to visually demonstrate my personal understanding of the evolution of the computer generated “image work” [01], by means of a free associative process that utilises the search and query mechanisms of the internet. I have tried to create a structure that displays this process by showing the data gathered in detail as well as in its entirety: Zooming in and out of objects and virtual navigation following free associations that can be evoked through online thesauruses, internet search engines and the ensuing surf mechanisms that can be utilised in the act of image creation, very much like collage/assemblage. Thus, seeking chance encounters and found objects, I turn not to second hand shops, bookstores and discarded magazines and catalogs, but to the internet. My process is inverted to that of collage in that it is the associations themselves that reveal the found object and not the object that reveals the associations [02].

Radiohead At APW

Radiohead = Amazing


Radiohead = Amazing, originally uploaded by victor.brunetti

Simulacra


Simulacra, originally uploaded by victor.brunetti.

3D Globe Mania

I’m a bit tired of the whole 3D spinning globe thing. It’s been done. Over and over.
But…
You gotta hand it to the new BBH site, it’s pretty:

WHITEvoid Kills It With Viewzi

WHITEvoid was commissioned to create an intuitive visual 3D image browser for viewzi.com called the “3D photo cloud view”. Viewzi is a whole new way to experience search. Instead of one big list, you get nice visual Views tailored for the content you are looking for.

Data Viz Madness

Researching a project and compiled a badass list of dopeness. Enjoy…

http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/

http://www.generatorx.no/

http://blog.papervision3d.org/2008/08/02/viewzi/

Papervision Madness:

http://blog.papervision3d.org/2008/07/30/sourcebinder/

http://blog.papervision3d.org/2008/05/13/visualizing-news-in-3d-msnbc-spectra/

http://blog.papervision3d.org/2008/04/19/nine-worlds-in-papervision3d/

http://blog.papervision3d.org/2008/04/17/be-part-of-history/

http://www.burstlabs.com/

http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project_details.cfm?id=581&index=581&domain=

http://labs.digg.com/

http://www.beyes.jp/editwall/dl/ (chronorhythm screensaver – AWESOME)

http://www.marumushi.com/apps/flickrgraph/

http://clients.onyro.com/tuneglue/

http://travel.escapelab.com.au/

http://www.fidgt.com/visualize

http://www.wirmachenbunt.de/archives/110

http://geniol.publishpath.com/last-fm-tasteograph

http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project_details.cfm?id=559&index=559&domain=

Simon Heys, CD @ Tonic

http://www.simonheys.com/2008/07/19/word-clock-for-mac-pc-and-iphone/

Particle Accelerators Are Beautiful Things


Drop.io Rocks

Without being able to get into too much detail, I’ve been working with the cats at drop.io on some new brand/interface goodness. Cant share just yet, but if you haven’t heard of them (they offer “drop” space for anyone to create a digital space to input any type of media/digital files/phone messages/faxes, view them and output them by downloading zips/emailing links/etc.) check them out.