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Random Fridays – Xmas ‘Just Add Water’ Ornaments

Posted on December 21, 2007 | Leave a comment

Available in Japan, these christmas ornaments arrive in a petri dish and grow up to be full-size ornaments with just a little bit of water.

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Fashion Thursdays – Dress That Changes Colour Depending on Your Mood

Posted on December 20, 2007 | Leave a comment

Known as the Bubelle Dress and designed by electronics giant Philips, this unique piece of clothing will change colour if certain physical changes that are associated with certain moods are detected (e.g. sweat with stress).

Link to article

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Tech Thursdays – Share Your iTunes Collection

Posted on December 20, 2007 | Leave a comment

This plugin by Simplify Media allows you to view and stream the music collections of up to 30 friends online.

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Event Wednesdays – Closing Street Art Gallery Party

Posted on December 19, 2007 | Leave a comment

Tomorrow night, there will be a closing party for the Street Art show…bound to be a good one.

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Photo Tuesdays – See-Through Camouflage

Posted on December 18, 2007 | Leave a comment

Laurent La Gamba comments on personal relationships with materialism in his see-through camouflage photography series.

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Art Tuesdays – Street Art Live

Posted on December 18, 2007 | Leave a comment

Open Studio Space has invited a few prominent and upcoming street artists to create and sell their works live.

Link to website

Link to photo gallery

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Design Mondays – CD Package Folds Out to Look Like a House

Posted on December 17, 2007 | Leave a comment

Link to design firm

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Architecture Mondays – High Tech Building Nicknamed ‘iPod’ in Dubai

Posted on December 17, 2007 | Leave a comment

Where else? The world’s architectural playground, also known as Dubai, is soon to be host to a building that actually tilts at 7 degrees. Besides this quirkiness, the floors will rotate giving you panoramic views. You can project views from streets around the world on your windows. Central servers in the building allow the downloading of audio and video entertainment. The list goes on…

Link to project site

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Documentary Sundays – The Original Santacon in 1996

Posted on December 16, 2007 | Leave a comment

This past Saturday, I participated in London’s Santacon. Amazing is simply an understatement…pure hedonism. This documentary (more of a mockumentary) chronicles one of the original Santacon’s in Portland, Oregon (USA) during the 1996 christmas season.

Link to video

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Short Sundays – Chain Reaction with Computer Graphics

Posted on December 16, 2007 | Leave a comment

Click Clak is a computer-anmated chain reaction short film produced by Victor-Emmaneul Mill, Aurelie Frechinos, and Thomas Wagner. Each reaction is associated with a word.

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Craft Saturdays – How to Fold a Paper Rose

Posted on December 15, 2007 | Leave a comment

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Literature Saturdays – Wikinomics

Posted on December 15, 2007 | Leave a comment

Wikinomics explores how the emergence of particpatory communities on the internet is changing business.

Link to Amazon

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Random Fridays – A Bar Cocktail for £35,000

Posted on December 14, 2007 | Leave a comment

Talk about an expensive drink! Called ‘The Flawless’ and on the menu at London nightclub Movida, this cocktail is mixed under the supervision of security guards and includes an 11-carat diamond at the bottom. If you even care about the ingredients, it includes Louis XII cognac, half a bottle of Cristal Rose champagne, some brown sugar, angostura bitters and a few flakes of 24-carat edible gold leaf.

Link to article

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Tech Thursdays – Stream Videos Live From Your Phone

Posted on December 13, 2007 | Leave a comment

Making live tv if you’re not a large television company with million-dollar equipment need not be a distant dream anymore. Qik has developed software that allows you to turn a mobile phone’s camera into a live video tool that streams over the phone’s internet connection.

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Fashion Thursdays – Vote Between Different Cities

Posted on December 13, 2007 | Leave a comment

The newly created Street Clash pits the street styles of two different cities and lets visitors vote.

Link to video summary from last year

Link to site

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Event Wednesdays – Santa Flash Mob

Posted on December 12, 2007 | Leave a comment

What better way to get into the xmas spirit than to have hundreds of Santas run around all over London? Believe it or not, the day-long event will be taking place this Saturday December the 15th. This is by no means a new phenomenon. The first Santa Flash Mob can be dated back to at least 1996 in Portland, Oregon (USA). In fact, an entire documentary was made about the event. Here is a Camden store where you can get your costume. Contact me if you want to get with our crew. Part-eeeeee woooo!

Link to event description

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Event Wednesdays – Poetry Party

Posted on December 12, 2007 | Leave a comment

Let the inner wordsmith in you come out on the 17th of December at the one and only Troubadour. Words can seduce, uplift, connect, bring down empires and a whole lot more… but they can also make a party a great party. Check it…

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Photo Tuesdays – Polaroids Cut Out For 3D Illusion

Posted on December 11, 2007 | Leave a comment

Markus Kison cuts out the contours of individuals on polaroid photos to create a perception of depth and 3D illusion.

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Art Tuesdays – Stencil Looks Like Torn Billboard Poster

Posted on December 11, 2007 | Leave a comment

Alexandre Farto takes an original spin on the now common sprayed street art stencil.

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Design Mondays – Portrait Made from Letters

Posted on December 10, 2007 | Leave a comment

Delicious graphic…hmmm…is that a poem? Surprise for anyone who can guess which one

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Architecture Mondays – Rooms Where You Lose Sense of Depth and Direction

Posted on December 10, 2007 | Leave a comment

Lose yourself…to find yourself. Who needs a stroll in a park when you can enter a hypnotic room created by Yayoi Kusama? Let the physical sense confusion match the mental one!

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Documentary Sundays – Imposter Activists in WTO

Posted on December 9, 2007 | Leave a comment

In ‘The Yes Men’, two activists use an official-looking website to assume the identity of WTO negotiators. In the process, they get invited to conferences around the world and uses some sometimes not-so-subtle satire with many times oblivious audiences to critique the economic world order advanced by the WTO.

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Short Sundays – Arcade Fire Interactive Linear Music Video

Posted on December 9, 2007 | Leave a comment

Interactive linear video is an emerging format which I quite appreciate – combining the story-telling abilities of linear and yet avoiding the pitfalls of a passive audience via interactive. That’s a bit wordy Click and see what I mean….enjoy. Oh, and yeah, Arcade Fire rock!

Link to music video

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Craft Saturdays – How to Make a Zine

Posted on December 8, 2007 | Leave a comment

Before blogs, there were zines. Some zines acan truly be works of art and simply holding them in your hand a real pleasure. This short video shows you how to fold an A4 paper into a small zine.

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Literature Saturdays – Architecture and Computer Games

Posted on December 8, 2007 | Leave a comment

For anyone who has enjoyed watching a game of pong being played on the windows of a table building, Space, Time, Play is an insightful collection of articles examining the relationship between architecture and computer games.

Link to Amazon

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Random Fridays – Facebook is to Socializing what Masterbating is to Sex

Posted on December 7, 2007 | Leave a comment

To all those hardcore facebookers

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Random Fridays – Optical Illusions Summarized by Video

Posted on December 7, 2007 | Leave a comment

The many different possible optical illusions neatly summarized in this video. Personal favourite…objects that exist in 2D but impossible in 3D !

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Fashion Thursdays – London Street Fashion

Posted on December 6, 2007 | Leave a comment

Geographically organized fashion map…orginal layout but a bit less original when it comes to style.

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Tech Thursdays – Free MP3 Download Search

Posted on December 6, 2007 | Leave a comment

Bee MP3 is search engine that helps you find MP3 files that can be downloaded directly from the web.

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Event Wednesdays – Love Audio Installation

Posted on December 5, 2007 | Leave a comment

Larisa Blazic created a motion-sensitive installation. When you ‘make a move’, audio samples are triggered which say ‘love’, ‘i love you’, ‘do you love me’… you get the point. A fun yet immersive and thought-provoking piece.

Link to gallery

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Photo Tuesdays – One Face Includes Many Faces

Posted on December 4, 2007 | Leave a comment

To anyone who has felt like a different person to different people or to themselves, you’ll be able to identify with this graphic photo illustration by Peter Holub.

Link to gallery in Toronto

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Art Mondays – Bike Car in Toronto

Posted on December 4, 2007 | Leave a comment

Michel de Broin, a Canadian artist, stripped down a 1986 Buick Regal and installed four interconnected pedals for each of the passengers. Noticing the peculiar speed at which the bike car was moving, a gung ho Toronto Police squad car yelled ‘pull over’. A car on toxic petrol is legal but a car on human power isn’t…hmm. In fairness, the police had never come across something like this before. But, I wish a manufacturer would come up with hybrid bike/electric car that would pass the road-worthiness test. During rush hour, you could just pedal, ha!

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Design Mondays – Mug that Says On/Off Depending on Temperature

Posted on December 3, 2007 | Leave a comment

Simple, but clever… Made using heat sensitive pigments, this mug changes from black to white and says on or off depending on whether it is full of hot coffee/chocolate. Now, only if there was a mug that changed color gradually as the chocolate/coffee became cold…hmm.

Link to product store

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Architecture Mondays – Library Facade Resembles Giant Books

Posted on December 3, 2007 | Leave a comment

The Cardiff Public Library in Wales begs to differ when it comes to the walls around a library…

Link to library

Link to exhibition profile (in French)

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Photo Tuesdays – Horizontal Vertical Reversed for Illusion

Posted on November 27, 2007 | Leave a comment

With his exhibition ‘Torticolis’, Laurent Dejente illustrates how simply reversing horizontal and vertical dimensions can create head-rubbing illusions.

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Art Tuesdays – Animal Hand Paintings

Posted on November 27, 2007 | Leave a comment

Guido Daniele draws animal on hands with an impressive level of realistic detail.

Link to article (Washington Post)

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Design Mondays – Obese Eames Chair

Posted on November 26, 2007 | Leave a comment

Mark Wentzel created an obese version of the classic designer chair by Charles and Ray Eames.

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Architecture Mondays – Vertical Gardens

Posted on November 26, 2007 | Leave a comment

Patrick Blanc creates magnificent vertical gardens with elaborate patterns. His most notable recent work is the newly opened Musee Quai Branly in Paris.

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Documentary Sundays – Old Visions of the Internet

Posted on November 25, 2007 | Leave a comment

Hyperland is a BBC documentary from 1990. Spurred on by the emergence of hypertext (which was used on television sets to gain more information about shows), the producers and Douglas Adams envision a world wide web of information. Uncanny true predictions in some cases but entirely witty and full of humour.

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Short Sundays – End of Summer

Posted on November 25, 2007 | Leave a comment

With an orchestral soundtrack, End of Summer explores the themes surrounding the mourning of a death and changing weather. This highly emotive 3D short was produced by Patrick Harboun, Ronan Le Fur, and Joaquim Montserrat.

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Craft Saturdays – Video Teleprompter for less than US $50

Posted on November 24, 2007 | Leave a comment

Teleprompters are often used by newscasters to read rather than memorize the headlines. This video shows you how to build a telemprompter for a fraction of their regular price. So, no more excuses for your video podcast to not look professional.

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Literature Saturdays – Book on New Media and Art

Posted on November 24, 2007 | Leave a comment

New Media Design maps out the emerging combinations of new technology and art.

Link to Amazon

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Random Fridays – Hacking Electronic Public Signs

Posted on November 23, 2007 | Leave a comment

Dutch hacker gets access to highways signs, railroad public announcements, and much more to wreak a bit of havoc and laughter.

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Random Fridays – Candy Sculptures Made on the Spot

Posted on November 23, 2007 | Leave a comment

Popular in Japan, some street vendors will create candy sculptures especially for you. In this video, this artisan crafts a candy dragon with great agility.

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Fashion Thursdays – Open Source Fashion Site

Posted on November 22, 2007 | Leave a comment

A site for adventurous fashionistas to try their hand at creating their own clothes with patterns, tips, a forum and more.

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Tech Thursdays – Tiny Pocket Projector

Posted on November 22, 2007 | Leave a comment

Video projectors are rapidly becoming smaller, creating possibilities for guerilla projecting : )

Link to product page

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Event Wednesdays – Short Films Weekly

Posted on November 21, 2007 | Leave a comment

Every Monday, Short & Sweet projects a series of short films at 7pm in Cafe 1001 off Brick Lane.

Link to website

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Photo Tuesdays – Surreal Photography

Posted on November 20, 2007 | Leave a comment

Heavily photoshopped, but nonetheless justifiably so, Murat Sayginer’s photos place the subject in surreal emotive positions.

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Art Tuesdays – Satellite Image on Carpet

Posted on November 20, 2007 | Leave a comment

Aptly named “The Flying Carpet”, this installation by Seyed Alavi takes satellite images of San Francisco and places them on a nylon carpet at the local airport.

Link to artist website