Skylar Tibbits: Can we make things that make themselves?
September 7th, 2011
MIT researcher Skylar Tibbits works on self-assembly — the idea that instead of building something (a chair, a skyscraper), we can create materials that build themselves, much the way a strand of DNA zips itself together. It’s a big concept at early stages; Tibbits shows us three in-the-lab projects that hint at what a self-assembling future might look like.
Milton Glaser’s SVA: A Legacy of Graphic Design
June 10th, 2011
This clip documents Milton’s most recent show at SVA, which is a 50-year retrospective of nearly 100 works he created for the school. His work is inspiring, and would LOVE to meet this guy and have him look at my work… knowing I would probably be torn apart, it would be so awesome to learn from a man like this. Anyway, pretty kewl stuff.
FYI: This is the guy who designed the I ♥ NY campaign, and designed grocery stores thru-out America.
Topics: America, Art, Clip, Design, Design, Graphic design, Graphic Designers, I Love New York, Milton, Milton Glaser, NY, Video, YouTube
Jacques Fresco’s Utopia
June 7th, 2011
Transcendent Man by director Barry Ptolemy introduces the life and ideas of Ray Kurzweil, the renowned futurist who journeys the world offering his vision of a future in which we will merge with our machines, can live forever, and are billions of times more intelligent…all within the next thirty years.
Check out: YouTube Trailer for FUTURE by DESIGN
Could this be what will be? It is a fascinating look at what could be.
Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Barry Ptolemy, Design, Future, Futurist, Innovation, Jacques Fresco, Journey, Live Forever, Next Thirty Years, Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Near, Utopia, Video, YouTube
Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Jaw-dropping Photosynth
January 17th, 2011
Saw this, and have seen other paradigms for images like this before, except this one may be primed with some traction, that allows for some new ways at looking at designing for the web, and beyond. Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth, software that could transform the way we look at digital images. Using still photos culled from the Web, Photosynth builds breathtaking dreamscapes and lets us navigate them. Very interesting piece, and worth the watch.
Philippe Starck: Why Design?
October 10th, 2010
Designer Philippe Starck — with no pretty slides to show — spends 18 minutes reaching for the very roots of the question “Why design?” Listen carefully for one perfect mantra for all of us, genius or not.
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