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Skylar Tibbits: Can we make things that make themselves?

Dru — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:01:28 +0000

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.

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Milton Glaser’s SVA: A Legacy of Graphic Design

Dru — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:56:40 +0000

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.

Jacques Fresco’s Utopia

Dru — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:30:05 +0000

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.

Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Jaw-dropping Photosynth

Dru — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:06:54 +0000

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?

Dru — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 22:10:01 +0000

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.