opinionated observations » Experimental http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog ruthlessly observing the ad industry and design theorists. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:20:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Inside Microsoft’s ‘Future Home’ http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2010/02/24/inside-microsofts-future-home/ http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2010/02/24/inside-microsofts-future-home/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:49:55 +0000 Dru http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/?p=355

MicroSoft’s Future Home paradigm seems forced and a bit rough, but the ideas are interesting, and interfaces are unusual.

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Topics: BBC, Experimental, Future Home, Innovation, Interface, Microsoft, Theory, Video
]]> http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2010/02/24/inside-microsofts-future-home/feed/ 0 Golan Levin Makes Art that Looks Back at You http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2009/07/31/golan-levin-makes-art-that-looks-back-at-you/ http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2009/07/31/golan-levin-makes-art-that-looks-back-at-you/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:57:26 +0000 Dru http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/?p=331 Golan Levin, an artist and engineer, uses modern tools — robotics, new software, cognitive research — to make artworks that surprise and delight. Watch as sounds become shapes, bodies create paintings, and a curious eye looks back at the curious viewer. (Recorded at TED2009, February 2009 in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 15:33)

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Topics: Art, Art, Artwork, Cognitive Research, Curious Eye, Duration, Engineer, Experimental, Golan Levin, Innovation, Long Beach, New Software, Paintings, Robotics, Sound, Surprise, TED, Video, YouTube
]]> http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2009/07/31/golan-levin-makes-art-that-looks-back-at-you/feed/ 0 Check Out the “Mæve” Installation… http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2009/05/23/check-out-the-m%c3%a6ve-installation/ http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2009/05/23/check-out-the-m%c3%a6ve-installation/#comments Sat, 23 May 2009 06:35:21 +0000 Dru http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/?p=281 At the Venice Biennale, the mæve installation connects the entries of the EveryVille student competition and puts them into the larger context of MACE content and metadata. By placing physical project cards on an interactive surface, the visitors can explore an organic network of projects, people and media. mæve is designed and developed by the Interface Design team of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.

Mæve installation @ Venice Biennale 2008 from Maeve installation on Vimeo.

Mæve table application from Maeve installation on Vimeo.

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Topics: Application, Applied, Biennale, Clip, Design, Design, Experimental, Innovation, Interactive Surface, Interface, Mace, Mæve, Metadata, Movie, Organic Network, Potsdam, Project, Project Cards, Student Competition, Table Application, University, University Of Applied Sciences, Venice, Venice Biennale
]]> http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2009/05/23/check-out-the-m%c3%a6ve-installation/feed/ 0 Seriously Beautiful Personal Project! http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2009/04/30/seriously-beautiful-personal-project/ http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2009/04/30/seriously-beautiful-personal-project/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:17:17 +0000 Dru http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/?p=223
Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

©2009 COPYRIGHT – All Rights reserved
Project info @ http://vimeo.com/channels/keithloutitssydney

This is a personal project that is truly amazing. This film is 100% ‘real’, but there are some new techniques for the author here, such as using time lapse to create the illusion of forward movement for the helicopter ocean scenes. These flight sequences would not be possible without the skill and patience of Chief Pilot Peter Yates. Thanks also to Trevor Cracknell (for getting wet!) and Family.

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Topics: Art, Clip, Experimental, Film, Flight Sequences, Forward Movement, Helicopter, Illusion, Lapse, Ocean Scenes, Personal, Personal Project, Project, Technique, Time, Time Lapse, Video, Vimeo
]]> http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2009/04/30/seriously-beautiful-personal-project/feed/ 0 SITO – Collaborative Art – Impulse Freak http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2008/06/29/sito-collaborative-art-impulse-freak/ http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2008/06/29/sito-collaborative-art-impulse-freak/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:48:20 +0000 Dru http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/?p=66 Impulse Freek - SITO - Collaborative ArtIf you like collabrative art,
this one is for you!

Ok… What can i say, was just doing a little exporing with the search term “collaborative art online” and found some kewl stuff…. so i needed to share the following piece from a site that has a frightfully harsh front end, reminiscent of an 80′s design, the main site was a bit garish, but the function made me look deeper and found, Impulse Freak, and thought it was visually interesting… the paradigm worked for me, and thought i would share it even though the site encapsulating it was a but rough.

This is an example interfaceThere are several kewl pieces and all came from the idea for each piece is a grid where artists can get a segment to add. The final piece is an amalgamation of the 9 panels, and each piece is added to a larger [ flash piece ] that ends up making up yet still a larger final piece. Anyone can add to these pieces… pretty kewl if yah ask me.

This is an image from a collabroative art project online. It is an interesting result for some, others are reminiscent of Second Life SIMs for me, a bunch of people, all with differing goals can make a big grid of hodge-podge mess… some of these works, work because they are affected by inputs from adjacent grids… not sure about the whole of the result, and even if there is activity anymore… but was interested in the attempt because it had some merit – yet the interface is seriously lacking.

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Topics: Art, Art Online, Colaborative, Design, Experimental, Fine Art, Flash Art, Freak, Impulse, Online, Sideshow, SITO, Visual, Web Art
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