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Giant Melting Crayon Sculptures
Tennessee artist Herb Williams has been commissioned to construct 3-D flames out of 60,000 to 70,000 Crayola crayons that melt and warp under the raging Texas sun. Blazes have become a very serious threat in Texas this year, as the state endures its worst drought in history. Unwanted Visitor: Portrait of Wildfire opened October 7 to educate the public about the [...]
Spherical Panoramas
The Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera was invented by a German computer engineer, Jonas Pfeil. It allows the user to explore a full representation of the captured environment (see a demo video). The ball’s 36 cell phone cameras capture the panorama, which is stitched together afterwards on a computer. I can’t wait to see this device on the [...]
Canadian Spirit Website Launch
Over the past few weeks, we have been working on the redesign for Canadian Spirit Down Wear’s newest website. The website features their newest fall/winter collection, classic styled outerwear in a wide variety of colours for men and women. Check out more of the collection at CANADIAN SPIRIT DOWNWEAR.
Unusual elevator
This elevator is a last remnant from when the former Macy’s warehouse building which obliviously catered to a more artsy clientele. Next trip to New York I will defiantly be making the trip out to Queens to see this for my self.
LESS AND MORE: THE DESIGN ETHOS OF DIETER RAMS
Earlier this month I visited the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and caught the first week of Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams exhibit, which featured a number of his legendary product designs. My favorite part of the exhibit was a room near the back with his 10 Principles for Good Design written along [...]
Type Made of Growing Bacteria
This past summer in Toronto, Warner Bros. Pictures Canada created store front window ads that featured type made of growing bacteria, to promote the film Contagion.
Digital Distractions
The Hierarchy of Digital Distractions by David McCandless of Information is Beautiful was recently featured at the Museum of Modern Art.
“Tears off”
“Tears Off” wallpaper lets you create a customize design by tearing off patterned strips of the wallpaper sheet in different formations to reveal the original wall color beneath. Created by the Latvian design company ZNAK.
Double Exposure Portraits
Dan Mountford series “The World Inside of Us” blends photos together to create amazing imagery. The most impressive thing is that these photographs were achieved right in camera – no Photoshop layers were used, except for color manipulation.
The Mugshot Tavern
Last week I went to check out The Mugshot Tavern, a new restaurant that opened up this summer in High Park, with great food and a nice patio. I also loved the line of Celebrity mugshots along the wall.
