February 2012
WatchSteven Colbert on the tragic state of strategy (via Fresser). Making the point that the creative industry desperately needs to reinvent itself.
WatchMassoud Hassani: Mine detector (via @djc1805)
WatchLines Intro (ext. play) (via @fperennes)
WatchBalloon paperApp (via @Etienne_mineur) With this paper video game you get both a regular book and a pop-up paper hot air balloon to lay on top of your iPad screen.
You are the hot air balloon pilot, and you will discover an ever changing world as you fly with the wind.
With your fingers, you can control the wind’s direction to have your Balloon lift up or go down, to land on the ground,...
WatchPhotographer Jill Greenberg (via @mpared) “What’s interesting about controversy is that it gets your pictures out there.”
Khoi Vinh on the visual web and the future of news →
(via @futuresagency)
99% Invisible with Roman Mars →
My favorite and highly recommended tiny radio show / podcast presents a wonderful perspective on design.
WatchGreat honor. I’ve been invited to speak at Creative Summit in Skellefteå in June. ( @creativeswedes ) Very much looking forward to what looks like a different and brilliant summit.
WatchDouble Fine Adventure. Over a six-to-eight month period, a small team under Tim Schafer’s supervision will develop Double Fine’s next game, a classic point-and-click adventure.
WatchCrossfy.com (via @Thinairchi) If your phone can recognize anything, why would you design your communication (invitations to an explorable graphical and rich universe) to be boring black and white matrixes? Aren’t QR codes in a mobile space already redundant?)
WatchInteractive table at the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia. Design by Eddie Opara/Pentagram. (via @pentagramdesign)
App usage: First and second screen usage during... →
(via @faris)
WatchYoshi’s Blend (via @neilperkin) A short vignette of Yoshi Masuda—a coffee enthusiast who is sharing his passion for coffee with victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. - Mackenzie Sheppard
Very early stage thinking around Perceptive Media →
(via @garethk @kittycountry @contagiousmag)
A brief rant on the future of interaction design →
(via @mikearauz). I love when some people open your eyes - eyes you already thought were wide open.
WatchThe next 80%. (presentation) From destination, response and information to presence, relationships and activity.