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April 30, 2004 pattern language permalink
posted by bev
 Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator is an upcoming exhibition that has some classic pieces of concept clothing, including the Stock Market Skirt, by Nancy Paterson, that illustrates the Desmond Morris theory: when the economy/stock market is up, hemlines go up. when the stock market goes down, hemlines go down. check out the video of the hemline and more pictures. [via] April 28, 2004 perlin flow fields permalink
posted by bev
 this is my current favorite processing site: Robert Hodgin's generative works. they are all good but i really liked attraction, web growth, lava flow, pixel space, ribbon fish, hair storm, and perlin flow fields. check out the videos and applets. April 26, 2004 deep end permalink
posted by bev
 Rebecca Niederlander's latest piece is like a life force contained in a hovering upside-down bubbly landscape. the mirrors below reflect the inner-workings which include water movements that, when seen with the animating lights inside, portray a womb-like intelligence. it's one of the best uses of LEDs in art that i've seen yet. definitely more refreshing than LED matrices that is more common. April 22, 2004 vectoral elevation permalink
posted by bev
 the projection pattern i created today for the Vectoral Elevation installation has happen at 18:50 Dublin time. here's my page with (faint) pictures of it. it's an installation, by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, that uses 22 robotic searchlights taking instructions for patterns submitted by anyone on the internet that refresh every 15 seconds. submit yours now to see it later on the webcam. it will be up and running until may 3. April 21, 2004 interactive chandelier permalink
posted by bev
 Swarovski is officially hip, and crystal chandeliers are not just your grandma's lighting anymore. well, they've been hip....for the past few years, they've been commissioning the coolest designers in fashion and furniture. but this year, they really did it with Ron Arad's interactive chandelier where anyone can send a message via their cell phone and see it trickle down the spiraling crystal ribbon. see some videos of it from the Milan Furniture Fair, where it was revealed. [via and via] April 20, 2004 NC-300 permalink
posted by bev
 i just took the "What kind of industrial solvent are you?" quiz and i am: NC-300: You are a water soluble, heavy duty detergent designed for industrial cleaning. You may be used effectively on metals, plastics, rubber or concrete, and can be diluted with up to eighty parts water. You emulsify and hold oily soil in suspension for rinsing or wiping. [via] April 19, 2004 intelligent fragrance permalink
posted by bev
 SNIF (Sexy New Intelligent Fragrance) is a body-worn, intelligent scent dispenser that gives off a scent (with 3 scent reservoirs) relative to the wearer's body condition (sweaty, very sweaty, extremely sweaty?) as well as an amount based on the size of the room. [via] April 16, 2004 carbon tower permalink
posted by bev
 this proposed 40-story carbon double-helix tower would be the lightest and strongest building of its type. this is a project by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser of the Emergent Design Group at MIT merging architecture, artificial intelligence, and material science. some of their tools include GERMZ : Genetically Recombinant Modeler, MoSS: Morphogenic Surface Structures, and GENR8: Generative Form Modeling. April 13, 2004 morphogenesis permalink
posted by bev
 frogs and salamanders can regrow limbs and so should we. check out this video. DARPA is spearheading a research project named ReGenesis to try to achieve this to help those from the military who have lost a leg or arm re-entering civilian life. LA Times wrote a really entertaining story that weaves in a bit of history of limb regeneration research so far. looks like in just 10 years, we will have a pill for growing a body part. April 12, 2004 titan permalink
posted by bev
 astronomers in Chile have captured the best images yet of Titan, the second largest moon of the solar system. this constructed image (i think) shows its thick and hazy atmosphere of nitrogen, methane and oily hydrocarbons; and possible oceans of methane or ethane beneath its clouds. how cool would it be to see saturn in the atmosphere like that? April 8, 2004 brilliant permalink
posted by bev
 london's V&A Museum currently has an exhibition on lighting called Brilliant. some really great pieces in it, including Sharon Marston's ethereal pieces which i first noticed at 100% Design. i'm surprised they didn't include Ayala S. Serfaty. [via] eyeball jewelry permalink
posted by bev
 for 500 to 1,000 euros and in just 15 minutes, you can get a "jewel" implanted in your eyeball; to be exact, in the conjunctiva (the mucous membrane lining the inner surface of the eyelids). it's so popular already that there's a waiting list. it's made out of platinum and available in the shape of a heart, half moon, a star or circle. [via] April 7, 2004 maison folie permalink
posted by bev
 the Maison Folie is a new urban art center in Lille, France by architect Lars Spuybroek of NOX. it was renovated from an old textile factory and now contains exhibition spaces, artist-in-residence homes, clubs, turkish baths, small restaurants, and sound studios. [via] April 5, 2004 synthetic parfums permalink
posted by bev
 finally, i don't have to smear grilled cigarettes on myself anymore, as there is a new line of Synthetic Parfums by Commes de Garcon. scents in this series include Dry Clean (featuring ozone, nail polish, dissolvent vapours, etc), Garage, SKAI, Soda, and Tar (mmm, my favorite). [ via ] |
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