With LAIKA, there is finally a font that can seamlessly use the whole spectrum of its cuts. A font that is able to move between its extremes in real time. An interactive font that is able to respond to its surroundings. A font that questions deadlocked dogmas and throws up completely new design questions, and thus has the potential to revolutionise the understanding of digital typography.
“Using found objects from typewriters, adding machines and old computers, I take the items people no longer have use for and I carefully disassemble these items and then reassemble these together using metal wire creating my Junk Art. I begin each sculpture with an idea of how can I take these found pieces of useless metal and insignificant objects and create something that everyone can understand and relate to.” by Gabriel Dishaw.
Infractor is an interactive, artistic application that has been developed for a multitouch-table. It is based on the article database of the New York Times. The information can be searched, filtered and read by putting physical objects on the interactive surface.
Infractor has been developed and designed by a group of students of the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences.
oh, and John Mayer just became the first recording artist to release an augmented reality music video. it’s over here.
not sure if it’s a viable solution. nice video though.
(1985) 6 minutes 16mm, B/W - by Larry Cuba
Amazing work from a pioneer in computer animation.
Two students from MIT launched a camera up 93,000 feet (17.5 miles), to capture photographs of the Earth, in just under $150.
Moonbell is an automated music generator that plays musical scores based on lunar topographical data obtained by Japan’s Kaguya (SELENE) explorer during its orbit around the moon from late 2007 to June 2009.
“TTM is an organization dedicated to the advancement of the turntable as a musical instrument, and of the turntablist as a musician.”
—www.ttmethod.com
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