Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Bright shiny design objects 017

It's baaaaaaack! Finally feeling better and ready to share a lot of great design news! Descriptions will be brief, but please check out the greatest hits of the last few months.

Giant interactive star chart


Monica Roesner has shared this great interactive installation from B Reel, called "Star Canvas" This video share how a relatively idea and bit of technology evolves from simple exploration of interacting with a computer without using your hands to "paper, rocks, scissors," then to a fantastic interactive geodesic installation where you can create your own constellations and interact with the ones already there.

25 ideas shaping the future of design


Paul Diamond sent along this article from Fast Co. Design that asked 5 design studios (Ammunition, Herman Miller, Code and Theory ...) to share their thought on the future of design. Which ideas resonate with you? Did they miss something?

Would you eat something from a 3D printer?


Speaking of predictions, I'm not so sure that I will go for this, but the folks at Frog Design think you "will be more likely to eat something that has been 3D printed than buy something that has been 3D printed." A bold statement. 2015 is being touted as "the year you'll eat your firs 3D printed dessert." Check out their other bold predictions here.

Branding each of Minnesota's 10,000 lakes


Larry's inspiration reminded me of another ambitious site from a few years ago. Branding 10000 Lakes is an inspiring site by one designer, Nicole Meyer. Designing one lake logo a day, she figured it will only take her about 27 years to complete the project. She made it 377 days. I am still impressed. Talk about keeping your design chops up.

State plates.


Design and travel makes my heart sing, so you can imagine how happy I was when Larry Fulcher shared the State Plates Project tumblr site with me. Jonathan Lawrence asked different designers from all over the country re-designed state license plates. Drew Roper designed this for Missouri, and I wish it was on my car. Love how he took into account the mandatory stickers as well.

Motion design inspirations


Rachel Haas found this Turkish designer raised in Sweden, Toros Kose, whose motion graphic and experimental design has allowed him to freelance the globe.

LEGO augmented reality


Larry Fulcher wishes he was 10 again. (OK, I wish I was 10 again, too.) The London studio, Gravity created a project called Lego X. It converts Lego bricks with some hardware that allows a computer to track their position as you build. And you can export the 3D file is you wish. OK, sign me up.

Mmmmm ... infographic sketchbooks


Steven Heller and Rick Landers recently published the book Infographic Designers' Sketchbooks, which shares the behind-the-design-scenes look at the process of designing infographics. 50 designers, 50 processes. Read more about the book here.

Great design movies


This was my list to-be-watched (or re-watched) during "recovery time" (I still haven't seen them all, yet.) Yes, I know you have so much free time on your hands right now ...  but here are some art & design movies that will hopefully keep you inspired as you push to finals. What would you add to the list?

design master series:

art & design & printing & other cool stuff
fashion:

other movies:

self taught artists:

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