I stumbled over some very interesting work by Nina Katchadourian, a multi-media artist. The Sorted Book Project, started in 1993, takes place in may locations from public libraries to private book collections.
The process is the same in every case: culling through a collection of books, pulling particular titles, and eventually grouping the books into clusters so that the titles can be read in sequence, from top to bottom. The final results are shown either as photographs of the book clusters or as the actual stacks themselves, shown on the shelves of the library they were drawn from. Taken as a whole, the clusters from each sorting aim to examine that particular library’s focus, idiosyncrasies, and inconsistencies — a cross-section of that library’s holdings. At present, the Sorted Books project comprises more than 130 book clusters.
Check out the rest of her interesting work at her website.
Via: 800CEORead.
Leonardo da Vinci, the famed artist, inventor, scientist, and my all time favorite renaissance man, really knew what he was talking about when he drew this. From what I can see he got it right and way before the time of the X-Ray. This man is a genius.
Disclaimer: Depending on which country you hail from this could be “Not Safe for Work” (NSFW) or Art. Viewer discretion advised.
Using photos of oft-snapped subjects (like Notre Dame) scraped from around the Web, Photosynth (based on Seadragon technology) creates breathtaking multidimensional spaces with zoom and navigation features that outstrip all expectation. Its architect, Blaise Aguera y Arcas, shows it off in this standing-ovation demo. Curious about that speck in corner? Dive into a freefall and watch as the speck becomes a gargoyle. With an unpleasant grimace. And an ant-sized chip in its lower left molar. “Perhaps the most amazing demo I’ve seen this year,” wrote Ethan Zuckerman, after TED2007. Indeed, Photosynth might utterly transform the way we manipulate and experience digital images.
Drawings produced by pens attached to the tips of tree branches, as the branches move in the wind the tree draws on to a panel or drawing board on an easel. Like signatures the trees drawings tell of the tree’s character; a Hawthorn producing a stiff, scratchy & spikey drawing an Oak a more elegant flowing line.
Wow something that only happens once every decade, (apparently the last time was in 1997!) and that is Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, interviewed together side by side on the same stage, live and unrestrained at the D5 conference. It’s Zune vs. iPod baby yeah!
These are the selected highlights from the interview, enjoy!
Check out another video at Popular Mechanics on this technology as its now not rough circuit boards as we last seen, but in the form of a Coffee Table. Do check out how it interacts with other objects on its surface in addition to your fingers. Amazingly cool!
Thanks to long time Design Sojourn reader and fellow Designer Blogger Drew for the link!
Finally some fashion design with meaning. However it strangely comes from a non-fashion designer. It’s about time that fashion design started to get a little more “serious” rather than seasonal. Hmm…read on.
Welcome to part 2 of my coverage of the CeBit Australia 2007. If you have not already, do have a look at part 1 first. In this post we take a look at the rest of the show and some of my noted technology trends at the end. Please note there are quite a few images after the “jump” so it may take some time to load.
A big hello from CeBit Australia! I’m currently hanging out at the CeBit Blogger Zone, after the very helpful Danny (who looks after the area) help me set up a wireless connection. I’m not going to type too much at this stage, I’ll write up a full report at the end. Besides you probably would not want to to hear me rant, but would want to see the latests juicy technology. So this post will be focused on just the few pictures and musings I have come up with so far.
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