MIT Media Lab’s New Logo Has 40,000 Permutations
An algorithm can create 40,000 logo shapes in 12 different color combinations, providing the Media Lab an estimated 25 years’ worth of personalized business cards. via MIT Media Lab’s Brilliant New Logo Has 40,000 Permutations.
Mag+ Prototype for a Digital Magazine
It seems that every day we’re seeing a new concept for how the gestural screen/tablet can be used. This time, the Mag+ Prototype, a conceptual video and collaborative research project between Bonnier and BERG, uses the model to propose a new digital magazine. While I think the concept is a natural evolution, and has exciting ...
QLOCKTWO For the Wall and the iPhone
Naturally, I’m drawn to the minimalism of the QLOCKTWO, a physical clock ($1,268.20 USD) and an iPhone/iPod Touch app ($.99, iTunes link). But I also love the human quality – why not tell the time in words? This is QLOCKTWO, the fourth dimension squared. A clock that tells time in words. It has a quadratic ...
One in four songs sold in U.S. is from iTunes
Reading this and re-realizing that I live in a bubble of technological affluence: One in four songs sold in U.S. is from iTunes NPD MusicWatch’s report indicates that audio CDs remain the dominant format, responsible for 65 percent of all music sold in the first half of 2009. But digital music, which makes up the ...
Why iTunes has bands on the run
Explores a growing split in how musicians and their fans view online digital music services. Some bands say fans downloading only a song or two dilutes the artistry they put into creating an album of songs, but customers, on the other hand, like being in control. Story at BusinessWeek [via VirtualR]
Nanofestival
Nanofestival v.01 is a international, no-budget, on-line art festival for extreme short (!max. 10 sec.!) web movies and software art. The event is organized by ZEROGLAB, an independent digital art-lab in Rotterdam. THE THEME OF THE FESTIVAL THIS TIME = AUTOMAT (the next theme = HOLE)