Like some people in the comment thread on the video, I’m slightly concerned that it’s an early April Fools’ joke. But if it’s not…. wow.
24 Mar 10
Nike Chalkbot
During the Tour de France, the team at DeepLocal was able to make a huge impact with their pneumatic spraypaint machine along the tour route. Together with Nike and Lance Armstrong’s LIVESTRONG campaign, the creation was aimed allowing people to put their messages in bright yellow paint for the racers and cameras to see. More than 36,000 people submitted messages to the cause via Twitter and text message which were then cued into the software program by DeepLocal.
This is how the tradition looked originally.
You can see more pics of the Chalkbot project at DeepLocal’s site.
Here’s a great little video summing up the project as well.
18 Mar 10
WHY Yacht – Why Not?
The famous Wally yachts have been outdone by their own developer, which is quite a task. Michael Bay used the 70m Wallypower in his film The Island where it looked so futuristic and geeked out that a lot of people thought it was CGI. Not sure if the power producer will be able to pull off getting one of these new creations into a future feature.
I kind of don’t even know how to preface the pictures and video. I’m still somewhat breathless. See the WHY site for more details and tech specs.
17 Mar 10
Amazing Work Spaces
This article from FastCompany’s design blog showcases some of the greatest creative office space I’ve seen. Thanks Alissa Walker for bringing these to our attention! Below are some of my favorites from the feature (where you can also see comments from architects/designers on the projects).
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- Brand New School – Santa Monica, CA
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- Brand New School – Santa Monica, CA
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- Davidandgoliath – El Segundo, CA
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- Ground Zero – Marina del Rey, CA
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- Mindfield – Marina del Rey, CA
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- Ogivly & Mather – Culver City, CA
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- Ogivly & Mather – Culver City, CA
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- Saatchi & Saatchi – Torrance, CA
12 Mar 10
Font Friday
Since most of what we’ve been working on lately has been for the web, we’ve not gotten to use the same variety of typefaces that we do when working on print material. However, after looking at these two sites today it’s a reminder of how far a well executed font can go.
Hoefler & Frere-Jones: www.typography.com
This crew has got their thing down. You know it’s going well when your company has 10 people and all you’re doing is creating the best typefaces you can. My favorites are the new Vitesse and Gotham Narrow series.
House Industries: www.houseind.com
They not only provide great font files, but have also incorporated their work into great design pieces. I love the Slab Blocks and PLINC Blocks as well as the pillows. And a cast iron ampersand for $250, who couldn’t use one!?
10 Mar 10
Here and Now – by Ryan Johnson
My brother and talented photog just completed his series of portraits of Millenial Generation-ers called Here and Now. It’s part of his work in progress toward his MFA in Photography at Savannah College of Art and Design. I love the look of the vintage Bronica medium format film. Very soft and detailed.
03 Mar 10
Flyfire by SENSEable City Lab
The Flyfire project by SENSEable City Lab and ARES appears to be pretty amazing if the execution can live up to the concept. This would be an incredible asset to liven up musical performances, sporting events or be a standalone show in an old abandoned warehouse.
25 Feb 10
I Need To Borrow $3,994,000
And you can come over as much as you want.
This lakeside beauty in Baldwin Park is right around the corner from my wife’s office. I drive past it all the time and toy with the thought of sneaking in. I couldn’t find the photographer’s name to credit them for the great pics, but the listing can be found here.
19 Feb 10
Amazing Wordpress plugin for mobile browsers
My good friend and fellow tech geek Jason threw this my way earlier this morning and I am simply smitten with it. The WPtouch plugin for Wordpress basically comes to action when somebody with a mobile browser hits your blog page. When they do, the contents of your page are displayed in a super sexy layout very native to the phone. Everything is very easy to read and access. The settings you can control within your Wordpress admin panel are also very impressive. I can’t recommend this highly enough if you have have installed Wordpress on your server for blogging.
Look at my blog (blog.justin-johnson.com) with your iPhone, iPod or Android to see for yourself (but probably not this particular post, because that would be like looking at a reflection of a mirror in a mirror).
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