The Anything Machine Project

Canon Rock by JerryC with Japanese guitarists. (Editor’s...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:38:38 -0500

Canon Rock by JerryC with Japanese guitarists. (Editor’s Note: It’s essential to getting music stuck in my head out of my head).

The LXD at TED 2010. Found at TED.

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:26:00 -0500

The LXD at TED 2010. Found at TED.

Video

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:21:00 -0500

Ushahidi & The Unprecedented Role of SMS in Disaster Response

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:37:56 -0500

Ushahidi & The Unprecedented Role of SMS in Disaster Response:

“What if we could communicate with disaster affected communities in real-time just days after a major disaster like the quake in Haiti? That is exactly what happened thanks to a partnership between the Emergency Information Service (EIS), InSTEDD, Ushahidi, Haitian Telcos and the US State Department. Just 4 days after the earthquake, Haitians could text their location and urgent needs to “4636” for free.” Found on Haiti Unwired.

Man appears free of HIV after stem cell transplant

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:18:18 -0500

Man appears free of HIV after stem cell transplant:

drewgilbert:

theoriginaljoefisher:

Kaboom.

Already in the Global Spotlight, Vancouver's Skies Deliver Additional Delight

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:28:40 -0500

Already in the Global Spotlight, Vancouver's Skies Deliver Additional Delight:

“A week before the torch arrived in the Olympic city, Vancouver’s skies were already illuminated, ready to greet the world with a warm welcome. Light artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and his team had installed 10 searchlights on both sides of English Bay for an interactive work he calls “Vectorial Elevation.”

The lights in this large-scale installation are visible within a 10-mile radius — each light shines at 10,000 watts — and anyone with access to the Internet can try his or her hand at changing the projected patterns.” Found on Art Beat via @PBS.

“This dreaming architecture project will be realized as a...

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:29:37 -0500

“This dreaming architecture project will be realized as a concept plan at the exhibition held at MUSEUM. beyondmuseum in Seoul from May, 2010. The exhibition is planned to last until the end of June. A 8-meter-high stained glass made with approximately 500 crystal prisms will be filling the space with rainbow colors as the light shines on it.” Found on Dezeen.

Unplug Design

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:53:50 -0500

Unplug Design:

“…Unplug Design, always think about better days of entire human race. Our design is not an element but an agent which makes things worthy. While making not only results of material production, but also spritual meanings, we are eager to participate in the changing process of our life.” Submitted by Six16.

Note from the Machine: Check out the Dream Ball project.

Why We Should Teach Design Early

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:39:31 -0500

Why We Should Teach Design Early:

“Design education typically begins at the college level, but if we wait until then to teach design thinking we are missing critical points in the growth of young minds, whose ability to think creatively is boundless. Teaching high school students to think like designers would help shape the way they look at the world around them and positively affect their future endeavors.

Inspired by these notions, a team of designers from the Austin studio of frog design got together and started an initiative called “TeachDesign.” The objective of this initiative is to expose high school students to design methodologies through immersive, real-world projects that have a lasting positive impact on the participating students, school, and community.” Found on GOOD.

notthatindie: Composite image of the sun’s corona, taken...

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:22:14 -0500

notthatindie:

Composite image of the sun’s corona, taken during the total solar eclipse last July.

Via Scientific American

"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if..."

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:02:58 -0500

““Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.””

- C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity

Arcade Fire performs Neon Bible in an elevator.

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:37:52 -0500

Arcade Fire performs Neon Bible in an elevator.

Kickstarter

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:08:48 -0500

Kickstarter:

“Kickstarter is a new way to fund creative ideas and ambitious endeavors…. Kickstarter is powered by a unique all-or-nothing funding method where projects must be fully-funded or no money changes hands.”

“A Battles collaboration with celebrated light artists UVA...

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:06:00 -0500

“A Battles collaboration with celebrated light artists UVA (United Visual Artists).” Found on YouTube.

"…we have to define what people need rather than what people want. Which was what was done..."

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:36:00 -0500

“…we have to define what people need rather than what people want. Which was what was done before. By Marketing.”

- Massimo Vignelli at Thirty Conversations on Design. Found via Archinect.

Design fantasies for obsolete Bay Bridge span

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:55:13 -0500

Design fantasies for obsolete Bay Bridge span:

“It’s a safe bet that most Bay Area residents view the eastern half of the Bay Bridge as an aged structure that can’t be replaced soon enough. But a handful of designers see much more, an icon ready for a bold new life - such as a working farm that shares the deck with a hotel. Or a park stretched atop long blocks of housing. Or a hotel shaped like the prow of an ocean liner.” Found on SFGate.com via BLDGBLOG.

Haiti text message charity fundraising sets record

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:37:11 -0500

Haiti text message charity fundraising sets record:

“The charity notes that within 31 hours of launching its text message charity appeal on Wednesday (January 13th) it had raised in excess of $3 million (£1.84 million), a third of the total amount pledged to the organisation by American donors.” Found on the Charity Technology Trust.

“American designer Nick Allman has created an installation...

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:10:00 -0500

“American designer Nick Allman has created an installation where a light appears to be ripped out of the wall at the Dean Johnson Gallery in Indianapolis… As a studio furniture maker Allman strives to blur the line between furniture and art. By creating a narrative of destruction in the series Unintended Functions, Allman’s conceptual furniture forms question the boundaries of design and challenge the viewer’s notion of a functional, well- crafted object. Photographs are by Polina Osherov Photography.” Found on Dezeen.

“…this urban ecological system is taking as a model...

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:23:00 -0500

“…this urban ecological system is taking as a model an organism in nature, specifically the mangrove plant. the mangrove plant and its collective the mangal, provide examples of social associative principles as well as structural capacities and hybrid responses to environmental and contextual conditions.” Found on suckerPUNCH via Warren Ellis.

Parkour motion reel from saggyarmpit. Found on Vimeo.

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:00:04 -0500

Parkour motion reel from saggyarmpit. Found on Vimeo.