Archive for March 2007

links for 2007-03-31

In Links on 31 March 2007

all manner of distractions
(tags: blog processing design animation art flash generative)

Content Strategy: The Philosophy of Data
(tags: content ia strategy information webdesign design marketing philosophy)

DIY Media Seminar: Aram Sinnreich on Configurable Culture
(tags: copyright music P2P culture)

links for 2007-03-30

In Links on 30 March 2007

The functions of a Marketing Department
(tags: Marketing design branding brands business competition value innovation ROI communication strategy)

Podcast Maker | Potion Factory
Quickly and easily podcast
(tags: podcast software podcasting mac osx audio tools)

Rare Frequency › Amplified Architecture: The RF Dream Home
Rather than filtering sound out, the Mix House allows occupants to shape the sounds around them, creating [...]

Processing: Random circles greyscale

In Art, General on 29 March 2007 tagged applet, circle, color, Generative art, graphics, java, media-arts, open-source, processing, random

I have uploaded Random circles greyscale, another sketch I created using Processing. Above are a few examples (click to enlarge). It runs as a Java applet here, but you can download the source code to save image sequences or rework. Here’s a short movie of the results (308 KB .mov).

links for 2007-03-28

In Links on 28 March 2007

Chapter 1 of Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload
by Mark Hurst of Good Experience
(tags: design culture productivity digital bits information life)

New Release: Jfl_Grrl (Chill Kids Rework)

In General on 28 March 2007 tagged 8-bit, ambient, analog, chillout, digital, dub, electronic, experimental, glitch, idm, lounge, media, micro, mp3, Music, remix, sample, techno

Back in 1997, I played around with reworking the song Joyful Girl by Ani DiFranco. I thought her sedate vocals combined with the simple acoustic guitar for a nice listen—and sample-worthy material. I also liked the ironic, trip-hop-ish version featured in this video (YouTube). I never got very far with that remix, but I’ve kept [...]

links for 2007-03-27

In Links on 27 March 2007

PRINT Magazine – Your Design Here
Are amateurs taking over? Don’t panic—DIY design culture might just have something to teach us. By Virginia Postrel
(tags: design graphic culture DIY business)

Processing: Random bezier curve 02 color

In Art, General on 26 March 2007 tagged applet, bezier-curve, color, Generative art, graphics, java, media-arts, open-source, processing, random

I have uploaded Random bezier curve 02 color, another sketch I created using Processing. Above are a few examples (click to enlarge). It runs as a Java applet here, but you can download the source code to save image sequences or rework.
UPDATE: here’s a short movie of the results (520 KB .mov)

links for 2007-03-23

In Links on 23 March 2007

One to One: The Visual Culture of International Tickets
An international collection of over 1,600 various ticket stubs covering the past two decades. The collection reprints the tickets at actual-size, one-to-one, organized by colors.
(tags: books art tickets graphicdesign design visual communication)

Seth’s Blog: Purple Cow Redux
About the original ‘Purple Cow’ promotional strategy.
(tags: Marketing Publishing book story purple [...]

links for 2007-03-22

In Links on 22 March 2007

Digital Dada Library
Original Dada-Era Publications in the International Dada Archive
(Special Collections, University of Iowa Libraries)
(tags: dada Art history reference literature design culture typography surrealism graphicdesign graphics ephemera)

YouTube – Ricky Gervais Comic Relief 2007 Red Nose Day
Ricky Gervais stages a fake trip to a poor African village.
(tags: rickygervais comedy africa comicrelief video)

Film Fest – a photoset [...]

links for 2007-03-21

In Links on 21 March 2007

SonicBirth is an AudioUnit designing application.
SonicBirth is now freeware and open source (GPL).
(tags: software audio audiounit vst mac osx sound free opensource programming plugin)

why not associates
why not associates is a british graphic design company with global reach.
(tags: design agency graphic studio portfolio london inspiration typography web graphicdesign graphics identity creative)

links for 2007-03-19

In Links on 19 March 2007

minishowcase v09b87
the super easy gallery
(tags: AJAX gallery photo php javascript CSS photography graphics images)

Lightbox JS v2.0
Lightbox JS is a simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page.
(tags: javascript ajax lightbox webdesign gallery css images)