Sea Cucumbers
March 7 2010 Categorized Under: Photography Comments: None
Found these photos of sea cucumbers online and was captivated by them. Perhaps this is where they got the inspiration for the aliens in the movie The Abyss.
Those You Like Better
February 20 2010 Categorized Under: Photography Comments: None
This is one of my favorite galleries on Flickr, compiled by user arndalarm of the pictures users have ranked favorites 10+ times.
The Future of New York
February 6 2010 Categorized Under: Photography Comments: None
As imagined by an unknown artist (c. 1910), the future of New York is filled with low-flying bi- and tri-planes and train trestles that run through skyscrapers. The above postcard is part of the Walker Evans collection of 10,000 currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art here in NYC. I recommend visiting by tri-plane as the elevated trestle is normally congested.
Doesn’t this sorta remind you of GM’s Futurama from the 1939 World’s Fair?
Money Hats
February 6 2010 Categorized Under: Photography Comments: One
I found this creative little montage on iBored.com. I love that not only are the hats made from the currency, they’re also indicative of their cultures. This would work wonderfully for a number of ad campaigns and editorial pieces. Does anyone know the source/artist?
No Sleep til Breuckelen?
August 19 2009 Categorized Under: Photography Comments: None
Someone recently laminated over “Brooklyn” on the 23rd St A/C/E Subway station entrance with the original name. An over-zealous Peter Stuyvesant fan? A shareholder in the Dutch West Indies Company? An Old Amsterdamian? Dunno. But what I love is that this “street art” actually prompts us to wiki. Now if that isn’t clever, ik weet niet wat er zou zijn.
jobsintown.de Campaign
June 11 2009 Categorized Under: Photography Comments: None
German job-finder site, jobsintown.de, created this original campaign for promoting their web site. I simply love the creativity and meticulousness that this campaign uses to really sell the idea of finding a better job.
Aerial Virtual Tour of New York
May 14 2009 Categorized Under: Miscellaneous, Photography Comments: None
Wow, I’ve just wasted an absurd amount of time on this web site. Other than the Jan Hammer music, the beauty and serenity of NYC from above is awe-inspiring enough to extend anyone’s lunchbreak an extra half-hour. Take a look at this VR presentation by PixelCase as you gently hover (or force-navigate) your way through New York City’s Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, Empire State Building, Chrysler Building and Downtown Manhattan.
Circles Mirror, by Daniel Rozin
December 21 2008 Categorized Under: Miscellaneous, Photography Comments: None
Artist Daniel Rozin has been creating mind-blowing interactive artworks, combining computers, video cameras and mixed media since 1999. One of his more recent works was this hybrid digital/analog mirror which reflects images from passers-by using a huge grid of rotating circles.
Cooliris 3DWall
November 7 2008 Categorized Under: Code Examples, Miscellaneous, Photography Comments: None
Somehow I happened upon this weird, but fun gadget that “transforms your browser into a ligntning fast, cinematic way to discover the web”.
It’s a plug-in for Firefox and other browsers that turns web pages with media into a PaperVision3D-style gallery with functions for zoom, play (if movies), share and more. It’s also a thinly-veiled method for getting you to install a product-oriented shopping plug-in, but that’s besides the point. Frankly, I wouldn’t have any use for browsing the web in 3D and want my shopping experience to be unbiased, personally-driven and bells-and-whistles-free, but hell, it’s still fun to watch the video. Sorta reminds me of the Airtight TiltViewer.
Name tags in Picasa Web Albums
November 7 2008 Categorized Under: Miscellaneous, Photography Comments: One
My biggest frustration with online galleries has always been search- and sort-ability by photo contents. The introduction of captioning to Picasa and tagging to Flickr did little to quell my disappointment. Sure I could view a tag cloud of photos that were tagged with the word “New York” or “Mom”, but I couldn’t easily sort by who was included in the photos. And, beyond that, my sojourns to social events would all be tagged after the event and not the containing people, unless I went through each individually and tagged the person or people for each picture.
