Imagninary Mind

Neon Bible

2007-10-09T08:51:00.000-07:00

An interactive video for Arcade Fire's single Neon Bible

Hey fatso!

2007-10-03T17:26:00.001-07:00

CookieMonster's brother

2007-08-09T21:09:00.000-07:00

The computer monster?

FF (FWD) Digital Media

2007-05-21T23:22:00.000-07:00

Jeremy Enecio doing how he do.

Limbo: The Organized Mind, 1974, Henson, Jim

2007-05-21T22:58:00.000-07:00

Yes that is the voice of Kermit!
via Core77

UR life in Infovis

2007-05-19T00:09:00.000-07:00

via Core77

Science in Silico

2007-04-20T10:46:00.000-07:00

Hurray, I got a clip into Seed magazine's tribute to computational science. Here's a link to the little page I made about the data years ago. The data is an Egyptian priest mummy provided by Bill Lorensen at GE. Enjoy.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYandZ

2007-04-18T16:20:00.000-07:00

This is a very cool illustrated alphabet by Michel Gagné.

via Drawn

Ow, my Shins!

2007-04-16T16:28:00.000-07:00

Albuquerque natives, the Shins, walking and playing in Paris.

Noise 2 Muziq

2007-04-14T16:03:00.000-07:00

Thing from the Media Lab. I know I should be blogging about Kristi but this was very cool.

Powers of 10

2007-04-02T15:06:00.000-07:00

Nikon (of all people) have an elegant flash app that covers a few powers of 10, actually quite a few. Surprized that I haven't seen this before, as it orginates in way back 2005. That's 1.1758x10¹³ miles ago at the speed of light. However, few attempts have even come close to the elegant Eames Powers of Ten.
via Core77

Ryden opening review

2007-03-22T11:31:00.000-07:00

The LA Weekly has a review of the recent Ryden collection opening, "The Tree Show". Ryden is a flagship of Lowbrow art. I would say is one of the most frequently imitated artists these days. He is a precise and skilled painter with a sensibility for the surreal. The centerpiece "The Tree of Life" sold for 800k!

Super Favorite Illustration Blog

2007-03-22T11:09:00.000-07:00

Bibliodyssey has some of the most fantastic old-timey illustrations collected in one place. I have a large collection of these (scattered over numerous hard-drives), it's about to get a whole lot bigger....

I like paper (still)

2007-03-21T16:51:00.000-07:00

Jen Stark rocks the block when it comes to hacking paper.

Usefull source of images...

2007-03-21T16:50:00.000-07:00

Wiki commons has lots of images (some are actually good) both vector and raster. All of which embrace copy-lefts (CC).

Robo-starfish

2007-03-12T10:13:00.000-07:00

Cornell researchers develop a robotic design that "self determines" its shape and locomotion. Nice use of A-Life in R-Life.

New Gengap

2007-03-12T09:37:00.000-07:00

I like the explanation of the new generation gap over at New York Magazine. Motivates me just a little to try out second life, facebook, and all that other "trendy web stuff". Might just have to start a blog....

Distance Transforms...

2007-03-11T17:16:00.000-07:00

Paul Rosens Salience Distance Transform.

Spears everywhere!!!

2006-12-09T21:33:00.000-08:00

I like spears, they are round, right? They have a gabillion at the CGSpear Gallery. I am going to make all of my Graphics II students do one. Hurray.

Neat new musical instrument

2006-10-03T23:31:00.000-07:00

Created in 2000, the Hang (pronounced "hung") is one of the younger musical instruments. It comes from Bern, Switzerland, and was created by Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer OF THE PANArt Company. It was the result of many years of research on the steel pan and many other resonating percussion instruments from around the world: Gong, Gamelan, Ghatam, drums, cowbells, MUSICAL Saw...

Link to some good demos of its sound. I particularly like the one with GiDDA and MUM. Word has it that the company, PANArt, produces very few of these. Might be a little hard to get ahold of, especially in the US.

Surreal Holland: Femke Himestra Illustration

2006-09-27T09:47:00.000-07:00

Link!

The sound of art

2006-09-04T15:21:00.000-07:00

Cognitive scientists at the University College London are conducting research on the intimate connection between art and sound. ( Link to press release.) Jamie Ward's research investigates the relationship between the perception of color, shape, and sound. Specifically, he is interested in a condition known as Synaesthesia, where sensory experiences such as sound, color, and touch combine.
( Link to collection of Synaesthesia research.) Sadly, the recent article is not (yet?) available on the web.

2006-08-29T17:06:00.000-07:00

A Softer World manages to combine classic 3-pannel cartoons with ransom notes. A fine way to waste time indeed!

Sience made silly

2006-08-27T13:34:00.000-07:00

Probably way better than this boring blog anyway. Link. I like this one too. Lore has it that this collection of charming illustrations are simply doodles on class notes and homeworks from the author's college and high-school days. Makes me wish I'd thought of it first.

NM Dirtsmith Masters Ancient Art of Polishing Mud

2006-08-27T13:15:00.000-07:00

"Hikaru dorodango are balls of mud, molded by hand into perfect spheres, dried, and polished to an unbelievable luster. The process is simple, but the result makes it seem like alchemy." Link

Word.

2006-08-23T12:25:00.000-07:00

I wish I were a lumberjack.