David Rockwell Does The Oscars

I saw this video about a week before the Oscars and IMMEDIATELY got excited. This year the Oscars will be under the creative direction of David Rockwell and Michael Giacchino. Set design & music direction has always been a secret love of mine. I fell in love with their talk about storytelling creating an environment to be shared by the audience and performers.

This year it was all about revamping old classics-whether it was taking an old hollywood movie theme and playing it in a new style to creating a new world that was reminiscent of the golden days of tinsel town. This was a very complete and beautiful design thought process. Which in turn, I think, produced the best Oscars I have ever scene.

When it comes to spectacle, David understands how to design the experience. Broadway sets, restaurants, hotels, malls, the Kodak Oscar interior--he gets it. Check out his book with Bruce Mau, Spectacle, about spectacle around the world and the human need for ritual. It's awesome. The design of experience is critical. Now we have to redesign the learning experience.

Nussbaum on Rockwell

LOGO SKETCHES

Here's a peek into some ideas I have for my logo for my mobil device.
I'm going with a rounded logotype with the free standing s as the final logo

NAP IN A HAT

Milano Furniture Fair: The Sleepy Beanie Share
The Sleepy Beanie Project that was excibited at the MIlano Furniture Fair in 2005.

The Sleepy Beanie is designed for the modern urban explorer. Wear the google beanie to be fully protected when exploring new exciting places or wear the Sleepy Beanie to be able to take a nap without beeing disturbed by your sorroundings (and people)

BIGGER isn't always Better.

Hey YOU! Is the world to overwhelmingly large that it seems to stifle your dreams? Well then, make your world smaller!
Yes it's possible.

BARBIE TURNS 50!!!!

WOOHOOOOO!!! Let's show some props to the elders & about gosh darn time.
What woman stays 20 something forever & not obtain a wrinkle.
Now this is a beautiful woman.


barbie's body has come under criticism for offering
girls unrealistic expectations of womanhood, and even for
inspiring eating disorders and related pathologies.
barbie performed an array of powerful careers, has a closet
full of couture, a doting metrosexual boyfriend and very little
pressure to marry and procreate. that's why barbie looks pretty
good, for a woman of a certain age. for the 50th anniversary of
barbie, designboom presents a snapshot report with over 100
images of the making of barbie, from a designer's point of view.


Original Article at designboom.com

DAG designlab

DAG-designlab is a new design studio located in tel-aviv, israel. established in 2008
by tal mor and shlomi azulay, DAG provides a creative environment linking culture,
product and industry. they aspire to create useful objects which are also aesthetic,
innovative and consequent to the last detail.


milk bottles - 2006. creating different shaped milk bottles each day using the same mold.

MOBILE DEVICE TREATMENT

Dominique Boyette
New Media IV_Klinkowstein
Device Treatment

“Untitled”
Description
This device is for the modern day spy—also known as a stalker. This covert “investigative reporter” has a desire to secretly acquire more information about their desired subject(s). Features include most standard functions of a cellular phone including a high-resolution camera and text and video messaging capabilities. But it’s crème’ de le crème specs include a real time GPS tracking system, high speed internet, face recognition software, and a voice recording/transcribing program to be used to upload immediate messages, emails, or blog posts. It also has headphone adapters so it may be concealed as a mp3/media player. If provided, the POCKET SCOUT can save desired subjects for future alerts whenever in a 100 mile radius. (Thanks to the satellite gps system).
The purpose of the device is to quickly and effectively locate subjects. It has the ability to share and help searches for/with PS PALS in various messaging styles.

Scenario
Girl awakes to a mobile alert from her POCKET SCOUT. The screen shows that her target has just entered her neighborhood and is 25 blocks from her house, headed west. She searches for immediate directions, estimated eta for quickest route to the destination point. She pulls up the map and steps out the door of her house. She plugs in a set of headphones and begins to receive step-by-step directions to the target.
While listening to the directions, she goes into saved subjects and pulls up know associates of her current target and begins a neighborhood search and scan via the facial recognitions software satellite gps locator. The PS alerts and identifies 2 local associates with pictures, both 5 minutes away from her current location and calculates the changed route.
Another incoming alert, a live video message from a PS PAL she notified earlier, he says he just saw the target and to hurry up…he’s running out of the goods. She says thanks and closes the stream. Three minutes later she has located and acquired the target, a Cold Cone truck, one of the neighborhood ice cream men. Mission accomplished.

new device option

psp for the spy in me.

No Strangers in the Rain

Here is an adorable apparatus. tired of feeling like your partner has more precipitation protection than you? Well now you don't have to worry—with Marc Owens and Jasmine Raznahan's Tandem Umbrella you'll never be left with the cold/wet shoulder.

FOR ALL MY AIRBOUND AMIGOS!!

NOW THIS IS FUNNY. THIS IS FOR EVERYONE WHO AT LEAST ONCE WOULD LIKE TO ENJOY THIER PLANE RIDE WITHOUT SOMEONE ELSE RIDING IN THEIR LAP.


How To Keep Motherfu#%s From Putting Their Seats Back from fi5e on Vimeo.

I FOUND THIS ON: GI.