I Love the World.
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Advertising
Great ad by the Discovery Channel.
21st Century Post-It Notes
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Ideas, Product Design, Technology
The Ambient Intelligence Group at MIT has come up with some very intelligent sticky notes called “Quickies.” The project explores artificial intelligence, RFID and ink recognition technologies.
Skyplay
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Ideas, Photography
SKYplay is a unique Flickr set of optical illusions that depict a composition dominated by use of the sky and real clouds at that moment with another object. Here are a few great examples.
The Internet of the Future
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Ideas, Product Design, Technology
Mac Funamizu has a brilliant, forward-thinking concept of what of internet searching might look like on mobile devices in the future. Click photo or here for a gallery.
Parkour
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Sport
Parkour is an amazing activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as quickly and efficiently as possible. It’s been featured in Casino Royale, Die Hard 4 and Rush Hour 3. Hard to describe how amazing (and challenging) this sport is with words… so watch these:
This video is a vignette of two of the founders Sebastian Foucan (The Angry Chicken-Nike Presto) and David Belle (Rush Hour-BBC).
Portfolio Updates
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under New Work
A bunch of new work has just been added to the portfolio from the past several months. Check it out!
Victorian PC
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Gadgets
Jake Von Slatt used many old-world materials such as brass and wood to create a one-of-a-kind Victorian PC.
The First Billion Dollar Home
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Architecture
The world’s first billion dollar home in Mumbai, India will cost over $2 billion, will have 400,000 square feet of living space and will soar 550 feet in to the sky. No two floors are alike in the 22-story monstrosity.
There is six stories of parking, an entertainment level (with a health spa and yoga studio), a massive movie theater, a lobby with nine elevators and an elaborate, crystal laden ballroom that can hold hundreds of guests. For more, check out this gallery and article from Forbes.
…and for those of you interested in ridiculously expensive homes, this is a great breakdown of 25 celebrity homes.
Bob Dylan Vanity Fair Spread
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Illustration, Magazines, Music
Andrew Nimmo and Beth Bartholomew created this brilliant spread of Bob Dylan for Vanity Fair in homage to Milton Glaser’s famous poster. (Click image for hi-res).
We Love Our Petroleum.
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Science
Some startling facts from PBS about the looming petroleum crisis we face (you might need to read a few of these twice for them to set in):
- We have more cars and small trucks than we have drivers in the United States.
- We produce about four trillion passenger miles of travel every year. That is enough to take each human being in the United States around the world once every 18 months.
- We consume more than 6,000 gallons of fuel every second.
- A quarter of all the petroleum ever consumed in the history of the world was consumed in the last ten years.
Eiffel DNA
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Architecture, Ideas
In celebration of the 120th anniversary of the Eiffel Tower, Serero architects have created a highly-buzzed proposal that would temporarily restructure the top access area of the tower. The redesign would increase the quality of tower access to the public and would also offer stunning panoramic views of Paris. (via Computerlove)
Mad Magazine Fold-Ins
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under History, Magazines
The New York Times has a very cool interactive display of Al Jaffee’s fold-ins for Mad magazine, from the 1960s to the present.
The Future of Books
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Books, Ideas, Technology
Designer Kyle Bean has a unique interpretation on what ‘The Future of Books’ looks like.
Amazing Stop Motion
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Film / Video
This is worth watching.
Creator of the Internet
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Internet / Blogs, Wisdom
Esquire has an amusing interview with the creator of the internet, Vint Cerf. The 64 year-old talks about his trademark three-piece suits, Al Gore’s role in the commercialization of the internet and playing World of Warcraft with his son, among other things.
