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Talent Over Tools
Anytime a designer or artist complains to you that they don’t have the right tools to do a good job, you just show them this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Qpc4UzP9g
That guy is the Jimmy Hendrix of MS Paint.
Surely, this must be a joke…
“Dubai-based real estate firm Omniyat Properties plans to construct a tall building in Dubai modeled after the Apple iPod. The name of the 24-story tower: iPad.”
After decades of consumer products being driven by architectural form (IKEA, Modernism, cheap Eiffel tower statuettes), will pop consumerism drastically drive the form of architecture in a clearer (or shallower) public dialogue? And what happens to the meaning of the building when the iPod is no longer the public’s object of desire?
http://www.salatti.net/ipod-come-modello-per-la-nuova-torre-progettata-da-omniyat/
I guess this isn’t a whole lot different, in concept, from past pop architectural “icons”: Longaberger HQ, Mmmm…, Lucy, Dino.
Mayo Clinic shows adding activity to video games fights obesity
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-01/mc-mcs010407.php
Go Wii! Go Dance Dance Revolution! Or, how about kids just go outside?
My First Courses of 2007 Begin Today
I’m teaching Design for Motion again at ECIAD. Both classes start today, and it looks like it will be a great year! Feel free to do a “virtual audit” and check out my course website from time to time.
Truly Interactive Snow in Flash…
This is one of the neatest things I’ve seen in a while (if you have a webcam). Try letting the snow pile up on your head and shoulders and then brushing it off. Pretty cool, eh? Thanks to Darren for sending this one over.
A-Star Pathfinding for Beginners
Here’s an introduction to A* pathfinding algorythms.