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(Peanutweeter via Wired)
These film posters created entirely out of type by artist Patrik Svensson are entirely wonderful. There are even more on his site, if you like what you see.
(shortlist.com)
I really needn’t say too much more than that.
I will, though. I’ll start with this quote from The Guardian:
“The Modern Things” […] playfully posits the theory that technology has always existed, waiting in mountains for humans to catch up. In fact, Björk has always seemed like an artist who’s been waiting for technology to catch up with her. Finally, it seems to have done so.”
(1. I love “The Modern Things“, one of my all-time favorites.) The new album, Biophilia will be taking the form of a collection of iPad mini-apps, one for each track. (2. Yes, Björk is releasing her album on the iPad.) Not content to just put out a static package of music, Björk will also be releasing evolving content during the lifespan of the album – and every single track can be remixed and reconfigured via games and other creative means. (3. Not just an iPad gimmick but a project that takes advantage of the iPad’s living nature.) The new release will even be toured with iPads in the band, as they are used to mix the songs on stage – when we aren’t too busy playing the “gameleste”, an instrument Björk commissioned from an Icelandic artist. (4. See 2 and, also, holy shit.)
björk: road to crystalline from Björk on Vimeo.
Because who doesn’t want to listen to Björk’s new album on a road trip…with Björk?
I know I can’t wait. There will even be a video directed by Gondry to kick things off, we’ve been told.
We spent this morning talking about how totally amazing actress Sean Young is after I stumbled across some candid photos she had posted to her website from the set of Blade Runner. (io9)
The fact that this could easily be a photo of my fiancée does not elude me…
Kate pointed out to me that the movie that got her into cryptozoology as a child was actually one that starred Ms Young (as a mokele-mbembe protecting paleontologist, no less). We both lamented the fact that a broken arm kept her out of Batman and her insane antics – while endearing – kept her down in Hollywood. I’m reminded of a recent Entertainment Weekly piece on her unfailing belief in an imminent comeback. Regardless of whether she gets another break into stardom, she’ll always have played some crush-worthy sci-fi characters and is an icon to this household.
As someone who already regularly looks up videos on the iPad for the express purpose of showing them to one of the cats – and who has installed Cat Piano – you had better believe these little games from Friskies will be installed post-haste.
(Mashable)
If you’ve ever found something strange – or strangely unexpected – on Google’s Street View, then 9-eyes.com is for you. Its curator, Jon Rafman, collects some of the most arresting images that that the overmind of G has captured accidentally as it roves the land. You could easily lose hours on this blog, so be warned.
(Autoblog)
In this product showcase from Corning – that io9 has dubbed “creepy” – we are presented with a world that benefits largely from the ubiquitous integration of touch-enable data displays integrated into every day glass surfaces. It’s beautiful and I want to live in this version of the future, but I think the first YouTube commenter summed up a nagging feeling in the back of my mind best:
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Aside from the impossibly clean houses, cars and public spaces that Corning seems to envision, I am also curious about how we are powering more and more screens at bigger and bigger sizes. How are we producing all of this glass and where? And who has access to the technology aside from the conspicuously diverse group of under 40s actors who portrayed “the near future”.
They may always end up as fodder for Paleofuture, but these videos sure do encapsulate the nearly Utopian dreams of our modern society, don’t they?
If only all airports had renegade pop stars in them for when the delays hit. A little shot of sugary goodness to shore up faith in humanity while traveling could do the world a lot of good. Since we weren’t there, this video from Death + Taxes Amber shared with me will have to do the trick.
“Buying a car is not a rational experience, it is an emotional experience.” – Professor Wai Cheng, MIT
(Autoblog via Translogic)
