August 2008
lenticular maps. finally! →
Displays three layers of info: streets, neighbourhoods, and transit.
For now, only available for New York and Chicago.
best maps ever.
BMD Love Blog →
Just thought I’d start the long weekend with a burst of circular self-referential logic… weird.
“Barack Obama’s speech by numbers
Breaking down the presidential...”
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/29/uselections2008.democrats20084
30 inspiring Flickr groups on typography →
cake wrecks ... the best blog on the internet? →
The cake that started it all…
hillmancurtis :: film and video :: 347 756 5049 →
For anyone who has yet to see this Hillmancurtis artist series: take a break and watch.
Yonge & Dundas intersection switches to "scramble"... →
Toronto police have released a press release announcing that yonge and dundas square will initiate the “pedestrian priority” plan tomorrow. pretty excited! great video to get you excited too.
DNCC Video Experience →
Install the two plugins and then watch Live Streaming HD Video from the DNC
Eyes Have it for Modern Songwriters →
These guys think they’re on to something, butt eye must disagree.
perspctv →
A really nice aggregation of the media’s (including Twitter!) coverage of Obama and McCain.
“After the launch of an American drilling program to reach the boundary, the...”
– How the Soviets Drilled the Deepest Hole in the World
Good Design Expo 2008 - Tokyo, Japan →
Intel Cuts Electric Cords with Wireless Power... →
trampoline gymnasts simulating typical video... →
my favorite is the spinning colour wheel of death…
“Stanford University and the Hasso-Plattner-Institute on Tuesday announced a $16...”
– Stanford, German institute in research alliance
“Hang on. Isn’t design always about making an impact? Not according to the...”
– The rise and rise of ‘anti-design’ - A critique of the current sustainable design movement… can’t say I entirely agree, but an interesting point of view nonetheless.
“I’m not interested in living in a fantasy world, all my work is still meant to...”
– Lebbeus Woods
Beijing Olympics Stadium: about 30 min. before... →
Bird’s Nest 360
Art Center College of Design →
This is one of my favorite “small projects” that we’ve ever done.
“A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still...”
– Jerry Seinfeld
Olympic Medal Count Map - 2008 Beijing Olympics -... →
WatchGo Bruce!
The IBM glass engine →
The IBM Glass Engine enables deep navigation of the music of Philip Glass. Personal interests, associations, and impulses guide the listener through an expanding selection of over sixty Glass works.
The Food Industry Cleans Up Its Act - Good Enough... →
Jeff Seabright (One of our Partners at Coke) talks about Coke’s real action on sustainability.
Cinematic Orchestra
Just put two Cinematic Orchestra albums on my iTunes for sharing:
1) Ma Fleur (With that song from the water balloon Schweppes ad)
2) Live at the Royal Albert Hall
so good…
Fleshmap: Studies of Desire →
The Point (as in, tipping) →
neat way of starting something big
Geostationary Banana over Texas project →
if only….
Britain from Above from the BBC will blow your... →
Just started watching this series tonight… did you know that Britian has to pipe in additional power from France at the exact moment that the credits role on “Eastenders” to make up for the spike in electricity demand from millions of kettles being put on? whatever!
don’t bother going to the show’s website, all the content won’t play in canada. just like...
Toronto's recent bike thefts make the NYTimes... →
