Cool Hunting
| 11 December 2007view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
Moody for iTunes
by Tim Yu
One-upping most other iTunes enhancers, Moody does a better job of creating playlists by basing them on mood. A Crayon Room creation, it's a more accurate way to predict what you want to hear across all types of music and creates a streamlined, consistent shuffle.
Using a clever, color-coded tagging system, Moody filters songs according to your mood input. You can even customize your color and choose rollover text for each tag to use Moody in your own way. A novel way to organize your iTunes files, what we like best is that Moody leaves it up to type As to interpret and organize songs based on how they personally digest them. If you think a slow song in a minor key is the happiest thing in the world, then so be it.
Watch a tour and download a free version of Moody at the Crayon Room.
Also on Cool Hunting: The Filter and iConcertCal.
Duelity
by Seth Brau
Created by Vancouver Film School students Marcos “Boca” Ceravolo and Ryan Ulrich, Duelity is a pair of short animations that describe the beginning of time from a creationist and evolutionist perspective. An ironic take on the subject, Duelity tells the creationist's version of the beginning of the universe using the language of science and presents the scientific cosmology of evolutionists using Biblical lingo.
Beautifully designed and illustrated with a very clean, tight animation style, the shorts can be watched separately or side-by-side simultaneously. The look and imagery of each piece coincides perfectly with the scientific or religious wording. It's a paradoxical experiment that shows just how much the language we use can influence the way we present and receive ideas. Watch and download the piece here.
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Marcus Tremonto: Lightworks
by Josh Rubin
Working with light and illusion, NYC-based artist Marcus Tremonto further blurs that permeable line between art and design with his current exhibition, Lightworks, at Philips de Pury. The result of three years of work, the show of 16 sculptural forms, tables and lamps draws on both Tremento's "Fantasma" (ghost in Italian) and "Stitch" series which use electroluminescent material to evoke everything from traditional chandeliers to abstract objects. The trick lies in the Perspex, a reflective material that creates the effect of a whole object when in fact only half actually exists.
As dazzling as they are, Tremento's visual vocabulary—lamps, orbs, spirals—plays on familiar modern forms, suggesting, as he puts it, "perhaps mystery and comfort are aligned."
Lightworks
Through 29 December 2007
Philips de Pury & Company
450 West 15 Street
New York NY 10011
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tel. +1 212 940 1200
Piano Keys Necklace
by Ami Kealoha
Browsing through the new Norwegian online store Hunting Lodge, we came across this Piano Keys Necklace by the illustrious British label Tatty Devine. Pop, surreal and referencing the classic '80s piano key tie, what's not to love about it? While we admittedly have a penchant for such statement-making neck pieces, usually wearing it is another story. In this case we think it would be a fun part of your holiday party assemblage.
The necklace is 465 NOK (about $85) from Hunting Lodge.
Vital Vinyl Toilet Graphics
by Ami Kealoha
Toilets say a lot about the people who use them. Vital, a vendor on the DIY product website Etsy, has created decals specifically to be used on porcelain thrones. Now you can dress up your bowl with something a bit more stylish than a fuzzy lid cover. Stickers start at $10 from Vital's Etsy Store.
