Cool Hunting
| 08 July 2008view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
Sony TG3E HD Video Camera
by Max Gold
Sony's new titanium HD cam is the epitome of consumer-friendly. Besides the fact that it's the size of a stuffed wallet (it's the smallest HD camera in the world), it includes a button labeled "easy," making great HD video attainable for anyone. The button allows the shooter to simply point and shoot without any concern for settings.
While a great feature for most, utilizing the manual settings can result in even higher quality video—though as with any HD Camcorder that can take some practice (or four years of film school). The TG3E manages to pack in the user-friendliness of a digital camera (in fact it takes killer photos) and record in full 1080i HD, so there's not much to complain about.
If you want quick and easy, great quality video this camera does the job. Note that it is an extremely simple design, so there aren't many adjustment capabilities if you're into tweaking video yourself, but if you want the easy road to HD in your pocket this is the camera for you.
The model number in the U.S. is the HDR-TG1, and it's available from Sony US or from Amazon. In the UK you can find the TG3E at Sony UK. Check Sony for other countries.
F3 Design: Guywire Jewelry Collection
by Brian Fichtner
F3 Design's Guywire collection proves that most any material can be manipulated in the service of creative expression. Combining industrial stainless steel wire of varying thicknesses and copper sleeves, the design studio makes unisex jewelry befitting both boutique and hardware store alike. Currently the collection consists of a series of bracelets and earrings (pictured), though there's clearly opportunity to expand into necklaces, rings and other forms of body jewelry
Based out of Christchurch, New Zealand, F3 Design is an unusual enterprise in today's age of family dispersion, comprised as it is of the nuclear family, the Wright-Stows. Mother and father, Angela and Stuart, have operated a gallery in Christchurch for years, nurturing young, emerging talent. Their son, Pippin, works in architecture and design, while their daughter Ella, studied sculpture and lives in Melbourne. It's not every day you find a family working together towards a common artistic goal, which makes F3 Design all the more appealing.
Guywires can be purchased through the New Zealand design store endemicworld.com
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BMW Kinetic Sculpture
by Doug Black
One particularly stunning highlight from the 125 exhibits packed into the newly-renovated BMW Welt in Munich is a mechatronic installation by ART+COM, the Berlin-based interactive media company. The project uses 714 metal balls that are individually suspended one barely visible strings, creating an seemingly weightless, amorphous mass. Each ball lowers and retracts independently, which allows them to approximate almost any form.
The installation moves through a cycle of classic and contemporary BMW car shapes from throughout the company's 90-year history. In between cars, it goes through some impressive routines, showing the creation's versatility. Take a look at one visitor's video below.
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Curse of the Multiples Posters
by Mike Giles
Who doesn't like a well-designed super-affordable poster in these times of economic crisis? Lucky for us, Montreal based designer Evan Melnyk recently quit working for "the man" and decided to go it alone as a freelance graphic designer under the moniker "Curse of the Multiples."
In addition to designing for select private clients, he's also decided to put his money where his mouth is with his first series of graphic posters titled "Oh curses," which are available now at his webshop for the affordable price of $20. They're all limited editions so don't expect them to be available for too long.
David Ryan
by Jonah Samson
I first fell for David Ryan's work after seeing a couple of small pieces in Mark Moore's booth at Scope New York last year. Now Ryan is back with a solo show in his signature style at Mark Moore Gallery in Santa Monica. (Click images for detail.)
Ryan creates his very sculptural paintings by intricately stacking together brightly-painted pieces of MDF (medium-density fibreboard). I love the way his interlocking shapes lay on different planes, creating pieces that seem to flow in and out of one another in organic forms. It's easy to allow the slick, design-conscious aesthetic of his work to act as a frivolous distraction from the complexity of each piece. Look closer, and the way the different layers and colors play with shape and shadow force us to spatially interact with the pieces and distort the boundaries between organic and machine, art and design.
David Ryan
Through 15 August 2008
Mark Moore Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue A-1
Santa Monica, CA 90404 map
tel. +1 310 453 3031
