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Green Science Kits by 4M
(03 March 2009) - Made by 4M Industrial Development, Green Science Kits are part of the company's Kidz Labs series and are simple and inexpensive means of illustrating sustainable energy and environmental science. The kits, which range from water filtration to the classic potato clock, have a practical DIY feel that's reflected in their cost. Nearly all are available from Amazon for under $18. The Windmill Generator (right)...
(03 March 2009) - Made by 4M Industrial Development, Green Science Kits are part of the company's Kidz Labs series and are simple and inexpensive means of illustrating sustainable energy and environmental science. The kits, which range from water filtration to the classic potato clock, have a practical DIY feel that's reflected in their cost. Nearly all are available from Amazon for under $18. The Windmill Generator (right)...
Tiny Love Toys
(23 February 2009) - We keep upping the ante on gadgets and toys, taking them to smarter levels and adding more bells and whistles, but baby toys seem to remain somewhat the same. Tiny Love is changing that though, by enhancing design classics like the mobile and play mat with imaginative and constructive concepts that engage and challenge a baby during their critical first year. For instance, the stroller...
(23 February 2009) - We keep upping the ante on gadgets and toys, taking them to smarter levels and adding more bells and whistles, but baby toys seem to remain somewhat the same. Tiny Love is changing that though, by enhancing design classics like the mobile and play mat with imaginative and constructive concepts that engage and challenge a baby during their critical first year. For instance, the stroller...
STAR WARS: The Force Trainer
(16 February 2009) - The Force Trainer is the most compelling in a new line of STAR WARS Science toys by the well known educational toy company Uncle Milton. To use The Force Trainer (recommended for ages 8+) you put on a headset that features dry EEG sensors and technology developed by NeuroSky; the sensors read your brainwaves, and the brainwaves are then translated to the fan in...
(16 February 2009) - The Force Trainer is the most compelling in a new line of STAR WARS Science toys by the well known educational toy company Uncle Milton. To use The Force Trainer (recommended for ages 8+) you put on a headset that features dry EEG sensors and technology developed by NeuroSky; the sensors read your brainwaves, and the brainwaves are then translated to the fan in...
Tony Duvert: Un Anneau D’argent á L’oreille and Abécédaire Malveillant
(09 February 2009) - The late French writer Tony Duvert is probably best known for When Jonathan Died (Quand Mourut Jonathan), the tale of a mutually destructive sexual relationship between a middle aged artist and a young boy. Recently two of Duvert's more recent works have been republished by A.P.C. now that interest in the obscure writer has been rekindled since his death. These later works are Un...
(09 February 2009) - The late French writer Tony Duvert is probably best known for When Jonathan Died (Quand Mourut Jonathan), the tale of a mutually destructive sexual relationship between a middle aged artist and a young boy. Recently two of Duvert's more recent works have been republished by A.P.C. now that interest in the obscure writer has been rekindled since his death. These later works are Un...
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center Opens Its Doors
(28 October 2008) - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center recently opened its new innovative 220,000-square-foot laboratory at its campus in Troy, NY. Designed by British architecture firm, Grimshaw, the building is home to a 1,200-seat concert hall, a 400-seat theater with a full fly tower, an audio and video production suite, artists-in-residence studios and a dance studio. Equally as amazing is the architecture itself,...
(28 October 2008) - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center recently opened its new innovative 220,000-square-foot laboratory at its campus in Troy, NY. Designed by British architecture firm, Grimshaw, the building is home to a 1,200-seat concert hall, a 400-seat theater with a full fly tower, an audio and video production suite, artists-in-residence studios and a dance studio. Equally as amazing is the architecture itself,...
Bananagrams
(21 April 2008) - Bananagrams is a multiplayer anagram word game that uses tiles with letters. Each player constructs their own freeform group of words at the same time, drawing or exchanging tiles as needed until someone has used all of their tiles. That person wins the round, which can take as little as five minutes to play. The Nathanson family loves word games, and came up with...
(21 April 2008) - Bananagrams is a multiplayer anagram word game that uses tiles with letters. Each player constructs their own freeform group of words at the same time, drawing or exchanging tiles as needed until someone has used all of their tiles. That person wins the round, which can take as little as five minutes to play. The Nathanson family loves word games, and came up with...
CreateAskate
(04 October 2007) - "Five million in five years." That's CreateAskate founder Paul Schmitt's goal for his DIY skateboard building program aimed at students. The skateboard industry veteran, who built a rep from his '80s board company Schmitt Stix, launched the offshoot non-profit CreateASkate program few years ago, educating students in principles of math, art and—perhaps the most important of them all—hard work. Aspiring young skateboarders benefit from...
(04 October 2007) - "Five million in five years." That's CreateAskate founder Paul Schmitt's goal for his DIY skateboard building program aimed at students. The skateboard industry veteran, who built a rep from his '80s board company Schmitt Stix, launched the offshoot non-profit CreateASkate program few years ago, educating students in principles of math, art and—perhaps the most important of them all—hard work. Aspiring young skateboarders benefit from...
Cool Hunting Video Presents: The Crucible
(28 September 2007) - From their recent pyrotechnic adaption of The Odyssey to a class on caboose restoration, Oakland, CA's The Crucible is an art school like no other. This episode is an inside look at the eight-year old institution, hosted by founder and executive director Michael Sturtz, who weighs in on the role of fire metaphorically and literally. We catch auditions for the fire opera, watch students...
(28 September 2007) - From their recent pyrotechnic adaption of The Odyssey to a class on caboose restoration, Oakland, CA's The Crucible is an art school like no other. This episode is an inside look at the eight-year old institution, hosted by founder and executive director Michael Sturtz, who weighs in on the role of fire metaphorically and literally. We catch auditions for the fire opera, watch students...
Superfund 365
(12 September 2007) - Superfund365 is an innovative website that will, over the course of one year, profile 365 differrent man-made toxic catastrophes by featuring one superfund site per day. From Manhattan to Oahu there are many locales that are listed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and run the gamut from former military installations to factories that leached such niceties as radioactive materials or PCBs into groundwater....
(12 September 2007) - Superfund365 is an innovative website that will, over the course of one year, profile 365 differrent man-made toxic catastrophes by featuring one superfund site per day. From Manhattan to Oahu there are many locales that are listed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and run the gamut from former military installations to factories that leached such niceties as radioactive materials or PCBs into groundwater....
Core77's Hack-2-School Guide
(05 September 2007) - Core77's outdone themselves again with their online Hack-2-School guide for design students. Divided into five categories, it's full of need-to-know information tailored to the unique needs and challenges facing students who are likely going to be spending a lot more time with Photoshop than they are with Freud. Advice includes a lot of original content as well as links to other sites, ranging from...
(05 September 2007) - Core77's outdone themselves again with their online Hack-2-School guide for design students. Divided into five categories, it's full of need-to-know information tailored to the unique needs and challenges facing students who are likely going to be spending a lot more time with Photoshop than they are with Freud. Advice includes a lot of original content as well as links to other sites, ranging from...
Powers of Ten
(01 March 2007) - Not just a nostalgic reminder of grade school days, Charles and Ray Eames' 1977 film Powers of Ten is at this point—having inspired Will Wright's new video game "Spore" and a memorable TV spot for lotion, among other things—a seminal film. I was happy to discover it, randomly enough, on Band of Outsiders and couldn't help lamenting how rare such a simply clever concept...
(01 March 2007) - Not just a nostalgic reminder of grade school days, Charles and Ray Eames' 1977 film Powers of Ten is at this point—having inspired Will Wright's new video game "Spore" and a memorable TV spot for lotion, among other things—a seminal film. I was happy to discover it, randomly enough, on Band of Outsiders and couldn't help lamenting how rare such a simply clever concept...
The Light Pick
(21 June 2006) - The Light Pick is a new pick from Santa Cruz Light Wells, a company that aspires to provide innovative products to musicians and music educators. Their first product is a combination pick (left or right handed) and metronome. The pick can be set for 20-240 beats per second; the small leds light it up to the beat. It can also be set to flash...
(21 June 2006) - The Light Pick is a new pick from Santa Cruz Light Wells, a company that aspires to provide innovative products to musicians and music educators. Their first product is a combination pick (left or right handed) and metronome. The pick can be set for 20-240 beats per second; the small leds light it up to the beat. It can also be set to flash...
Mobile Game Mosh
(20 March 2006) - The second annual 24 hour game design jam took place at Parsons last weekend. Following the structure of last year's Mobile Game Mosh, focuses on mobile games for cell phones. Teams were comprised of students, both undergraduate and graduate, from around the New York area. Given a time frame of 24 hours, the teams could produce as many single or multiplayer mobile games as...
(20 March 2006) - The second annual 24 hour game design jam took place at Parsons last weekend. Following the structure of last year's Mobile Game Mosh, focuses on mobile games for cell phones. Teams were comprised of students, both undergraduate and graduate, from around the New York area. Given a time frame of 24 hours, the teams could produce as many single or multiplayer mobile games as...
Centro
(12 July 2005) - Since the global success of such breakout hits as Amores Perros and Y Tu Mamá También, Mexican art and design has been getting more attention from its neighbors to the North. Centro, a recently opened school that teaches design, cinema, television, new media, and visual communication, and features syllabi designed by Pasadena's renowned ArtCenter College of Design, is institutional proof positive of the trend....
(12 July 2005) - Since the global success of such breakout hits as Amores Perros and Y Tu Mamá También, Mexican art and design has been getting more attention from its neighbors to the North. Centro, a recently opened school that teaches design, cinema, television, new media, and visual communication, and features syllabi designed by Pasadena's renowned ArtCenter College of Design, is institutional proof positive of the trend....
DT Saved My Soul 2005 Thesis Exhibition
(27 May 2005) - This past Wednesday was the opening for the Design & Technology Thesis Exhibition at the Parsons School of Design in New York City. The exhibit featured amazing thesis projects from both the MFA and BFA students in the department. It provides a chance to check out work and artists that have been mentioned elsewhere, such as Lina Fenequito’s Swap-O-Matic and fi5e’s Graffiti Analysis. However...
(27 May 2005) - This past Wednesday was the opening for the Design & Technology Thesis Exhibition at the Parsons School of Design in New York City. The exhibit featured amazing thesis projects from both the MFA and BFA students in the department. It provides a chance to check out work and artists that have been mentioned elsewhere, such as Lina Fenequito’s Swap-O-Matic and fi5e’s Graffiti Analysis. However...
Cellphedia
(03 May 2005) - It's thesis week over at ITP and the second year students are propping their all-nighter-red-eyes open to present the culmination of their graduate adventures in interactive technology. Following last year's well publicized mobile social software thesis, Dodgeball, there are several new explorations of how the mobile phone can facilitate communication in unconventional ways. Limor Garcia's Cellphedia takes an sensible angle by limiting communication to...
(03 May 2005) - It's thesis week over at ITP and the second year students are propping their all-nighter-red-eyes open to present the culmination of their graduate adventures in interactive technology. Following last year's well publicized mobile social software thesis, Dodgeball, there are several new explorations of how the mobile phone can facilitate communication in unconventional ways. Limor Garcia's Cellphedia takes an sensible angle by limiting communication to...
Creative Reuse
(22 April 2005) - Eric Quebral deconstructed and reconstructed this Air Max 90 box to explore the vague concept of sneaker as landscape for a recent school project. His topographical model is of a proposed running terrain. Being Earth Day today, I thought this creative reuse would be a perfect thing to share. ...
(22 April 2005) - Eric Quebral deconstructed and reconstructed this Air Max 90 box to explore the vague concept of sneaker as landscape for a recent school project. His topographical model is of a proposed running terrain. Being Earth Day today, I thought this creative reuse would be a perfect thing to share. ...
Retro Redux: A 24 Hour Game Design Jam
(06 April 2005) - Retro Redux, which is a 24 hour game design jam that took place at Parsons School of Design and was sponsored by Atari. Teams from different schools in the area competed to make as many games as they wanted within the alloted time frame in the style of the Atari 2600 and 7800. Awards were given for Best Sound, Best Visuals, Most Innovative, and,...
(06 April 2005) - Retro Redux, which is a 24 hour game design jam that took place at Parsons School of Design and was sponsored by Atari. Teams from different schools in the area competed to make as many games as they wanted within the alloted time frame in the style of the Atari 2600 and 7800. Awards were given for Best Sound, Best Visuals, Most Innovative, and,...
Metamorphosis Show
(01 March 2005) - Last week was the opening of the Metamorphosis Illustration show at Parsons School of Design for both MFA and BFA graduates. The show ends this Friday, so if you're looking for fresh illustration meat I'd suggest you head on over there before the week is out. The show is in two galleries here in NYC-- 2 W. 13th St. and 66th 5th Ave. Shown...
(01 March 2005) - Last week was the opening of the Metamorphosis Illustration show at Parsons School of Design for both MFA and BFA graduates. The show ends this Friday, so if you're looking for fresh illustration meat I'd suggest you head on over there before the week is out. The show is in two galleries here in NYC-- 2 W. 13th St. and 66th 5th Ave. Shown...
Studio 804
(14 February 2005) - Studio 804 is a design and building program offered at the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Design. They're focused on what they call community based architecture. Essentially the students are designing and building low income and affordable housing, while challenging the status quo of architecture. They build every aspect of the house minus electric, plumbing, heating and air. All design and...
(14 February 2005) - Studio 804 is a design and building program offered at the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Design. They're focused on what they call community based architecture. Essentially the students are designing and building low income and affordable housing, while challenging the status quo of architecture. They build every aspect of the house minus electric, plumbing, heating and air. All design and...
Brendan Monroe
(27 January 2005) - Brendan Monroe graduated from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena with honors. Check out his work and it's not hard to see why. I give him my stamp of approval for a ridiculously incredible body of work. From illustration to sculpture it's clear he has let nothing stand in the way of his imagination. Everything I can find on his site, I really...
(27 January 2005) - Brendan Monroe graduated from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena with honors. Check out his work and it's not hard to see why. I give him my stamp of approval for a ridiculously incredible body of work. From illustration to sculpture it's clear he has let nothing stand in the way of his imagination. Everything I can find on his site, I really...
Hough Waves
(08 November 2004) - Andreas Schjønhaug and Kristoffer Stenersen are Master of Science students at NTNU in Trondhelm, Norway who apply science to the making of art. Based on an algorithm created by Paul Hough in 1962, their Hough Waves are photographic prints that elegantly express symmetry and structure. Prints are available for order on their site in a variety of sizes as a single image or broken...
(08 November 2004) - Andreas Schjønhaug and Kristoffer Stenersen are Master of Science students at NTNU in Trondhelm, Norway who apply science to the making of art. Based on an algorithm created by Paul Hough in 1962, their Hough Waves are photographic prints that elegantly express symmetry and structure. Prints are available for order on their site in a variety of sizes as a single image or broken...
Mass Distraction
(17 June 2004) - Mass Distraction is a thesis project from the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea. Agnelli Davide and Drori Tal designed 3 jackets that challenge the experience of balancing your attention between the friend right next to you and the person calling your mobile phone. We all know how rude some people can get when the cell phone rings-- all of a sudden, mid sentence even, their...
(17 June 2004) - Mass Distraction is a thesis project from the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea. Agnelli Davide and Drori Tal designed 3 jackets that challenge the experience of balancing your attention between the friend right next to you and the person calling your mobile phone. We all know how rude some people can get when the cell phone rings-- all of a sudden, mid sentence even, their...
ZipDecode
(24 January 2004) - Ben Fry is a doctoral candidate at the MIT Media Lab. His research focuses on methods of visualizing large amounts of data from dynamic information sources. ZipDecode is a very simple visualization of how US zip codes are mapped. Every zip code is represented by a dot; as you press the number keys that correspond to a zip code, the dots from that area...
(24 January 2004) - Ben Fry is a doctoral candidate at the MIT Media Lab. His research focuses on methods of visualizing large amounts of data from dynamic information sources. ZipDecode is a very simple visualization of how US zip codes are mapped. Every zip code is represented by a dot; as you press the number keys that correspond to a zip code, the dots from that area...
Fashionable Technology
(12 February 2003) - My friend Sabine teaches a super cool class at Parson's that's all about Fashion and Technology. Last semesters course work had some great snowboarding concepts. Let's see what they come up with this Spring....
(12 February 2003) - My friend Sabine teaches a super cool class at Parson's that's all about Fashion and Technology. Last semesters course work had some great snowboarding concepts. Let's see what they come up with this Spring....
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