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Gethuman 500 Database
(18 September 2007) - The grey-haired among us can remember when customer service lines employed human operators on the frontlines rather than the sycophantic automated phone system that leads the customer through byzantine corridors toward dead-ends or endless loops. Negotiating these labyrinths and reaching a live human being in a call center in some far-off land is often the hardest part of the journey toward customer satisfaction. Whether...
(18 September 2007) - The grey-haired among us can remember when customer service lines employed human operators on the frontlines rather than the sycophantic automated phone system that leads the customer through byzantine corridors toward dead-ends or endless loops. Negotiating these labyrinths and reaching a live human being in a call center in some far-off land is often the hardest part of the journey toward customer satisfaction. Whether...
Drum Pants
(10 September 2007) - Wearing these pants turns you into a musician and instrument. Tyler Freeman, aka Odbal, inserted touch sensitive patches into the pants which allows wearers to tap out all sorts of beats on themselves. Hooked up to a computer and amp, the pants are capable of producing a multitude of sounds. Check out the video above to see them in action. More videos at Fresh...
(10 September 2007) - Wearing these pants turns you into a musician and instrument. Tyler Freeman, aka Odbal, inserted touch sensitive patches into the pants which allows wearers to tap out all sorts of beats on themselves. Hooked up to a computer and amp, the pants are capable of producing a multitude of sounds. Check out the video above to see them in action. More videos at Fresh...
Apple x Starbucks: Local Content and Services
(06 September 2007) - More exciting than the new iPods and less frustrating than the iPhone price reduction was the partnership Apple and Starbucks announced yesterday. Buying Starbucks brand music from my iPod / iPhone while waiting for a Cappuccino is nice, but what's inspiring is how the device becomes integrated with the experience in that moment—I want to know what song is playing in the shop so...
(06 September 2007) - More exciting than the new iPods and less frustrating than the iPhone price reduction was the partnership Apple and Starbucks announced yesterday. Buying Starbucks brand music from my iPod / iPhone while waiting for a Cappuccino is nice, but what's inspiring is how the device becomes integrated with the experience in that moment—I want to know what song is playing in the shop so...
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
(23 August 2007) - Chronicling the lives of real people who lived through the hurricane and its aftermath, Brooklyn comic artist Josh Neufeld has created New Orleans After the Deluge, an online webcomic that captures the human comedy and tragedy of one the most devastating natural disasters in our lifetime. "The characters are real, the dialog is taken from direct quotes, the depictions of the inside of their...
(23 August 2007) - Chronicling the lives of real people who lived through the hurricane and its aftermath, Brooklyn comic artist Josh Neufeld has created New Orleans After the Deluge, an online webcomic that captures the human comedy and tragedy of one the most devastating natural disasters in our lifetime. "The characters are real, the dialog is taken from direct quotes, the depictions of the inside of their...
mShopper
(23 August 2007) - Adding to the ever-expanding list of things you can do with your cell phone, a Boulder-based startup called mShopper recently debuted a mobile shopping platform that combines the visual and tactile pleasure of brick and mortar shopping with the efficiency and cost- effectiveness of online shopping. Using mShopper's free service, consumers can easily compare the price of an item they'd like to buy from...
(23 August 2007) - Adding to the ever-expanding list of things you can do with your cell phone, a Boulder-based startup called mShopper recently debuted a mobile shopping platform that combines the visual and tactile pleasure of brick and mortar shopping with the efficiency and cost- effectiveness of online shopping. Using mShopper's free service, consumers can easily compare the price of an item they'd like to buy from...
Bloomberg Makeover
(13 July 2007) - We all know that a well-designed interface can improve productivity, so Portfolio Magazine recently approached three top design firms—IDEO, thehappycorp, and Ziba Design—to re-design a fantasy interface that could replace the existing Bloomberg interface. Bloomberg's data terminals are used by traders all over the world to track financial information such as stocks and bonds in real-time. Even the Vatican uses the Bloomberg terminal, which...
(13 July 2007) - We all know that a well-designed interface can improve productivity, so Portfolio Magazine recently approached three top design firms—IDEO, thehappycorp, and Ziba Design—to re-design a fantasy interface that could replace the existing Bloomberg interface. Bloomberg's data terminals are used by traders all over the world to track financial information such as stocks and bonds in real-time. Even the Vatican uses the Bloomberg terminal, which...
Voiceprints by Pierre Proske
(03 May 2007) - Inspired by repeating visual units in Japanese textile design Voiceprints, created by Pierre Proske, uses specially-designed software to translate voice patterns into a design. More specifically, Proske loops and analyzes frequencies to create an algorithm that organizes visual elements into a representation of a person's voice. Like a synaesthetic version of DNA11 prints made using genetic material, each spiraling abstract voiceprint is uniquely characteristic...
(03 May 2007) - Inspired by repeating visual units in Japanese textile design Voiceprints, created by Pierre Proske, uses specially-designed software to translate voice patterns into a design. More specifically, Proske loops and analyzes frequencies to create an algorithm that organizes visual elements into a representation of a person's voice. Like a synaesthetic version of DNA11 prints made using genetic material, each spiraling abstract voiceprint is uniquely characteristic...
OrganisMuseum
(17 April 2007) - Getting closer to the experience of an actual museum, OrganisMuseum is the first online virtual art gallery in 3D. By using directional arrows and cursor you are able to "walk" around the museum's three stories to view photographic works. Clicking on the photos takes you directly in front of the image for a straight-on view where you can select different image qualities. The current...
(17 April 2007) - Getting closer to the experience of an actual museum, OrganisMuseum is the first online virtual art gallery in 3D. By using directional arrows and cursor you are able to "walk" around the museum's three stories to view photographic works. Clicking on the photos takes you directly in front of the image for a straight-on view where you can select different image qualities. The current...
The Sims: In the Hands of Artists
(10 April 2007) - The world's best-selling computer game, The Sims, is about to experience a new level of exploration with "In The Hands of Artists," an exhibition that will explore the interactive nature of the game. Featuring work from the Communication Design, Design and Technology and Illustration programs of the Parsons New School for Design, it will run at the Chelsea Art Museum in New York from...
(10 April 2007) - The world's best-selling computer game, The Sims, is about to experience a new level of exploration with "In The Hands of Artists," an exhibition that will explore the interactive nature of the game. Featuring work from the Communication Design, Design and Technology and Illustration programs of the Parsons New School for Design, it will run at the Chelsea Art Museum in New York from...
mi Innovation Center: Adidas Sport Performance Store in Paris
(08 March 2007) - Adidas' new mi Innovation Center, an interactive retail space in Paris designed by Hamburg's Mutabor Design, brings full customization to the masses. Located on the Champs-Élysées, the flagship store integrates a fully computerized experience into a matte black interior. With just a few steps walking and running on a catwalk-style scanner, foot and pressure sensors analyze shape, size and pressure points. Customers enter details...
(08 March 2007) - Adidas' new mi Innovation Center, an interactive retail space in Paris designed by Hamburg's Mutabor Design, brings full customization to the masses. Located on the Champs-Élysées, the flagship store integrates a fully computerized experience into a matte black interior. With just a few steps walking and running on a catwalk-style scanner, foot and pressure sensors analyze shape, size and pressure points. Customers enter details...
ITP Winter Show 2006
(14 December 2006) - With winter in New York comes a fresh crop of the tech-based creativity coming out of NYU's ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program). CH's looking forward to attending the ITP Winter Show 2006 to check out the wildly inventive projects like Kyung-Mi Kim's synaesthesia-based AV Brush, a device that interfaces with your body to help you relax by Sandra Villareal and Bio Manhattan, a group project...
(14 December 2006) - With winter in New York comes a fresh crop of the tech-based creativity coming out of NYU's ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program). CH's looking forward to attending the ITP Winter Show 2006 to check out the wildly inventive projects like Kyung-Mi Kim's synaesthesia-based AV Brush, a device that interfaces with your body to help you relax by Sandra Villareal and Bio Manhattan, a group project...
Telefonplan Tower
(31 October 2006) - Standing proudly in the Stockholm suburb of Midsommarkransen, the 10 story, 72 meter tall Telefonplan tower—built and used by Ericsson for many years—stood as the center of their corporate campus and served as a neighborhood landmark. Today the neighborhood has grown beyond Ericsson's presence, and local architect Milo Lavén, artist Erik Krikortz and interaction designer Loove Broms have transformed the tower to be a...
(31 October 2006) - Standing proudly in the Stockholm suburb of Midsommarkransen, the 10 story, 72 meter tall Telefonplan tower—built and used by Ericsson for many years—stood as the center of their corporate campus and served as a neighborhood landmark. Today the neighborhood has grown beyond Ericsson's presence, and local architect Milo Lavén, artist Erik Krikortz and interaction designer Loove Broms have transformed the tower to be a...
Sensitive Floor
(07 July 2006) - Much like Feed Tank's installation at adicolor Chinatown, Sensitive Floor is a floor projection that reacts to your movement. Walking, dancing or just jiggling around creates ripples in the projected image as seen here. Check out the video in the gallery on their site for a better understanding. It can be used with a variety of imagery and interactive responses. via Mooch ...
(07 July 2006) - Much like Feed Tank's installation at adicolor Chinatown, Sensitive Floor is a floor projection that reacts to your movement. Walking, dancing or just jiggling around creates ripples in the projected image as seen here. Check out the video in the gallery on their site for a better understanding. It can be used with a variety of imagery and interactive responses. via Mooch ...
ITP Spring Show 2006
(15 May 2006) - Each ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program) expo seems bigger, crazier, and more well-produced than the next. Last week's show was no exception with projects like the De-Painter, a machine that uses viewers' movements to generate paintings, and a Bluetooth person-tracking system called BlueWay. The digital readout pictured above left is Robert Seward's trippy Consciousness Field Resonator that takes the concept behind Princeton's Global Consciousness Project...
(15 May 2006) - Each ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program) expo seems bigger, crazier, and more well-produced than the next. Last week's show was no exception with projects like the De-Painter, a machine that uses viewers' movements to generate paintings, and a Bluetooth person-tracking system called BlueWay. The digital readout pictured above left is Robert Seward's trippy Consciousness Field Resonator that takes the concept behind Princeton's Global Consciousness Project...
Kelly Dobson's Blendie
(01 March 2006) - I know I wasn't the only kid humming along with the household appliances trying to find the right harmony to make my head vibrate. Right? Um, anyway, MIT Media Lab's Kelly Dobson must have because one avenue of her work takes that interaction and flips it around. Blendie is part of her series called Machine Therapy which was undoubtedly influenced by her childhood spent...
(01 March 2006) - I know I wasn't the only kid humming along with the household appliances trying to find the right harmony to make my head vibrate. Right? Um, anyway, MIT Media Lab's Kelly Dobson must have because one avenue of her work takes that interaction and flips it around. Blendie is part of her series called Machine Therapy which was undoubtedly influenced by her childhood spent...
Ecreamery Custom Made Ice Cream
(13 January 2006) - If your local market doesn't satisfy your ice cream cravings, check out Ecreamery, where you can create your own ice cream from 3 base mixes (gelato, classic and super premium), 99 flavors, and 99 mix-ins/toppings. Then you get to name your creation. This luxury does not come cheap: 4 pints (the smallest order) with a single flavor and a single mix-in will set you...
(13 January 2006) - If your local market doesn't satisfy your ice cream cravings, check out Ecreamery, where you can create your own ice cream from 3 base mixes (gelato, classic and super premium), 99 flavors, and 99 mix-ins/toppings. Then you get to name your creation. This luxury does not come cheap: 4 pints (the smallest order) with a single flavor and a single mix-in will set you...
ITP Winter Show
(08 December 2005) - Mark your calendars because next Sunday and Monday is the Interactive Telecommunications Program Winter Show. The student work presented will include interactive art and sound, assistive technology, wireless devices and physical installations. ITP is a fantastic program that pushes the boundaries of technology mediated interactive experiences. It's also near and dear because some of us here at CH (myself included) graduated from there or...
(08 December 2005) - Mark your calendars because next Sunday and Monday is the Interactive Telecommunications Program Winter Show. The student work presented will include interactive art and sound, assistive technology, wireless devices and physical installations. ITP is a fantastic program that pushes the boundaries of technology mediated interactive experiences. It's also near and dear because some of us here at CH (myself included) graduated from there or...
Scott Snibbe DVD
(08 November 2005) - Second to actually experiencing Snibbe's interactive installations is watching his recent DVD anthology that has several examples of how people react to the work. Expressions of delight and wonder are common as onlookers discover the playful conceits that drive the pieces, like in Blow Up, small transmitter fans that "amplify" viewers' breath to a wall of large fans that creates a wind field pattern....
(08 November 2005) - Second to actually experiencing Snibbe's interactive installations is watching his recent DVD anthology that has several examples of how people react to the work. Expressions of delight and wonder are common as onlookers discover the playful conceits that drive the pieces, like in Blow Up, small transmitter fans that "amplify" viewers' breath to a wall of large fans that creates a wind field pattern....
Peyton's Podcast
(21 October 2005) - Our friend Svenja noticed in this week's episode of the WB's 'One Tree Hill' that Peyton, one of the main characters, recorded her thoughts on a podcast. In the show's credits, after the usual 'songs you heard in this episode' promotion, viewers were invited to link to iTunes. There, as this week's feature, you can subscribe to a season of Peyton's teen angst. We'll...
(21 October 2005) - Our friend Svenja noticed in this week's episode of the WB's 'One Tree Hill' that Peyton, one of the main characters, recorded her thoughts on a podcast. In the show's credits, after the usual 'songs you heard in this episode' promotion, viewers were invited to link to iTunes. There, as this week's feature, you can subscribe to a season of Peyton's teen angst. We'll...
Scott Snibbe at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
(17 October 2005) - For over a decade, San Francisco-based artist Scott Snibbe has been designing his own software to make interactive video projections that cause passersby to linger and play with his creations, mesmerized by the unique experience of technology's ability to respond to human movement. Much of his work alludes to the interplay of light and shadow and his latest show, titled "Central Mosaic," premiering this...
(17 October 2005) - For over a decade, San Francisco-based artist Scott Snibbe has been designing his own software to make interactive video projections that cause passersby to linger and play with his creations, mesmerized by the unique experience of technology's ability to respond to human movement. Much of his work alludes to the interplay of light and shadow and his latest show, titled "Central Mosaic," premiering this...
Reader Contribution Week
(22 August 2005) - We have a guest contributor this week, and it's you. Starting today through Friday, we'll post a daily pick from the del.icio.us sidebar to the right. So, create an account if you haven't already, add sites, share with the world. It's your chance for your Cool Hunting 15 minutes. In case you forgot how, here are the original instructions....
(22 August 2005) - We have a guest contributor this week, and it's you. Starting today through Friday, we'll post a daily pick from the del.icio.us sidebar to the right. So, create an account if you haven't already, add sites, share with the world. It's your chance for your Cool Hunting 15 minutes. In case you forgot how, here are the original instructions....
Colour Lovers
(19 August 2005) - Colour Lovers is exactly that, a community of creatives dedicated to color. Users create profiles and then submit colors and palettes for each-other to review. It may sound overly simplistic, but it's surprisingly habit forming. Especially when needing a little diversion while in a design-stall. ...
(19 August 2005) - Colour Lovers is exactly that, a community of creatives dedicated to color. Users create profiles and then submit colors and palettes for each-other to review. It may sound overly simplistic, but it's surprisingly habit forming. Especially when needing a little diversion while in a design-stall. ...
Reader Contributions
(17 August 2005) - Have a site you want to share with the community of Cool Hunting readers? Utilizing del.icio.us we now have a way for you to do it quickly and easily. Here's how it works: 1- Create an account at del.icio.us. 2- Add the bookmarklets to your browser. 3- Bookmark a site and be sure to use the 'extended' field for a brief description of the...
(17 August 2005) - Have a site you want to share with the community of Cool Hunting readers? Utilizing del.icio.us we now have a way for you to do it quickly and easily. Here's how it works: 1- Create an account at del.icio.us. 2- Add the bookmarklets to your browser. 3- Bookmark a site and be sure to use the 'extended' field for a brief description of the...
PostSecret
(14 July 2005) - Frank Warren initially started this as an interactive art piece. PostSecret is a blog in which people anonymously submit their secrets on handmade 4 x 6 inch postcards via snail mail. Although some of the submissions are very humorous, others are very sad and some politically incorrect. Not only does the work evoke strong sentiments or even memories from the audience, but it also...
(14 July 2005) - Frank Warren initially started this as an interactive art piece. PostSecret is a blog in which people anonymously submit their secrets on handmade 4 x 6 inch postcards via snail mail. Although some of the submissions are very humorous, others are very sad and some politically incorrect. Not only does the work evoke strong sentiments or even memories from the audience, but it also...
Post-It Note Mosaic
(29 June 2005) - Never pay for sex, drugs, or office supplies, especially when you can put them to noble causes like Mental Hygiene's Post-it masterpiece. Assembled over a weekend in the artist's office, the wall art can be recreated or you could come up with your own effigy using the thorough instructions posted on the site. ...
(29 June 2005) - Never pay for sex, drugs, or office supplies, especially when you can put them to noble causes like Mental Hygiene's Post-it masterpiece. Assembled over a weekend in the artist's office, the wall art can be recreated or you could come up with your own effigy using the thorough instructions posted on the site. ...
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