[Maeda Studio] Until February 1, 2005, we are selling 100* large-format, unframed lithographs (728mm x 1030mm) to support relief efforts in Asia. All proceeds will go to Oxfam. I had already given to Oxfam 2 weeks ago, but this was an opportunity that I couldn’t miss. I just bought 4 of those. Hurry up while [...]
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Moooi Card Case
Seen on Cool Hunting last week is the Jimi, a plastic card case that is a little unconventional in its function and looks for people who don’t like traditional wallets. The website is kinda overdone too but it was nice to see such an insignificant object get some functional attention. For my part, I bought [...]
Posted by admin on December 19, 2004
http://blog.aka.me/moooi-card-case/
3D Muscle – Stereo-moblogging
Last week I went to the SFC Open Research Forum 2004, held on the 40th floor of Roppongi Hills; an event that serves as a window to most projects under developement at the Shonan Fujisawa Campus of Keio University in Tokyo. On the event’s website, the lists of sessions, poster sessions and exhibitions are impressive [...]
Posted by pbaron on December 1, 2004
http://blog.aka.me/3d-muscle-stereo-moblogging/
Urban geometrics poetry
[Pallalink] The perspective of “daily scenery”, which is corrected by the grid, has been transferred into another dimension by some simple geometric manipulations, such as repetition for axis, rotation for center etc. Images, which are generated by those manipulations, contain a metaphor that is hidden description for various events; the spectrum of the lost boundary [...]
Posted by admin on August 2, 2004
http://blog.aka.me/urban-geometrics-poetry/
SOFT_Bone1 MIT car
[MIT Car] This project comprises the design and build of a concept car which re-invents the car as a designed object, and redefines the user’s relationship to the car and to the city. To take the design process “out of the box,” the prototype will be designed from a new perspective: that of architecture. The [...]
Posted by admin on July 26, 2004
http://blog.aka.me/soft_bone1-mit-car/
Tiny Tokyo
[cityofsound] In last month’s Wallpaper* magazine (“Size matters” cover), a typically luscious photospread juxtaposed a series of groovy objects on to some wonderfully detailed and massive models of New York, Tokyo, and Shanghai. Checking the resources section at the back of the mag, turns out the models are from the Mori Urban Institute for the [...]
Posted by admin on June 17, 2004
http://blog.aka.me/tiny-tokyo/
Design on the clock
[37signals] The Seattle Post-Intelligencer launched an innovative home page redesign today. The layout changes based on the time of day. Check out the comments on the post for more links to other similar designs. Yes, it can be a little gimmicky but it has potential and I have the feeling that we’re gonna see more [...]
Posted by admin on January 27, 2004
http://blog.aka.me/design-on-the-clock/
Transport for London Real-time Map
After 4 years spent in London, I know some of the best things the city has to offer, as well as some of the worst. The London Underground fits in the latter. “Transport for London Real-time Map” shows you the line conditions on the subway network, in real time and they even provide a RSS [...]
Posted by pbaron on December 23, 2003
http://blog.aka.me/transport-for-london-real-time-map/
Gallery’s new logo?
My contribution to the contest to find the new Gallery logo is now online! What do you think? Do i stand a chance? Update= I wasn’t chosen, go judge for yourself if they did the right choice.
Posted by admin on November 11, 2003
http://blog.aka.me/gallerys-new-logo/