Month: December 2013

  • good effort on the cute, but the “play” or interaction component is stilted and ungratifying. It is pay to play, with built-in mechanics for DLC/in-app purchases, which are so foregrounded as to take the place of play. I’ve given it a week. I don’t think I will give it much longer. fastcodesign: The Cutest iPhone…

  • jstephenlee: Just uploaded a new pattern I made with Processing and the HYPE Framework on Society6. 

  • christianmccrea: So weird when people tell you they like your tumblr. Cool, thanks, I excel in both scrolling and clicking. 

  • Artists struggle to survive in age of the blockbuster

    Artists struggle to survive in age of the blockbuster azspot: In the artistic economy, the Internet has not lived up to its hype. For years, the cybergurus liked to tell us about the “long tail” – the rise of niches, “unlimited variety for unique tastes” – that would give equal opportunities to tiny indie bands…

  • migurski: “Finally, we compress the design via simulation so it fits into a 3D printer. This means that an entire gown, much larger than the printer itself, can be produced in a single assembled piece.” (via Nervous System – explorations in generative design and natural phenomena » Blog Archive » Kinematics)

  • We need more digital producers because in this maelstrom of money, with all this attention on ‘digital innovation in the arts’, they are the missing pieces of the jigsaw who will tip the scales in favour of projects being successful. There are plenty of so-called collaborations between arts organisations and digital companies. But they often…

  • syfycity: The cutest ship in the ‘Verse ? Mini mini lego Serenity I made today

  • When an artist uses a multiple modular method he usually chooses a simple and readily available form. The form itself is of very limited importance; it becomes the grammar for the total work. In fact, it is best that the basic unit be deliberately uninteresting so that it may more easily become an intrinsic part…

  • karaj: kathy acker, don quixote 

  • The REAL Toy Story | Michael Wolf