The Internet in 1969 – it s a wonder it got off the ground if this was the vision
“What the wife selects on her console, the husband will pay for on his counter part console.” I love the way he shakes his head disapprovingly. He should sell one of those computers, that would surely set things straight. Also……
Space & Light in Architecture: a conversation with Duncan McLeod
Like a pause in a piece of theatre, space in design can speak volumes. We often hear from graphic designers about how the use of space allows content to breathe and I wondered if the same is true for architects….
Sound and Sound Reproduction: a conversation with Gareth Jones
Mobile audio is difficult. Mobile audio has historically been painfully implemented. In this short film, record producer Gareth Jones talks about how he hears the world, the loudness war and offers up some advice on how to produce sounds that…
Typographic Design in the Digital Domain: with Erik Spiekermann and Elliot Jay Stocks
Metro, the design paradigm behind Windows Phone is in part, a celebration of typography. In this short film, godfather of modern type, Erik Spiekermann talks with Elliot Jay Stocks about how typography is used in the digital domain and what…
Navigation with way-finding graphics: a conversation with Tony Howard
Metro is hugely inspired by the way-finding graphics that guide us round airports and railway stations. For this short film, I approached Tony Howard, the Managing Director of the London based Transport Design Consultancy to discuss his approach to way-finding…
The Internet of Social Things
Here’s a talk I gave at the SoCon 2011 conference last month – you’ll need to give it a few seconds (maybe about 30 seconds in reality) to load, the player doesn’t appear immediately for some reason. The essence of…
The ultimate gaming experience? Battlefield 3 Simulator from The Gadget Show (video)
This rig would run into tens of thousands of pounds to build and I love the Gadget Show for going to such extremes with this one. I would SO build one myself if I had the time / money /…
Typical is always relative, but out of 7 billion people, are you typical?
Given all the talk last week that we (the human race) had surpassed 7 billion on the counter I was reminded by this film from National Geographic. Key for me in this is that like anything, you have to look…
Schrödinger’s Cat in 60 seconds
Erwin Schrödinger on quantum mechanics: “I don’t like it, and I’m sorry I ever had anything to do with it.” Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s Posterous