Beautiful vortex art (via @jamesalliban)
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14 Nov
Earth. A Time Lapse View from Space #NASA #ISS
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09 Nov
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. How do they approach the concept of space in a medium where space is the [...]
09 Nov
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 work well on small speakers of the kind we have in modern mobile phones. Posted [...]
09 Nov
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 digital designers can learn from traditional print techniques. Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s Posterous
09 Nov
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 signage. Having previously worked as Head of Design at British Rail, more recent projects include [...]
07 Nov
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 at it in context. Typical is always relative. Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s Posterous
04 Nov
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
22 Sep
A playlist of some of my favorite movie titles
Here’s 5 of my favorite movie titles. They run for about 7.5mins in total and you can blame Saul Bass for me thinking about this in the first place, he is genius. Catch Me If You Can has the best titles from a modern Hollywood film and Monsters Inc (my favourite) is superb and unexpected [...]
26 Jul
Ever put yourself in PAC-MAN’s shoes?
I don’t think I can play PAC-MAC ever again, he must be permanently terrified. If you really hate him, try this: http://worldsbiggestpacman.com/ Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s Posterous
22 Nov