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May 24

Test

May 23

Introducing the Leap

Leap represents an entirely new way to interact with your computers. It’s more accurate than a mouse, as reliable as a keyboard and more sensitive than a touchscreen. For the first time, you can control a computer in three dimensions with your natural hand and finger movements.

I defensively need this one! If it really works…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_d6KuiuteIA

May 23

My work on webdesignserved.com

The Portfolio page me and Anita Ivankovic did for the Berlin & London based animation studio Peppermill was featured on behanced webdesignserved.com.
The page was produced by the nice and talented team consisting of Martin Pommeranz and Mathias Dragon.

May 23
To celebrate the 78. birthday of Robert Moog google did a small simulation of the classic Moog Synthesizer in html5. This is amazing …

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To celebrate the 78. birthday of Robert Moog google did a small simulation of the classic Moog Synthesizer in html5. This is amazing …

May 21

Spoonphony

Spoonphony is a kinetic sound installation with a rhythmic core. Based on the idea of a spoon as percussion instrument.

2 week project based on the brief of spoon.
I was interested in the sonic properties of the spoon and how it has been used very often to make
“sound”. Kids messing around, hosts using it to attract the crow’s attention etc.

http://vimeo.com/42241474

May 21


Photographer Philip Karlsberg from Stockholm did this really nice in Art Project.
Visit his Portfolio here


From top:
Karl Lagerfeldt
John Belushi
Jackie O
Johnny Depp
Lady Gaga
Steve McQueen






Original Article
Photographer Philip Karlsberg from Stockholm did this really nice in Art Project.
Visit his Portfolio here

From top:

Karl Lagerfeldt
John Belushi
Jackie O
Johnny Depp
Lady Gaga
Steve McQueen

May 20
brazilian art director rodrigo mendes has developed ‘a colour poetry’, which is a collection of posters that uses abobe’s kuler website as a source for
themes by initiating collaboration. recognizing the talent and user’s ability to communicate feelings and sensations, mendes began creating graphics from
the library of contributors. he realized that he could transform the concept into a platform by inviting others to participate on the project
instead of creating his own designs. the result is a series of graphics signed by the designer of the subject.
a collaborative project between graphic designers that uses themes from adobe’s kuler website to create a collection of visual posters.







Original Article

brazilian art director rodrigo mendes has developed ‘a colour poetry’, which is a collection of posters that uses abobe’s kuler website as a source for
themes by initiating collaboration. recognizing the talent and user’s ability to communicate feelings and sensations, mendes began creating graphics from
the library of contributors. he realized that he could transform the concept into a platform by inviting others to participate on the project
instead of creating his own designs. the result is a series of graphics signed by the designer of the subject.

a collaborative project between graphic designers that uses themes from adobe’s kuler website to create a collection of visual posters.

May 20
Since its creation, the Pantone color chart has been the official dictionary of color. Artists, designers, painters and decorators have used Pantone to precisely pair colors to create a desired visual aesthetic. Artist Pierre David has redesigned the Pantone with a different shade of coloring; the varied beauty of Human skin tones. David´s work was shown in Brazil, showcasing the range of beautiful colors of the people of the proud South American nation.






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Since its creation, the Pantone color chart has been the official dictionary of color. Artists, designers, painters and decorators have used Pantone to precisely pair colors to create a desired visual aesthetic. Artist Pierre David has redesigned the Pantone with a different shade of coloring; the varied beauty of Human skin tones. David´s work was shown in Brazil, showcasing the range of beautiful colors of the people of the proud South American nation.

May 19
Stephan Walter became ADC Young Gun will give you love at the Apple Store in Hamburg on May 24.
He also did this wonderful Illustration for my Volkswagen Navigation Ads, a few years ago.
http://monotask.net/portfolio/vw-navi/


ADC Young Gun Stephan Walter (YG9) will be appearing @ the Apple Store, Jungfernstieg on May 24, 2012.
Stephan Walter lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland where he was born in 1982. Stephan started work in the graphic design world at an advertising agency. During his time at the agency he made up his mind that the only way for him to express his passion in graphic design was for him to become self-employed!
Stephan studied Graphic and Media Design at the F&F School for Art and Media Design. After graduating, Stephan pursued his dream. He worked for the F&F School, Freitag AG and for some local bands from Zurich. During this time he was resolving his own style and approach. He quickly developed his own picture language by learning a lot of techniques related to handling alternative design softwares.
A year after graduating, Stephan flew to New York to conduct research and development work with Stefan Sagmeister.
Stephan has now practiced for seven years as an independent illustrator and graphic designer trading under his own name. Over the last seven years he has worked for many clients including David Byrne & Brian Eno, Wired Magazine, Time Out New York, Vodafone, Volkswagen, ESPN, die Zeit, Levis, Sagmeister Inc., Elle and many more.
Stephan also teaches and lectures at schools for design, mainly in his beloved discipline: Typography and Illustration.
With his design and illustration work Stephan has won several international design prizes like the ADC Young Guns 2011. The Artwork for David Byrne was honoured with a Grammy.
Stephan wants to give you Printed Love.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
6 - 7 PMApple Store, Jungfernstieg
Jungfernstieg 12
20354 Hamburg
Free, no reservation required.
Original Article

Stephan Walter became ADC Young Gun will give you love at the Apple Store in Hamburg on May 24.
He also did this wonderful Illustration for my Volkswagen Navigation Ads, a few years ago.

http://monotask.net/portfolio/vw-navi/

ADC Young Gun Stephan Walter (YG9) will be appearing @ the Apple Store, Jungfernstieg on May 24, 2012.

Stephan Walter lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland where he was born in 1982. Stephan started work in the graphic design world at an advertising agency. During his time at the agency he made up his mind that the only way for him to express his passion in graphic design was for him to become self-employed!

Stephan studied Graphic and Media Design at the F&F School for Art and Media Design. After graduating, Stephan pursued his dream. He worked for the F&F School, Freitag AG and for some local bands from Zurich. During this time he was resolving his own style and approach. He quickly developed his own picture language by learning a lot of techniques related to handling alternative design softwares.

A year after graduating, Stephan flew to New York to conduct research and development work with Stefan Sagmeister.

Stephan has now practiced for seven years as an independent illustrator and graphic designer trading under his own name. Over the last seven years he has worked for many clients including David Byrne & Brian Eno, Wired Magazine, Time Out New York, Vodafone, Volkswagen, ESPN, die Zeit, Levis, Sagmeister Inc., Elle and many more.

Stephan also teaches and lectures at schools for design, mainly in his beloved discipline: Typography and Illustration.

With his design and illustration work Stephan has won several international design prizes like the ADC Young Guns 2011. The Artwork for David Byrne was honoured with a Grammy.

Stephan wants to give you Printed Love.

Thursday, May 24, 2012
6 - 7 PM
Apple Store, Jungfernstieg
Jungfernstieg 12
20354 Hamburg

Free, no reservation required.

May 19
38-years-old Swedish artist Andreas Englund showed, what happens to superheroes, when they begin to age…








Official website: www.artofdala.com
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38-years-old Swedish artist Andreas Englund showed, what happens to superheroes, when they begin to age…

Official website: www.artofdala.com

May 17
Jennifer Lewis translated famous songs into Emoticons. Happy guessing!
[caption id=”attachment_2164” align=”alignnone” width=”500” caption=”“99 Red Balloons,” Nena”][/caption]
[caption id=”attachment_2163” align=”alignnone” width=”500” caption=”“Dancing in the Dark,” Bruce Springsteen”][/caption]
[caption id=”attachment_2162” align=”alignnone” width=”500” caption=”“Burning Down the House,” Talking Heads”][/caption]
[caption id=”attachment_2161” align=”alignnone” width=”500” caption=”“Octopus’s Garden,” The Beatles”][/caption]
[caption id=”attachment_2160” align=”alignnone” width=”500” caption=”“Surfin’ U.S.A,” The Beach Boys”][/caption]
[caption id=”attachment_2159” align=”alignnone” width=”500” caption=”“Some Girls,” The Rolling Stones”][/caption]

Original Article

Jennifer Lewis translated famous songs into Emoticons. Happy guessing!

[caption id=”attachment_2164” align=”alignnone” width=”500” caption=”“99 Red Balloons,” Nena”][/caption]

[caption id=”attachment_2163” align=”alignnone” width=”500” caption=”“Dancing in the Dark,” Bruce Springsteen”][/caption]

[caption id=”attachment_2162” align=”alignnone” width=”500” caption=”“Burning Down the House,” Talking Heads”][/caption]

[caption id=”attachment_2161” align=”alignnone” width=”500” caption=”“Octopus’s Garden,” The Beatles”][/caption]

[caption id=”attachment_2160” align=”alignnone” width=”500” caption=”“Surfin’ U.S.A,” The Beach Boys”][/caption]

[caption id=”attachment_2159” align=”alignnone” width=”500” caption=”“Some Girls,” The Rolling Stones”][/caption]

May 17


http://vimeo.com/38584876
Touchy is a human camera, who is blinded constantly until someone’s touch enables the opening of the automated shutters. While a continuous physical contact is maintained between Touchy and a user, the camera shoots a photo every 10 seconds.
touchtouchy.com
Video Credits
Director: Eric Siu
Cast: Hikaru Shimada, Eric Siu
Cameraman: William Tang
Production Assistant: Tomohiko Hayakawa and Shion Fujiwara
Editor: Eric Siu
Music: Dr Usui
Special Thanks Yanyan Mak, Akira Reynolds, Carson Reynolds and Yoshiko Reynolds
Project Credits
Artist
Eric Siu
Hardware and Software Development
Tomohiko Hayakawa and Eric Siu
Touch Sensor Design
Tomohiko Hayakawa and Carson Reynolds
Project Adviser
Novmichi Tosa @ Maywa Denki
Project Assistant
Shion Fujiwara
Motor Provider
Koshin Denki Kogyo Co. LTD
Special Thanks to
Alvaro Cassinelli
Tomoko Hayashi
Takeoka Hideki
Sylwia Kunicka
Joel Kwong
Charles Ngan
Sam Ngan
My Family
This project is in collaboration with
Ishikawa Oku Laboratory @ the University of Tokyo.
© 2012 Eric Siu All right reserved



Original Article

http://vimeo.com/38584876

Touchy is a human camera, who is blinded constantly until someone’s touch enables the opening of the automated shutters. While a continuous physical contact is maintained between Touchy and a user, the camera shoots a photo every 10 seconds.

touchtouchy.com

Video Credits

Director: Eric Siu
Cast: Hikaru Shimada, Eric Siu
Cameraman: William Tang
Production Assistant: Tomohiko Hayakawa and Shion Fujiwara
Editor: Eric Siu
Music: Dr Usui
Special Thanks Yanyan Mak, Akira Reynolds, Carson Reynolds and Yoshiko Reynolds

Project Credits

Artist
Eric Siu

Hardware and Software Development
Tomohiko Hayakawa and Eric Siu

Touch Sensor Design
Tomohiko Hayakawa and Carson Reynolds

Project Adviser
Novmichi Tosa @ Maywa Denki

Project Assistant
Shion Fujiwara

Motor Provider
Koshin Denki Kogyo Co. LTD

Special Thanks to
Alvaro Cassinelli
Tomoko Hayashi
Takeoka Hideki
Sylwia Kunicka
Joel Kwong
Charles Ngan
Sam Ngan
My Family

This project is in collaboration with
Ishikawa Oku Laboratory @ the University of Tokyo.

© 2012 Eric Siu All right reserved

May 17

Spherikal

Beautiful metamorphose of a sphere into a sphere.

This is a small animation a did as an exercise to experiment and explore all the graphical possibilities of representing the idea of the SPHERE, always thinking in searching Gestalt and form. Its all done in 3d, but i was more interested in the graphical interest, flatten the surfaces, and only two colors, why more.The most difficult was to achieve the transitions between the different type of representation of the sphere, the morphing and metamorphosing.

For the description of the project, all these frames plus the frames from the scenes that weren’t included, visit - behance.net/gallery/Spherikal/3565597

It was all done in Cinema 4d R13, all with the Mograph module. Comositing and post in After Effects

Sound : Brand X Music

Update

This turned out better then i though, i see that now im obligated to make the making of. Tell you what, when i finish my classes, in a month, il definitely make it.

http://vimeo.com/39792837

May 17
A Brand Reversion is a brand logo that has undertaken a creative change based on the visual style of another brand logo: Brand identities with a split personality
Some reversions will focus on two leading competitive brands such as Google-Bing whilst others will be based on what I feel works well aesthetically, or best displays a certain visual identity characteristic such as BlackBerry/Flickr.
© Brand Reversions 2012. A logo project by Graham Smith - Logo Designer.






Original Article

A Brand Reversion is a brand logo that has undertaken a creative change based on the visual style of another brand logo: Brand identities with a split personality

Some reversions will focus on two leading competitive brands such as Google-Bing whilst others will be based on what I feel works well aesthetically, or best displays a certain visual identity characteristic such as BlackBerry/Flickr.

© Brand Reversions 2012. A logo project by Graham Smith - Logo Designer.

May 17
These are modern fossils. They are made from actual archaic technology that was once cutting-edge. Most of these examples were discovered in the United States, although the various species are represented all over the world. It is sad, but most of these units lived very short lives. Most people attribute the shortened lifespan to aggressive predators or accelerated evolution, but this is not necessarily true. It has been shown recently that the true demise of most of these specimens came from runaway consumerism and wastefulness at the high end of the food chain.
In a special process, these items are reproduced in a proprietary blend of concrete and other secret ingredients, giving them the look and feel of real stone fossils. Each fossil is made one at a time, by hand, in an individual mold. Because of the hand-made nature of the item, there will be variations in pigmentation, and small imperfections in the surface. While you can choose a general color range, please keep in mind that each fossil is unique, and color variations are inevitable.
Each “species” of modern fossil has a Latin name marked on the bottom or back, and can be shipped straight to your door. Lead times vary.
Some of these fossils would not have been possible without the generous help and support from the Austin Computer Works. They are saving our planet, one mouse at a time. Many of the original specimens were loaned to me mid-stream in their recycling program. The items are fossilized and returned, so they can be recycled. There is absolutely zero e-waste from these fossils, thanks to the Austin Computer Works. Some pieces are also on display at their museum. I encourage anyone in the Austin area to drop in.








Original Article

These are modern fossils. They are made from actual archaic technology that was once cutting-edge. Most of these examples were discovered in the United States, although the various species are represented all over the world. It is sad, but most of these units lived very short lives. Most people attribute the shortened lifespan to aggressive predators or accelerated evolution, but this is not necessarily true. It has been shown recently that the true demise of most of these specimens came from runaway consumerism and wastefulness at the high end of the food chain.

In a special process, these items are reproduced in a proprietary blend of concrete and other secret ingredients, giving them the look and feel of real stone fossils. Each fossil is made one at a time, by hand, in an individual mold. Because of the hand-made nature of the item, there will be variations in pigmentation, and small imperfections in the surface. While you can choose a general color range, please keep in mind that each fossil is unique, and color variations are inevitable.

Each “species” of modern fossil has a Latin name marked on the bottom or back, and can be shipped straight to your door. Lead times vary.

Some of these fossils would not have been possible without the generous help and support from the Austin Computer Works. They are saving our planet, one mouse at a time. Many of the original specimens were loaned to me mid-stream in their recycling program. The items are fossilized and returned, so they can be recycled. There is absolutely zero e-waste from these fossils, thanks to the Austin Computer Works. Some pieces are also on display at their museum. I encourage anyone in the Austin area to drop in.