[box]This post originally appeared on the FTMF.info planning blog.[/box] In this post, let’s explore the link between the twin worlds of microbiology and creative thought, drawing inspiration from three brilliant scientific discoveries. Labcoats on, people! 1. Sponges If a sea sponge (phylum porifera) is forced through a sieve to disintegrate it down to its cellular […]
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Screens
[box]This post originally appeared on the FTMF.info planning blog.[/box] Within the pages of Watchmen, Adrian Veidt, the so-called “smartest man in the world”, esteemed business leader and founding member of the Crimebusters is shown at a wall of televisions, each tuned to a different channel. He uses this clatter of imagery, sound and motion to make sense of […]
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Also tagged business, emergent, information, Media, microsoft, monitoring, motion, new, social, social media, sound, time, view, watchmen, Web, windows, wired, world, youtube
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Fingers
[box]This post originally appeared on the FTMF.info planning blog.[/box] What does the word ‘digital’ mean to you? dig·it·al /?d?d??tl/ adv – of or pertaining to a digit or finger resembling a digit or finger manipulated with a finger or the fingertips: a digital switch displaying a readout in digital form: a digital speedometer having digits or […]
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Also tagged action, body, computer, data, digital, electronic, illustration, keyboard, problem, screen, technology, touch, virtual, world, youtube
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Towards a Cyberpunk Sky
When plans for The Shard were unveiled my first thoughts were that its piercing aesthetic would be too harsh for the London skyline. But now it’s been ‘topped out’ and soon to open to the public, it’s time to get used to it. I heard somewhere that Irvine Sellar, the property magnate behind the tower, intends for […]
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Also tagged creation, cyberpunk, future, Irvine Sellar, london, modern, open, perspective, the shard, time, video, vimeo
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Matthias Müller’s Particle Art
There’s this guy called Matthias Müller, and he makes beautiful abstractions out of virtual dust on his supercomputer. He’s some kind of motion-art superhero, probably sent to us from the exploding Planet 3DS Max by his scientist parents. In this post I’ve picked out a few examples of his work, because as well as being […]
Posted in Film, Technology
Also tagged art, beyonce, cgi, commercial, computer graphics, examples, favourite, featured, graphics, honda, image, infinite, love, matthias muller, motion, motion art, particle, particle art, planet, playlist, texture, time, video, virtual, vodafone, youtube
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