Quaint, hopeful and at times creepily accurate. This story with Walter Kronkite is just fascinating, as a historical artifact, and also to see just how many of these ideas actually came to fruition and how far beyond these simple ways of living we have come. “The domestication of the computer is upon us”. And what aContinue reading “Walter Kronkite: The Promise of the 21st Century’s Bounty (1967)”
Category Archives: Technology Past and Present
The Vintage Restart Page
Are you lonely and nostalgic for all of the crappy, interminably slow and dull-as-dishwater computers that you have possessed in the past. If you answered yes then enter into the timewarp that is the Vintage Restart Page. This features all of the crappy clip art graphics and quaintly exaggerated shadowing on buttons that you haveContinue reading “The Vintage Restart Page”
Stock photos from hell
Prepare to enter a truly surreal and fantastical realm. These stock photos were created by people who had the most noble intentions of using these images in a myriad of situations. Although just how many people purchased these stock photos I wonder? I’d mortgage my house and sell my family to bet that nobody hasContinue reading “Stock photos from hell”
A pictorial history of electronic music mapped to the circuitboard of a theremin
This pictorial history of electronic music adapted and mapped on the circuit board of a theremin was created by the quirky folk at Dorothy. The theremin is thought to be one of the world’s first electronic musical instruments along with the Moog synthesizer. Our Electric Love Blueprint celebrates over 200 inventors, innovators, artists, composers and musiciansContinue reading “A pictorial history of electronic music mapped to the circuitboard of a theremin”
Spend 2016 with these little guys in a miniature world
Artist and Creative Director Tanaka Tatsuya has created a larger than life selection of vignettes for every day of the year. The Miniature Calendar features tiny people in amusing and whimsical settings for a feature calendar that has been amusing the Japanese speaking world for the past few years and has only hit critical massContinue reading “Spend 2016 with these little guys in a miniature world”
Björk Deconstructs a Television in 1988
The impish and magical Björk talks about the analogue wonders of TV in 1988. In her typical bewitching and charming way she manages to lull me into strange sort of melodious half-sleep. What she is actually saying is quite profound, about us being the audience to a medium so absolute it orders us to leave behind ourContinue reading “Björk Deconstructs a Television in 1988”
The strange streetscapes in a Tokyo without ads
Nicolas Damiens is a French Graphic Designer who has worked for the past eight years in agencies all over the world. This collection of gifs that he made highlights an unkowable world without ads. It’s undoubtedly more peaceful and slightly unnerving, something is definitely missing from this picture. Source: Nicholas Damiens Source: Nicholas Damiens Continue reading “The strange streetscapes in a Tokyo without ads”
Interactive History Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
Histography is a visually stunning interactive online timeline that spans across 14 billion years of history, from the Big Bang to 2015. Taking data from Wikipedia, the site updates automatically and orders events using an algorithm. It’s like Wikipedia just with more engaging and interactive audiovisual specs and beautiful typography. The interface allows for usersContinue reading “Interactive History Like You’ve Never Seen It Before”
Intricate paper cross sections of human bodies by Lisa Nillson
These true-to-life, anatomical cross-sections are entitled the Tissue Series by artist Lisa Nilsson. She uses a technique called paper ‘quilling’ that turns MRI and CT scans into something altogether more artistic and strangely pleasing to the eye. Nilsson painstakingly quills using narrow pieces of paper that are coiled together to fill up space. Quilling hasContinue reading “Intricate paper cross sections of human bodies by Lisa Nillson”
Weavesilk Is a Great Way to Spend a Few Pleasurable Hours Making Art
Weavesilk is a unique platform that allows you to use your device as a drawing board for digital experimentation. Choose from a variety of fractal drawing combinations with different anchor points. The combinations are broad and you can combine colours creating a myriad of explosive and creative experiences. From rorschach ink blots, to interstellar explosions, etherealContinue reading “Weavesilk Is a Great Way to Spend a Few Pleasurable Hours Making Art”
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