Digital magazine motion cover
Following is an amazing demonstration put together by Alexx Henry and Directors Cory Strassburger and Ming Hsiung for a motion magazine cover and feature spread for Viv Mag, a digital magazine.
This is probably a great way for newspapers and magazines to monetize content on tablets like Apple iPad. Do check out the “making-of” video [...]
Cardboard Sculptures
British artist Chris Gilmour created these life-size sculptures using only cardboard, glue and a painstaking attention to detail. His website showcases more work, including life-size wheelchairs, grandfather clocks, microscopes and much more. [via]
Cable drawings
Cable Drawings is a simple and funny idea of Maisie Maud Broadhead. A fireplace frame is mimicked using wire flex and cable fixings.
Indoor sculptures using vinyl adhesive tape
This amazing art work interestingly made using vinyl adhesive electrical tape, is created by Rebecca ward as part of the urban culture project for Charlotte Street foundation at Kansas city. MO.
According to the artist, “My installations are site-specific works dependent upon the space they occupy. Utilizing existing lines, beams, and angles, each piece I [...]
The “//” in URLs was a Mistake, Says Sir Berners-Lee
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web, says that The “//” in “http://” could in fact be just a single “/” if he had coded it properly. Interesting. Read the complete article and watch the video of the interview here.
Framed A4 papercut art
Amazing art works by Denmark based artist, Peter Callesen. He uses A4 sized paper as his medium.
According to him, “I feel I have found a material that we are all able to relate to, and at the same time the A4 paper sheet is neutral and open to fill with different meaning. The thin [...]
Bodies in urban spaces : Living sculptures
Bodies in urban spaces is an interesting sculpture project conceptualized by Willi Dorner of Cie.W.Dorner studios based in Vienna, Austria.
Bodies in urban spaces is a temporarily intervention in diversified urban architectonical environment. The intention of “bodies in urban spaces” is to point out the urban functional structure and to uncover the restricted movement possibilities [...]
Entrepreneurs Oath
Just like the Hippocratic Oath, Boris VVZ of TheNextWeb proposes a code of conduct for entrepreneurs which he calls as the “Entrepreneurs Oath“.
The Entrepreneurial Code of Conduct
I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:
* I will respect the hard-won experience of those entrepreneurs [...]
Hibernate Cocoon
Designed by Aimee Pegram, Hibernate offers a cocoon like nest for you. According to the designer, “My process was casting rope and resin around a 5 ft inflatable balloon, weaving fluently to form the cocoon like nest. Then when the rope has set, simply burst the balloon to create the form.”
Available in various sizes and [...]
Pavement Art
Checkout some amazing 3D pavement art by artist Edgar Mueller. This master of street painting uses the street as a canvas.
If one looks from the right spot, its three-dimensional painting becomes the perfect illusion. He paints over large areas of urban public life and gives them a new appearance, thereby challenging the perceptions of [...]
