The Facadeprinter is a simple software controlled robot. It consists of a turn table with two axes and an air-pressure print head. The printer shoots the artwork from a distance dot by dot onto the chosen area. Using this method, inaccessible and uneven surfaces can be used for large scale prints. Artworks can be printed on buildings without costly scaffolding.
The Facadeprinter is a large scale communication tool. Print-aesthetic and method are notably different from conventional print and advertising techniques. Artworks are applied directly onto walls, like the drawings of a ‘magic pen’. At present, the maximum print distance is 12 meters, the maximum print height is around 8 meters. The shooting frequency is up to 5 dots per second.
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Featured at the Esquire House’s “Ultimate Bachelor Pad” in NYC, the one-of-a kind Obscura CueLight projection system turns a game of pool into an amazing interactive art display.
The SMSlingshot is a wooden slingshot with a build-in phone display, keypad, and a laser sight. Users can type a text message and shoot it onto a facade where a projector will show the message as a color splash with the message written within.
The project was designed by VR/URBAN, a group of digital intervention-activists based in Berlin.
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In a recent talk at TED, Tan Le of Emotiv Systems demonstrated a powerful new technology, which suggests that mind control will soon be more fact than fiction:
Tan Le’s astonishing new computer interface reads its user’s brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with mere thoughts (and a little concentration). She demos the headset, and talks about its far-reaching applications.
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Pitchfork is featuring its POV Concert Series that allows users to seamlessly switch between six camera angles of the same music video. The seamless transitions are impressive, though the inability to view fullscreen (and then use the keyboard to switch angles) feels missing. From a quick search, it looks like Mythbusters have a similar multi-angle [...] […]
Mayorama, a new iphone app designed by Daniel Luxemburg, makes it easier than ever to maintain and multiple your Foursquare mayor-ships. With the 99-cent Mayorama app, you can check on your current mayorships, find out how many more check-ins will earn you mayor at your favorite spots around town and, using the smartphone’s GPS, you [...] […]
There are more social platforms than we can count now. Some with dashboards that are easy to populate but super difficult to navigate. Most collect lots of data, but offer little instruction on what to do with all the details. Some offer tools but without adequate explanation of how to use more than 5% of [...] […]
Usabilla is a really interesting web based service that allows for immediate feedback on prototypes, design, wireframes, sketches, etc. It allows for quick, down and dirty, portable usability testing. And one version of the product is FREE. Try it out on your next round of design. Overview video below: […]
In 2009, Urban Screen and artist Daniel Rossa teamed up to create 555 Kubik, a facade installation meant to transform the way spectators engaged with O. M. Ungers “Galerie der Gegenwart.” Exciting to see facade projection made with the building involved in mind. […]
The Facade Printer enables users to reproduce simple pieces of art on vast facades, using paintballs. The creators explain, The Facadeprinter is a simple software controlled robot. It consists of a turn table with two axes and an air-pressure print head. The printer shoots the artwork from a distance dot by dot onto the chosen [...] […]
A lot of pop musician’s videos are being shown on Youtube via a video player from a company called Vevo. Vevo gives label artists an opportunity to deliver more engaging, higher quality content than a normal Youtube video would allow. For example, Vevo has been used to deliver live concerts by The National and others. [...] […]
Beijing’s Water Cube, the site of Michael Phelps dominating 2008 Olympics performance, has been transformed into a waterpark of Alice-in-Wonderland-tastic proportions. (via Fast Company Design) Many worried the building would become an empty blight, but a Toronto architecture firm has turned it into anything but. The park replaces the pool which people […]
Xerox is prepping a new campaign, via Y&R, New York, as part of an effort to position itself as more than just a copier and printer company. The move follows the company’s acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services in February, making it a bigger player in the IT space. Notable in the ads is Xerox’s use of well-known brand mascots: Procter […]
Under Armour is determined to strike a chord with female athletes -- many of whom have been buying the brand, but aren't that emotionally attached to it. The company has kicked off a campaign that includes a Facebook page dedicated to women's performance apparel. The target demographic is a female consumer who "trains in Under Armour, but does […]
MSG Media’s Fuse and MySpace Music have joined forces to cross-promote their respective services via an initiative dedicated to introducing users to artists on the rise. […]
