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Map of the Known Universe

lw —  March 5, 2013 — Leave a comment

Awesome “Map of the Known Universe” by Spencer Charles made while he was an intern at Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co.

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(hat tip NOTCOT)

Cross My Heart

lw —  January 22, 2013 — Leave a comment

Stumbled upon this music discovery meets street art installation hybrid. These boxes have been placed around Tokyo, London, LA, NYC and Vienna.

So far all I’ve found is the following cryptic description…

“…more than just a multimedia project, it’s an experience.”
“…brings the thrill of discovery back to music.”

I’m a fan of projects that mix creative code and story. Andy Willis’ Spotmaps is a Python-based data / color mapping project…

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The Colors From Your Favorite Movies, Mapped To 7,200 Pixels

What do your movies look like when each second is broken down to just one color? Fascinating, telling grids.

…inspired by Brendan Dawes’s Cinema Redux that simplifies each second of a movie into its most prominent color. These frames are then lined up 60-wide to designate a minute per line in a long tapestry of pixels that you could easily call art, or you could just as easily pigeonhole as a strictly scientific, anatomical view of a film’s color.

Hat tip (FastCo)

Space Race

lw —  January 14, 2013 — Leave a comment

Justin Van Genderen has a new series of posters that beautifully capture the innovation that was Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. 6 posters are available and you can order them here.

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hat tip (the fox is black)

Cardboard Lamp

lw —  January 11, 2013 — 1 Comment

Cardboard lamp from Vicara called Cartonado. Love the simplicity of the packaging and how the lamp fans out.

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Hat tip (notcot)