After Metrica's exciting news last week regarding our acquisition by Durrants, it’s back to business as usual on the blog. So, on with our introductory post from Metrica Insights... With solid PR objectives sorted, the next thing to think about is how they will be measured. Do you need to do pre and post research? Do you need to feed into a marketing mix model that the advertisers are running? Do you need to measure your media output? A wise man once said, “not everything that counts can be counted, and not…
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Measurement Matters
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Insight 1 (part 2) – The beginning – a very good place to start...
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Best of breed media monitoring, PR measurement and social media analysis unites
27 Oct 2009 | 10:24 amAccording to a survey in the Daily Telegraph yesterday, Monday October 26th is the most unproductive day of the year as workers struggle with morale owing to the darker evenings that the clock change brings about.Nothing could have been further from the truth for all of us at Metrica however as we announced to our clients, the press and the industry at large the exciting news that Durrants, the pre-eminent media monitoring agency, has purchased the share capital of our business. Bringing the strength of Durrants'… -
Metrica Insights (Week 1, part 1) – The beginning... a very good place to start
22 Oct 2009 | 10:03 amHello and welcome to the Metrica Insights series. The data fuelling these posts is a long running study of the UK PR industry’s measurement practices. Since 1998, Metrica has been interviewing a large group of PR professionals every two years* to gauge their thoughts and actions around all things measurement. Using the latest results as a springboard for thought and discussion, these posts will focus on the main issues facing PR practitioners in an increasingly ROI-centric world. This week we’re looking at the basics. As someone once said, the… -
Metrica Insights - a study into UK PR measurement trends
16 Oct 2009 | 9:14 amEvery two years, Metrica runs a survey of in-house PR practitioners. The in-depth interviews give tremendous insight into the UK PR industry’s measurement, planning and research activity. This research, stretching back to 1998, uniquely documents the changing attitudes towards PR measurement over the past ten years. As the social transformation of media impacts on the way we all work, Metrica Insights 2009 shows the reality of measurement for PR practitioners today. Every fortnight until the end of 2009, we’ll be releasing an insight from this study via… -
Off to the IPR Measurement Summit 2009
12 Oct 2009 | 9:53 amIncredibly a year has passed since I attended the last IPR Summit on PR Measurement. This week will see me heading off to New Hampshire once again to meet many of my industry peers to discuss best practice in public relations measurement and evaluation. New Hampshire at this time of year is incredibly beautiful as shown in this great photo by taken by Katie Paine. 2009 has yet another jam packed programme mixing work shops, case studies, panel discussions, the latest from academia / thought leaders, the Jack Fenton Golden Ruler Awards and of course a significant focus…
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trendsspotting blog
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For a Better (Digital) World
3 Nov 2009 | 7:00 amIn a beautiful thought-provoking project of Jonathan Harris (creator of We Feel Fine – one of the first social web emotion visualization projects), Harris shares some touching personal insights with artistic inspirations relevant to a digital world. In this “World Building in a Crazy World” – Harris suggests 1-2-3 principals for a world building idea – “a universal idea executed simply, with an element of play, nostalgia or beauty”. Enjoy. Tweet This Post Plurk This Post Buzz This Post Delicious Digg This Post Ping This Post Reddit Stumble This Post -
Halloween through Location Based Applications
1 Nov 2009 | 7:11 amGoogle Latitude or other location based applications working through mobile phones can let you track your kids whereabouts during Halloween. Aside from tracking, many of those applications can be used (note privacy concerns) for sharing the Halloween experience. Locations of retailers selling costumes and decorations can also be found by using applications as Poynt. To improve the Halloween experience, Zillow.com, have created a Trick or Treat Housing Index, which presents the top-five neighborhoods to maximize candy harvesting. The index uses four equally weighted data variables: Zillow… -
Google Wave: Invite Led Viral Campaign
22 Oct 2009 | 2:24 pmSearch Engine giant Google, has shown the world how it is reshaping the way communication happens over the internet with the soft launch of Google Wave. And it has done so in a way it knows best – through invite based viral marketing. The internet witnessed tremors of excitement when 100,000 exclusive invites to Wave were sought after by surfers who were curious, passionate, and addicted to Google. A sense of Déjà vu is hard to avoid. Google sent out similar invites when it launched Gmail in 2007, to build hype. Privileged invites led marketing has been a potent weapon that Google has… -
New ppt Slides: Consumer & Market Trends during Recession
19 Oct 2009 | 5:11 amTrendsSpotting.com has released a slides presentation on its new published report: Consumer and Market Trends during Recession – Cross Industry Research. Enjoy. Consumer & Market Trends during Recession – Cross Industry Research Report by TrendsSpotting.com View more documents from Taly Weiss. Click here to learn more about the report - Tweet This Post Plurk This Post Buzz This Post Delicious Digg This Post Ping This Post Reddit Stumble This Post -
Is the Recession over? Research Suggests American Consumers aren’t Buying it: Cross–Industry Research Report by TrendsSpotting.com
9 Oct 2009 | 5:15 pmQuoting Bloomberg, (July 26 2009) “The worst U.S. recession in five decades probably eased in the second quarter (2009) as trade and government stimulus mitigated the damage from declines in housing, inventories and consumer and business spending”. President Obama is similarly optimistic declaring that “the worst may be over in the economic crisis”. Is it really? Are there signs of consumer recovery? In this TrendsSpotting report we follow the main consumer markets and consumers’ behavior indications for the year 2009. To better understand how Americans are adjusting their buying…
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Mashable!
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POLL: TweetDeck Trounces Seesmic Desktop in Reader Vote
6 Nov 2009 | 8:41 pmWe’ve had a number of close calls here during our Web Faceoff series, but this wasn’t one of them. This week we pitted TweetDeck and Seesmic Desktop against each other in a bar room brawl for favorite Twitter client. Now, the results are in. Whereas last week’s Windows 7 versus OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard battle was a close one, with Windows 7 going the distance to outlast the current Mac OS, this week’s showdown had a big winner. …and TweetDeck was it, with a full 71% of the vote (3294 votes) as compared to Seesmic Desktop’s 23% (1055 votes). Six percent or 260… -
iPhone Coming to Verizon in 2010 [RUMOR]
6 Nov 2009 | 5:21 pmMany signs point to the Apple and AT&T agreement that makes the latter the exclusive carrier of the iPhone within the US coming to an end within the next year. For starters, non-exclusivity has been profitable for Apple in other parts of the world. Moreover, even AT&T’s CEO acknowledges the deal won’t last forever. And while Verizon might be all about showing off what Droid does right now, a new report suggests it could become the first carrier other than AT&T to offer iPhone on American soil, starting in the second half of 2010. According to a report obtained by Apple… -
DocVerse Puts Google Docs-Like Collaboration Inside Microsoft Office
6 Nov 2009 | 5:20 pmThis post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Name: DocVerse Quick Pitch: DocVerse brings the collaboration functionality of products like Google Docs to the 600 million users of Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Genius Idea: Collaboration is a key to success in any business, especially when you have a scattered team that needs to work on documents constantly. There are already a lot of options,… -
FishVille Launches on Facebook; It’s Like Underwater FarmVille
6 Nov 2009 | 3:56 pmWe were sort of surprised to discover how many of you proclaim your love for FarmVille, the social farming sim game from Zynga. We reported that the company had trademarked the name FishVille last month, and speculated that an aquatic derivative of the wildly popular social game might be in the works. And indeed it was, with FishVille launching in beta today. It’s a bit of a late contender to the aquarium games space, with Happy Aquarium, Fish World and My Fishbowl all getting a head start. Nevertheless, Zynga has enough clout in the social games space to make FishVille a quick winner… -
5 Must-Have iPhone Apps for Wine Lovers
6 Nov 2009 | 3:23 pmMegan Berry is an evangelist for Mobclix, the industry’s largest mobile ad exchange, working on social media and marketing. She also blogs at The Huffington Post and the Mobclix blog. You can follow her on Twitter as @meganberry, or through the @Mobclix handle. Unsure about mixing your iPhone with wine? Well, if you’re a true vinophile, the iPhone is an amazing device to keep you more connected to your wine. The following list of top wine apps on the iPhone will convince you that mixing the two is worth the risk of spilling some pinot noir on your phone. Like wine itself, these…
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ReadWriteWeb
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Weekly Wrapup: Mega Content Sites, Gen Y on Twitter, iPhone App Recommendation Services, And More...
7 Nov 2009 | 5:00 amIn this edition of the Weekly Wrapup - our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week - we analyze a new breed of content site that is rapidly gaining momentum, look into recent statistics showing that Gen Y is using Twitter more, compare five recommendation services for iPhone apps, review the new-look MSN, and more. We also check in on our two main channels: ReadWriteEnterprise (devoted to 'enterprise 2.0' trends and products) and ReadWriteStart (dedicated to profiling startups and entrepreneurs). Sponsor Subscribe to Weekly Wrapup You can subscribe to the Weekly Wrapup by RSS or by… -
Straw Man Argument About Enterprise 2.0 Doesn't Fly
6 Nov 2009 | 2:05 pmDennis Howlett got the attention of the Enterprise 2.0 community today, with his continued skepticism about "social" technologies and their place in the business world. Here's a quote from his post entitled Enterprise 2.0 - the non-debate: "Why am I not surprised? I've argued for years that the notion of anything that has 'social' attached to its moniker is about as welcome as breaking wind in a spacesuit." Sponsor While Howlett makes a few good points in his post, we think that he's making a straw man argument - that the Enterprise 2.0 community is somehow involved in a big lie. The reality… -
Clicker: A One-Stop Shop For Online Video (1000 Invites)
6 Nov 2009 | 1:00 pmFinding specific online videos from TV networks and independent producers can often be a daunting challenge. Some TV shows are on Hulu, some can only be found as paid downloads on iTunes or Amazon and some are only available for streaming on the network's and producer's own sites. Clicker wants to change this by making it easier to find shows from TV networks, music videos, and web videos from across the Internet. Clicker is currently in private beta and only available in the US. The company gave us 1000 invites for our readers. Read on to find out how you can get yours. Sponsor Clicker… -
Layar Tells CNN: Augmented Reality Will Be Second Only to Voice On Phones
6 Nov 2009 | 12:17 pmWhen you've got a global audience, maybe it's good to make sweeping, ambitious statements. Maarten Lens-Fitzgerald, co-founder of Augmented Reality browser company Layar, was interviewed by CNN today and took the opportunity to claim that AR on phones is going to be so big in the future that only voice will be more popular. Maybe. Many people in the Augmented Reality world are rolling their eyes at Layar's incredible media exposure. They worry that relatively simple implementations of this technology paradigm will create such a bubble of hype that software developed over decades will suffer… -
Remixing Via iPhone: 5 Tools for the Pocket DJ
6 Nov 2009 | 11:00 amIn 1906 John Philip Sousa criticized the gramophone saying, "These talking machines will ruin the artistic development of music in this country." Nevertheless, because Sousa did not forsee user-generated culture proliferating alongside "mechanical music" he could not have been further from the truth. Not only have machine technologies aided in musical development, but there are a variety of mediums to choose from. While audio engineers may scoff at the idea of making music on the iPhone, there's no denying that a number of options exist for the pocket DJ. Below are a few tools to get you…
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TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends
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14 Female Form Creations - From Lap Pillows to Sexist Sound Systems (CLUSTER)
7 Nov 2009 | 8:10 am(TrendHunter.com) It seems as though the womanly figure is a beautiful thing to behold, or at least very popular. I mean, as any other members of the fairer sex can attest to, we all have our insecurities when it comes… -
Can-Crushing Editorials - The Hayden Panettiere Elle Sweden Spread is Badass (GALLERY)
7 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am(TrendHunter.com) This Hayden Panettiere Elle Sweden spread is hot. For one, the diminutive diva wears a number of skintight fashions like the body-hugging black minidress in the fourth image. For two, she's photographed… -
17 Disposable Fashions - From Disposable Panties to Disposable Sunglasses (CLUSTER)
7 Nov 2009 | 7:30 am(TrendHunter.com) I’m not sure I agree with the disposable culture that is arising. To be able to throw out something after one use seems to be irresponsible, not to mention wasteful. Nevertheless, these throwaway innovations… -
Social Networking Facial Hair - The Twitter Beard is More Fun than Posting What You Just Ate (GALLERY)
7 Nov 2009 | 7:20 am(TrendHunter.com) This Twitter Beard lets everyone have an instant illustrated mass of facial hair. After all, not everyone can grow a mustache in honor of Movember. Von R. Glitschka is the digital artist behind the first… -
Ridiculously Reliable Lights - The mPower Emergency Illuminator Flashlight Will Last 20 Years
7 Nov 2009 | 7:10 am(TrendHunter.com) An ironic fact of life: when you actually need to use your emergency flashlight, the batteries die. But with the mPower Emergency Illuminator, you don’t have to worry. Created by mPhase Technologies and…
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Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
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7 Nov 2009 | 6:10 am
7 Nov 2009 | 6:10 amRegistration is now open for An Event Apart 2010. Choose from five great shows in five great cities, plus a special one-day workshop on HTML5 and CSS3! 5 great cities, 11 unforgettable days An Event Apart is an intensely educational two-day conference for passionate practitioners of standards-based web design. If you care about code as well as content, usability as well as design, An Event Apart is the conference you’ve been waiting for. But wait no longer! Tickets are now on sale for all five great 2010 events: Seattle (April 5–7, 2010) Boston (May 24–25, 2010) Minneapolis… -
Crazy man at Starbucks
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Once more into the breach
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Less babble, more learning
3 Nov 2009 | 4:49 amIssue No. 295 of A List Apart emphasizes words and experiences that communicate. Can You Say That in English? Explaining UX Research to Clients by DAVID SHERWIN It’s hard for clients to understand the true value of user experience research. As much as you’d like to tell your clients to go read The Elements of User Experience and call you back when they’re done, that won’t cut it in a professional services environment. David Sherwin creates a cheat sheet to help you pitch UX research using plain, client-friendly language that focuses on the business value of each exercise. You… -
House Party
31 Oct 2009 | 10:02 amReal fonts on the web: House Industries supports WOFF format. …a font format for the Web that satisfies the needs and concerns of browser makers, web designers, and type foundries. … WOFF offers compression to speed page load times, freedom from thorny legacy issues, and inclusiveness (font outlines can be Postscript or TrueType). WOFF has the support of a wide spectrum of the type community; from peers such as Emigre, Hoefler & Frere-Jones, Commercial Type, etc., and larger foundries such as Linotype and Monotype. Today it has also gained the support of Mozilla in the their…
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information aesthetics
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Hand-Cut Street Maps of World Cities
5 Nov 2009 | 1:21 amWe had maps in many forms and tastes: San Francisco in jell-o or New York in Lego or a Subway Map as Bathroom Tiling. Karen O'Leary has another take: cutting out streets out of large blank sheets of paper, or cutting out the streets from real street maps, all by hand. Maps already sold include Paris, London and New York. Conceptually, the unique maps remove the unnecessary, leaving valuable information to navigate the main defining paths of the city. All city blocks are cut by hand to reveal the paths, nodes, circles, boulevards, parks and streets of each of the cities. Via Paper Taste Buds. -
Nebul.us: Visualizing (and Sharing) your Online Activity
4 Nov 2009 | 9:47 pmNebul.us is a new startup focusing on revealing the online activities of users through the interactive visualization of Internet usage patterns in real-time. It aims to become a social site for sharing content with friends (or to the public at large), or a productivity enhancing site for figuring out how one is spending time online. After installing a browser plugin, the service will start monitoring the browsing history. Typical Web2.0 profiles like Facebook, Twitter, last.fm or YouTube can be added as well to complete the view of online activities (note that the initial setting is set to… -
Sound Sculptures: Rendering Sounds in Tangible Forms
4 Nov 2009 | 2:31 amCylinder [extraversion.co.uk] is a small collection of physical data sculptures based on STL file data captured by the analysis of sound samples from spaces, creating site specific sculptures reflecting the acoustic of an environment. A mapping of the frequency and time domains produced cylindrical forms that represent the specific spatial characteristics of the sound input. Physical versions of the digital 3D models were then "printed" in 3D using stereolithography. See also Sound Chair, Laser-Cut Sound Sculpture and Sound of Light Sculpture. Via Generator.x. -
Lying through Visualization: AT&T Sues Verizon over Coverage Maps
3 Nov 2009 | 5:43 pmThe popular electronic gadget blog Engadget reports that AT&T has sued Verizon over its "There's a Map for That" ads. The print and television commercial, which you watch here, centers around revealing how much more 3G coverage Verizon has, here through some hovering red versus blue colored maps of the US (which in effect look somehow similar to the colors used to distinguish Democratic and Republican states, but I guess that was not really intended) . The complaint seems to focus about the choice of the white or blank background in the two different 3G coverage maps, which should to be… -
New York City Subway Dynamic LED Signage
2 Nov 2009 | 6:53 pmThe New York City Subway seems to use a new LED signage system, according to this video page at Vimeo. Since I observed the first rows of huge, HD-resolution LCD screens showing the actual airline departure and arrival information at Chicago Airport, I started wondering how public signage will exploit upcoming display technologies like LED, LCD and OLED, and the high-resolution, full-color, fast-dynamic, high-contrast imagery they afford. So, is this the best way to show actual location-based subway information? The New York Subway signage is split into two halves: the left side of the panel…
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Cool Hunting
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Antarctica Sub Zero Pop-Up Bar and Restaurant
6 Nov 2009 | 3:34 pmAs São Paulo's humid summer approaches, just in time to help cool things down an unusual pop-up restaurant/bar called Estação Antarctica Sub Zero opens this weekend in the bar-heavy neighborhood of Vila Madalena. Conceived to promote the Brazilian beer company Antarctica's new beer, the temporary venue celebrates their double-filtration process at 28.4 degrees Fahrenheit and the refreshing new drink. The space, an inflatable giant igloo divided into two areas holds a bar with food and area for live bands, plus another bar totally made of ice—with cups, walls and even a… -
Nine Winter Jackets
6 Nov 2009 | 3:17 pmWith jacket season just underway, CH checked out the current crop to gear up in some of our favorite finds. From functional to fashion-forward, this year's round-up includes a host of versatile coats that can be worn and adored by both women and men. Already carving out a name for themselves among urban cyclists worldwide for their stylish riding pants, Outlier's Merino Hoodie (above) proves just as compelling and maintains a structure suited for varied climates (pictured above). The jacket—made in NYC—serves those on wheels, featuring components like a three panel hood shaped to… -
Il Sistema Degli Oggetti
6 Nov 2009 | 2:19 pmby Paolo Ferrarini of Future Concept Lab Borrowed from the 1968 revolutionary book—"The System of Objects"—written by sociologist Jean Baudrillard, Italian fashion label Il Sistema degli Oggetti conceptually links to the French master by creating fashion-forward clothing designed to last. The ambitious young designers aim to "create an encyclopedia of clothing," each with their underlying value that "every garment has the ambition of living forever." Their approach reinvents the classic wardrobes of men and women by redesigning the proportions of parkas, blouses, aprons, trousers,… -
Karen O'Leary: Cut-Out Maps
6 Nov 2009 | 12:48 pmby Maggie York-Worth Charlotte, NC-based artist Karen O'Leary reimagines the map as an exchange of negative and positive space. Deftly cutting maps of New York, Paris and London with razor precision, she leaves delicate webs of streets as land and water are cut away. Negative space demarcates land, while meandering grids of paper represents streets. In a recent interview with The Jailbreak, O'Leary said of her work, "I love the idea of a completely familiar object made new and even more beautiful." Her New York map (pictured above and below), the simplest and most haunting of the three,… -
The Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show: Two Highlights
6 Nov 2009 | 9:50 amby Adrienne So The Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association recently sponsored the 2009 Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show, a mecca for small-operation bike builders all over the country. Beloved Cycles (currently sold throughout Oregon, Washington and Texas) speak to the essence of Portland-based bike manufacturer Emile Lemoine's belief that "every lifetime deserves at least one." Beloved involves the customer at every step of the buying and fitting process, from selecting one of the gorgeous frames—including a commuter, mixtie, racing bike, tourer, porteur or randonneur—to personalized…
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Presentation Zen
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Using Kuler to create color themes
1 Nov 2009 | 5:21 amAlthough scores of good books on color theory have been written — many even for non-designers — most working professionals just do not have the time to delve deeply into a study of the complexities of using color. The good news is that there are online resources that can help you create harmonious color themes without requiring advance knowledge in color theory. There are a few really good online resources such as ColorSchemer and Colourlovers, but my personal favorite is Kuler. Kuler is a web-based color tool from Adobe that has thousands of community-generated color themes from which… -
Presentación Zen: Por fin! La versión en español ya está disponible
28 Oct 2009 | 10:04 pmI'm happy to announce that the Presentation Zen book is finally available in Spanish. The book follows the same design and layout as the original English version. Spanish was the most requested translation so we're delighted that it is finally on sale. I'm not sure exactly where you can get the book in your area, but here is info on the Pearson Educación website. Above: A photo of the front and back covers.The Presentation Zen DVD on Amazon and elsewhere also includes Spanish (and Japanese and English) subtitles. Thanks to everyone at Pearson for their hard work and to everyone across the… -
The art of control without controlling, doing without doing
26 Oct 2009 | 3:01 amAs a leader — in business, education, or design — how much control do you need? How much can you give up? Is control even the right word? Is it possible to lead without leading? Here is a great TED talk that will get you thinking that has applications for leaders of all types. Former conductor Itay Talgam today runs workshops to help people develop a musician's sense of collaboration, and a conductor's sense of leadership. In this excellent talk at TED Oxford, Itay touches on the art of creating perfect harmony without saying a word by showing the unique styles of six great 20th-century… -
Tokonoma and the art of the focal point
20 Oct 2009 | 7:14 amEvery good design needs a focal point. This goes for the design of interior living spaces as well. In many Western homes, the mantel place in the living room is often a focal point from which other interior design elements are added in a more or less symmetrical fashion. In traditional Japanese homes or modern homes containing a washitsu (Japanese-style room) it is the Tokonoma (床の間) that serves as the subtle focal point for the interior. The tokonoma (lit: floor/bed + space) is a raised alcove in which Japanese art such as a hanging scroll (Kakemono) or a flower arrangement is… -
Sumi-e, color, and the art of less
5 Oct 2009 | 11:00 pmA fundamental design and life lesson from the Zen arts is to never use more when less will do. This goes for the use of color as well. The problem with most slide presentations is not that visuals contain too few colors, it's that they contain too many. A common practice is to use several different vivid hues (colors) in presentation slides when even a single hue in various shades or tints would have been more effective. The ancient art of Japanese brush painting called Sumi-e (墨絵) provides a powerful lesson concerning the use of color, communication, and restraints. Sumi-e was brought to…
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information aesthetics
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Hand-Cut Street Maps of World Cities
5 Nov 2009 | 1:21 amWe had maps in many forms and tastes: San Francisco in jell-o or New York in Lego or a Subway Map as Bathroom Tiling. Karen O'Leary has another take: cutting out streets out of large blank sheets of paper, or cutting out the streets from real street maps, all by hand. Maps already sold include Paris, London and New York. Conceptually, the unique maps remove the unnecessary, leaving valuable information to navigate the main defining paths of the city. All city blocks are cut by hand to reveal the paths, nodes, circles, boulevards, parks and streets of each of the cities. Via Paper Taste Buds. -
Nebul.us: Visualizing (and Sharing) your Online Activity
4 Nov 2009 | 9:47 pmNebul.us is a new startup focusing on revealing the online activities of users through the interactive visualization of Internet usage patterns in real-time. It aims to become a social site for sharing content with friends (or to the public at large), or a productivity enhancing site for figuring out how one is spending time online. After installing a browser plugin, the service will start monitoring the browsing history. Typical Web2.0 profiles like Facebook, Twitter, last.fm or YouTube can be added as well to complete the view of online activities (note that the initial setting is set to… -
Sound Sculptures: Rendering Sounds in Tangible Forms
4 Nov 2009 | 2:31 amCylinder [extraversion.co.uk] is a small collection of physical data sculptures based on STL file data captured by the analysis of sound samples from spaces, creating site specific sculptures reflecting the acoustic of an environment. A mapping of the frequency and time domains produced cylindrical forms that represent the specific spatial characteristics of the sound input. Physical versions of the digital 3D models were then "printed" in 3D using stereolithography. See also Sound Chair, Laser-Cut Sound Sculpture and Sound of Light Sculpture. Via Generator.x. -
Lying through Visualization: AT&T Sues Verizon over Coverage Maps
3 Nov 2009 | 5:43 pmThe popular electronic gadget blog Engadget reports that AT&T has sued Verizon over its "There's a Map for That" ads. The print and television commercial, which you watch here, centers around revealing how much more 3G coverage Verizon has, here through some hovering red versus blue colored maps of the US (which in effect look somehow similar to the colors used to distinguish Democratic and Republican states, but I guess that was not really intended) . The complaint seems to focus about the choice of the white or blank background in the two different 3G coverage maps, which should to be… -
New York City Subway Dynamic LED Signage
2 Nov 2009 | 6:53 pmThe New York City Subway seems to use a new LED signage system, according to this video page at Vimeo. Since I observed the first rows of huge, HD-resolution LCD screens showing the actual airline departure and arrival information at Chicago Airport, I started wondering how public signage will exploit upcoming display technologies like LED, LCD and OLED, and the high-resolution, full-color, fast-dynamic, high-contrast imagery they afford. So, is this the best way to show actual location-based subway information? The New York Subway signage is split into two halves: the left side of the panel…
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visualcomplexity.com
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SourceMap
SourceMap is a outstanding venture sponsored by different groups within the MIT. As they state on the site: "When you invite people to an event, buy the ingredients for a recipe, or design the parts of a product, your choices have a significant impact. Some things have vast supply chains that stretch across the world while others are completely regional. Understanding the reach of our sourcing is fundamental to improving economic, social and environmental conditions."Sourcemap is a tool for producers, business owners and consumers to understand the impact of supply chains. The site is a… -
Mo Money Mo Problems
The images shown here were generated by evaluating and interpreting the 1997 music video "Mo Money Mo Problems" from the first disc of the Notorious B.I.G. album, Life After Death. The algorithm detects edges in the image and attempts to trace motion from frame to frame, using the initial frame as their starting point. The output is rendered as a vector image, the curves represent the motion. The points represent the pixels detected in the edge, their size determined by the distance from their previous location, the further, the larger the circle. The color and location of the points are… -
del.icio.us visualization
In a paper entitled "Visualizing Social Bookmarks", Joris Klerkx and Erik Duval describe how it's often hard in most social bookmarking tools to discover implicit structures between tags, users and bookmarks. This is mostly due to the flat nature of tags, and an intrinsic trait of folksonomy in opposition to traditional hierarchical structures.In an effort to solve this problem, the authors designed a system that "attempts to visualize these structures, so that end users can explore the social bookmarks in a playful, efficient and flexible way." In this work, a cluster map visualization… -
Visualization of Vessel Movements
On September 18th, 2009, New Scientist posted some striking images from the Eurographics Symposium, held in Berlin, which brought together researchers across the globe with new ideas on mapping a diversity of phenomena, from the dive profile of penguins to signature recognition systems.The one that caught my attention was the visualization of vessel movements, by Niels Willems, Huub van de Wetering, and Jarke J. van Wijk. "The sea seems an open playground, but regulations hold, and furthermore, safety (collision prevention) and security (thread prevention) need to be ensured. Operators… -
OneDotZero Identity
OneDotZero is an international moving image festival, showcasing a variety of work from innovators across the globe. For this year's festival in London, September 9-13, Wieden+Kennedy UK, together with generative artist Karsten Schmidt, were responsible for all the identity and branding efforts. For this purpose, Schmidt authored a generative engine for producing a series of randomized visual systems, which were recorded for use in the trailer and festival posters. The results were astounding.From the OneDotZero website: "The heart of onedotzero's festival ethos of 'convergence and…
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FlowingData
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7 Visualization Groups On Flickr to Find Inspiration
5 Nov 2009 | 11:01 pmI've always thought of Flickr as a place where I can share my photos with friends and family; however, I'm starting to see there's a whole lot more than that. It's a great place to find inspiration for infographics and visualizations or to just browse the giganto collection of work from others. Here are some awesome data-related Flickr groups that are worth a look. Info Graphics "Charts, graphs, facts - anything that is about information or visualising information" [link] Guardian Datastore "Take our data, mash it up and create great visualisations with it - then post them on here" [link]… -
Make Thematic Maps With Cartographer.js
4 Nov 2009 | 11:43 pmLike it or not, Google Maps mashups continue to be a Web favorite. It's just so easy to use. Stick a few lines of javascript in your web page, and voila, you've got an interactive map. That's for point-wise data though. It gets a little trickier beyond "you are here" pointers. Cartographic.js, in its first release, aims to make thematic mapping with the Google Maps API easier. The above is a bubble map for Twitter user locations, and below is a simple choropleth demo. There's nothing earth-shattering here, but the above only required a couple lines of code, which I think is something every… -
Unemployment, 2004 to Present – The Country is Bleeding
3 Nov 2009 | 11:32 pmThe Bureau of Labor Statistics released the most recent unemployment numbers last week. Things aren't looking good for the unemployed, I'm afraid. I showed my younger sister the maps. Her response: "It looks like the country is bleeding." While the recession is "over" the unemployment rate rose to 9.8% in September from 9.7% in August. That's 214,000 more people who are jobless in the United States. The last time unemployment was this high was back in June 1983 when it was 10.1%. Check out the more detailed view here: From 2004 to 2007, unemployment was actually decreasing, but things went… -
Fictional Character Interactions Over Time
2 Nov 2009 | 11:54 pmPopular nerd comic xckd takes a look at character interactions over time in Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, 12 Angry Men, and Primer. The horizontal axis is time and the vertical axis indicates which characters are together at any given time. The result is something that looks like famed Minard graphic. Well, sort of. And of course it's all hand drawn, which adds to the nerd-ish charm. [Thanks, Wesley & Dave & Everyone else] FlowingPrints - Get cool data prints, spread awareness, and support data. -
FlowingData is On CNN – A new way of looking at the world
2 Nov 2009 | 10:24 amJust a quick note. There's an article up on CNN right now by Manav Tanneeru about the growth of visualization: A new way of looking at the world. There's a blurb in there about your.flowingdata, but mainly read it for the other sources. There's some nice tidbits from Martin Wattenberg, Ben Fry, et. al. Thanks, Manav for including me. FlowingPrints - Get cool data prints, spread awareness, and support data.
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A List Apart
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Can You Say That in English? Explaining UX Research to Clients
3 Nov 2009 | 1:00 amIt's hard for clients to understand the true value of user experience research. As much as you'd like to tell your clients to go read The Elements of User Experience and call you back when they’re done, that won’t cut it in a professional services environment. David Sherwin creates a cheat sheet to help you pitch UX research using plain, client-friendly language that focuses on the business value of each exercise. -
You Can Get There From Here: Websites for Learners
3 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am"Content-rich" is not enough. Most websites are not learner-friendly. As an industry, we haven’t done our best to make our content-rich websites suitable for learning and exploration. Learners require more from us than keywords and killer headlines. They need an environment that is narrative, interactive, and discoverable. Amber Simmons tells how to begin creating rich content sites that invite and repay exploration and discovery. -
Getting to No
20 Oct 2009 | 3:00 amA bad client relationship is like a bad marriage without the benefits. To avoid such relationships, or to fix the one you’re in, learn the five classic signs of trouble. Recognizing the never-ending contract revisionist, the giant project team, the vanishing boss and other warning signs can help you run successful, angst-free projects. -
The Myth of Usability Testing
20 Oct 2009 | 3:00 amUsability evaluations are good for many things, but determining a team’s priorities is not one of them. The Molich experiment proves a single usability team can’t discover all or even most major problems on a site. But usability testing does have value as a shock treatment, trust builder, and part of a triangulation process. Test for the right reasons and achieve a positive outcome. -
Discovering Magic
6 Oct 2009 | 3:00 amWouldn’t it be a little magical if, when you signed up for a new site, it said something like, “We notice you have a profile photo on Flickr and Twitter, would you like to use one of those or upload a new one?” Glenn Jones created a JavaScript library called Ident Engine that can help you do just that.
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UXmatters
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Anonymous Cowards, Avatars, and the Zeitgeist: Personal Identity in Flux: Part I
2 Nov 2009 | 2:22 amBy Joe Lamantia Published: November 2, 2009 “We rely on our identity to make sense of almost all the experiences we have in life—digital and otherwise. And yet, experience designers rarely consider personal identity—either as an aspect of design or a factor affecting design.” Our identity—our sense of who we are, in all the various contexts we negotiate, from personal to professional, from public to private, from individual to collective—is one of the most fundamental elements of our experience and awareness. We rely on our identity to make sense of almost all the experiences we… -
Participate in the 2009 UXmatters Reader Survey
2 Nov 2009 | 2:18 amBy Pabini Gabriel-Petit, Publisher & Editor in Chief Published: November 2, 2009 To take the survey, please click this link now: 2009 UXmatters Reader Survey This month, we’re celebrating the fourth anniversary of UXmatters, which launched in November 2005. UXmatters is thriving. Since our launch we’ve published 290 articles on a great diversity of topics. Our community of readers is growing. Over the last year, almost 260,000 UX professionals have read UXmatters. Because our goal at UXmatters is to produce a Web magazine that fulfills the information needs of UX professionals… -
Make More Money: Best Practices for Ads in Search Results: Part 2
2 Nov 2009 | 2:13 amBy Greg Nudelman and Frank Guo Published: November 2, 2009 In this installment of Search Matters, we’ll continue our discussion of ads in search results. If you missed it, read Part 1, which covered these best practices: Integrate your ads’ appearance with the rest of your site. Make sure customers can easily distinguish ads from content. Keep ads relevant and appropriate. Understand how your customers interact with ads. In Part 2, we’ll discuss the following best practices: Understand what makes a good ad. Limit cannibalization. Provide ads for internal merchandise instead of… -
Using Expression Blend to Explore, Demonstrate, and Document Design Solutions
2 Nov 2009 | 2:06 amBy Kevin Silver Published: November 2, 2009 “As an interaction designer, I had to wonder, Do I really want to create production-ready code?” For the last 6 months, I have been using Microsoft Expression Blend as my primary design tool. Blend, shown in Figure 1, is quickly becoming a powerful product. Its new Sketchflow module had me at hello. Like any new tool, Blend requires some ramp up time. Plus, I had to consider how to use Blend within the design and development process where I work, because Blend is much more than a simple prototyping tool. Blend is a GUI development tool that can… -
Communities of Practice: Optimizing Internal Knowledge Sharing
2 Nov 2009 | 2:00 amBy Michael Hawley Published: November 2, 2009 “An intranet has the potential to unify a corporate culture, emphasize core company values, and develop a sense of community among employees.” An intranet has the potential to unify a corporate culture, emphasize core company values, and develop a sense of community among employees, in addition to its basic function of providing access to documents and procedural information. Unfortunately, some intranets have simply grown organically, as collections of disjointed Web sites for different departments or document repositories for particular…
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we make money not art
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A Guest + A Host = A Ghost - Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection at DESTE Foundation in Athens
4 Nov 2009 | 11:01 amIn a series of symbiotic encounters and parasitic relationships, the solo presentations are often interrupted by incongruous presences or perturbed by unusual juxtapositions: drawings by Kara Walker surround a tomb by Urs Fischer; Maurizio Cattelan's homeless man kneels down in front of Kiki Smith's Bat Woman; Robert Gober's haunted rooms incorporate Gregor Schneider's architectural fragments, etc. continue -
Rechnender Raum (Calculating Space) at the Share Festival in Turin
4 Nov 2009 | 9:43 amCalculating Space is a delicate sculpture made of sticks, strings and little plumbs. The fragility and transparency of its structure reveals as much as it hides the logic and functioning of the machine. Its units operate like a very basic artifical neural network continue -
November programme for the VivoArts School for Transgenic Aesthetics
2 Nov 2009 | 12:59 amThe VivoArts School for Transgenic Aesthetics Ltd., Adam Zaretsky and Waag Society's temporary research and education institute on Art and Life Sciences, will be focusing this month on body art continue -
Venice Biennale: the Finnish pavilion
2 Nov 2009 | 12:13 amThis year the wooden pavilion, designed by architect Alvar Aalto in 1956, hosts a collection of Fire & Rescue Museum by Jussi Kivi. The artist's museum project is based on his long-term passion of collecting every imaginable item that ever has had something to do with firefighting continue -
Smoke and Hot Air
29 Oct 2009 | 1:37 amThe installation echoes the artist's concern for the relentless threats against Iran made by many countries in recent years. Sentences that include "attack Iran" are scavenged from Google News and spoken using a text-to-speech synthesizer. The voice is then picked up by a microphone, analyzed, and translated into rhythmically corresponding smoke rings from a quartet of smoke ring makers continue
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Newsgrist
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VendorBar @ Editions | Artists’ Books Fair, X-Initiative, Nov. 5th - 8th, 2009
4 Nov 2009 | 6:59 amKirby Gookin and Robin Kahn announce VendorBar, our newest curatorial endeavor hosted by the Editions | Artists’ Books Fair 2009 Nov. 5th - 8th, 2009. VendorBar presents artists who will directly engage the public by presenting actions, exchanges and services that result in the production and distribution of artists editions made specifically for the event. As part of this year’s “E|AB’09 Special Events” series, VendorBar offers a unique site where interaction supersedes transaction. PARTICIPATING ARTISTSARTifariti - Western Sahara Collective, Andrea Beeman & Ken… -
Call For Artists: Postcards From The Edge Benefit 2010
4 Nov 2009 | 6:39 amPostcards From the Edge benefit for Visual AIDS Hosted by ZieherSmith, NYC DEADLINE: Thursday, December 10, 2009 Visual AIDS invites artists to donate a 4" x 6" original work on paper for our 12th annual Postcards From the Edge benefit. Painting, drawing, photography, printmaking and mixed media are all welcome. Artists must be 18 years or older to participate. Only one entry per artist. Postcards From The Edge is an exhibition and benefit sale of original postcard-sized works of art by established and emerging artists. All works are exhibited anonymously, and the identity of the artist is… -
Christina McPhee's Poetics of the Partial
4 Nov 2009 | 6:21 amTESSERAE HOT PINK CALI AQUEDUCT, 2009, HD video still. Total running time: 5 minutes. Courtesy of the artist. West Coast artist Christina McPhee, recently interviewed in the BOMB Magazine blog: Interview: Christina McPhee By Melissa PotterThroughout the ’80s, Christina McPhee used drawing and painting to investigate landscape and its relationship to time through work at archaeological and geological sites. By the mid-’90s, she began new media explorations of human technology and the environment by mining traumatic memory patterns and what they might uncover about geomorphologies in sites… -
KERPLOW! Powhida on Cover of Brooklyn Rail
4 Nov 2009 | 6:07 amvia MAN: Artist William Powhida on the NuMu's "suicide" New York-based artist William Powhida, who frequently satirizes art world figures and conventions in his art, has taken on the New Museum's "suicide" in his latest work. Excerpted above, Powhida's drawing details "How the New Museum Committed Suicide with Banality," and includes James Wagner, Lisa Phillips, Marcia Tucker, Jeff Koons, and plenty of others who are somehow engaged in the NuMu's self-injury. You can see the drawing here at Powhida's website (click on it for a high-res image). New Yorkers will see it on the cover of the next… -
Closings (East Village) 184
2 Nov 2009 | 10:23 amClosings (East Village) 184, originally uploaded by Joy Garnett (archive).
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SuperTouch
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Risk : Eiko Ojala
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+KN | Kitsune Noir » Eduardo Hernandez aka Das.Grafiker
7 Nov 2009 | 7:49 amvia http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2009/02/24/eduardo-hernandez-aka-dasgrafiker/
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Space Wiggs Sunday
6 Nov 2009 | 8:39 pmPianist Dr. Loreta Kovacic (http://www.alchemistpiano.com/index.htm)'s Space Wiggs, an original children's musical inspired by the current exhibit at the CAMH, premiers... -
One is silver and the other...
5 Nov 2009 | 11:07 pmWhat's that old girl scout rhyme? Make new friends, but keep the old... (http://www.enchantedlearning.com/rhymes/makenewfriends.shtml)I kept humming this tune to... -
"Life is Living" Houston Kick-Off
5 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pmLife is Living, Marc Bamuthi Joseph's (http://www.myspace.com/bamuthi) national campaign to connect urban street arts with environmentalism and sustainable living,... -
Gallery Unknown and Canal Street Gallery
4 Nov 2009 | 9:08 pmDISCLAIMER: Once again, I have used a lot of words (including a back assward type of pigeon Spanish) and... -
Fresh Air
4 Nov 2009 | 2:13 amArt Critic Carol Diehl, in her recent post Observation on Observation (http://artvent.blogspot.com/2009/11/observations-on-observation.html) , has written an excellent essay about the...
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FECAL FACE
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Jeff Soto: Melbourne Part II
5 Nov 2009 | 6:50 amJeff blogs the 2nd half of his trip to Melbourne to speak at this year's Semi-Permanent. -
Jeremy Fish Studio Visit
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Kelsey Brookes Studio
3 Nov 2009 | 1:40 amA look into the studio of this San Diego based artist as he prepares for his solo show @Quint Contemporary opening Nov 20th. -
Jeff Soto: Melbourne
2 Nov 2009 | 2:13 amJeff's trip to Melbourne to speak at this year's Semi-Permanent. -
Free Fridayz: Distracted Pilots
30 Oct 2009 | 8:57 amWhat's not to be distracted by? Loads of dials and what a view?! Next weeks theme: Fashion Victim.
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Sprayblog
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Amazing Artwork from Jen Stark
Amazing Artwork from Jen Stark She takes pads of multi-colored construction paper and makes them into awesome paper art... -
Herakut live painting Berlin 08.10.09
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Spraygraphic Featured Artist: Kara W.
Spraygraphic Featured Artist: Kara W. Kara W. is a talented Photographer and Artist from Mesa, Arizona. Her Creative Project Section is filled some really amazing photos and paintings. Check out her profile. -
Zimoun : Sound Sculptures & Installations
Zimoun : Sound Sculptures & Installations | Compilation Video V1.2 from ZIMOUN VIDEO ARCHIVE on Vimeo. Zimoun : Sound Sculptures & Installations -
Koren Shadmi Artwork
Koren Shadmi's Artwork is amazing...check it
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Modern Art Obsession
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MAO Art Buy of the Month.. by Catherine Opie only $650 !!
1 Nov 2009 | 11:19 pmOK.. this one if going to sellout very quickly. So act now.. or it will be gone. This is a photograph by a MAO favorite artist... Catherine Opie. You probably saw Catherine Opie's huge blockbuster solo show at the Guggenheim Museum last year, or bought her amazing photobook.. Catherine Opie American Photographer. Anyway.. Catherine Opie is possibly one of the most important American photographers of her generation, MAO frequently thinks of her as the Walker Evans of the 21st Century. No matter if you love her work or not.. every viewer MAO knows will certainly have something to say once… -
Diane Arbus Photo Up for Auction at the Aperture Benefit!!
29 Oct 2009 | 10:50 amDiane Arbus Photo Up for Auction at the Aperture Benefit!! Check it out here... Yes.. so far this rare Diane Arbus photo has a current bid of only $1,750. Welcome to the Art Recession...That's too low to be believed!! So..one of the most important photographers in history has a photo for sale at Monday's Aperture Benefit auction. Can you ask for a better opportunity to add something amazing to your art collection? This is one of her very standard 14.25 in x 14.25 in, Gelatin Silver Prints made by photographer Neil Selkirk for the Arbus Estate. We've seen similar… -
The Aperture Foundation Benefit and Art Auction is Coming!
26 Oct 2009 | 9:11 pmThe Aperture Foundation Benefit and Auction is Coming! YES my little MAO-ettes.. one of the best art charities around is having their annual fund raising party. As every devoted MAO reader knows.. we can't do enough to support this charity. Tickets are still available..for both the Auction, and the Dinner.Here are the details... Aperture Foundation Benefit & Auction - Honoring Joel Meyerowitz, Howard Greenberg, and Susana Torruella LevalAuction Featuring works by Diane Arbus, Bruce Davidson, Atta Kim, Malick Sidibé, and moreMONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009The Lighthouse, Chelsea… -
Edward Burtynsky Photos.. Defied Recession Gravity
23 Oct 2009 | 7:45 amEdward Burtynsky Photos.. Defied Recession Gravity. For those long time MAO readers.. it will come to no surprise that MAO is an avid fan of Canadian Photographer Edward Burtynsky. Yes.. we know.. Edward's work is big, colorful, over-hyped, straightforward, expensive, often pretty, very "corporate", safe, etc.. just about everything most fine art photography scholars and contemporary art snobs love to poke fun of.. but yes.. MAO loves his images. But.. here's a little secret.. The auction world LOVES Burtynsky Too!! So while photo auction results have been… -
For Those Interested in Emerging Photographers... Here's the show for You!
19 Oct 2009 | 11:17 amEmerging Photographer Show at the Randall Scott Gallery opens on Thursday. This is one not to miss. The show is curated by Art Blogger, Photolucida Juror, and totally crazed obsessed avid photo collector.. Ruben Natal-San Miguel... aka ArtMostFierce. Ruben has scoured the earth to share with us, his newest, hot, amazing photo art discoveries. So for those art collectors interested in the bleeding edge, inexpensive cutting edge of Art Photography and to find out who's going to be hot in 3 to 5 years.. you have to see this show. We're sure…
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Uncrate
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UpCycle Ottoman
6 Nov 2009 | 2:07 pmSpice up your living room decor with the UpCycle Ottoman ($425). This 18-inch square foot cushion is upholstered with repurposed jute bags that were previously used to transport organic coffee...Visit Uncrate for the full post. -
The Book of Basketball
6 Nov 2009 | 1:39 pmGet yourself ready for another NBA season with The Book of Basketball ($17). Written by ESPN's "The Sports Guy" Bill Simmons, this 700-page tome takes an irreverent, entertaining, and yet...Visit Uncrate for the full post. -
Woolrich Woolen Mills Maine Guide Jacket
6 Nov 2009 | 12:04 pmWe're not sure whether it's actually worn by guides in Maine, but the Woolrich Woolen Mills Maine Guide Jacket ($500) is certainly up to the job. Made in the U.S....Visit Uncrate for the full post. -
The Beatles USB Apple Collection
6 Nov 2009 | 8:55 amWho would have thought that The Beatles would finally go digital on... a USB stick? The Beatles USB Apple Collection ($280; December 8) includes all the remastered goodness of the...Visit Uncrate for the full post. -
Tumbleweed Tiny Houses
6 Nov 2009 | 8:33 amWhen most people think of tiny houses, they think of the quaint, smallish-homes one finds in older neighborhoods, built back before the rise of the McMansion. But Tumbleweed Tiny Houses...Visit Uncrate for the full post.
