Wednesday 19 March 2008
Thursday 7 February 2008
Wednesday 6 February 2008
flash ole´
it's damn slow. but you get the point. click in the middle to activate it, then use the arrows. muchos funos!
this flash project was very interesting. david gave us the opprtunity to control our flash game with phidgets. phidgets are a set of different hardware devices such as sliders, joysticks, buttons, light sensors,.. with which you can control your flashgame. with the use of usb the phidgets can be easily connected to the computer.
it was fun to control my flash pingpong game with a slider.
such kind of devices gave so much opprtunities to develop different kinds of interactive interfaces. i hope that i can/will make use of those phidgets in the future. maybe for my bachelor report i have to write to finish my studies.
Friday 1 February 2008
found!
i found an amazing german photgrapher: werner amann from berlin. i really like the series 'walking in l.a.', 'heart beat berlin' and 'portraits 1'. what i like about his photos is the emotion they are expressing. it seems like the pictures are telling a long and interesting story about the persons on it.
i also like the colour theme. warm, soft, clear and a bit blurry/dirty at the same time. lovely!
also check his flickr site.
Monday 28 January 2008
simplicity
..could be the philosophy of my life. i'm always trying to make the things in my life as simple as possible. to not waste my time thinking about the complex things that happens in the world and have as much relaxing time to enjoy the little things that happens in my life.
i'm doin this without any strict rules, then it would be to complex of course, it happens more subconscious but compared to the people surrounding me, i think i'm quite good in simplyfing my life and relax.
but this book about simplicity by john maeda where he presents 10 laws and 3 keys to achieve simplicity is very useful.
it gets the things out of my subconsciousness in cold print where i can make notes and underline important things to make them from subcounscious feelings to real thoughts i can work with.
this book, for me, acts like a guard that helps me fixing my thoughts about simplicity and complexity.
especially because i'm interested in webdesign/-devolpment i find it very useful for my studies. he talks about how to reduce and organize things, how to deal with time and knowledge to achieve simplicity. on the other hand he talks about the symbiosis of simplicity and complexity and the importance of finding a good balanced center but always have a look to the edges on the left and right side to make sure that you are still in the balanced centere.
the laws of simplicity acts like a dictionary cheered up with stories from e.g. his daughters and life as a professor at the MIT.
i'm doin this without any strict rules, then it would be to complex of course, it happens more subconscious but compared to the people surrounding me, i think i'm quite good in simplyfing my life and relax.
but this book about simplicity by john maeda where he presents 10 laws and 3 keys to achieve simplicity is very useful.
it gets the things out of my subconsciousness in cold print where i can make notes and underline important things to make them from subcounscious feelings to real thoughts i can work with.
this book, for me, acts like a guard that helps me fixing my thoughts about simplicity and complexity.
especially because i'm interested in webdesign/-devolpment i find it very useful for my studies. he talks about how to reduce and organize things, how to deal with time and knowledge to achieve simplicity. on the other hand he talks about the symbiosis of simplicity and complexity and the importance of finding a good balanced center but always have a look to the edges on the left and right side to make sure that you are still in the balanced centere.
the laws of simplicity acts like a dictionary cheered up with stories from e.g. his daughters and life as a professor at the MIT.
Sunday 20 January 2008
eric needham - black & neon
there is currently an exhibition in the gallery of waterstones view from the top (fourth floor). resolution, an open photography show in support of photovoice. out standing for me was the work of eric needham. first, his work seems to be the only digital one, and i like his use of neon colours.
i'm not quite sure how he did this. for me it looks like soap bubbles on a glass plate. i can't really say how much is from the photograph he took and how much he did afterwards in the computer with it. i'm sure that it is a photograph, because on his website he just talks about himself as a photographer and not explicit about the use of computer programmes.
'My innovative style of photography involves using revolutionary mounting methods to support the subject, also using light and colour to enhance this.
I also use shape, light and colour to create abstract images.'
this quote from eric needham's website could mean everything. it is not really clear if and how much he retouches his photographs afterwards.
what i like about his work is the use of black and neon colours. i have a strong weakness for black or in general dark and dirty colours, and i like big contrasts as for example given in this picture above.
a comparabel artist i found some month ago on ffffound. his name is chuck anderson a freelance artist, designer, and photographer.
i collect such kind of art (usually stored in my social bookmarking) to have some examples when i need inspiration for designing a website or retouching photographs i took.
i'm not quite sure how he did this. for me it looks like soap bubbles on a glass plate. i can't really say how much is from the photograph he took and how much he did afterwards in the computer with it. i'm sure that it is a photograph, because on his website he just talks about himself as a photographer and not explicit about the use of computer programmes.
'My innovative style of photography involves using revolutionary mounting methods to support the subject, also using light and colour to enhance this.
I also use shape, light and colour to create abstract images.'
this quote from eric needham's website could mean everything. it is not really clear if and how much he retouches his photographs afterwards.
what i like about his work is the use of black and neon colours. i have a strong weakness for black or in general dark and dirty colours, and i like big contrasts as for example given in this picture above.
a comparabel artist i found some month ago on ffffound. his name is chuck anderson a freelance artist, designer, and photographer.
i collect such kind of art (usually stored in my social bookmarking) to have some examples when i need inspiration for designing a website or retouching photographs i took.
Thursday 17 January 2008
who needs fancy pants?
'On Saturday January 12th, 2008 nearly 2,000 people took off their pants on subways in 10 cities around the world. In New York’s 7th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride we had around 900 participants, spread out over three subway lines.' via
shake ya ass!
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