Archive: December 17, 2010

The City Concealed: Park Slope Armory from Thirteen.org on Vimeo. Now housing the YMCA recreational center, the Park Slope Armory has a rich history in wartime operations. It was built in 1895 for the 14th regiment of The National Guard and went on to serve multiple purposes like a homeless shelter, a sporting arena, and [...]

Backyard Booty Segment: Natural Progressions from Ryan Flett on Vimeo. Fstoppers posted this video from Ryan Flett that shows the 2.5D effect — or moving still image effect — in action along with some time-lapse videos. I’ve always enjoyed watching this sort of thing in documentary videos and it’s cool to see them use the [...]

Photo by Francesco Ragusa Seriously, how great is this pile of wood made by Boris Dennler? Imagine living in a house full of these types of hidden furniture designs — that would be insane!

Yes, I’ll admit that I’ve never been to Governors Island, but looking at Andrew Moore’s photos of the place make me want to go there as soon as I can. I hear it’s been rehabilitated in some parts for the public, but I wonder if it’s still anything like it is in Andrew’s photos.

The RSS 5000 app for the iPad looks spectacular. The app lets you go through your Google RSS feeds by showing you the actual webpage on the right side rather than the usual RSS non-formatted page. That means you’ll see all the content as it was intended to be viewed. This seems to work great [...]

Il etait une fois – Benjamin Lacombe from B&C on Vimeo. Check out this promo video for a pop-up book by illustrator Benjamin Lacombe. The French book includes one-page spreads from classic stories like Alice In Wonderland, Pinocchio, The Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, Peter Pan, Little Red Riding Hood, Mrs Butterfly, and Thumbelina. Wow, this looks [...]