November 9, 2009 @ 10:16 pm
Trillions from MAYAnMAYA on Vimeo.
MAYAnMAYA are back with another fun illustrated video about the future of information organization. The video here talks about how the future of information architecture and infrastructure is going to be in the TRILLIONS with layered pieces controlling the flow of information.
Their previous videos on Architecture and Information should be a good starting point if you aren’t familiar with the work of MAYAnMAYA.
July 18, 2009 @ 6:51 pm
One day… from Challenge Your World on Vimeo.
Mainframe, a production studio specializing in motion graphics and animation, created this wonderful and light-hearted video for theChallenge Your World 20/20 series.
The Challenge Your World 20/20 is a series of 20 videos each year that showcase a wild invention that can somehow solve environmental issues the world is facing. The inventions can be absolutely ridiculous and don’t have to be actual products which explains why the video above gets away with such hilarious suggestions.
May 22, 2009 @ 7:14 am
In 1999, the head of design at The Ford Motor Company, J.Mays, decided to do something unconventional and seek design inspiration from people outside of the auto industry. One of those people he went to was Marc Newson, a furniture designer who had never worked on designing cars. The result of Newson’s efforts with Ford brought us this beautiful concept vehicle called the 021c, named after Newson’s favorite Pantone color. Newson’s car was a rare gem in 1999 because of its simple design and its small size, something contrastingly different from most other car companies at the time who were pushing big SUV sales.
Funny thing was that the 021c was hated when it was shown off to the public because people didn’t like boxy design and its overall simplicity. But nowadays, there seems to be a totally different respect for it.
Thanks Gearfuse!
March 11, 2009 @ 12:05 am
If I ever make it to a future as advanced and fluid as this, I’ll be happy.
This concept video was made by the geniuses at Microsoft Office Labs as they envision what it might be like to live in the year 2019. I think the year is an arbitrary number and I kind of doubt we’ll be this advanced as whole by 2019, but it’s nice to know that I’m not too far away from this.
February 16, 2009 @ 10:29 pm
If this promo video from Palm isn’t exaggerating anything, it really does look like the Palm Pre is set to become the best smartphone on the market when it gets released. It does feel like the Pre is doing something rather revolutionary with smartphone functionality because it makes multi-tasking such a fluid and integral part of the device.
Personally, I’ve always imagined a smartphone device to be somewhat like a tiny portable computer in your pocket (without actually carrying a laptop). The iPhone and BlackBerry get close, but there are limitations to each of those OS’s and the Palm Pre has so far one-upped each of those devices in every single way. For the first time ever, I think the Palm Pre may finally be bringing us into the future of mobility. The only thing left to “fix” and get right is our shoddy US networks. Get our networks to actually have bearable data speeds and decent prices and the Palm Pre is going to be REALLY awesome.
January 28, 2009 @ 10:57 am
Anna shared this amazing composite image of Manhattan that shows the left side of the island as it was 400 years ago and the right side as it looks today.
The image was created by Markley Boyer and used in a New York Times piece about the history and potential future of Manhattan island.
Per acre, Sanderson writes, Mannahatta had more ecological communities than Yellowstone, more native plant species than Yosemite, more birds than the Great Smoky Mountains.
“If Mannahatta existed today as it did then, it would be a national park,” Sanderson says. “It would be the crowning glory of American National Parks.”
But it doesn’t, which leaves Sanderson to wonder what New York will look like 400 years from now.
It’s weird to think that a city as big as New York could have potentially been a National Park. I didn’t even know it was as green as it was depicted here. But I guess that would make sense since everything 400 years ago was probably green all over.
