Category Archives: Trends
Tesco: Subway Virtual Store (via @realadverblog)
People can shop at a virtual subway store by scanning the QR codes with their smartphones. The products automatically lands in their online cart and get delivered to their homes. Via Adverblog
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2019: A Future Imagined (via @ThisWaste)
Visual Futurist Syd Mead (“Blade Runner,” “Aliens,” “Tron”) reflects upon the nature of creativity and how it drives the future.
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Tron Legacy Premiere – A Light Session (via @kriss_creol) #yam
Old-time skaters ENESS jumped at the chance to bring skateboarding into the future by blending interactivity and high-tech mastery for the Tron Legacy premiere. Via Creol Brothers
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Nokia LoopApp (via @rubbishcorp)
‘Loop is a music-making app that allows you to sample sounds and make music with anything, anywhere, anyhow you like. Pre-programmed with nine baselines. Make a track. Set it as your ringtone. Share it on Facebook.’ Via Rubbishcorp
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Google Demo Slam: Epic Docs Animation (via @frederikfrede)
See the presentation (and wait for it to load – the file is heavy!) 3 animators. 3 days (sort of). 3 Locations. 1 Google Doc. www.demoslam.com Via Frederik Frede
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Air Guitar prototype with Kinect (via @rubbishcorp)
‘Artist & Designer Chris O’Shea has created a working Air Guitar using openFrameworks and open source drivers on Kinect.’ Yeeaaahhhh… Via Rubbishcorp
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Nokia Situations beta (via @rubbishcorp)
‘The app essentially enables the user to define how they want their phone to behave in different situations and then automatically adjusts the phone based on those settings. The app decides when to auto adapt based on stuff like time, day, location and available networks etc.’ Via Rubbishcorp
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Nike – I AM PLAYR (via @TribalDDB_DE)
‘I AM PLAYR is the first game to let you experience the life of a footballer, through the eyes of a footballer. Played on its own dedicated website and across social networks, it mixes up first person perspective gameplay, interactive video and storytelling through different media to create a unique game experience.’ Facebook Page: http://facebook.com/iamplayr
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News+ concept (via @vimeo)
Bonnier’s new tablet concept News+ combines the depth and editorial choices of a daily newspaper with the web’s possibilities for interaction and quick updates. Via Vimeo
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TRON LiveCycle Game (via @playfool)
The location-based video game let you play a real-life version of Disney TRON: Legacy. Build a Light Wall as you move about the real world and earn points by forcing other players to crash into it. Smart Idea by CP+B Via Playfool
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Didn’t Know What Love Was (via @rubbishcorp)
Bernard Sumner, Hot Chip, and Hot City for Converse. “A brand that is so ingrained in culture doesn’t really need campaign ‘advertising’ – it simply needs to continue deepening it’s connection to that culture. If you create culture – you don’t have to interrupt it.” More here… Great work from Anomaly. Via Rubbishcorp
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A mobile 3D exhibition: Palm Top Theater (via @hellokinsella)
‘i3DG is a playful analog extension to an iPhone, converting its 2D display into a layered 3D view.’ Via hellokinsella
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Channel 4 – Twist Our Words (via @hellokinsella)
Got something to say? Get a Channel 4 personality to say it for you. Nice Via hellokinsella
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The Future of Television & The Digital Living Room (via @playfool)
‘Nobody can predict 100% what the future of television will be so I won’t pretend that I know the answers. But I do know that it will form a huge basis of the future of the Internet, how we consume media, how we communicate with friends, how we play games and how we shop.’ An [...]
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Qwiki (Alpha) (via @rubbishcorp)
Qwiki is working to deliver information in a format that’s quintessentially human – via storytelling instead of search. It currently covers 2 million reference terms – including a wide variety of people, places and things. You can type in any indexed term and Qwiki will generate an a bite sized audio/visual “information experience” describing it. [...]
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iPad: Scroll or Card? (via @iA)
Excellent article and a good question by Information Architects. Via iA
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Cosmic 140 (via @iA)
Information Architects map the Twitter universe and tells the story of Twitter and its 140 most influential Twitter users. Via iA
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Reactable mobile for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch (via @n_w_o_i)
‘Reactable for the iOS is awesome! If you are into synthesis it’s a must have app. I’ve been jamming all night!’ — Jordan Rudess Via New ways of interaction
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GoPro 2010 (via @newezra)
‘Fantastic demo of the compact, waterproof, HD action sports camera GoPro.‘ Via Jonathan Moore
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Fabian Hemmert: The shape-shifting future of the mobile phone (via @TATMobileUI)
Interesting concept. ‘Maybe this would fit better in a TV game controller, where you have a better grip, and where you have more room inside.’ Via TAT
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The Creative Internet (via @rubbishcorp)
Web awesomeness from Tom Uglow, a creative director for Google & YouTube in Europe. Great presentation of trends and innovation. Via Rubbishcorp
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Horizon 2D-3D transitions (via @TATMobileUI)
‘This TAT concept seamlessly combines maps in 2D and 3D. While 2D maps are great for getting a simple overview of a place, 3D maps show you what a place actually looks like. TAT Cascades makes it possible to create maps that combine both approaches, shifting dynamically between 2D and 3D.’ Via TAT
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mykea: Customise Your Draws (via @rubbishcorp)
‘Make your Ikea stuff more beautiful, more unique and more personal – mykea‘ Via Rubbishcorp
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The EyeWriter (via @playfool)
The EyeWriter is a low-cost, open-source eye-tracking device that allows people suffering from paralysis to create complex digital graphics by the sole means of the controlled movement of their eyes. The project has won a Golden Nica at Prix Ars Electronica 2010. Via Playfool
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Google Instant with Bob Dylan (via @bbhlabs)
Search as fast as Bob Dylan sings with Google Instant. Via BBH Labs
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Run 4 Cover (via @_theinspiration)
Starring : Nigel Sylvester. Step your game up. Via Theinspiration.com
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Everything changed – 20 Years Of Nevermind