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+39 +9How ‘Minority Report’ Trapped Us In A World Of Bad Interfaces
I wish I could get away with charging my clients a fee for every time they say “Minority Report” to me. I’m a commercial artist in L.A., and 90% of commercial art is shutting up and giving the client what they want. That means I spend a lot of time trying to repackage Steven Spielberg’s vision of the future: floating graphical windows with video hovering in them, typography flickering and animating in response to actors’ actions, interfaces appearing and disappearing when fingers reach out to poke them.
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+7 +3Chiharu Shiota's immersive labyrinth of red yarn for Gucci
Chiharu Shiota has transformed a space into a panoramic expanse filled with a grid of red yarn.
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+3 +1The Fascinating History of the Meridian Lines Hidden in Catholic Churches
After centuries of war, Catholicism and science reconciled over meridian lines.
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+1 +1Photo by Ján Jakub Naništa | Unsplash
Do-whatever-you-want high-resolution photo from Ján Jakub Naništa on Unsplash.
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+7 +2Why car designers stick with clay
In an age when vehicle styling teams have supercomputers and virtual reality at their disposal, a venerable — and defiantly low-tech — design tool persists.
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+10 +3Worst Food Decoration Fails
The best thing you'll see today.
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+41 +10Ford unveils crazy hoverboard concept car
Ford has unveiled the Carr-E, a new concept vehicle that aims to transport commuters from their packing space to their final destination.
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+7 +2If you love typography, go to car shows.
Designers were never shy about shouting a car’s name. Local car shows are often a chance to capture chrome script or a fetching period decal that features compelling typography.
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+8 +2This Map of the World Just Won Japan’s Prestigious Design Award
The 2016 Good Design Award results were announced recently with awards going to over 1000 entries in several different categories. But the coveted Grand Award of Japan's most well-known design award, given to just 1 entry, was announced today.
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+7 +2Apartheid ended 20 years ago, so why is Cape Town still ‘a paradise for the few’?
The South African city is World Design Capital, yet residents of its Khayelitsha township live in appallingly cramped, unhygienic conditions. The need for long-promised urban reform is urgent. By Oliver Wainwright.
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+4 +2Cobalt Valkyrie X Rose Gold private airplane
Cobalt Valkyrie X Rose Gold private airplane interior features premium leather seats, hand stitched by former Hermès craftsmen.
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+2 +1Top 10 London Film Festival posters of all time
Today [two weeks ago] marks the start of the 60th British Film Institute London Film Festival. We celebrate with this look back at some of the event’s best posters. By Tom May. (Oct. 5, 2016)
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+5 +2Twenty Tattoo Ideas For Cat Lovers
You already have three cats, all of them eat better food than you, live in a fancier houses, and you’re still finding yourself running out of ways how to show your uncompromising love for these beautiful felines? We’re here to help. We and these tattoo artists who cater to the die hard kitty fans.
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+26 +3The greatest record sleeves – as chosen by the designers
What’s the best-designed album sleeve? The Beatles’ White Album or Kraftwerk’s Autobahn? Miles Davis’s Tutu or Pixies’ Doolittle? Designers of modern album covers including Peter Saville, Vaughan Oliver and more pick their favourites
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+8 +2This church might not look like anything special, until you see it from different angles.
This church in Borgloon, Belgium. It doesn't look like anything special, it consists of 100 layers of stacked steel, that are equidistantly staggered in a way that illusively change in appearance based on where the viewer is standing.
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+24 +3Like an outdoor Roomba, Robomow grooms your lawn so you don’t have to
If the Jetsons had a lawn to mow, you can bet they would have mowed it with something like a Robomow robotic lawnmower. Much like a robotic vacuum, Robomow
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+33 +3A Chemist and a Designer Team Up to Weave Solar Panels Into Fabric
Trisha Andrew and Marianne Fairbanks are developing a solar textile that could end up in clothing, curtains, car seats and tents
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+10 +212 American Fighter Planes That Might Have Been
They flew, but never fought.
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+19 +15 Solar-Powered Buildings that will Forever Change Architecture
From Apple's Spaceship HQ to GE's Boston campus, these solar-integrated designs are raising the bar.
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+20 +2Alien - H. R. Giger's Beautiful Monster
A look at the work of horror's most influential designer.
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