I think it's interesting how Puma are advertising their product now. And as I had this queued up to blog I came across these other trainer adverts, trying to push their products in a similar 'not-so-sporty' way.
These trainers have built in foursquare- geotagging trainers- orwellian or brilliant?
This is a machine which as far as I can tell- has a story loaded on it and then takes keywords and compares those to keywords in patents in the US patents office- it finds the images associated with the words and then draws them- a drawing for every word. So you end up with a story told in amazing diagrams and drawings. Read the website, watch the video........ link: http://storyteller.allesblinkt.com/
Little bit late but here it is. Went to the RCA in short- was surprisingly disappointed with the Interactions work- I think now that most people can use an arduino a bit and appreciate that electronics and stuff isn't as hard as it used to be, the magic has left a bit. I'm not impressed now by a sensor or a projector with a something on it- I've seen it before- quite a bit. It all needs to be coupled with an intelligent and good idea which didn't seem as apparent as in previous years. I was surprisingly pleased with the Product stuff though- don't know why- perhaps because a fair bit of the interactions electronicy stuff has osmosised over- as I said- all that stuff is a lot more accessible than it used to be- the best piece of electronic interaction that was there was in the Design Products space. Whispering Leaves by Ji Long Shon. (and is that Charlotte on her website?)
Earth Coffin by George Fereday looks like what it is- but a good idea mind.
Pressed Chair by Harry Thaler. Not often I like chairs- but this one seems to actually live up to it's eco concepts- I like that if you left it outside it might begin to look like a watering can. I think the raw metal one would look better with age- tricky to do.
Disappearing by Andrew Friend. Read the website and see the pictures. I like this one for a few reasons- the objects look like they are older than they are- the one for the sea looks like a 20 year old buoy. Also the project only comes alive in the photographs- the objects are almost by the by- the photos are the heroes here- contextualising the objects in wall sized photographs at the show was a winner- I've got a real thing at the moment for how far do you need to take a project before it's a project.
The BBC are putting on some great material at the moment- Dive is about 2 kids who get pregnant and have a kid. It sounds rubbish but it's so beautifully put together and it's got the guy out of skins I like, Jack O'Connell. It captures a bit of teen times nicely and looks at the struggles between love and pride. Directed by Dominic Savage. Check out the amazing shots from the swimming pool- it's worth watching for these slow mo diving shots.
Also about at the moment is The Silence so far like 5 parts- about a deaf girl who witnesses a Policewomans murder. Really good stuff and I was struck by this shot of tap drinking. I've never seen it displayed before- It looks great.
They stole my idea- Stone Carved tweets. There's something deeply comforting about permanence these temporal times. Links: http://autobahn.nl/ http://www.wendling.nl/
Points of interest: - People like things- they don't mind paying for an object (as opposed to web/ internet related stuff)
- A tacky figurine might be better than 1000 photo files on a cloud when it comes to recalling or remembering a holiday
- Screens aint all that
- People are amazed that internetty type data can become physical- especially personalised objects
- As old tech and practices change the infrastructure they used begin to become more accessible to the little guy (we've broken your business now we want your machines.)