Data Buzz

by Dan Sellars on February 3, 2012

eric fischer dataviz Data Buzz See something or say something: New York

Red dots are locations of Flickr pictures. Blue dots are locations of Twitter tweets. White dots are locations that have been posted to both.

HT @ericfischer

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Glass House

by Dan Sellars on January 29, 2012

glass house Glass House

 Glass House

Conceptual Glass House. Intriguing prototype. Analogous to that renowned 5th Ave store.

No comparison to the original Glass House, designed by Philip Johnson the respected masterpiece for it’s use of glass, minimal structure, geometry, proportion, and the effects of transparency and reflection.

HT @ santambrogiomilano.it

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Corcoran

by Dan Sellars on January 28, 2012

advert corcoran Corcoran

Look carefully. Beautiful shape. Corcoran ad by JWT.

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When to Build

by Dan Sellars on January 26, 2012

We shape our tools and our tools shape us.

As more of the tools we live with every day become digital instead of physical, our opportunity – and responsibility – as designers is multiplying. We live in a world of screens, and we are the ones who decide what goes on them. We are in a unique position to have an impact – one that lasts longer than the next redesign or the latest technology. What happens when we stop thinking of ourselves not just as developers or experience designers, and take up the mantle as a new generation of product designers for a digital world?

HT @Wilson Miner

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Tadao Ando

by Dan Sellars on January 24, 2012

tadao ando Tadao Ando

Many of the works of Tadao Ando base their richness in the relationship of the building with light and nature. In that sense, the Church on the Water, designed in 1985 and built in 1988, is one of its most celebrated achievements, in which nature has been involved in the design of the building.

Ando manages to create a microcosm that combines simply but brilliantly concepts on the profane and the sacred, the artificial and the natural, the enclosed and the exposed, the emptiness and the infinity.

Hokkaido near Tomamu, Japan
HT @archdaily

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Blackbox

by Dan Sellars on January 23, 2012

 Blackbox

Slick high contrast interface. Reminiscent of cockpit interfaces in Blade Runner.

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Curtiss C-46

by Dan Sellars on January 22, 2012

 Curtiss C 46

“Miss Piggy”, a Curtiss C-46 Commando which crash landed in November 1979.

The plane was affectionately named because of the sheer abundance of cargo it was able to carry, also at one stage it did have a cargo of pigs.

It came to rest on a rocky cliff after topping a few trees and taking out power lines. Fortunately there were no fatalities but two of the three crew were seriously injured.

HT @bushpilot

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Aston Martin DBR2

by Dan Sellars on January 8, 2012

aston martin dbr2 550pix Aston Martin DBR2

You should be in awe of Aston Martin vintage DBR2. Beautiful curves and detailing.

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Galicia Coast

by Dan Sellars on January 7, 2012

galicia coast 550px Galicia Coast

Galicia is a mountainous region of Spain with a rugged coastline combining high cliffs (some of the highest in Europe) with beautiful sand beaches.

Great surfing and write up recommended here:

Away from the few populated areas you will find stretches of beach all to yourself, even in summer. Most breaks are beach/point breaks with a few reefs located in the N of Galicia and a good spot, Patos (close to Playa America) in the SW. Exploration will pay off whatever time of year. Climate can be frustrating in Winter especially with high winds and rainfall.

map galicia Galicia Coast

Earn the “Great Outdoors” badge. If this were karate, I’d be a black belt.

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Indicators

by Dan Sellars on January 4, 2012

 Indicators

Saving time without taking your gloves off whilst snowboarding? Add to that list a service for design studios running rounds of brew.

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Kick off

by Dan Sellars on January 2, 2012

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 Kick off

A common theme for this site, “freestyling dives” HT via aussiefool

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Infrared

by Dan Sellars on December 29, 2011

 Infrared

Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions – Albert Einstein

Breathtaking, utter simplicity.

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light graffiti michael Michael Bosankos light graffiti

First covered by the Guardian who ran this story back in 2009.

Invasion: ‘What I feel I am trying to convey is a sense of an aesthetically pleasing shape that clearly does not belong in that particular place or area,’ says Bosanko. Based in Cardiff, most of the light art is drawn either in the empty urban night spaces of cities like Newport and the artist’s home town, or in the more desolate landscapes of the Breacon Beacons.

He spent the past five years developing his technique. These images were taken with a long exposure on a digital Canon camera. Thirty-nine-year-old photographic artist Michael Bosanko has made these pictures, which have not been Photoshopped, using colored torches at night in the same way that an artist uses a paintbrush. His digital camera stays on a long exposure, ranging from 10 seconds to one hour to create the images against the backdrop of Cardiff, Newport and the Brecon Beacons in south Wales

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Vestmanna Cliffs

by Dan Sellars on December 26, 2011

vestmanna cliffs faroe islands Vestmanna Cliffs

The Faroe Islands is a country in the Norwegian Sea, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing country.

Remote island communities have always fascinated me. From the independent nature of the people who call them home, rugged scenery that often graces the landscape, the animals that live there- they can really spark the imagination.

 Vestmanna Cliffs

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Brooklyn Landmark

by Dan Sellars on December 24, 2011

kentile floors Brooklyn Landmark

Enjoying this sign.

Take the F train to 4th/Smith and you’ll take in this great legacy signage.

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Angel of the North

by Dan Sellars on December 17, 2011

 Angel of the North

Snow and sculpture, hand in hand today following snow in Gateshead, Newcastle.

HT via @guardian

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Life’s twists and turns

by Dan Sellars on December 11, 2011

swisslife Lifes twists and turnsTime for some dark humored posters that reveal a twist of fate.

“I never want children are great.
For all life’s twists and turns: Flexible financial plans.”

HT @pivoting via Ad’s of the World

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David Lynch

by Dan Sellars on December 10, 2011

 David Lynch David Lynch

Great slideshow in today’s Guardian featuring David Lynch sketches. Gorgeous artifacts of visual thinking.

This year the acclaimed director of Mulholland Drive turned to publisher Steidl to collate his new book, ‘Works on Paper’, featuring more than 500 of his drawings dating from the 1960s onwards.

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Terroni

by Dan Sellars on December 3, 2011

terroni small TerroniAmusing graphic style on the home page of www.terroni.com

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Anti Gravity

by Dan Sellars on November 17, 2011

 Anti Gravity Stupendous find.

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