In-Formed: Where Statistics Seep Into Product Design
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The work of Nadeem Haidary, In-Formed is a project which involved fusing contextual information into product design, providing people with a greater awareness of their usage behavior. Products included a faucet which shows much water a person has used, and the rubbish bin which shifts it’s angle (making it harder to use) as excessive waste is thrown in (via information aesthetics).
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Dark Night Of The Soul Full Album Stream / Details
TweetNew details have emerged on the Danger Mouse / Sparklehorse helmed multimedia project Dark Night Of The Soul. The album (due for release this summer) features the aforementioned curators alongside the Flaming Lips, Iggy Pop, Frank Black, and the Strokes’ Julian Casablancas. It will be accompanied by a book featuring over 100 photos from David Lynch, who is also behind this brief, cryptic teaser video.
The full album is now streaming over at the Chrysalis Music blog. The project also includes an art installation at L.A.’s Michael Kohn Gallery, which will run from May 30 - July 11 (via Pitchfork).
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From The Arctics
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From Freeze Frame, an amazing new archive of rare Arctic/Antarctic images from 1845-1982. Yes, that is a pair of free standing jeans, frozen solid above the snow (via WSJ).
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Lad Musician x Coley Brown Success Rocker T-Shirt
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Nice tee from the collab line between Lad Musician and photographer Coley Brown. Hit up their website to view the full collection - ¥9,660 each.
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Mr. Connare says. But, he adds, “if you hate it, you really don’t know much about typography, either, and you should get another hobby. ”
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The Revenge, 1882, George de Forest Brush.
Was recently amazed by the exhibit of his native American paintings at the Seattle Art Museum. (more photos at nga.gov)
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