Is the world full of deep symmetries and ordered pairs? Or do we live in a lopsided universe? This striking video by Everynone plays with our yearning for balance, and reveals how beautiful imperfect matches can be. The video was inspired by RadioLab’s episode Desperately Seeking Symmetry. I heart Radiolab.
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Wondering what to do in Seattle this weekend? Go see Under This Roof!
Under This Roof premieres this weekend April 15 & 16, at Velocity! It is an evening of dance that explores the Home, one room at a time. Dancers Bridget Gunning, Morgan Nutt, Aliza Rudavsky and Nicole Sasala will be accompanied by the stunning three-part harmonies and warm guitar strumming of Hannalee. Produced and choreographed by … Continued
Dogboarding
Because it’s Monday, take a moment to appreciate the fine new sport of dogboarding, aka eXtreme compositing. Dogboarding from DANIELS on Vimeo.
Pie in the Sky vs Where the Rubber Meets the Road
We enjoyed working with Intel Labs Seattle to create a new website that showcases their exploratory research. Intel Labs Seattle (ILS) collaborates with the University of Washington to develop techniques that integrate future computers seamlessly into daily life. After touring their office space and learning more about their processes we presented two web design concepts. … Continued
You are now entering the time zone
If you make the short journey from Tonga to Samoa, you arrive at Samoa before you had left Tonga. Time is complicated. Good thing we have the BBC. (Flash Required)
Perfect Limitations
Constraints are often better and more interesting than unlimited resources. We see this all the time in our design process. Things that start off as restrictions end up defining projects and becoming the basis for ideas we never would have had otherwise. The video below illustrates this in such a touching way, and the production … Continued
Our hearts go out to Japan.
Our hearts go out to all of the people in Japan. James White made this poster to inspire people to Help Japan, after the devastating earthquake and subsequent massive tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011. The poster quickly went viral and was sold at the Signalnoise store. All profits go to the relief … Continued
Arcano Type—Beautiful Hand Drawn Typography
After 4 months of work, Giuseppe Salerno of Valencia-based Resistenza has released Arcano Type. Inspired by nature, symbols, icons and jewels, the Arcano typeface was designed completely by hand. I discovered this typographic jem on David Airey’s design blog. I was even lucky enough to win a free version of Arcano by posting in David’s … Continued
Meet Me at the Center of the Earth
Nick Cave, a New Orleans-style marching band, Soundsuit performances by Cornish College of the Arts, DJ Riz, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and about fifty other cool things this Friday at SAM Remix. It is sold out, but the first 50 in masks get in free.
1970s iPad
Stereo equipment was the best in the 70s. It was big, heavy, and covered in wood grain. When I need a piece of stereo equipment I go to the thrift stores and buy the heaviest thing I can find. Hopefully it’s a Marantz and covered in luscious wood texture. When I first got the iPad … Continued