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Dec 26 2007

Interesting new method for text entry by David Goligorsky
Filed under: Associative Thought, Code, Computers, Data Presentation, Design, Engineering, Experience Design, GUI, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Language, Pragmatism, Remix, Science, Software, Typography, Visualization
Dasher changes the paradigm of text entry from pushing buttons to navigating through words. Here's a YouTube demonstration of the technology and here's the Dasher website, which offers a test drive of the program. (via GUUUI) I recently watched The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. It's a film based on the true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, who was the editor-in-chief of Elle. He had suffered a massive stroke in 1995 that left his mind in tact, but his body was completely paralyzed except for one eye and eyelid. Needless to say, he could not speak. Speech ...
Dec 26 2007

Squirrel Decanter… by David Goligorsky
Filed under: Art, Remix
You can buy a $425 taxidermy squirrel decanter... it's a hollow squirrel whose head is a cork. Yuk. The rest of the site includes novelty and oddity taxidermy, like jackalopes and griffins.
Dec 21 2007

Year of the Potato by David Goligorsky
Filed under: Misplaced Thoughts
The United Nations has declared 2008 the Year of the Potato. Keep that in mind while making your resolutions... vodka instead of champaign?
Dec 20 2007

The Uncanny Valley by Eric Silva
Filed under: Misplaced Thoughts
In 1970, Masahiro Mori described a concept called the uncanny valley that relates the emotional response of humans to the realism of robots, animated humans, etc. Image courtesy of Masahiro Mori The graph shows that people's emotional responses to human like objects, images, or animations gets better as realism increases, until the uncanny valley is reached, where people generally start to get "creeped out." W. W. Norton has a good essay on the uncanny valley and how it relates to movie special effects. They make a good comparison, The Polar Express vs. The Incredibles. Here are some screen grabs they posted ...
Dec 18 2007

Cardboard Safari by David Goligorsky
Filed under: Aesthetics, Art, Product Design, Remix
I've been hunting (figuratively) for disembodied and taxidermied animal parts. There's a certain charm to them that can only be described as j'ne sais qua. Then there's the fact that it's just a dead animal mounted to a piece of wood. Well, you can quell your inner moral dialogue with Cardboard Safari. They have deer, moose, and rhino heads made from 100% recycled cardboard and retain some of the majesty. Plus, you can flat-pack them for when you move, although I imagine it would be funny to drag a javelina into your new home while the neighbors ...
Dec 18 2007

Custom Silhouettes by David Goligorsky
Filed under: Aesthetics, Art, Graphic Design
I really like these custom silhouette portraits. Seems like the perfect family gift. (via Cup of Jo)
Dec 17 2007

Cargo Bikes are Amazing by David Goligorsky
Filed under: Misplaced Thoughts
I'm looking forward to a time when I live in a place with a garage... I can assure you that it will be home to a cargo bike. I came across Long John-style bicycles through Velorbis, a company that produces vintage-style cruiser/work bicycles. The "Long John" is a style of bicycle frame with a long and low platform in front of the handlebars for loading cargo. There seems to be a reasonable following for this kind of bicycle that converges at LongJohn.org. There's a framebuilder under the "ANT" marque who is local to the Perpenduum HQ. He builds custom ...
Dec 17 2007

Don’t Hassel the ‘Blad by David Goligorsky
Filed under: Architecture, Art, Film
(via ffffound)
Dec 12 2007

Eames Aluminum Group Advertisement by David Goligorsky
Filed under: Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Graphic Design, History of Design, Typography
Dec 11 2007

Container City, TM by David Goligorsky
Filed under: Aesthetics, Architecture, Design, Remix, Sustainable Design
I have liked the idea of making buildings out of shipping containers since I saw the first example of this with the Freitag shop in Zurich. Container City(TM) offers to plan and build structures using shipping containers. They have a nice gallery. FabPreFab is a website that offers a listing of prefabricated modernist homes including more information about shipping container architecture.

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