Ridley Scott’s Bladerunner (1982) is one of few films whose futuristic visions have aged well—the corporations, fashion, and technology, are all plausibly in humanity’s trajectory—albeit not by the year of the film’s setting, 2019.

We might, perhaps, achieve the architecture. These photos of Tokyo by Thomas Birke bear a striking resemblance to the art from the film. He shot in large format (8×10), looking for density, the city’s organic nature, and, above all, the city of Bladerunner.

See the full set on Flickr.

via Hivelogic

Bridging the analog/digital gap is a worthwhile consideration in designing today’s products and experiences. There are definitely cost, availability, scalability, and ease issues associated with digital products, but the digitization of an analog experience often loses a key element of the story.

Poladroid is a fantastic cross-over from the analog space to the digital realm. Highly recommended and very fun to use.

This is application for Mac users that converts a digital image into a very good imitation of a Polaroid photograph. Not only does the application make the noise of a Polaroid taking a photo, but you even have to wait for the image to “develop.” It’s funny, because Polaroid is “instant” film which was supposed to be an improvement on celluloid film, but in the digital age, Polaroid has been replaced with truly instant photography and now the formerly-known-as-instant Polaroid process is relatively time-consuming.

But seriously, download this application. It’s great. If you use a PC, it is supposed to be available some time in November.

(Thanks to Wummer. Hey, your Phillies did alright.)

Interestingly, the video was shot by Frank Beltrán using only a Canon EOS-1D Mark III, a digital SLR with no ostensible video mode. It can, however, shoot 10 frames per second (which explains the jerky footage on the otherwise smooth Vimeo) for about 10 seconds.

Also, check out the making of Clap Your Brains Off.

Via  S U A V E

photo by Erik Jacobs for The New York Times: The Old House and the Sea

Apparently, someone else has been playing around in Adobe apps… Almost every major news source had run an image of an Iranian missile test that has since been called “apparently digitally altered.” New York Times has the scoop.

(A rare political post on Perpenduum, via Telstar Logistics)

Pictured is the Papilio anchises.

(via NotCot)

I was browsing Issuu this morning (thanks, David!), when I came across the preview of Work/Life, a “directory of Canadian Illustration & Photography”, which is currently enjoying an eponymous exhibition at UPPERCASE, in Calgary.

Canadian self-portrait (detail) by Kirstie Tweed

The idea behind Work/Life is to celebrate (and promote) Canada’s best. From the introduction:

Work/Life is a book celebrating Canadian illustration and photography…Participants were interviewed about their creative focus and artistic technique as well as their inspiration and aspirations…

Each participant was asked to provide a list of their top ten dream clients and the book will be sent to this master list on their behalf. We’re happy to report that some of our participants have already been commissioned, based on the links to their portfolios that we listed on the Work/Life project website.

Awesome!

One of the illustrators who caught my eye was Renata Liwska. Her pencil sketches and illustrations of lovable reminded me of curling up with and losing myself in a colorful picture book as a child, rather than the grim, black-and-white texts we adults are supposed to prefer.

Igor Beaver by Renata Liwska

Her portfolio is at wronghand.com.

I am much more impressed by the image below (via ffffound!) showing a lion perched in the sidecar of a vehicle negotiating the Wall of Death.