Posted in Creativity, Music, People, Video on Feb 3rd, 2012 2 Comments »
Linsey Pollak is brilliant. Some of the best beatboxing coupled with creative musical instrument overlays I’ve ever seen. Turn it up, enjoy Pollak’s musical creativity. [via wimp.com]
Posted in Creativity, Process, Tools, Video on Jan 24th, 2012 No Comments »
PressPausePlay from House of Radon on Vimeo. The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent in an unprecedented way, with unlimited opportunities. But does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of [...]
Posted in Creativity, People, Tools, Video on Nov 18th, 2011 No Comments »
In Rajasthan, India, an extraordinary school teaches rural women and men — many of them illiterate — to become solar engineers, artisans, dentists and doctors in their own villages. It’s called the Barefoot College, and its founder, Bunker Roy, explains how it works. [via wimp.com]
Posted in Creativity, People, Places, Process, Video on Oct 26th, 2011 3 Comments »
Stuart King made this video of a street artisan in Marrakech, Morocco using a bow lathe to turn chess pieces. [via wimp.com]
Posted in Creativity, Video on Oct 12th, 2011 No Comments »
Theo Jansen’s TED talk: Theo Jansen creates new creatures. I love this man’s imagination: building mechanical sensors to sense the water’s edge, ways to store wind energy and more. Genius. [via Sanford Shapiro]
Posted in Apple, Creativity, People, Video on Oct 6th, 2011 4 Comments »
Steve Jobs narrates a “Think Different” ad for Apple: The Crazy Ones. The Think Different ad campaign really appealed to me as both an artist and someone with a learning disability. Here’s some more history of the campaign: Apple Think Different Campaign. Note that this campaign was developed by Lee Clow at Chiat Day when [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Creativity, Ideas, Video on Oct 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
A great TED talk by Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler on engineering emotion into a large scale puppet horse. I just love the phrase “emotional engineering” in that it implies reverse engineering the visual part of sensing emotion and then recreating it in a puppet. No doubt Jim Henson was also a master of this. [...]
Posted in Creativity, Ideas, Places, Video on Sep 11th, 2011 2 Comments »
I subscribe to the video feed from wimp.com and just saw this excellent video on an innovative project in the Philippines to bring a free source of light to poor people: Innovation at its finest. The link in that video is this one (don’t bother writing it down, I’m giving it to you here): http://isanglitrongliwanag.org/ [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Collections, Creativity, People, Video on Sep 9th, 2011 No Comments »
One Plastic Beach from High Beam Media on Vimeo. What appeals to me about this is less the finished pieces, more the collecting, sorting, playing. Note the 128 megapixel camera on a stand for documenting it. These two really have done amazing work over a long period of time. Gary, this one’s for you. I [...]
Posted in Apple, Creativity, Ideas, iPad, iPhone, Macintosh, People on Aug 25th, 2011 No Comments »
Steve Jobs’s Patents He’s not the sole patent holder on these but he’s been involved in pretty much everything. Amazing track record of innovation and pushing the envelope on consumer electronics. Frankly, the fact that Apple holds these patents is quite amazing in itself. [via Edward McKeown]
Posted in Creativity, Ideas, Tools on Aug 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
Load Carrier for Labour Design for less developed nations is incredibly difficult to do well. You can’t just transplant highly developed materials and constructions, as tech almost always requires a support and maintenance structure to keep it working. So how do you help billions of people improve the way they carry, to improve their efficiency [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Creativity, Learning Disabilities, Tech Stuff on Jul 1st, 2011 No Comments »
PBS NewsHour does Maker Faire: “Can DIY Movement Fix a Crisis in U.S. Science Education?” Xeni Jardin, one of the tech contributors to boingboing has a great post and overview of a piece Miles O’Brien did the other night on the PBS NewsHour on the Maker Faire. Read her excellent post and watch the NewsHour [...]
Posted in Creativity, Music, People, Tools on Jun 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
What makes the Stradivarius violin so special? Ms Todes agrees that Stradivari’s instruments were “exquisitely crafted, the pinnacle of sound engineering”. She says the quality of a Stradivarius is “down to someone who was always trying to do better, he was always getting feedback from players, there was constant self-criticism”. However, Dr Whiteley points out [...]
Posted in Creativity, Juggling, Stories, Video on Jun 18th, 2011 No Comments »
Circus Circus is a new six-hour series that takes you on an unforgettable trip with the legendary Big Apple Circus. From the big top to the “back lot,” explore a distinctive world with its own rules, lingo and no fixed address. Follow the diverse characters who make up the Big Apple family and find out [...]
Posted in Creativity, People, Process, Video on Jun 15th, 2011 No Comments »
Documentário Helen Rödel – Estudos MMXI (english subtitles) from Helen Rödel on Vimeo. This mini documentary about the Latin American fashion designer Helen Rodel is beautifully produced*. You don’t have to be into crochet or dress design to appreciate her creativity and spirit. Watch full screen. *Produced by Aura, a collective formed by Antonio Tenderness, [...]
Posted in Audio, Creativity, NPR, Social Software on Jun 14th, 2011 No Comments »
Silk Road: Not Your Father’s Amazon.com Silk Road (anonymous marketplace), Tor (anonymity network), Bitcoin. If you’ve never heard of this stuff listen to this NPR: All Things Considered piece on Silk Road, an e-commerce site that sells cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and marijuana, among other illegal drugs. Rachel Martin interviews Adrian Chen, a Gawker staff writer. [...]
Posted in Creativity, People on Jun 6th, 2011 No Comments »
John Korpics Interview Rob Haggart (A Photo Editor) interviews John Korpics, the creative director of Fortune Magazine. Korpics rides the Harlem line on Metro North from north of White Plains into Grand Central and keeps a journal: My Effing Commute which is great reading.
Posted in Apple, Audio, Creativity, Macintosh, NPR on May 17th, 2011 No Comments »
Malcolm Gladwell Looks at Technology Innovations Robert Siegel (All Things Considered) and Malcolm Gladwell look at the mythic story of how Steve Jobs toured Xerox PARC in 1979 and came away with the basic ingredients of the Macintosh computer. This is a brief discussion of a piece Gladwell has in the May 16th issue of [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Creativity, Process, Video on Apr 13th, 2011 3 Comments »
Handmade Portraits: Kiva Ford from Etsy on Vimeo. Beautifully filmed, edited. The scientific glass work is killer interesting. Zoom it out, full screen. Kiva Ford sells his work on Etsy. [via Boing Boing]
Posted in Creativity, Ideas, People, Video on Dec 13th, 2010 2 Comments »
Chris Anderson, the director of TED on Crowd Accelerated Innovation. Fantastic. [via Dale Allyn]
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