An exciting new way of using manuals
Most phones come with flimsy manuals with complicated language and jargon. These books, which can live on a bookshelf actually contain the phone. Each page reveals the elements of the phone in the right order, helping the user to set up the sim card, the battery and even slide the case onto the phone. The second...
The future of mobile experience…
Have a look to these wonderful concepts dealing with what interacting with mobile phones will be in the next future. All these videos show the same core point: using a mobile phone will certainly be a matter of experience, more than just being a mere interaction with a connecting device. enjoy! Nokia Morph – http://research.nokia.com/morph...
Senna Memory Map
Senna Memory Map is a web-based interactive project created by developer Gabriel Bucknall that gives Ayrton Senna fans the chance to leave their tribute of Senna based on their location.
Suwappu!
Suwappu is a range of eight toys with swappable top and bottom halves, with hundreds of different combinations, created by Dentsu London, a London based creative agency launched in 2010 with the aim of “making future magic”. Each half of each Suwappu toy can be read by connected devices, like iPhones or iPads. When you...
The artvertiser
The Artvertiser is an Augmented Reality (or better, as authors call it, an Improved Reality) project initiated by Julian Oliver and developed in collaboration with Damian Stewart and Arturo Castro (Android port/rewrite). It consists of a software platform created to replace billboard advertisements with artistic contents (video, images…) in real-time thanks to a technology able...
Switch the lamp
Sometimes, the simplest concept is the most beautiful and fascinating. This is the case of Toggle Light, inspired by the on-off logics of mechanical toggles. Instead of indirectly moving a switch to light up the lamp, you directly toggle the lamp left or right…simple, beautiful and minimalistically chic (but incredibly meaningful!). Design by Yonggu Do....
Holographic experiences
“Future roots” is an installation created by video production & design studio Abstract Groove in collaboration with shoes firm Hogan and presented in Milan during the FW 11/12 Man Fashion Week. It consists of an holographic experience inspired by the mood of Hogan Shoes man collection and developed in collaboration with Exhibita Design Research Studio....
Tweetghetto
‘Tweetghetto’ is a smart online application created by the italian interaction and media design studio TODO. Tweetghetto reshapes your tweeter feeds (tweets) into a minimal and aesthetically compelling typographic poster that is a sort of time capsule, a frozen moment of your tweets flow.
Scrolling Zurich
360° Langstrasse Zürich is a web documentary created by the documentary makers of SF DOK to virtually explore the vibrant urban area of Langstrasse in Zurich. If this sounds to you a bit like Google maps street view service, try it yourself! By scrolling back and forth with your mouse, you will easily acknowledge the difference: several...
Fashioning technology
In the last few years, More and more designers are exploring the best ways for coupling fashion and technology in their fashion collections or technological creations. LEDs, conductive threads, special fabrics become the new matter of a futuristic style made of electrons and fabric fibres. Hussein Chalayan, British/Turkish Cypriot fashion designer, is the most vanguardists...
Your jacket as an alcohol test…
Do you think you’ve drunk too much? “Breathalyzer Jacket” is there to help detect your blood alcohol level and let you feel safe to drive! Just blow into the alcohol sensor located in the collar of your coat and watch the LEDs light up on your sleeve, indicating your drunkenness level. This curious project was...
Evolution of the Mobile
Check out this amazing video created with 3D mapping techniques and mobile phones coming from “different eras”. The video was commisioned by vodafone to thefoundcollective.com and Flat-e.com . Directors: Barney Steel (FND) Robin McNicholas (flat-e) Senior Art Director: Jamie O’Brien (TBG) Art Director: Alex Hill (TBG) VFX Artists: Murat Pak (UNDREAM) Matthias Müller Svenja Frahm...
