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ipad modern

the ‘tate modern’ have just released a new dedicated ipad app documenting their ‘turbine hall’ series (a retrospective of 13 years) including amongst others ‘anish kapoor’ and many previously unseen footage & sketches from the artists involved

designed by cogapp, the app employs a highly intuitive navigation system featuring a scroll wheel, which my ‘intuition’ is still trying really hard to get used to…

m / 25-07-2012 09:16 - tags: , , ,  

storformat

the ‘about’ page says the following: a collection platform for contemporary & historical poster design with the purpose to show, conserve and inform about the big canvas in graphic design & typography

but, basically ‘storformat’ is a facebook group full of funky old (and less old) modernist posters… the group has been around since 2009 but seems to be much more active since this year… “like”

m / 25-07-2012 09:12 - tags: , ,  

the new big

a smart new commercial in the netherlands for ethical bank ‘triodos’, made by my good friends from ‘dawn’… i find it hard to remember the last time a bank said anything worth hearing, except perhaps the previous commercial by ‘triodos’…

it’s been said all over the place on dutch blogs during the past weeks; once again: congratulations guys, great (small) work…

here is the original dutch version

m / 24-07-2012 15:49 - tags: , , ,  

x-rated

yet another overused design cliché bites the dust…

(via ‘anothersomething’)

m / 24-07-2012 08:31 - tags: , ,  

outcast editions

a series of interactive digital books on contemporary residential architecture designed by (former ‘8vo’ partner) ‘hamish muir’

the books contain a mix of photographs, video and architectural drawings combined in a slick, monochromatic touchscreen interface; i havent tried them yet so can’t really comment on the experience or content as yet… ‘unit editions’ have also recently interviewed hamish

m / 24-07-2012 07:52 - tags: , , , ,