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
IdN magazine have recently released a special on information graphics, will we ever tire of bar charts with funky colours and wave patterns or cool icons explaining how everything works? or doesn’t work, probably not…
those on a limited budget can have a decent peek right here
a beautiful installation by ‘art+com’ at singapore airport called ‘kinetic rain’ made with 608 lightweight aluminium raindrops (via ‘fontanel’)
it’s been discussed to death already this album cover but i really like peter even if he rambles on a bit, so i’ll post it anyway…
(thanks to ‘ninja-turtle strijbosch’ for the share)
although they appear to be laser-cut these intricate paper maps are all pure hand-cut by american architect/artist karen o’leary
(via big daddy denis ‘the d’)