one of our projects from a few years back: the typographical interpretation of the ‘obama inauguration speech’ has been featured in a new (information graphics) book: diagraphics just released this month by harper collins publishers
me news
money talks
a recent project from ‘universal everything’ and ‘field’ for deutsche bank in hong kong: …atmospheric cityscapes, hand-drawn sceneries, patterns and landscape animations welcome visitors and staff, shown on a 12m wide hi-res screen…
(thanks to fontanel for the tip and links)
bare bones information
…when a pedestrian is struck at 30mph by a vehicle, there is an 80% chance they will survive. If a pedestrian is struck at 40mph, there is a 70% chance they will die. 10mph, a seemingly subtle difference while you are behind the wheel, is the difference between life and death as a pedestrian…
nice dot matrix animatic for the new york city ‘department of transport’, made by henry lai (via the CR blog)
wooly subversion
although the ‘wild knitting’ movement (or ‘urban knitting’) has been around for a while, it still really amuses me, the whole idea of making work that is so laborious (and non-destructive, unlike grafitti) and yet anonymously exhibited in the public arena like this, is somehow charming and subversive at the same time… like these pedestrians i came across this week complete with wooly hats
shoe-it-yourself
innovative dutch shoe brand ‘united nude’ have taken a new step in footwear design, or rather they have provided the pieces and your inner child is allowed to put them all together… amusing idea but a ‘quirky’ result… to say the least
