Monday 08 March 2010
These photographs by Paris based photographer Riego van Wersch concentrate on the loneliness of the individual, within our ever more isolating environment.
Van Wersch captures these vulnerable moments and missed connections with a great sense of timing; his images provoke our curiosity about the stories behind their subjects and the events that might follow these moments.
Via Yatzer
Sunday 07 March 2010
A great round-up of some incredible architectural city models over at WebUrbanist: Itty Bitty Cities.
Saturday 06 March 2010
The Clavilux 2000 is an interactive exhibit created by Jonas Heuer (who also created the brilliant Noteput). As the keyboard is played, a unique piece of art is generated from the musical data:
“For every note played on the keyboard a new visual element appears in the form of a stripe, which follows in its dimensions, position and colour the way the particular key was struck: The length and vertical position show the velocity, the stripe’s width reflects the length of each note.”
Via Infosthetics
Friday 05 March 2010
John Bulmer was one of the pioneers of colour photography at the start of the 1960s, at a time when many of his contemporaries in the field of reportage regarded monochrome imagery as an absolute standard.
Bulmer spent more than twenty years working on assignments for the Sunday Times Magazine, the Daily Express and Man About Town (later Town), for which he produced much of his most celebrated documentary work, including his story on the north of England.
These photographs perfectly capture the bleakness and austerity of northern England during the '60s and '70s; examine them in context with images of London and other southern cities from around the same time and they also serve to highlight the extremes of the north-south wealth divide, which was particularly distinct during this period.
If you'd like a bit more background, there's a good article on John Bulmer at the Western Daily Press site.
This augmented sculpture by Lichtfront was created for an interior design exhibiton in Cologne, Germany. It uses computer controlled projection to stunning effect, bringing the large abstract form to life through the medium of light. If you're interested in this kind of work, it's worth taking a look at Pablo Valbuena's sculptures too.
Via DesignBoom