Data + Design Project

Geeky Fashion Shopping with Projectors

Sunday 12.05.2010 , Posted by

This upbeat Japanese commercial shows off an interesting Google feature we haven’t seen advertised before: the search engine’s ability to be an incredible shopping buddy. The video shows a few Japanese girls huddled around a computer Googling different outfits and accessories, then using a protector to shine the images on each other’s all-white outfits.

The video, which is called Fashion Show with Google, was created by Robbin Ingvarsson & Waldemar Wegelin and directed by Kosai Sekine to showcase Google’s the “sort by color” feature on image searches. [Read more...]

Anti-Execution Campaigns

Sunday 12.05.2010 , Posted by

Amnesty International recently came out with an eye-catching art installation fittingly titled “Making the Invisible Visible.” The art features the face of Troy Davis who has been on Death Row in Georgia for the last 19 years. Amnesty International collaborated with Brothers and Sisters, London and German street art collective Mentalgassi to create lenticular fence portraits around London. [Read more...]

Homeless Children as Art

Sunday 12.05.2010 , Posted by


Art isn’t always about being beautiful and pleasing to the eye, often it’s made to stirs your heart, and evoke emotion like this European street art does. Featured here are several haunting images of people, including young children, who appear to be homeless in Paris, Rome, Austria, and London.

Artist Michael Aaron Williams tapes his images to various places around the world where they are sure to be seen, in some instances adding additional props such as 3D rose petals to attract more attention. [Read more...]

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A Time Lapse Childhood

Sunday 12.05.2010 , Posted by

When you see someone every day, it’s nearly impossible to see the way they change physically over time because it’s so subtle. Typically, you only notice someone has changed if it’s been a while since you’ve seen them, but this video of a time lapse childhood shows that seeing someone every day for a decade can have the same effect — if it’s done in stop motion. [Read more...]

A Civil Rights Era Ghost Town

Tuesday 11.30.2010 , Posted by

Ever come across something so offbeat that you craved an answer to its existence, but no one could give it to you? Next time, try asking Reddit. After coming across the ghost town of Cairo, Illinois, with demolished streets and buildings that barely hinted at once housing townspeople, Reddit user inkslave was left with a head spinning with questions. After no success on Wikipedia, he turned to Reddit: What the hell happened to Cairo, Illinois?

From the Cairo Project

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Throwing Punches at Pandas in NYC

Friday 11.26.2010 , Posted by

I’ve heard some controversial things about people who dress up in animal costumes, and to be honest, they’ve scared me enough that I’ve been tempted to give those characters a little shove. A punch though? That would be too far for me… but clearly not for the people who willingly pummel Punch Me Panda in New York City. [Read more...]

Gas Mask Prancing

Friday 11.26.2010 , Posted by

Have you ever wanted to prance around in a space suit and gas mask? Probably not; however, after looking at these photos, you might just have yourself a new fantasy. These eccentric photos were taken by Czech photographer Tomas Loutocky as part of his “Apocalypse” series.
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Quirky Chin-Head Mashup Portraits

Wednesday 11.24.2010 , Posted by

Who said Mr. Potato Head is just for kids? A master at digital photo editing, Thorsten Schmidtkord showed that mixing and matching different facial features can be fun for grownups too — and a playful way to show off serious design skills. Schmidtkord’s series is called “Head on Top” and showcases a series of highly detailed portraits that would make for exceptional character shots untouched, yet with the quirky displacement of certain features, such as foreheads instead of chins, these images are hilarious works of modern art. Perhaps omitting their mouths was a good call — if these portraits came to life, I don’t think we’d want to know their thoughts on their mangled makeovers.

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Speed Creating: 30 Days, 30 Works of Art, 1 Artist

Wednesday 11.24.2010 , Posted by

Just like some writers get writers block, some artists can’t create under pressure; however, that’s not the case for Dominic Wilcox. The England-born designer and creative inventor gave himself a time-sensitive, high-pressure assignment that he called the 30 day Speed Creating project. The task was simple in principle, although we can’t imagine it being that easy: create — and finish — a new piece of artwork every day for 30 consecutive days. [Read more...]

Pixel Paintings of the Prairies

Monday 11.22.2010 , Posted by

Neil Tran’s painting in support of Victoria Hospice was inspired by a photo taken of the Canadian prairies, an ordinarily drab nature scene, but with Tran’s artistic flair, this work of art has a unique and modern edge. Tran first painted the whole picture across two 4×5 foot canvases. He then took 10,240 little dot stickers and put each on by hand, covering the 10 foot landscape. Next he used spray paint to cover the stickers, let it dry, then peeled each dot off, revealing a pixel-like painting of the prairies.

The Final Painting, 10,240 Dots


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