»WebKit now has an experimental implementation of CSS variables.« (!!!1)
Werner Groebli, or Frick, doing a signature move around 1973.
this is soo god. make sure you stay till the end. (via DesignNotes)
Brilliant ads for the Bronx Zoo.
...performed by a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, an Epson dot matrix printer, a scanner, and a hard drive array for Vocals&FX! (Make sure you stay past the one minute long intro, after that it's going down.)
Alex just wrote a very nice post reflecting the media reactions on the Sean Bell trials, that took place a month ago. (Sorry it's in german.)
Cool idea: »With the help of a GPS device and DHL, I have drawn a self portrait on our planet. My pen was a briefcase containing the GPS device, being sent around the world. The paths the briefcase took around the globe became the strokes of the drawing.«
Goldmine.
i put this together in todays lunch break, might be useful for some people. pull is the new push!
Brilliant.
A massive dataset containing info on 37000 songs that were in the Billboard charts, ranging from the 1890s until to date. 25MB of raw data that just screams for exciting visualizations!
»If it starts to rain blood in Moscow this afternoon, none of us should be surprised.«
From a quick glance, I'd say that Engelhardt's dissertation is pure design gold. Highly recommended reading.
Really clever: »Post-it notes that can be searched, located and can send reminders and messages, and help us to seamlessly connect our physical and informational experiences.« (Be sure to check out the video!)
Lovely crocheted toys from Nicole Gastonguay.
Ok, speaking of Romain Gavras here's another superb video he did for »Signatune« by Mehdi & Thomas Bangalter. Sorry for being late on this one, I'm catching up.
Rather intense new video for Justice's »Stress«, directed by Romain Gavras.
Great spot visualizing the carbon dioxide emissions in your household.
Word Clock is a typographic screensaver for Mac OS X. It displays a fixed list of all numbers and words sufficient to express any possible date and time as a sentence.
Interesting piece by Cristobal Mendoza: an (audio)visualization of every word that the artist has written in his various computers since 2002.
Great work from Peter Piller. My favorites are »Verlorene Kleidung im öffentlichen Raum« (lost clothes in public space) and »Internetzugang« (internet access).
It's kind of sad, but yes, this app might be something for me.
Incredibly interesting article on the design decisions and process behind Monocle.com.
Absolutely great stuff: »These are photos of one Russian online community members of which enjoy making some staged photos with creepy plot.«