February 04, 2006
New Collab
with Gilad.
Interesting thoughts came out of our long talk.
See more here and I will post more details later.
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January 31, 2006
Nam June Paik, 1932-2006
I lived right behind the Posco Bldg on Tehran Rd, in Seoul. His work was permanently exhibited inside this bldg. I clearly remember all those TV screens flickering...
RIP
Nam June Paik
1932-2006
Fluxus Video Artist
http://www.paikstudios.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam_June_Paik
Nam June Paik passed away at his Miami home at 8:00pm EST on Sunday, January
29th, 2006.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11098552/
Funeral Information:
Memorial services will be held at Frank E Campbell Funeral Chapel at
1076 Madison Avenue at 81 St. (phone 212-288-3500) New York City,
this Friday, February 3rd, at 3 PM. There will be a viewing at the same
location on Thursday from 11 AM to 8 PM.
Cards and letters of condolence should be sent to:
Nam June Paik/Shigeko Kubota
341 Lafayette St, # 4306
New York, NY 10012
USA
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to:
EAI (Electronic Arts Intermix)
535 W 22nd St, 5th floor
NY, New York 10011
212-337-0679
PRESS INQUIRIES should be made to Ken Hakuta at 202-669-7477, or to Dolores
An in Korean at 845-220-7870.
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Todd Holoubek's father...
Was the inventor of the iron on T-shirts in the 70s.
I learn new things every day.
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January 19, 2006
ThinkGeek
A surprising gift in the mail.
Thank you! :)
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December 29, 2005
Digital Art Today and In Europe
Caught a documentary on Digital Art and education in Europe while in Seoul. Some very insightful information. They featured a show by this French artist/ engineer called, Julius Popp. The piece is called bitfall.
An digital art piece involving WATER. The use of H2O is a scary and ambitious thought when it comes to interactive art pieces. Todd H had always said that mixing electricity and water is just a BAD idea.
Bitfall is a perfomance art in France, with water drops that are in "bit" forms. The artist wanted to use natural forms such as water to merge with technology. The documentary concludes with the theory that contemporary art today cannot exist without science.
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December 25, 2005
In NYC on Jan 6th
Family times during holidays are just relaxing. I've not been able to talk to my folks much lately and realized that I've been completely neglecting them since school began.
My flight info back to NYC.
My tentative Spring 2006 schedule. Plus the internship with Inner City High School teaching with Todd H.
While in Seoul, I'm going to do a few sensor research, learn to make PCB boards and plan long term projects. I have a few in mind that I'd like to begin as soon as I get back to NY.
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December 10, 2005
Finals
Pcomp final went really well. DONE!
One down, three more to go.
Digital sound and Spatial Design Final.
Interactive 3d final with Eric Fino.
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December 09, 2005
Diller & Scofidio short biography
elizabeth diller and husband, ricardo scofidio,
create an alternative form of architecture practice
that unites design, performance and electronic media
with cultural and architectural theory and criticism.
elizabeth diller attended the cooper union school of art
and received a bachelor of architecture degree in 1979.
she then taught at the cooper union and has been
associate professor of architecture at princeton since
1990.
ricardo scofidio also studied at the cooper school of
art and in 1960 received a bachelor degree in architecture
from columbia university.
he has been a professor of architecture at the cooper
union school since 1965.
the firm of diller&scofidio was formed in 1979.
since then they have received a number of grants
and awards including the macarthur fellows program
as well as the macdermott award for creative achievement
from MIT and the tiffany award for emerging artists.
recent projects include'interclone hotel',
an installation for the istanbul biennial;
'the american lawn: surface of everyday life,'
an exhibition at the canadian centre for architecture;
'bad press', which appeared at the venice biennale
of architecture;
brooklyn academy of music cultural district in collaboration
with rem koolhaas;
'facsimile', a permanent installation for the new moscone
convention center expansion in san francisco,
and 'travelogues', a permanent installation at the
new JFK international arrivals terminal in new york.
a retrospective of their work is planned by the san
francisco museum of modern art in 2002.
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November 29, 2005
QT streaming Server at ITP
I made this account a while ago but when I first gave it a try, it just didn't work out at all. I followed the steps on Vid Help but no luck. I spoke to Nancy today and she was able to give me some advice.
This is the html for embedding streaming QT onto your blogs, etc.
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My tentative Spring 06 Schedule
Possibly... IF I get my choices.
I really want to get into Living Art and Design Expo though...
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November 27, 2005
Plastic Tubes and Speakers
The sound I got outta these were quite amazing. Project to come...
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November 26, 2005
Tetrans
I call that cute designing.
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November 13, 2005
The Cappellini Store
I've always been fond of this Italian furniture store. This is the one near soho. RED!
Posted by min at 11:10 PM | Comments (0)
ITS, Multimedia Lab
Must make more use of this place.
Examples from materials DriveBy. Laser cuts and 3d printer.
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November 09, 2005
Keeping it simple
Using its original form, what a brilliant light bulb! I want to get this when I go back to Korea this winter.
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November 08, 2005
Book light
Seriously, is this good design? I doubt it. Where on earth would you be using this? I mean, you can just turn a lamp on... But cool effect though.
Posted by min at 04:24 PM | Comments (0)
Video print paper
It seems all companies are really trying to win out on the paper thin display concept but Siemens has announced a new color display that can be printed onto paper, yes you read that right. A color display which means moving pictures that can be printed onto paper!! Thin and flexible this new display is cheap enough to be put into nice books, tickets, cereal boxes or any other medium someone might want t put in a short video onto print. This is nuts you can have the most high tech wedding invitation cards that show a video, or a ticket that has a video map to the venue. I do suppose we are getting too stupid to read text these days but this is just ridiculous! And all this time, I thought the 3d printer was a novel thing.
Posted by min at 08:39 AM | Comments (0)
November 07, 2005
Toilet design
Bathrooms have always fascinated me.They are a very intimate space, yet you want it to be an experience when you go. We're all done seeing the old-traditioned ones. There are a ton of accessories out there for the bathroom experience. It's been my thing to check out bathrooms when I go to restaurants, cafes, museums... I rate them by their bathrooms.
This has got to be the simpliest way to put people in shock. I wonder what the little girls' bathroom is like...
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November 02, 2005
NYC Photobloggers
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Smart Lids for Coffee Lovers
"My 9-month-old son has one of these sippy cups that changes color to tell me when his milk is too warm. And now with SmartLid technology we can all be treated like infants! The Lid is brown when it’s off the cup. When it goes on a hot drink, it turns red. (Red means danger boys and girls.) As the drink cools down, it then changes back to brown. It only costs one cent for this lid upgrade, according to Smart Lid Systems."
"There were two ways people got burned with hot coffee. The first is that they underestimated the temperature of the coffee. The second, and probably the greatest cause of serious scalding, was when the lid was not put on the takeaway cup correctly."
This has got to be the coolest trick out there. Simple and yet it works. I swear, I have got to make it to more toy stores. Went to the NYC costumes store on Broadway to get some fake lips for my project and I found that place really inspiring. It's filled with cool, funky things we could work into our pcomp projects. Toy store date this Saturday. We'll hit the BabyRUs as well!
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Nintendo DS dogs
Ever since Oren introduced me to these, I'm really considering getting one for myself this Christmas.
That's interactive gaming!
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October 29, 2005
Danny Rozin's Metal Ball Mirror
I've always wanted to take a picture of this...
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October 07, 2005
Mini Digicam
I LOVE IT!
Miniature digital
camera 300K pixels
Built-in 8 MB memory
Holds up to 209
images
Weighs 1 oz
PC camera
Requires 1 AAA battery
(BB110)
Price: $29.06
Not bad for 29 bux! :)
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