A Closer Look At The iPhone

Apple Inc's Phil Schiller shows John Blackstone the many features of the iPhone. Apple's latest product will go on sale this June.

Jonathan Harris, y el futuro de las interfases de contenidos

A Cool Hunting exclusive, we caught up with artist Jonathan Harris as he unveils his new project Universe, an artistic take on a system that explores modern mythology. He enlightened minds with his presentation at the TED conference last week and we visited him in Brooklyn to get an intimate look as he flips through his travelogue of time spent in Vietnam and Burma. We are also guided through We Feel Fine, a global study of human emotion using large-scale blog analysis, and he volunteers his creative thought process behind the piece. He also shares his view for the future of connectivity, why the page is no longer enough and his drive towards new formats of presentation and story telling.

This also marks Cool Hunting Video's debut in HD meaning improved picture quality and widescreen 16 by 9 formatting. Enjoy.

Le Villareal: Virtual Reality

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Our 65th video visits New York-based light sculptor Leo Villareal in his Chelsea studio a week before his third solo show in Manhattan inaugurates the new Gering & López gallery. Leo walks us through his latest three sculptures that he's exhibiting, including "Hive," an interactive piece, "Field," which is a massive sunset-like work of shifting colors and a piece like "Origin" based on Newtonian physics. We also get a peak at the custom software Leo uses to program his mesmerizing patterns of light and get a sampling of other large-scale outdoor installations he's completed.

M.I.T. Digital Drawing Board

Esto es asombroso e inspirador, estamos llegando a un punto realmente interesante en la integración con las computadoras y nuestra capacidad de simular, de una manera sencilla e intuitiva.

Cuando estaba en la universidad, en la facultad de matemática aplicada, una materia que realmente me llamo mi atención fue modelos y simulación. En ella, nos dibujaban un modelo como el del video, y nosotros lo representábamos utilizando ecuaciones diferenciales y luego operando algebraicamente obteníamos la respuesta del sistema (como se iba a comportar frente a un estimulo dado). Trabajábamos con modelo, que a veces no entendíamos como funcionaba en la vida real durante horas, haciendo transformaciones algebraicas en el papel, y a veces, luego de tres o cuatro horas nos encontrábamos que habíamos errado en algún momento y se nos había ido todo al diablo!.

Para nosotros, a veces, todo esto era tan abstracto y apasionante!, pero debido a que no podíamos “ver” el sistema en la vida real. Imaginen ahora, si estuviera en la universidad, y el profesor pudiera dibujar de esta manera, y nosotros luego pudiéramos trabajar con el sistema, y realizando pequeñas modificaciones pudiéramos ver el impacto....

wow!.

Cada día me sorprendo mas de las cosas que me parecían tan pero tan complejas en la universidad, y luego veo a mis hijos Agustina y Nicolás (en orden de aparición) que realizan cosas tan complejas, y que yo las veía en la universidad y ellos las incorporaron, en la primera, en la secundaria...

Increíble. Ojala nos sirvan para hacer cosas positivas.

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Ya un Clasico: No Logon - Naomi Klein (Video 1 de 4)

Using hundreds of media examples, this video shows how the commercial takeover of public space, destruction of consumer choice, and replacement of real jobs with temporary work - the dynamics of corporate globalization - impact everyone, everywhere. Naomi Klein argues that globalization is a process whereby corporations discovered that profits lay not in making products, but in creating branded identities people adopt in their lifestyles.

2007 CES - Bill Gates Keynote Address

Bill had a keynote speach at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. You should check out the video because there is some really neat stuff he’s talking about. Bill shows how the modern office will look like (big screen with three desktops), touchscreens, the connection with your mobile, real-time news, etc. Windows Vista was shown with all new features like task switching, the Aero Glass interface, the sidebar with gadgets, IE7 (thumbnailed tabs and parental controls).

Engadget also has a great summary of Bill’s keynote at the CES, and be sure to check out this article at yahoo.com (via microsoftweblog.com).
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Shop of the Future - Adidas "mi Innovation Center" (VIDEO)

The 1,750 square meter Paris Adidas Sport Performance store occupies two floors on the Avenue de Champs Elysees and features a wide selection of Adidas products. The core part of this store is a pimped mi-adidas sales system, called mi Innovation Center (mIC) "The "mi Innovation Center" will change the way consumers shop and their expectations at retail. It is a true first and we are thrilled to premier the mIC in Paris offering customers a whole new dimension of interaction with adidas product…



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Aple 1984: Este es un aviso digno de un Super Bowl

Por que 1984 no va a ser como 1984.

All Access: The Making of Thirty Extraordinary Graphic Designers (Hardcover)

Book Description
All Access juxtaposes an edited selection of greatest hits from the masters of design with their pre-fame work. Author Stefan Bucher illustrates their visual history---the first pieces that made them stars, their transitional work, and the eventual breakthrough pieces that caused their names to be known around the world. Insightful text exploring mentors, education, and eureka moments complements this visual timeline. Bucher also profiles 15 of the most exciting upcoming design stars from around the globe. As with the masters, Bucher explores their roads to early success and highlights the work that is lifting these young designers into the spotlight.
To be inspired, we need to see the awkward early days, which illustrate that there is hope for everyone. Heroes do not spring forth fully formed; they take the same challenging road we all take; it's their decisions that set them apart. This book is an inspiration for any designer setting out on the path to greatness, as well as a fun read for those well into their careers.

Designers profiled are Neal Ashby, Anne Burdick, Margo Chase, Ed Fella, Tom Hingston, Allen Hori, Mirko Ilic, Eike König, Hideki Nakajima, Stefan Sagmeister, Paul Sahre, Paula Scher, Rick Valicenti, Pete Vattanatham, James Victore, Paul White, as well as Camillia Ben Bassat, Big Active, Deanne Cheuk, Angela Detanico and Rafael Lain, Kjell Ekhorn and Jon Forss, Evan Gaffney, Denise Gonzales Crisp, Kim Hiorthøy, Hjalti Karlsson and Jan Wilker, Valerie Kiock, Harmine Louwé, Rinzen, Fiel Valdez, and Martin Woodtli.

About the Author
Stefan G. Bucher is the man behind 344 Design. He has lent his sometimes bold, sometimes intricate, but always personal and entertaining vision to everything from posters to catalogues to club flyers to CD packages for Sting and Whitney Houston. He designed a five and a half pound photography annual---American Photography 17---for which he received the 2002 D&AD Silver Award for Most Outstanding Complete Book Design. His work has been further recognized by AIGA, the Art Directors Club, the American Center for Design, the One Show, the Type Directors Club, STEP, HOW, Print, novum, and Communication Arts Magazine. He's happy that you're looking at his new book. He thinks you'll really like it. We all do. It's a good book.

Inspirability: 40 Top Designers Speak Out About What Inspires (Hardcover)

It's hard for graphic designers to stay inspired when they're constantly working on deadline. Inspirability gives them a fresh look at how to keep those creative fires burning in the real world, with:
-Interviews with 40 design luminaries, including Stefan Sagmeister, Paula Scher, Milton Glaser and Margo Chase -Fascinating pictures the designers took of themselves and their offices, as well as samples of their design work -Revealing insights into what inspires each designer on a day-to-day basis

This book offers an original take on one of the most requested topics by graphic designers. It's a must-have tool for lasting inspiration!

Eduardo Pla

La obra del argentino Eduardo Pla (n. 1952; reside en Italia desde 1980) es una destacada evidencia de las posibilidades incontables del infoarte, pero también (y por consiguiente) de la validez y trascendencia de esta vía contemporánea de la creación estética.

Como es sabido, las tecnologías de la computadora operan dos efectos máximos en la producción del arte. Por un lado, ellas permiten generar nuevas formas; por otro lado inciden en las formas anteriores, tanto las inmóviles/espaciales (pintura, escultura, fotografía, dibujo), como las móviles/temporales (cinetismo, cine, video). En el primer caso, la computadora es un medio autónomo de creación; en el segundo caso, un sistema dependiente, utilizado con el objeto de ultimar y perfeccionar ciertos aspectos de la obra de arte, y para obtener variaciones de una pintura o de un dibujo.

Joshua David Studios

Joshua Davis is a New York based artist, designer, and technologist producing both public and private work for companies, collectors, and institutions. Using technology and computers as a medium since 1995, he has been working on many personal projects: http://www.joshuadavis.com (his main site), conceptual project http://www.once-upon-a-forest.com, and others, including praystation, cyphen, and dreamless.

Joshua was named one of the Ten Most Creative People by the IPPA (Internet Professional Publishers Association), and was the winner of the 2001 Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica in the category " Net Excellence ", the highest honor in international digital art and design. He's exhibited his interactive works at the Tate Modern (London), the Ars Electronica (Austria), the Design Museum (London), le Centre Pompidou (France), the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London), PS.1 Moma (New York), and many others.

He has written a best-selling / sold out book, "Flash to the Core: An Interactive Sketchbook" (2000).

Cool Hunting

ool Hunting is a daily update on ideas and products in the intersection of art, design, culture and technology, and features weekly videos that get an inside look at the people who create them. Money can buy you a lot of things, but it can’t buy you coverage on Cool Hunting. All of our content is editorially based using the standard of “stuff we like.” Published since February 2003 as a personal catalog and reference tool, the site today attracts and inspires more than 250,000 regular readers from around the world. The site is edited by Josh Rubin, Evan Orensten and Ami Kealoha.