Animation  

Check out this wonderful series of Disney cartoon scenes superimposed on their real life models.

T his series of images features some of the classic Disney cartoon scenes superimposed on their real life model that were used. It is not clear if the actors' movements were used for rotoscoping, but the actors clearly influence the animation.









SOURCE  Retronaut

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 Design  

Carl de Smet has developed a concept for self-assembling furniture that’s just as cool to watch. Once removed from the box, his block of smart foam quickly unfolds and stretches into a perfectly useable chair.

The armchair up top was created Belgian designer Carl de Smet. The furniture is made of a smart polymer that "remembers" its shape, even after being compressed down into a tiny little box.

The technology arrives at a dynamic moment in materials design. With 3D printing becoming affordable enough to use for more than just prototypes, other designers, entrepreneurs, and researchers are either reviving older techniques that the 3D printing craze has overshadowed or introducing even newer concepts, like 4D Printing another smart materials concept rolled out at TED last month.
The trick to the polymer's shape-memory is heat, which de Smet demonstrates in the BBC video below by warming the material to 158 degrees Fahrenheit. "The material is the mechanism," he says. "Finally, the material is doing the work."—


SOURCE  Fast Company Co.Exist

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  Open Source Design  

Industrial designer Tom Dixon and Dassault Systèmes have teamed up to create the first open design competition based on a modular concept. Dixon will give participants access to the design files of new products, and challenge them to re-configure and remix into different functional objects.

Industrial designer Tom Dixon and Dassault Systèmes have teamed up to create the first open design competition based on a modular concept.

In a bold move, Dixon will give participants access to the design files of new products, and challenge them to re-configure and remix into different functional objects.

This new modular rapid manufacture concept leverages 3D printing technology to create junctions, which will then be combined and assembled with aluminum tubes to complete truss-like structures.

3D printing, which was previously limited to small parts, can now be used to create real life products - such as furnitures for instance. This concept will lead to unique and innovative objects.

Tom Dixon

"Disrupt being the theme of the MOST Salone 2013, this design hacking contest is a natural way to go! Thanks to online social 3D Experiences, anyone can be a designer today and express creativity," said Dixon.


The concept is also relying on the fact that the various parts and "joints", may be 3D printed to give life to the final creation. The contest will start on April, 8th and we will accept submissions until June, 30. The winner will be chosen by the jury on July, 31st. —

The winning entry, chosen by a jury including Tom Dixon, will receive an iPad, his concept 3D printed and assembled and featured at the Maison & Object trade show in Paris.


SOURCE  Disrupt Design

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 Film  

Plot Point Productions has strung together classic and iconic shots where the actor has his or her back to the camera in the center of the frame.

In a stunning edit of Hollywood films, Plot Point Productions has strung together classic and iconic shots where the actor has his or her back to the camera in the center of the frame.

After seeing this inspiring video, you will understand the power of the shot.

Jason Silva says of the piece, "This is just DRIPPING WITH AWE."

The music used in the piece is, "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" by Moby.

The movies are:

00:05 - The Aviator
00:10 - The Legend of 1900
00:12 - Synecdoche, NY
00:15 - The Shining
00:17 - Beyond the Black Rainbow
00:19 - Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
00:22 - Baraka
00:24 - Walk The Line
00:25 - The Runaways
00:26 - The Fifth Element
00:28 - Dark City
00:29 - Hamlet
00:30 - Network
00:31 - Black Swan
00:34 - Lenny
00:35 - Dennis Leary: No Cure For Cancer
00:36 - Bronson
00:37 - Fantasia
00:38 - Southland Tales
00:40 - The Iron Lady
00:41 - Hugo
00:43 - The Searchers
00:45 - Prometheus
00:48 - Event Horizon
00:50 - The Fifth Element
00:53 - Doctor Who: S01E02
00:55 - Sunshine
00:57 - Tron Legacy
01:00 - Stargate
01:02 - Starman
01:04 - Kundun
01:07 - Enter The Void
01:09 - Inglorious Basterds
01:11 - Watchmen
01:14 - Sin City
01:16 - Gangster No. 1
01:18 - L.A. Confidential
01:21 - Christine
01:23 - Hero
01:26 - House of Flying Daggers
01:28 - Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
01:31 - Predators
01:33 - Alexander
01:35 - Kingdom of Heaven
01:37 - There Will Be Blood
01:40 - The Cell
01:42 - Valhalla Rising
01:45 - Snow White and the Huntsman
01:47 - Alexander
01:49 - Immortals
01:52 - John Carter
01:54 - Troy
01:57 - Thor
01:59 - The Matrix Revolutions
02:04 - The Abyss
02:08 - Event Horizon
02:13 - Watchmen
02:18 - Another Earth
02:23 - Take Shelter
02:27 - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
02:32 - Constantine
02:37 - War of the Worlds
02:46 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
02:48 - Knowing
02:51 - Hero
02:53 - 300
02:56 - Take Shelter
03:01 - Beasts of the Southern Wild
03:03 - The Proposition
03:06 - Snow White and the Hunstman
03:08 - Interview with the Vampire
03:10 - Alice in Wonderland
03:13 - Heat
03:15 - Rendezvous with Rama (Vancouver Film School trailer)
03:17 - Star Trek Generations
03:19 - Minority Report
03:22 - Skyline
03:25 - Inception
03:27 - X-Men: First Class
03:30 - Carrie (2002)
03:32 - The Day the Earth Stood Still
03:34 - Hamlet
03:36 - Valhalla Rising
03:39 - Jericho S01E01
03:41 - The Divide
03:44 - Dark City
03:46 - The Day the Earth Stood Still
03:48 - Mission to Mars
03:51 - Life of Pi
03:52 - The Fountain
03:58 - Fight Club
04:03 - Pan's Labyrinth
04:07 - The Empire Strikes Back
04:12 - Gone with the Wind
04:22 - What Dreams May Come


SOURCE  Vimeo

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 Graphic Design  

Tasty Placement's infographic provides some good food for thought if you’ve hit a roadblock on your latest logo design.

Tasty Placement took a look at the world’s top 100 brands to determine which fonts, colors and formats were the most popular choices.

Their infographic provides some good food for thought if you’ve hit a roadblock on your latest logo design.


Tasty Placement based their research on the latest Forbes list of the world’s most powerful brands. Since brands frequently change or update their logos, our study reflects only the logos featured on the list. The color white was not included as a design feature if other colors were present. Apple’s white logo was the only exception.

The team found that most brands opt for a blue logo featuring the world’s most popular sans-serif font, Helvetica. Serif fonts ended up being the least used typeface, although it hasn’t stopped Google from being listed as the #5 top brand in the world.

 

SOURCE  Tasty Placement

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 Books  

Timothy Samara's book, Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual, available in print and on Kindle is simply the most compact and lucid handbook available outlining the basic design principles of layout, typography, color usage, and space.

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 Design  

Design visionaries Peter Diamandis, Cameron Sinclair, Eve Blossom, Christine Furstoss, Brian David Johnson, and Mickey McManus give their thoughts on the role of designers in creating a better world.

Design visionaries Peter Diamandis, Cameron Sinclair, Eve Blossom, Christine Furstoss, Brian David Johnson, and Mickey McManus give their thoughts on the role of designers in creating a better world.

SOURCE  Autodesk

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