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Diese detaillierten Spielkarten im Steampunk-Style sind eine Zusammenarbeit von Bicycle® und theory11. Auf jeden Fall ein Must-Have für jeden Steampunkfan und/oder Kartenspieler.



Der Preis geht mit $5.95 auch mehr als in Ordnung - das Set ist schon so gut wie vorbestellt. Weitere Details zur Bestellung und ein Video gibt´s bei theory11.

At the edge of industry, therein lies Steampunk.
Ripped from the pages of science fiction, the gears are turning, the steam is pumping, and the playing cards were finally born. It wasn't easy. The paper used on these tuck cases did NOT exist.

» via BoingBoing

One for the night:

SKREAM "Nefariousa"

Stories that begin with a rainbow wig floating scalp-side down in a swimming pool seldom end well. But you never know. This clip for Skream's "Nefariousa" — complete with juggling pins, creams pies, and blonde twins brandishing molotov cocktails — has the potential to turn even the saddest clown's frown upside down. (If you like your smile served with an extra aggro dose of creepy, that is). With its lung-rattling bass line and hardpan synths, "Nefariousa" is a mighty burner. (Track taken from the Scion AV's five track EP Skream & Benga.) View at your own risk. Warning: No Lifeguard On Duty.

» via Discobelle

Wundervoll eingefangene Kurzdokumentation von Thomas Roebers und Floris Leeuwenberg über die Menschen in Baro (Guinea), für die das gesamte Leben einen eigenen Rhythmus hat. Das Malinke-Wort "Foli" steht dabei für viel mehr als nur Rhythmus - man trifft darauf in jedem Lebensbereich.

Dedicated to the people of baro.

Life has a rhythm, it's constantly moving.
The word for rhythm ( used by the Malinke tribes ) is FOLI.
It is a word that encompasses so much more than drumming, dancing or sound.
It's found in every part of daily life.
In this film you not only hear and feel rhythm but you see it. It's an extraordinary blend of image and sound that feeds the senses and reminds us all how essential it is.

By the brothers Thomas Roebers en Floris Leeuwenberg

Film crew during one month in Baro, Guinee Afrika.

Beutifull sound recording and sound design Bjorn Warning
Translator and Rhythm specialist Thomas Bonenkamp

With special thanks to the chief:
DJEMBEFOLA |: Mansa Camio

Thanks for the hint, Valeriy ;)

Knetanimation-Remake mit Pingu zu John Carpenters SciFi/Horror-Meisterwerk "The Thing" von Lee Hardcastle. Sieht zumindest besser aus als das letztjährige Remake.

Pingu remake of John Carpenter masterpiece THE THING (1982)
This is the 2 minute extended cut. I made a
second version but it ended up being too epic for a
60" video

Done in 60" Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Def4JOlRLU4
Behind the Scenes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAFhaVAmlBY
Storyboards: http://leehardcastle.com/blog/storyboards-pingus-the-thing/

Made by Lee Hardcastle
http://leehardcastle.com
http://facebook.com/leehardcastle
http://twitter.com/leehardcastle

Schönes Html/CSS-Experiment von James Mellers, um die Voraussetzungen für responsive Webdesign zu visualisieren:

HTML/CSS + media queries (no images, no JS*) this is a simple interactive experiment with responsive design techniques.

Resize your browser to reveal just a handful of the kind of devices you should expect web pages to be viewed on. Each device illustration is rendered using the same basic HTML which adapts its appearance to the changing viewport size, representing different devices accordingly. This is achieved using media queries to apply different CSS rules for different sizes. This experiment is intended to illustrate the basic premise of responsive web design and the power of CSS to tackle it.

Das Spiel:

1) Finde heraus wer Platz Eins der Single-Charts in der Woche Deines Geburtstages in Deinem Land war
2) Finde es auf einer Videoplattform deiner Wahl
3) Poste es ohne Rücksicht :-D

Fuck, yeah!

Bei mir ist´s Blondie mit "Heart Of Glass" - hätt´s also definitiv schlechter treffen können ;)

JAPAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Here is a short footage on our recent work on quantum levitation. We were inspired by the game Wipe'out to do our work. With this new technology, we hope to revolutionize the world of motor transport; Maybe in a near future we could assist to a real Wipe'out race.

One for the night:



Solitude - Ambient Dubstep Vol. 15 by Solitude

» via Progolog

“In 89 countries, walking on a mine is still routine.”



Schon älter, aber die Kampagne ist eigentlich immer noch genauso aktuell:

"Using a ketchup sachet, we demonstrated the horrific nature of living in a land mine affected country and how much a part of everyday life that horror is. The idea is simple: as you tear open the sachet you also rip through the child's leg and the ketchup inside pours out like blood."

Agency: Publicis Mojo
Client: CALM

Auch wenn es im Web tausende von kostenlosen Fonts gibt, sind nur die wenigsten davon wirklich zu gebrauchen oder gut geschnitten.

Bei Lost Type könnt ihr allerdings einige wirklich gute Fonts kaufen und den Preis dabei selbst bestimmen - so sind auch $0 für einen Download möglich. Die Erlöse gehen dabei zu 100% an die jeweiligen Font-Autoren.



» via Photoshop-Weblog

"We have more processing power, affordable tools, and combined intelligence right this very minute than at any point in the history of design. We are using it to build shit. It’s time to aim higher. Let’s find problems to solve that actually improve people’s lives."

» weiterlesen bei .net magazine

» via nicorola

Make your New Year's resolution learning to code.
Sign up on Code Year to get a new interactive programming lesson sent to you each week and you'll be building apps and web sites before you know it.

Compilation of the last 100 years.
I tried to insert only the important events.
To not blow up the time frame, i had to leave out some more or less important events, i want to show.

Die Fotoserie Upside Town hat wunderbar bearbeitete kaleidoskopische Fotos von Simon Gardiner zum Thema. Zum Teil sind diese auch laut eigener Aussage inspiriert vom Film Inception. Mehr davon gibt´s in seinem Flickr-Stream.









» via robotmafia

E.T.A. by JUNK from Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen on Vimeo.

Marvin has the most boring job in the universe - but all is not as it seems...

Director: Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen
Modelling & Character animation: Søren Andersen & Michael la-Cour
Original Music & Sound Editing: Rasmus Kudahl Kaae Munch
Production: JUNK

Originally premiered at BreakPoint '08 in Bingen, Germany where it won the 1st prize in the animation competition.

David Lynch in Four Movements - A Tribute from Richard Vezina on Vimeo.

First movement: melancholy and sadness – Questions In A World Of Blue
Second movement: action, violence, and sex – The Pink Room
Third movement: dreams and nightmares – Into The Night
Fourth movement: love and hope – Mysteries of Love

Auch wenn es anfangs noch nicht danach aussah - 2011 war ein wirklich gutes Musikjahr mit einigen altbekannten Größen, aber auch zahlreichen musikalischen Neuentdeckungen. Hier also ohne grosse Umschweife meine persönlichen Lieblingsalben 2011:



Alex Turner: Submarine Soundtrack
Alva Noto: Univrs
Amy Winehouse: Lioness - Hidden Treasures
Apparat: The Devil's Walk
Beirut: The Rip Tide
Birdy Nam Nam: Defiant Order
Bon Iver: Bon Iver
Boys Noize: The Remixes 2004-2011
Bodi Bill: What?
Bright Eyes: The People's Key
Casper: XOXO
Chelsea Wolfe: Apokalypsis
Chris Cornell: Songbook
Com Truise: Galactic Melt
Cults: Cults
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi: Rome
dEUS: Keep You Close
Dominik Eulberg: Diorama
Elbow: Build a Rocket Boys!
Foo Fighters: Wasting Light
Four Tet: Fabric Live 59
Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx: We're New Here
Girls: Father, Son, Holy Ghost
IAMX: Volatile Times
James Blake: James Blake
Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting
Kakkmaddafakka: Hest
Karsten Pflum: No Noia My Love
Lotte Kestner: Stolen
Metronomy: The English Riviera
Modeselektor: Monkeytown
Mogwai: Hardcore Will Never die, But You Will
Nicolas Jaar: Space Is Only Noise
Noel Gallagher: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Oliver Huntemann: Paranoia
Other Lives: Tamer Animals
PJ Harvey: Let England Shake
Radiohead: The King of Limbs
Radiohead: Tkol Rmx 1234567
R.E.M.: Best of: Part Lies Part Heart Part Truth Part Garbage 1982-2011
SBTRKT: SBTRKT
Scuba: DJ Kicks
Sound of Rum: Balance
Stephan Bodzin vs. Marc Romboy: Luna
The Death Set: Michel Poiccard
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart: Belong
The Rapture: In the Grace of Your Love
The Roots: Undun
The Streets: Computers and Blues
The Weeknd: House of Balloons (kostenloser Download)
Trentemøller: Late Night Tales
Trentemoller: Reworked/Remixed
Trickski: Unreality
Tu Fawning: Hearts on Hold
Unkle: Another Night Out
We Invented Paris: We Invented Paris
William Fitzsimmons: Gold in the Shadow
Wu Lyf: Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
Yuck: Yuck
Zola Jesus: Conatus
Zomby: Dedication

Auf der Warteliste stehen ausserdem noch ein paar Dutzend weiterer Alben, die´s aus dem ein oder anderen Grund nicht ganz in die Best of 2011 Liste geschafft haben. Schadet natürlich trotzdem nicht auch da mal reinzuhören ;)