Archive for the ‘Conceptual’ Category
David Merrill: Siftables, the toy blocks that think
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under 3D, Art, Computers, Conceptual, Design, Music, Science, TED talks, life, web
MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables - cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too. Is this the next thing in hands-on learning?
link to this TED talk / Devid Merrill’s Siftables project / Devid Merrill at MIT Media [...]
Steven Strogatz: How things in nature tend to sync up
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Conceptual, Science, TED talks, life
Mathematician Steven Strogatz shows how flocks of creatures (like birds, fireflies and fish) manage to synchronize and act as a unit — when no one’s giving orders. The powerful tendency extends into the realm of objects, too.
Andy Hobsbawm: Do the green thing
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Art, Conceptual, Design, Photography, TED talks, life
Andy Hobsbawm shares a fresh ad campaign about going green — and some of the fringe benefits.
Garrett Lisi: A beautiful new theory of everything
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Conceptual, Science, TED talks
Physicist and surfer Garrett Lisi presents a controversial new model of the universe that — just maybe — answers all the big questions. If nothing else, it’s the most beautiful 8-dimensional model of elementary particles and forces you’ve ever seen.
Stefan Sagmeister: Things I have learned in my life so far
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Architecture, Art, Conceptual, Design, Photography, TED talks, life
Rockstar designer Stefan Sagmeister delivers a short, witty talk on life lessons, expressed through surprising modes of design.
In this talk graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister takes the audience on a whimsical journey through moments of his life that made him happy — and notes how many of these moments have to do with good design.
Liz Diller: Architecture is a special effects machine
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under 3D, Architecture, Art, Conceptual
In this engrossing EG talk, architect Liz Diller shares her firm DS+R’s more unusual work, including the Blur Building, whose walls are made of fog, and the revamped Alice Tully Hall, which is wrapped in glowing wooden skin.
Liz Diller and her maverick firm DS+R bring a groundbreaking approach to big and small projects in architecture, [...]
Golan Levin: The truly soft side of software
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Art, Computers, Conceptual, Music, TED talks
Engineer and artist Golan Levin pushes the boundaries of what’s possible with audiovisuals and technology. In an amazing TED display, he shows two programs he wrote to perform his original compositions.
Brian Greene: The universe on a string
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Conceptual, Science, TED talks, life
Physicist Brian Greene explains superstring theory, the idea that minscule strands of energy vibrating in 11 dimensions create every particle and force in the universe.
Superstring theory is an attempt to explain all of the particles and fundamental forces of nature in one theory by modelling them as vibrations of tiny supersymmetric strings. It is considered [...]
David Griffin: Photography connects us with the world
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Art, Conceptual, Photography, TED talks, life
The photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin knows the power of photography to connect us to our world. In a talk filled with glorious images, he talks about how we all use photos to tell our stories.
Zero7 - Futures
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Art, Conceptual, Music, Photography
Psychedelic and vibrant slide show of morphed photography, with great music from group Zero7
(feat Jose Gonzalez)
