June 2010
17 posts
A speculated product that would allow the user to moniter vast amounts of data through a dynamic desktop interface. The experience of which is drastically different that reading stats and graphs, and plays off the innate human ability to develop “muscle-memory”.
Cast: Hunter Sebresos
Strategies for "digital self-control"? →
Some unfinished thoughts …
Indie Game: The Movie is a feature documentary about video games, their creators and the craft.
This teaser segment features Edmund McMillen of ‘Team Meat’ discussing his childhood, his games and the connections between.
Find out more about IndieGame: The Movie at - indiegamethemovie.com
Help us make the movie: kickstarter.com/projects/blinkworks/indie-game-the-movie
Indie Game:...
With HackFwd, top technology talents are free from their day jobs to build their own game-changing companies, and put European innovation on the global map. IDEO worked with Europe’s “serial entrepreneur” Lars Hinrichs to design a new company that accelerates the route to beta, profitability and success by enabling individuals to focus on what they do best, and providing support on tasks that do...
Pirata Boat Race, has been created to celebrate the launch of a new mobile division from Pirata London. If you’d like to find our more about the story behind the game read more at piratalondon.com/boats
Cast: Pirata London
Kids and User Interfaces →
Some observations around designing interfaces for quite specific people.
A perfect couple →
“I also like to think of the iPad as a surface” – iPad vs. Eames table.
Reading a newspaper, I saw a picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes (no Photoshop edit). I knew it wasn’t the most original idea in the universe. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating.
I sent the music to the photographer, Paulo Pinto, who I Googled on the internet. He...
"iPad mag" vs. Microsite →
Are corporate “iPad mags” becoming the new kind of bloated advertising microsite?
“If you build something great, people will pay you for it.”
– http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/the-ipad-pulse-reader-scales-the-charts/
Most phones come with flimsy manuals with complicated language and jargon. These books, which can live on a bookshelf actually contain the phone.
Each page reveals the elements of the phone in the right order, helping the user to set up the sim card, the battery and even slide the case onto the phone.
The second book is the main manual – the phone actually slots into this and becomes the...
Thoughts on the iPad, Part II →
Apps vs. Browser.
Thoughts on the iPad, Part I →
Sharing the device.
Thoughts on the iPad, Part III →
Print vs. Web.
May 2010
5 posts
Some thoughts on the iPad: Sharing the device.
Well, a lot has been written on the iPad already. Mainly the social media tubes are filled with it and I’m sure there’s already been something like iPad-related getaway – which is not easy, since it’s just everywhere. But I actually like to read other people’s thoughts on it and I really see the discussion just starting to get interesting, because now the iPad is a)...
Pictures from RSVP with Peter Kirn →
Our “classroom” at the Viktoria Kaserne.
The room is filling up.
Peter talks about the history of notation…
…and points out that our century-old system is…
Shot on on a rooftop in London over the period of one day.
Format : HD Cam
Directed : Michael Tamman & Richard Jakes
Cast : Christopher Dunlop and Fiona Pearce
DOP : Richard Jakes
Edited : Michael Tamman
Sound : Richard Sprenger
Online and Grade : Paul Ingvarsson @ StormHD.tv
Sound Design : Steve Chase @ StormHD.tv
Cast: Michael Tamman
RSVP →
RSVP – Research School for Versatile People is another joint venture with our dear friends and office mates Two Antennas. The idea is to organize events in Hamburg on an irregular…
April 2010
12 posts
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“In contrast, the iPad becomes the app you’re using. That’s part of...”
– TidBITS iPhone iPad iPod: Why the iPad Is a Blank Slate, and Why That’s Important
If you ever wondered what Jobs meant when he was saying things like “intimate” and “magic” while referring to the iPad, here’s a text that explores this topic quite well.
March 2010
7 posts
“If you think about how a computer like this will impact people sociologically,...”
– What the iPad Means for the Future of Computing | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
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“The only valid reason explaining why the Bloomberg design will not change is the...”
– The Impossible Bloomberg Makeover | UX Magazine
Tomorrow’s News →
We wrote an 8-pages article for the current issue of German magazine weave (02.2010), exploring what the future of news and magazines could look like. We’re presenting different innovative…
Data Flow 2 →
© onlab.ch
We’re in love with data visualization – and we love to explore the great controversial field between scientific approach and artistic visual output. Is it useful, does it…
February 2010
1 post
Steuersünder →
Rolling Stone Magazine and German newspaper Welt am Sonntag asked us to design a cover for the most discussed CD in Germany.
No, I’m not talking about the new Tocotronic album, which…
January 2010
3 posts
Foodspotting →
Find dishes, not just restaurants.
PROJECT LIST - UNIQLO ユニクロ →
Remember that great digital Uniqlo campaign? Here’s a list compiling all projects in one place.
Tablet innovation race II →
Some days ago, I wrote a post compiling some concept videos for Tablet Computing I found interesting and exciting. Still, I can get pretty euphoric about the hype and especially…
December 2009
7 posts
Rich Brilliant Willing →
What a great website. And great projects, too.
Giving is Glorious →
Advertising Agency Mother in London had a great idea for christmas this year – watch the video!
The tablet innovation race →
So it looks like 2010 will be the year of Tablet Computers and E-books. The rumors about an upcoming new Apple device keep on spreading, large publishing houses are already …
Tocotronic Website →
The ecosystem of a rockband (or any kind of active musician or artist) drawn as a line graph looks something like this:
When you’re working on a band website, you have to take this into…
Tweetwrappr feat. eBoy →
Today is the first anniversary of tweetwrappr.com, a Twitter-based mashup experiment we conceived, designed, coded and launched on a single day on December 19th 2008. We’re…