Air traffic

The paths of air traffic over North America visualized in color and form. Created by Aaron Koblin.

Rotating Skyscraper

Remember the wind shaped pavilion? In Dubai they do it bigger. Architect David Fisher designed a skyscraper that rotates by wind power. Each floor rotates independently at different speeds, resulting in an ever changing shape that is not only spectacular but – with a wind turbine on every floor – should also be self-powered.

On the inside: Luxury penthouse villas, which will be over 1,000 square meters, will be completely custom-made to fulfill individual buyer’s personal needs, they will also include an indoor swimming pool, voice activated features, demotic control systems, built in phone system. Villa’s residents will have the possibility to drive directly into the building were a special elevator take their car to their floor and park at the entrance to their Villa’s.

You’ve got to see it to believe it. Although – as we write – construction is yet to start. The rotating tower is one of those structures to become famous already from their computer renderings. Seems to be a whole architectural category of its own nowadays. We call it image building… and Dubai is taking the lead.

See also: Modernistic vs Next Nature architecture, Artificial Island Dubai, Lilium Urbanus, Wind Shaped Pavilion.

iHam

I eat… therefore iHam.

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Animator vs Animation

What happens if the user interface becomes a landscape? Watch the short film by Alan Becker.

Playing with Dry Water

The Waterboard is an interactive installation by Mike Burton giving the user a chance to play with water without getting wet. By drawing lines on the whiteboard, the water will follow a different course. Abstract life forms may appear in basins and where the water is stagnant it will become turbid.

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Design Your Sims

IKEA is going to sell furniture with Electronic Arts via The Sims 2 game. Soon, it will be possible for you game addicts, to refurbish your Sims living room into your own dreamcastle. Or, in the words of Mr. IKEA himself:

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Puppy Bag

Wherever you go, always carry your puppy with you.

In the category ‘absurd-products-that-show-our-consumptive-attitude-towards-animals’. Buy one here, or here. See also: Catbag | Stuffed toys | Lifestyle pets | Popple | Glamour Dog | Dog Design

My latest cellphone

I think I’ll have my next one implanted in my tooth. Via joe-ks.com.

On the Road

Excuse me, I am lost. Can you point me to the information super highway?

By Chris Baker, photo Erik Pawasser. Via Wired. See also: Car Navigation - Follow the red cable, Need for Speed, Find brain, replace with GPS.

Modernistic Tree

Mondrian would have appreciated square trees. Furthermore, they would enable wood industry to lose less material, to cut easier with machines and to store more efficiently. Hence square trees would be more sustainable than round trees. Read the rest of this entry »