New Expectations & Digital Relations

The Tele-Presencing Video Symphony

Made accessible by up-to-the-second communications in any digital medium, the Video Symphony is a classic example of international collaboration from remote and talented parts of the world. Read and link through to the sixteen-piece Digital Symphony.

9 Dec, 2009 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: technology, tele-presencing, video

Gadgets for 2010 : could this be the iPhone killer?...

For a while now there have been rumours of Google launching their own “Google Phone”.

15 Dec, 2009 By Jason comment icon [1] Tags: android, google, phones

"And These Are My City Clothes..."

French artist Elisabeth Lecourt prompts a curious phenomena of way-finding fashionware, deftly folding urban maps into quaint dresses and button-down shirts, demanding more from our technologically lame clothes.

14 Jan, 2010 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: art, craft, fashion

The Third and The Seventh by Alex Roman

This is the best CG digital environment that I, and You, have ever seen in film. That's it.

19 Jan, 2010 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: architecture, digital, video

iPad Launch

Today Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, gave a demonstration of their new tablet computer, a new generation device right smack in the middle of the iPhone and Mac.

28 Jan, 2010 By Byron comment icon [1] Tags: design, object, tele-presencing

Augmented Reality Tea Ceremony

For his graduate project at the Bartlett, Keiichi Matsuda produced this short clip of an augmented reality doing its best to saturate the mundane routines of urban compact living.

29 Jan, 2010 By Byron comment icon [2] Tags: architecture, digital, video

Web Traces of Traces

Hours of digital drawing can now be beautifully traced thanks to IOGraphica, one of many applets now available for digital sketching.

17 Mar, 2010 By Byron comment icon [2] Tags: digital, drawing, website

Cintiq 21-inch Interactive Pen Display from Wacom released.

From the experts of tablet technology, this line of interactive pen displays isn't completely new, but seems to be slow in the uptake from architectural designers. Its the new drawing board, ditch the mouse!

29 Jun, 2010 By Byron comment icon [1] Tags: CAD, digital, drawing

Autodesk Labs launch PhotoFly

Coming up of the Autodesk Labs, Photofly allows users to generate 3D models from their photographs. Using cloud computing, and generating point-data models, this software is pretty intriguing.

5 Aug, 2010 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: CAD, digital, drawing

Mark Burry Lecture, Wellington September 9

Professor Mark Burry, Executive Architect and Researcher to the Temple Sagrada Família, and Director of SIAL, will present recent work in Wellington next week.

1 Sep, 2010 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: architecture, event, mathematics

Between the Folds

A recent documentary from Green Fuse Films explores the art and science of paper folding through a series of diverse and intriguing profiles. Check out the trailer, some clips, and links to some related thoughts.

2 Dec, 2010 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: book, craft, film

Above the fold - direct from the MIT labs

This prototype material folds itself into different shapes and may develop into a revolutionary product for architects and designers.

20 Jan, 2011 By jon comment icon [0] Tags: digital, mathematics, research

Marks & Philosophy

Two pretty important words in my world at the moment, check out how this design collaborative have used them to create a beautifully simple drawing instrument.

31 May, 2011 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: craft, drawing, object

A smarter solution for designers

Smartspec, a new online specification-writing system for Architects and Designers launches this week in Wellington following a successful showcase to 200 Auckland-based Architects and building product manufacturers in Auckland.

17 Oct, 2011 By jon comment icon [1] Tags: event, productspec, technology
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