>Crowdsource video

>This is brilliant, I wonder how long until we see this as a TV ad.

>Genius, a capillary calendar

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Ink Calendar makes use of the timed pace of the ink spreading on the paper to indicate time. The ink is absorbed slowly, and the numbers in the calendar are ‘printed ‘ daily. One a day, they are filled with ink until the end of the month. The calendar enhances the perception of time passing and not only signaling it. The aim of the project is to address our senses, rather than the logical and conscious brain.

The ink colors are based on a spectrum, which relate to a “color temperature scale”, each month having a color related to our perception of the weather on that month. The colors range from dark blue in December to three shades of green in spring or orange and red in the summer.

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>The problem is not ideas…

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“The problem is not ideas, ideas are there, the real problem is to know which ideas you invest in and which ideas you give time to” – Ron Arad

>Unique interface

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Maybe the audience could txt messages onto their t-shirts and guitars??

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We set out to broaden our ambitions; to create a design philosophy and world-class design standards that all designers across the business could adhere to. We wanted to find the soul of the BBC. We wanted something distinctive and recognisable; we wanted drama. We knew whatever we created needed to be truly cross-platform and that we needed to simplify our user journeys.

From a fantastic post on the BBC blog charting some of the work that is being done on the redesign of the BBC site.

>A New Dimension to Touch

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Looks like pressure sensitive touch screens could be just round the corner according to this article on the BBC.  The added dimension this could add to interaction is pretty exciting with a few examples shown here and a bit more about QTC, the magical material behind this, here.

And in a completely different vein, but some how related, is this amazing video.


Glass Is Liquid. from Mike Call on Vimeo.