Category Archive Art

Galactica Cometh!

New York invasion by 8-bits creatures ! PIXELS is Patrick Jean’ latest short film, shot on location in New York. Read More…

Banksy Film Trailer + Extended 5 min Sneak Peek

Exit Through the Gift Shop a.k.a. “The World’s first Street Art disaster movie” Read More…

Watch It: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

First things first, let’s get rid of some movie-goers. The movie is foreign. It’s Swedish, so subtitles. Its disturbing, graphic violence and mature subject matter are not for the fainthearted. Now that everyone’s gone, the adaptation from global bestseller, the late Stieg Larsson, is a thrilling take on the murder-mystery genre, which captivates from first [...] Read More…

Emerging: Foursquare

The Science Foursquare is social networking on the go. The location-based mobile app taps into your phone’s GPS and displays the whereabouts of friends on your network. You tell it where you are by “checking in”, Foursquare shares this with your friends, and rewards you with badges. By “checking in” it also suggests neighbouring locales [...] Read More…

Eyes On You

Here’s another one obsessed with eyes – Erick Hikups, Brussels street artist. More via Erick’s Flickr. Read More…

OK Go- Viral Video Masters (HD)

OK Go’s Promo for their new single This Too Shall Pass. Directed by James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs. Produced by Shirley Moyers. After their Grammy award-winning treadmill video “Here It Goes Again”, the group follows up with an RGM-inspired video that already has 3M+ views in less than 5 days! Read More…

Literature VS Traffic

Street installation at daybreak on February 17th by Luzinterruptus. 800 books, each embedded with an LED light, filled Water Street under the Brooklyn Bridge. Read More…

Emerging: Augmented Reality

The Science Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that allows  you to superimpose, through a camera, graphics and audio over a  real-world setting in real-time. It augments what you’re actually seeing in front of you, like looking into a mirror and seeing something that’s not actually there. Recently, Wallpaper* Magazine included AR on their Cover. [...] Read More…

Brilliant Mapping by Elastic Space

I can’t even begin to tell you how excited this makes me. Back in December, I was invited into George Brown School of Design to mentor the post-grad students on their final projects. One of those bright, young stars had an idea to improve the wayfinding at Union Station. Read More…

Origami Architecture by Masahiro Chatani

I finally got the chance to check out the exhibition at the Japan Foundation last night. It was an immense honour to see the master’s work here in Toronto. Masahiro Chatani, an architect himself, is the recognized creator of origami architecture. He brings landmark buildings into life on a single sheet of thin cardboard using [...] Read More…