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Archive for April 2011
CATEGORY: ISO50 Blog - The Blog of Scott Hansen (Tycho / ISO50) Yugoslavian Monuments
For my first post I wanted to share these striking retro-future-ish memorial sculptures shot by Jan Kempenaers in the former Yugoslavia region. Very reminiscent of the Expo ’67 stuff.
These structures were commissioned by former Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito in the 1960s and 70s to commemorate sites where WWII battles took place (like Tjentište, Kozara and Kadinjača), or where concentration camps stood (like Jasenovac and Niš). They were designed by different sculptors (Dušan Džamonja, Vojin Bakić, Miodrag Živković, Jordan and Iskra Grabul, to name a few) and architects (Bogdan Bogdanović, Gradimir Medaković…), conveying powerful visual impact to show the confidence and strength of the Socialist Republic.
More info and images here and at Kempenaers’ site.
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CATEGORY: information aesthetics Augmenting a Live Talk with Overhead Projector Style Infographics
MAYA Design CEO Mickey McManus has recently demonstrated the power of using subtly animated infographics during a live TEDx talk. While the talk on “Information Liquidity” is already mind boggling by itself, the short visual interruptions that merge sophisticated illustrations with the concept of old-school overhead projectors (or maybe they represent the prototypes of next-gen thin film computers…) is quite an original approach to keep the audience engaged
Watch the presentation below.
See also Explaining Gender Imbalance Statistics through an Infographic Presentation for another live infographic-augmented presentation.
Via Huffington Post.
CATEGORY: Drawing ARCHITECTURE Rob Krier, Sketches on the Them of the Corner House
Rob Krier, Sketches on the Them of the Corner House
CATEGORY: ISO50 Blog - The Blog of Scott Hansen (Tycho / ISO50) Skydiving with a GoPro
Betty Wants In crafted this very unique skydiving video using a GoPro. It’s exceptionally peaceful; it makes skydivers look more like they’re floating gracefully underwater as opposed to plummeting through the windy stratosphere on their way toward terminal-velocity.
I’ve never used a GoPro, or gone skydiving for that matter, and now I really want to experience both. Mission accomplished Melbourne Skydive Centre.
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