Last month Microsoft treated us another one of their future-vision videos they love to do, since solving mobile and tablet computing in the present is so damn hard.
Not to be out-done, Nokia has released their own future-vision short.
I’d love to hear what Bret Victor thinks about this one.
via PSFK
Featuring a super-wide angle lens, this panoramic analog camera captures the width of film including the sprockets. Each frame is 106 degrees, the length of two standard 35mm frames.
via MoMA Store
A bittersweet tale told with an Internationalized Domain Name (IDN)
Originally posted November 28, 2009 on Analogue
There is more to this than meets to eye. The design of Chanel N°5 is stunning and the delivery of the film is flawless. But there is more to it. As many people have probably noticed, Audrey Tautou is playing a very integral role in the campaigns for Chanel lately. She is the perfect choice to grace the pages of Vogue and help in promoting the most recognizable fragrance in the world. Her image exudes grace, class, and beauty.
Audrey also plays a very important role in the recently released film titled Coco Before Chanel. She plays the role of Coco Chanel herself and she does not disappoint. She seems naturally suited to the role of Coco and one only needs to look at early photos of Coco to see that the resemblance is uncanny.
The fact that she has been cast as Coco in a feature film, while at the same time being the image of the fragrance is sheer brilliance. It is an intelligent approach to something that could have been much less effective. Chanel could have easily decided to cast her in ads and a film that just mirrored the feature film that she is starring in—but they did not. Instead they showcased her in a completely different light and created an entirely different story around the fragrance.
It is in my opinion that the American-style approach to this would have been to tie the movie into the marketing of the fragrance in a much more obvious manner. Instead, the approach that was taken is much more intelligent, subtle, and thoughtful.
So what am I getting at here? I am trying to demonstrate that although there are many examples of great website designs that are visually and aesthetically stunning—it seems that the ideas and thought process behind them get left behind. This could have been an obvious cross-promotion campaign just like the countless others we all encounter, instead it tells another story. It demonstrates the undercurrents that are behind the success of many online experiences.
From Mike:
…it is clear that we did not do a good job of communicating why we are are making this shift in strategy. I know how frustrating this has been for the Flash community, and for that I want to apologize. Our goal was to be very clear about WHAT we were doing, but in doing so, we didn’t pay enough attention to explaining WHY we were doing it.
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This begs the question: Why aren’t people like Mike at the boardroom table and helping to communicate to the public?
I vote for Mike Chambers as CEO of Adobe.
From Electronista:
The iPhone 4S sold out in Hong Kong even faster than previously thought, a memo from Ticonderoga Securities’ Brian White indicates. The analyst claims that both the city’s Apple Store and all authorized resellers sold out within a space of three hours; Apple’s local online store states that there is “no supply” of the phone left. Earlier accounts had just the Apple Store selling out by lunchtime.
China isn’t just going to be a huge market for Apple, but for every big company.
People who have been saying the mobile battle between Android and iOS is going to be like desktop battle between the Mac and Windows — and that Apple is going to lose again — have it all wrong.
So many variables have changed since then, it’s a completely different game.
Today on this 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year, we pause to remember the fallen.
May they rest in peace.
via The Next Web
In 1968 Alan Kay concepted the Dynabook, a device we would today consider a laptop/tablet computer.
I think it’s one of the goals we have in our work—to create something that is memorable—to create a moment that you might remember.
Still one of my all-time favourites.
via the D8 Conference (around the 44 minute mark)
Ingredients
• 8 slices of ciabatta bread
• 1 clove of garlic
• extra virgin olive oil
• 2 balls of buffalo mozzarella
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely sliced
• a small handful of fresh basil leaves
• zest of 1 lemon
With everyone building apps these days, I thought I might share this tasty recipe for all to enjoy and build.
