KatFurey writes:
I sent you a pic of the upside down Christmas tree last week in the Stillorgan Park Hotel?!!
THIS one I saw down in Rathwood in Carlow. WTF is going on? Is it JUST ME seeing these?! :)))
Category Archives: Design
A huge map of fictional (and actual) locations from film and TV from Doghouse Diaries’ new site Wondermode.
Full sized version here.
Sun Bike
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The Solar Cross e-bike by Terry Hope of R&D company thekpv has eight 0.1kg photovoltaic panels with reflective sides for indirect sun exposure that power the 22kg bike to a frisky 7km/h.
Granted, it’s not what you’d call aerodynamic, but it only cost $500 to build and wind resistance isn’t really a problem at 7km/h.
Look Up
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Interactive British Airways billboards at Piccadilly Circus and Chiswick created by Ogilvy 12th Floor display the flight number and route information of overhead air traffic in conjunction with a recording of a child pointing at the plane.
Jury, you will hear every word.
Helena Murphy writes:
This year the IAPI/DIT Pitch Night has been re-named Pitch Fight. It will see three teams of students from the IAPI/DIT Advertising & Digital Communications Postgraduate Diploma go head to head presenting insights and ideas on three societal issues before a live audience.
For the first time ever our students have been given the chance to work on three different briefs addressing societal briefs that could change the world.
The three briefs cover: Binge Drinking, Cyber Bullying and Male Suicide.
Pitch Fight happens Wednesday 27th November in the Dublin Institute of Technology, (DIT), Aungier Street at 6pm.
Pitch FIGHT!
Cars In Film
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Seventy-one iconic autos of film and TV from 1929 to the present day by Cathryn Lavery.
Related: Star Cars
Designed in collaboration with the makers of Playstation’s upcoming Gran Turismo 6 driving game, Mercedes Benz announced a concept, curvy, gull-winged ‘AMG Vision Gran Turismo’ concept at the LA Auto Show last week.
5.5l, 577bhp, V8, eight-exhaust, twin turbo with a front grille made entirely from LEDs.
Meh. S’alright.
Java Script
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By food illustrator Gianluca Biscalchin.
An infographic by I Love Coffee, inspired byresearch by blogger Mikael Cho.
Coffee vs. beer: Which drink makes you more creative? (Mikael Cho, Ooomf)
https://vimeo.com/65542790
Photographer Dean Saffron’s short film about bike collector James Macdonald:
…a very enigmatic man who has taken it upon himself to collect one bicycle from each developmental epoch for future generations to enjoy , a kind of time capsule…
Related: Evolution Of The Dandy Horse
(H/T: Mark Geary)