I FOUGHT THE LAW…
This month saw the launch of the new website for the law firm Bircham Dyson Bell.
We’re not great at celebrating project launches but we think this one stands up. Take a look.
PEOPLE OF EARTH…
Something about this holding screen made us laugh and feel vaguely inspired at the same time. tumblr tone of voice is a-ok.
SO MANY SEASONAL GREETINGS…
Tis the season to be jolly and as we approach December 25th, Float has cranked up the production of bespoke Christmas cards for our clients. One of our favourites this year was for Artis, the creative education company, who have a fantastic brand with which to be playful, creative and fun.
Check out their Christmas card. Turn the sound up!
GET SMART SKIN
Say wat?! this sounds like something from a William Gibson story but it is in fact happening today at the University of Illinois. “Smart Skin” is being developed that is applied to the the skin and provide computational power and communication potential.
“Already the researchers have shown that a prototype device, applied to the human throat, can distinguish simple speech on the basis of muscle movements when the wearer mouths the words without speaking aloud. They have also used electronic skin to control a video game.” Clive Cookson from the FT
TWISTING IMAGES
I just got sucked into this Rutt-Etra-Izer app. It’s a contemporary implementation of the classic Rutt-Etra video synthesizer from 1972 and incredibly addictive.
“The RUTT/ETRA Video Synthesizer was one of the first commercially available computerized video animation systems. It employed proprietary analog computer technology to perform real time three dimensional processing of the video image.” source
The developer says “The demo allows you to drag and drop your own images, manipulate them and save the output. Images are generated by scanning the pixels of the input image from top to bottom, with scan-line separated by the ‘Line Separation’ amount. For each line generated, the z-position of the vertices is dependent on the brightness of the pixels.”
It’s open source and very cool. Have a play
DIGITAL DECOMPOSITION
Float lives at Great Western Studios which is awash with creative practitioners from all disciplines. This upcoming exhibition caught our eye. ”John Wild will present an interactive installation that explores the relationships between trauma, memory and architecture within the digital age.
A photograph of 10 Ruston Close, formally 10 Rillington Place, will be both projected within the gallery and simultaneously made accessible online. Each time the image is viewed, either online or within the space, a single pixel will be removed from the image. Over the period of the exhibition the image will decompose directly in response to the number of views it receives.
CYRIAK ETERNAL
Loving this mesmerising music video by Cyriak for Hooray for Earth’s “True Loves”
STATE OF THE INTERNET
This data visualisation from online schools surfaces a dashboard of stats to feed your curiosity for what’s happening right now as more people connect to the Internets.
“The Internet has changed the way we live—that’s obvious. But what we think people forget is how big and important the worldwide web really is. Do you know how much time people spend on the Internet every day? Do you keep track of how many times you tweeted last month? “
RIM PROFILE OUR RBS APP.
RIM have been working with RBS to create a short video insight into the app. We provided digital strategy, user experience and design on. There are a few cut-aways to the app. in use and it’s great to see its value being realised by the business. Check it out below or on the Inside BlackBerry business blog.
SHUUSH!
Enjoyed this twitter reader that takes the idea you’ve probably experienced..twitter overload. We once scribbled an an equation about the unfollow coefficient i.e. when someone tweets too much, they get axed. This app does a similar thing by visualising your tweet stream ranking your followers on frequency of tweets. “It aims to amplify the people that don’t usually get heard, and scale back those with frequent updates.”
