Ghost Bikes are small and somber memorials for bicyclists who are killed or hit on the street. A bicycle is painted all white and locked to a street sign near the crash site, accompanied by a small plaque. They serve as reminders of the tragedy that took place on an otherwise anonymous street corner, and as quiet statements in support of cyclists’ right to safe travel.
OOOii create futuristic interfaces for motion pictures.
Pretty self explanatory! A bookshelf made from books. From the clever chaps at not tom.
Loving these light photographs.
Some beautiful, minimal, black and white videos and design by Maxim Zhestkov.
“Disturb Me” is an interactive installation by The Popcorn Makers. It is activated and modified by the sounds of it’s surroundings and participants.
With ‘The Sims 3′ released just the other day, Technology blog Techcrunch have an interesting interview with Rob Burkinshaw, a game designer who created an experiment called Alice and Kev, which essentially tries to simulate homelessness in The Sims.
The results are quite astounding as you will find, and it is this quote that has stuck with me from the Alice and Kev website:
“What does it mean when a character you’ve created makes you re-examine your own life through their astonishing selflessness?”
Holy hell, this is the sexiest clock I’ve ever seen. Qlocktwo tells the time in a human readable format and looks mighty fine while it’s doing it.
Seriously great photo collages from Hubert Blanz.
Beautiful illustration from New York artist Maxwell Holyoke-Hirsch. You can see more (along with other great illustration) at blow your horn hunter where Maxwell is a regular contributor.
