{"id":12281,"date":"2007-03-19T13:43:28","date_gmt":"2007-03-19T13:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2007\/03\/human-powered-cursors-laser-skate-art-more.html"},"modified":"2007-03-19T13:43:28","modified_gmt":"2007-03-19T13:43:28","slug":"human_powered_cursors_laser_skate_art_more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/19\/human_powered_cursors_laser_skate_art_more\/","title":{"rendered":"Human-powered cursors, Laser skate art, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\/\/na\/\/ Having survived both the Ides &amp; St. Pat&#8217;s with toga &amp; liver intact, I feel like celebrating with some assorted design inspiration I&#8217;ve uncovered recently:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Multi-touch might be pass\u00e9 before it even gets here; what we <em>really<\/em> need are giant, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1-click.jp\/\">human-powered cursors.<\/a> [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/human_cursor_5538.asp\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Similarly, why do digital <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photomosaic\">photomosaics<\/a> when there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.space-invaders.com\/rubikubism.html\">Rubik&#8217;s cube pixel art<\/a>?&#160; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/rubiks_cube_meets_pixel_art_5632.asp\">Via<\/a>]&#160; And speaking of cubes, you can put your own photos onto them in Photoshop using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.panosfx.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=169&amp;Itemid=45\">Panos Cube plug-in<\/a> (10 bucks). [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearfuse.com\/panos-cube-photo-effect-for-photoshop\/\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>In the late 90&#8217;s the flat, vectorish Flash aesthetic popped up everywhere (print, TV, etc.).&#160; Now in a retro touch, here&#8217;s a Flash-style <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/product_info.php?products_id=1555\">preloader watch<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/whatdoiknow.org\/enjoying\/\">Via<\/a>]&#160; See also the Russian-designed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frederiksamuel.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/sand-time-watch.html\">Sand-Time Watch<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of preloaders, the one at Coca-Cola&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.them5.com\/framework\/index.html\">M5 site<\/a> adds a fresh touch, running through the years from BC to AD (a small thing, sure, but hey, it&#8217;s a preloader).<\/li>\n<li>Flickr is hosting an excellent collection of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/7259223%40N05\/sets\/72157594580141913\/\">laser-cut skateboard decks<\/a>.&#160; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/7259223%40N05\/417154471\/in\/set-72157594580141913\/\">This one in particular<\/a> grabs me. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/refillseven_laser_cut_skateboard_exhibition_5683.asp\">Via<\/a>]&#160; (See also previous: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnack\/2006\/07\/etchin_scratching.html\">more on laser etching<\/a> + <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnack\/2006\/11\/of_skulls_skate.html\">skating skulls<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Amka will put your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amkashop.com\/en\/skate-board\/skate-board.php?PHPSESSID=aef7e29ca55a0712da4519f6b98cb85c\">art on a skate deck using vinyl<\/a>, and they offer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amkashop.com\/index_en.php\">large-scale vinyl printing<\/a> as well. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/amka_digital_art_on_a_tarp_5692.asp\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>&quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/slideshow\/2007\/03\/05\/arts\/20070305_HAWK_SLIDESHOW_2.html\">Octopus<\/a>&quot; is&#8230; well, it&#8217;s one thing to do with your flatbed scanner.&#160; On a rather sweeter (and beautifully illustrated) note, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.octonauts.com\/book.html\">Octonauts<\/a> [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hicksdesign.co.uk\/\">Via<\/a>] In the real world, scientists have photographed a <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2007\/02\/070214-giant-squid.html\">giant glowing squid<\/a> &#8212; not to mention a six-fingered guy named &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonio_Alfonseca\">El Pulpo<\/a>.&quot; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\/\/na\/\/ Having survived both the Ides &amp; St. Pat&#8217;s with toga &amp; liver intact, I feel like celebrating with some assorted design inspiration I&#8217;ve uncovered recently: Multi-touch might be pass\u00e9 before it even gets here; what we really need are giant, human-powered cursors. [Via] Similarly, why do digital photomosaics when there&#8217;s Rubik&#8217;s cube pixel art?&#160; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12281"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}