//na// Having survived both the Ides & St. Pat’s with toga & liver intact, I feel like celebrating with some assorted design inspiration I’ve uncovered recently:
- Multi-touch might be passé before it even gets here; what we really need are giant, human-powered cursors. [Via]
- Similarly, why do digital photomosaics when there’s Rubik’s cube pixel art? [Via] And speaking of cubes, you can put your own photos onto them in Photoshop using the Panos Cube plug-in (10 bucks). [Via]
- In the late 90’s the flat, vectorish Flash aesthetic popped up everywhere (print, TV, etc.). Now in a retro touch, here’s a Flash-style preloader watch. [Via] See also the Russian-designed Sand-Time Watch.
- Speaking of preloaders, the one at Coca-Cola’s M5 site adds a fresh touch, running through the years from BC to AD (a small thing, sure, but hey, it’s a preloader).
- Flickr is hosting an excellent collection of laser-cut skateboard decks. This one in particular grabs me. [Via] (See also previous: more on laser etching + skating skulls).
- Amka will put your art on a skate deck using vinyl, and they offer large-scale vinyl printing as well. [Via]
- "Octopus" is… well, it’s one thing to do with your flatbed scanner. On a rather sweeter (and beautifully illustrated) note, see Octonauts [Via] In the real world, scientists have photographed a giant glowing squid — not to mention a six-fingered guy named "El Pulpo."
More amazing finds by the Nack.
Although when you start your post with liver & toga…that should be our clue that you’ve found some unusual links.
[“Cleared for weird,” as they say… –J.]
Awesome links for the skate deck artwork. Why not top it off with custom grip tape? CB Burnside (my neighbor) set up this company:
http://www.mechgrip.com/
-Leon
[Cool. Lasers are a long way from my days of decorating grip tape via paint pens. 😉 –J.]
The human cursors is just TOO much, I have not stopped laughing since yesterday. I wish I knew what they are saying. How do you find this stuff? Too cool.