© 2012 Julian. All rights reserved.
Some of you may have noticed, mostly probably not — but the Laboratory has expanded its ranks. It’s starting to feel like a proper design collective in here. One of the lovely attributes of the people in the Lab are … Continue reading
© 2012 Julian. All rights reserved.
Drift Deck is up for the IxDA Interaction Awards in the “People’s Choice” category. Which isn’t the “Jury’s Choice” but — whatev. It’s the People, so we’re hustling to make you, the People, aware of this chance for you to choose … Continue reading
© 2011 Julian. All rights reserved.
Just a quick note on some material in this hard-to-find catalogue resume of Janet Cardiff‘s work. It’s called Janet Cardiff: A Survey of Works, with George Bures Miller Cardiff is well-known for her early-days “sound walks” where participants were given … Continue reading
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A curious inscription left by someone to clarify which button expedites which crosswalk signal. Someone has written with an indelible marker “B” and “W” on each button (for Broad Street and Watchung Avenue respectively), as well as writing an abbreviation … Continue reading
© 2009 Julian. All rights reserved.
A curious interoperability protocol, wherein the address for some weird place in Seoul has been found on an iPhone and must now be entered into the GPS of the taxi. A simple affair, with minimal bumps often enough, particularly because … Continue reading
© 2009 Julian. All rights reserved.
Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer var so = new SWFObject(“http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf”, “PictoBrowser”, “500″, “430″, “8″, “#E0E0E0″); so.addVariable(“source”, “sets”); so.addVariable(“names”, “LA Generative Procedural Maps”); so.addVariable(“userName”, “nearfuturelab”); so.addVariable(“userId”, “73737423@N00″); so.addVariable(“ids”, “72157622074827670″); so.addVariable(“titles”, “on”); so.addVariable(“displayNotes”, “off”); so.addVariable(“thumbAutoHide”, “off”); so.addVariable(“imageSize”, “medium”); so.addVariable(“vAlign”, “mid”); so.addVariable(“vertOffset”, … Continue reading
© 2009 Julian. All rights reserved.
© 2009 Julian. All rights reserved.
Times Square beach, complete with tourists (as any beach should), found here. Urban Lounge found near Madison Square, New York City. This is probably old hat for current New Yorkers certainly, and something that makes visits home really interesting, these … Continue reading
© 2009 Julian. All rights reserved.
Lines and arrows and splines point the way. Taken in a parking lot near the beaches at Santa Monica. It has not been a quiet couple of days here in the Laboratory. Lots of gear and glassware about. Goggles, bunsen … Continue reading
© 2009 Julian. All rights reserved.
Here and There a cartographic experiment by Shulze and Webb. I think I figured out why I enjoy this map by Jack Schulze and Matt Webb — it can possibly induce vertigo, which means it’s human, real and embodied. The … Continue reading
© 2009 Julian. All rights reserved.
Mobile, personal, urban shelter. Where I live there are quite a number of transient mobile home dwellers. I don’t know quite what the history of this is — I’m intrigued and only imagine at this point. It will take a … Continue reading
Still moment from Aram Bartholl‘s workshop and project WoW an “intervention in public space that uses computer play-worlds as a means of calling attention to the changing ways people deal with privacy and identity in the public sphere.” In my … Continue reading