Author Archives: sbswigart

The Bike Song

Makes me want to ride my bike.

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Motion Graphics, John Whitney 1961

A demo from John Whitney in 1961 of his works labeled “Catalogue.” Supposedly Whitney created his own mechanical analogue computer to create motion graphic title sequences used for TV and film.

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Sketchpad, Ivan Sutherland 1963 Thesis

Curious what common industry tools like Photoshop, Illustrator, CAD, Wacom tablets, and among many many more have derived from? I am. This demo from the 1960′s even has an example of 3D drawing, in Part 2, it’s simply amazing. Sketchpad … Continue reading

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Stop the Suburbs

From the Economist: Between April 1st 2009 and April 1st 2010, metro Atlanta’s growth rate was at its lowest level since the 1950s. On an aesthetic level, this is no bad thing: the city grew too quickly for its infrastructure. Fewer … Continue reading

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Globe Genie

Just press shuffle: http://web.mit.edu/~jmcmicha/www/globegenie/

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Typeface in Motion

Via FastCompany

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TouchDesigner Interactive Based Marketing Art

An interesting video from Wired about interactive art developed through using new tool, TouchDesigner. Here is another example of TouchDesigner, incorporating live musical performance and dance:

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Simple Interactive Art

Scott Snibe is an artist that creates interactive applications, mainly and most recently for the iPhone, some of which in turn allow users to create basic art works of their own. NYTimes has recently written a piece on him that … Continue reading

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Time Warner Cable on New Media Integration and the iPad

Part 1/4 Part 2/4, Part3/4, Part 4/4

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Movie Marketing

Some interesting movie marketing at a local Atlanta news station, featuring Jason Schwartzman and Michael Cera.

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