Technology. Industrial Art Gallery by Sean M. Burke. Again via pennydreadful, via Shitfit.
Some illustrations are spare abstract designs, like a modern art mobile or a circuit board. Other illustrations are as lavish and intense as a thousand yards of bright paisley fabric. Sometimes the illustrators seemed to show off how easy they could make it all look; and sometimes they seemed to lose themselves in the busy task of making something perfect but human. My suggestion to you is simply flip thru these pictures, pause on ones that you like, and remember that they each took a few hours to draw so that they could end up so clear and fascinating.
Apr 10th, 2003
by Ralf Zeigermann.
Computers. I always wanted one of those. A Commodore PET 2001. Because you could play ‘Lunar Lander‘ on this machine. I never got it, it was too expensive; my first computer was a Dragon 32, years later (Wow! A Centronics parallel-printer port! Well, printers were actually unaffordable in the 80s.). I had to key in the code to get Lunar Lander running. In BASIC. And then save it to a Compact Cassette. Those were the times. Here’s the Old Computers Museum.
Apr 10th, 2003
by Ralf Zeigermann.
Painting with Light. Jörn Rynio used to be my favourite still photographer when I worked in advertising in Hamburg. And he still is.
Apr 10th, 2003
by Ralf Zeigermann.
Dry Bones. The Book of Skulls by William Max Miller.
Apr 10th, 2003
by Ralf Zeigermann.
“schoff”Grimm. Good grief. I didn’t know about this. I really didn’t know. Amazing. Tsk. Anyway, here it is – online, live and doesn’t work in Safari (use Mozilla, Firebird or Camino instead):
Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm.
Thanks to ASML and thanks for all of those links at Kaff auch Mare Crisium. Guys, this is great. Carry on. Please.
Apr 10th, 2003
by Ralf Zeigermann.
We are the robots. Amorphic Robot Works.
Amorphic Robot Works was formed in 1992. ARW is a New York based group of artists, engineers and technicians working together to create robotic performances and installations. ARW’s Artistic Director Chico MacMurtrie , describes his vision, “The work is an ongoing endeavor to uncover the primacy of movement and sound. Each machine is inspired or influenced, both, by modern society, and what I physically experience and sense. The whole of this input informs my ideas and work.”
Apr 9th, 2003
by Ralf Zeigermann.
The Awakening Conscience. William Holman Hunt (1827-1910). I don’t know why, but I find his paintings fascinating. A nice gallery is here; have a look at the ‘London Bridge‘ painting. Amazing.
Apr 9th, 2003
by Ralf Zeigermann.
“robot4″Blogs. I came across some interesting blogs in my referers: check out Coudal Partners (fellow designers!), thingsmagazine and scrubbles net (yet another colleague!). All well worth browsing and reading.
Apr 9th, 2003
by Ralf Zeigermann.
Painted Illusions. Here’s the Trompe L’Oeil Society of Artists – Mastering the Art of Deception in its Highest Form.
Apr 9th, 2003
by Ralf Zeigermann.
Packaging. Oh how wonderful! The American Package Museum, with more than 140 exhibits, and a few of them even as virtual 3D models. Fantastic.
Apr 8th, 2003
by Ralf Zeigermann.
