LastHistory – interactive visualization your Last.fm history, obviously

Takes a while to initalise the first time, but once the data is in there it’s loads of fun to play with. It’s also got a really nice ‘personal mode’ that hooks up to iPhoto to display pics taken at the time you listened to the music. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9495577&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00adef&fullscreen=1 LastHistory – Interactive Visualization of Last.fm Listening…

The Secret Life of Magnetic Fields

The invisible ebb and flow of magnetics fields. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1166968&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00adef&fullscreen=1 Magnetic Movie from Semiconductor on Vimeo. Are we observing a series of scientific experiments, the universe in flux, or a documentary of a fictional world? The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries. Read lots more about it here: http://www.semiconductorfilms.com/root/Magnetic_Movie/Magnetic.htm An…

flight404 at Decode / V&A

Robert Hodgin aka flight404 posted this video of an app he’s working on for the Decode event at London’s V&A. He’s reworking his older Solar piece so that it’s audio responsive in real-time. This is unbelievably good. Visually and sonically. REWORK http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7578615&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=59a5d1&fullscreen=1 Solar rework from flight404 on Vimeo. I have been working on a real-time…

Visible Tweets

Visible Tweets is a visualisation of Twitter messages designed for display in public spaces. Enter keywords and go fullscreen. http://visibletweets.com/

onedotzero interactive festival identity

It was the onedotzero / glue london party in Shoreditch last night. One of the highlights (apart from the Microsoft Surface table and free bar) was a chance to see the visual identity and interactive installation for the upcoming “adventures in motion” event this September at BFI Southbank. Wieden+Kennedy worked with Karsten Schmidt (aka Toxi)…

Gorgeous Stuff using After Effects and Particular

This started off as a weekend animation project by Esteban Diácono. It was inspired by the music of Olafur Arnalds but was picked up and made into the official music video. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6284199&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1 Ólafur Arnalds – Ljósið (Official Music Video) from Erased Tapes on Vimeo. Official music video for ‘Ljósið’ taken from Ólafur Arnalds – ‘Found…

RGB City

We pitched this idea to a client for an outdoor experience but it never came to fruition. Shame really – I still think it’s a lot of fun and kinda cool. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5383293&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1 Dis-patch presents RGB City by Lust (NL) from Dis-patch Festival on Vimeo. RGB CITY is an interactive light/sound installation of impressive proportions, spread…

Data Overlaid On The Real World

Ever wondered what the iPhone compass was for? YouTube link. Nearest Tube is one of the first augmented reality apps to go live in the iPhone AppStore. Only available to Apple iPhone 3GS users. Here’s another great app Android app developed by IBM for the Wimbledon 2009 Championships. YouTube link. Catchily called the IBM Seer…

Here & There. Mapping A Horizonless Manhattan

London creative design consultants Schulze & Webb wanted to explore the best way to visually navigate through dense cities. What they came up with is now called “Here & There,” and it lets you simultaneously and seamlessly view a city from the point of view where your are standing and from a bird’s eye view…