Archive for February, 2010

February 28, 2010 0

byK Office Space

By Karey in Design, Home

On rare occasions, this is what my workspace looks like. (On a normal day add soda cans, dishes, mounds of papers, and random gadgets!) Thinking about purchasing an additional monitor but don't want to obstruct the view . . .

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February 28, 2010 0

Sculptivate by Root

By Karey in Design, Logo, Print, Web

Perhaps my fondest memory of Architecture School is my love affair with the laser cutter. When I came across the branding of Sculptivate by London based Root, I literally jumped for joy. To create the identity for the design and build agency for environments, Root pushed Play Doh through a stencil. The identity has been carried through across all platforms, digital and print, resulting in a very memorable and unique identity. Hopefully when the big bucks start rolling in (fingers crossed!), I can purchase my own laser cutter and re-do/re-vamp by business cards from 2007, or make my own laser cutter . . . . . luckily I have a few stacks left!

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February 27, 2010 0

CodeOrgan

By Karey in Flash

The, umm, strangely fun website CodeOrgan translates the body content of any web page into music. This Flash app analyzes the body text of the supplied URL, first removing all characters not found in the musical scale (A to G), then reads the remaining characters to find the most commonly used 'note.' An even number translates the page into the major pentatonic scale of that note, and an uneven number renders it minor. The synthesizer is determined based on the total number of characters used on the page, and the drum loop is calculated upon the ratio of characters of the page versus number of characters that are actually musical notes. So if kareydarnellhelms.com took a shower, it would sound like this!!

CodeOrgan

February 26, 2010 3

AS3 – XML Gallery & Vertical Array

By Karey in ActionScript, Flash, Photography, Web, XML, byK

Finally had a moment to wrap up an ActionScript 3.0 learning project started the other week, in which I built a simple photo gallery in Flash. Each colored button loads a corresponding XML, which in turn arrays thumbnails that link to the full images. My focus was to most importantly refine my AS3 and XML skills, as well as working on clearing an XML array or image to load a new in place (NOT on top). Therefore, the buttons are manually created and placed, and I used simple tweening for their movements. They aren't as smooth or consistent as I would have hoped, but I will be working on my understanding of AS3 tweening and creating function that define relationships between objects (with buttons for example). Also, in future iterations, the buttons themselves should be created and loaded based on an XML file. As you might guess, my end goal is moving towards being able to build an entire AS3 site from an XML database that can be edited via MySQL and PHP (working on the latter end with Howard over at crtl-i.com). I am able to build a full AS2 site based completely on an XML database with out the MySQL backend (example: secondstreetgallery.org), but really think its important to make the full AS3 jump.

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February 26, 2010 0

Weekly Web Design Inspiration 02_26_10

By Karey in Inspiration, Web

Eric Traore

Michael Kelly Photography

desegno ltd.

February 25, 2010 0

Jonathan Harris

By Karey in Artist, Design, Environment, Flash, Interactive, Resource, Visualization

I've seen a few of Brooklyn based artist and designer Jonathan Harris's projects in the past few years, but recently have been rediscovering his work. Harris is know for creating projects that combine elements of computer science, anthropology, visual art, and storytelling to primarily visualize human relationships with each other and technology. Perhaps is profile on TED says it best,

Artist and computer scientist Jonathan Harris makes online art that captures the world's expression -- and gives us a glimpse of the soul of the Internet.

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February 25, 2010 2

3D Eye by Conor Lawless

By Karey in Computer Graphics, Motion

While the following video is a bit creepy and shall I say gross (?), I still strongly recommend checking out the work of biomathematician and programmer Conor Lawless. Not quite sure how or why he made the 3D Eye but found a brief description in which he says, 'I created a 3-dimensional surface from the pixel intensities in each frame, and mapped the original pixel colours onto the surface.' Hmmm . . . .

Check out Conor's website, blog, and videos.

3DEye from Conor on Vimeo.

February 23, 2010 1

Kevin Cooley

By Karey in Art, Artist, Environment, Motion, Photography

Photo and video artist Kevin Cooley is based out of Brooklyn, New York, and not only exhibit his photography and video work internationally, but travels at great lengths to capture unique stories and remarkable moments. From shooting light-scapes in Iceland, documenting Mars researchers on a remote island, shooting flares into snowy landscapes, following L.A. production sets at night, and to visiting the famous Filipino dancing inmates; Cooley has a strong repertoire that has taken the notice of high profile clients such as Cisco, Conde Nast Portfolio, Details, GQ, and The New York Times Magazine. Enjoy a selection of his photos below, the interview conducted by Redux Pictures, and be sure to check out a few of the videos mentioned below on his personal website.

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February 23, 2010 0

Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

By Karey in Flash, Inspiration, Music, Web

Have no idea how I came across DJ Norman Scherer's website, but it was a very welcoming and surprising pick-me-up for the beginning of a VERY busy couple of months. Turn up the volume and be prepared to be welcomed by Barry White and some colorful Flash graphics!