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Rad computer art blog. Computersclub.org.

I’ve seen a lot of viral intergrated/interactive adverts on Youtube lately but few better than this. It is not for the most exciting brand in the world but Tippex have shown great originality here. I wont bang on it about too much, you just gotta try it. See how long, if at all, it takes you to uncover a scenario that they haven’t got! Try here.

LANZAROTE from Take Courage on Vimeo.

LANZAROTE – the birth of a collaborative club night launching at a secret EC2 warehouse with a live and unhinged performance from HEALTH.
9pm – 4am | 16.10.2010 | secret EC2 warehouse | £12 advance TICKETS

A truly stunning interactive video from the Arcade Fire and Chris Milk. Using all the jiggery-pokery involved in HTML 5, and, in particular, its video embedding capability. Enter a postcode, or area, and the video becomes tailored around a distinct place, with video segments popping up all over your screen. Ground-breaking stuff. [Best viewed in a Chrome browser]

Choreographed windows, interactive flocking, custom rendered maps, real-time compositing, procedural drawing, 3D canvas rendering… this Chrome Experiment has them all. “The Wilderness Downtown” is an interactive interpretation of Arcade Fire’s song “We Used To Wait” and was built entirely with the latest open web technologies, including HTML5 video, audio, and canvas. Link

Autumn is just around the corner and adjustments to the wardrobe are gonna have to be made. I’m hoping to get some key purchases in early to get full use of them, these are two items that recently caught my eye; SeaVees trail Boots, I’m into the moccasin style and I prefer these to the Yuketen ones and this Ally Capellino rucksack, which offers a really good modern twist on the vintage scoutpack.

London is no longer a stranger to an alfresco cinema, but this one has a twist (and a roof) as it’s housed in a derelict petrol station on Clerkenwell Road. The Cineroleum promises to be a fascinating and enjoyable experience hailing the golden age of cinema, with paper tickets, popcorn and, err, seats constructed from reclaimed scaffolding – all  ‘Enclosed by  an ornate curtain strung from the forecourt roof’. Part of a wider project initiated by artists, designers and architects to find uses for public space, it opens this weekend and tickets can be booked online. Personally I can’t think a better venue to watch Night of the Living Dead.

PHANTASY SOUND PODCAST 003 – stopmakingme by phantasy sound

Yes! Hood-lum.

A friend of mine forwarded me a link to this Youtube clip of Studio 8 creative director, Matt Willey setting out about designing a magazine spread. Sounds boring I know but I actually found it incredibly engrossing. This simple, quite non-eventful video really resonates with the graphic designer in me.

Stuff like this takles a LONG time and finding the perfect solution through a little nudge here and little tweak there is the painstakiung stuff that never gets seen by the client. This is why intend to record everything I ever do as a designer, bang and happy tune over the top and include the video with my invoice.