simply put I'm enamored with literal: descriptive camera. While its author is focused on the meta data that could be attached to picture data (brilliant in its own right - think of searching through hundreds of thousands of digital pictures); to me the act of taking something so pervasively digital, making it analog, and rethinking the pure definition of camera and picture; is an act of amazing SIMPLE innovation within itself. The weaving together of seemingly disparate technologies, APIs - into a point and click framework that can give you unknown results. This is how to think, this what we need more of; if you ask 100 people to imagine what I camera could be, how many would actually come back without the end result being some sort of digital picture? There are not enough people that think this way - take something everyone believes to be true and rethink it from the foundation up.

http://mattrichardson.com/Descriptive-Camera/

and here it is, my #SXSW presentation. It should be noted that I started watching this and then had to look away on account of my arms flailing about.

Loyalty used to be simple, drink a soda and get rewarded for it. As brands expand their "social currencies" into a virtual Federal Reserve, based around larger partnerships, what will the future look like? Consumer loyalty is being targeted in exchange for virtual cash. From the utopic to the dystopic, we'll take a look at alternate futures: The idealist agency perspective that each brand should have its own economy. What could go wrong? We'll explore visions of consumers making transactions with 50+ currency options. "I'll pay with 'widget' points ma'am, they're trading well today." Then let's shift into brand-based personal economies, with each consumer having their own "virtual exchange." What happens when brands go to war over your "loyalty economy?" Lastly, what if everyone cashes out, flooding our economy with virtual cash? Complete devaluation of our current economy? I'm sure we'll be fine, I'll just drink a bitcoin and shut the %@! Up.

A little back story on our 4D collaborative projection project. Really trying push the connection of the analog space to the digital world, in a way that has never done and is more personal to the user. I want to create meaning.

I also put the rest of the vdeos up in this link as well.

and it's true, I'll be at SXSW wreaking havoc in a slideshow yardsale. I promise this, you will be entertained. Thanks to everyone who voted. 

For more info:

http://sxsw.com/node/9774

A brilliant, albeit, freaky look at how rogue algorithms will control and are controlling the future. He mentions and showcases so patterns, ghosts in the machine, and what they look like; great idea for some experimental work combining art and computer science. This is something I'll continue to explore more.

While some go for larger we have been working on interaction, creating a connection from our physical space to the digital; literally. Here are some quick previews into work that is currently in process.

Credit to our partner and the team.

Starting out with a bit of a bang, Garage magazine is making headlines with its controversial "peel-away" cover. Take the time to check the site out too, it's is simple and fun, and I love the idea behind the "stops" section.

I keep leaning toward raw content, with a raw feel. In the future you will find less and less ornate design surrounding our information / content. Dasha promises to make every issue unique and non-formulaic. Thank you Dasha for rethinking content around the unexpected.

http://garagemag.com/

http://garagemag.com/stops

painting: Andrew Wyeth’s, Christina’s World (1948)* has been modified

Intro music confirmed:

A quick breakdown via physics as to how brands have lost control of their image and why the people own it; intriguing fun.