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Windows of New York: Weekly Documentary Design Project

05 Jun

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windows of new york

Fascination bleeds into fixation in this wonderful ongoing series of illustrations by a graphic designer who enjoys the nuances of fenestration in his favorite city.

windows art project

Each piece in the series specifies not only the neighborhood (Hell’s Kitchen, West Village, East Village, Lower East Side, Alphabet City, SOHO, Williamsburg and more) but the actual address so truly curious fans can map out routes to find the source material.

windows graphic design series

From creator Jose Guizar, “The Windows of New York project is a weekly illustrated fix for an obsession that has increasingly grown in me since chance put me in this town. A product of countless steps of journey through the city streets, this is a collection of windows that somehow have caught my restless eye out from the never-ending buzz of the city. This project is part an ode to architecture and part a self-challenge to never stop looking up.”

windows illustrations look up

There is a consistency to the visual language (from shapes to color palette) employed in each piece, which only serves to highlight the surprise differences between the various windows featured. Hacks and modifications make their way into the images as well, from protective metal grating and air conditioners to window-hanging flower boxes and curious cats. Even former windows, now filled in with bricks, or covered by doors, are candidates.

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Yahoo Running Television Commercials for the New Flickr

05 Jun

Yahoo Running a Television Commercial Promoting the New Flickr

Lest anyone doubt Marissa Mayer and Yahoo’s new commitment to photo sharing site Flickr, apparently Yahoo is now running a paid television commercial for the photo sharing site — the first of its kind as far as I’m aware. Following some of the tweets on the commercial spot, it sounds like it may have begun running yesterday on NBC programming.

The advertisement, which features the Bright Eyes song, “The First Day of My Life,” shows a photo montage of pug dogs, among other images. You can watch the commercial yourself above from Yahoo’s corporate YouTube account.

The commercial comes out a few weeks after a successful new redesign of the site that gave all Flickr users a free terabyte of high res photo space.

I posted previously on an informal statistic of uploads being up 71% at Flickr since the redesign, these statistics would seem to be in line with other metrics that Yahoo is also seeing internally, according to Flickr Community Manager Thea Lampkin.

“[W]e have a lot of data already and are measuring traffic to all the new pages (don’t worry, it’s all anonymous),” writes Lampkin. “So far the metrics have been overwhelmingly positive, and we’re very happy with how Flickr members everywhere are interacting with the new site. Sets in particular are getting more traffic than ever before.”


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Send Dear Old Dad a Photo Puzzle in the Mail This Father’s Day

05 Jun

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Your dad is one cool, Rolling-Stones-loving, facial-hair-rocking dude.

He deserves to get something equally as rad as he is this Father’s Day.

Send him a photo puzzle in the mail!

Instead of receiving one card for Father’s Day, dad will get multiple envelopes in the mail with pieces of a photo puzzle in them creating excitement, magic, and an awesome image in the end.

Dad will get the first envelope in the mail with a card and a sweet handwritten note letting him know how much you love him.

When the final puzzle piece arrives, your tough as nails dad will find it hard not to get a little choked up when he’s reminded how cool he is for raising such an awesome person.

Make a Father’s Day Photo Puzzle

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Why It’s Cool

Let’s admit it, we all love getting a greeting card in the mail. (Thanks for that birthday card with cash money in it grandma!)

This Father’s Day send your pop a week’s worth of greetings with the accompanying weeks worth of happiness.

Suspense, supporting the US Postal Service, and making dear old dad smile. Sweet!

Ingredients:

  • A photo your dad will love
  • Scissors
  • 7 envelopes
  • Postage

STEP 1: PICK AND CHOOSE

before Scan through your photo albums and grab a photo that will make dad smile.

This is fun ’cause you can take a trip down memory lane while looking through your photos for an awesome pic to send to your dad.

STEP 2: A MILLION LITTLE PIECES

before Time to get crafty with your scissors.
Cut the photo into 7 pieces that will fit back together and will fit in your envelopes.

You can keep it simple with square shapes or go a little wild and start cutting different shapes that all fit together.

STEP 3: SEND A LITTLE SUGAR

before“Hey Dad! Remember that time I stuck a raisin up my nose and it turned into a grape? Good times.”
Write a little note to dad on the back of each piece of the puzzle letting your dad know how awesome he is or a memory you’ve shared.

You can also write one word or two on each puzzle piece that will form a sentence when the puzzle is put together.

STEP 4: EXPLAIN YOURSELF

beforeDearest Father,
In the first envelope you send write a note to dad that explains he will be getting 7 envelopes in the mail that contain pieces of a puzzle that will fit together in the end.

Also, thanks for being a cool dude that has taught me many things. Things that include but are not limited to: how to ride a bike, how to make algebra easy, to always carry a hanky in your pocket.
You are the best.

Love, your favorite child.

STEP 5: PIECE BY PIECE

beforePlace each piece of the puzzle in its own envelope.
Seal the envelope with love.

STEP 6: TO SIR, WITH LOVE

beforeStamp and address each envelope.
Almost ready to send dad a little bit o joy!

STEP 7: RAIN, SLEET, OR SNOW

beforePop one envelope in the mail every day so your dad will receive all 7 envelopes before Father’s Day.

Taking It Further

  • Print the image on magnetic inkjet sheets so dad can put the finished puzzle on the fridge for the world to see.
  • Give dad all the tools for the photo puzzle and have him send you one.
  • Blow up a photo and make a giant photo puzzle that you can hang on the wall.

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New York. Ein Ausstellungshinweis

05 Jun

Das Gemeinsame an Jörg Rubbert und Antonius’ Arbeiten ist das Zeitlose. Die Linien und Schatten, die Abwesenheit von Farbe entführen uns. Die Bilder sind Dokumente der einfachen Leute in einer Metropole, deren Geschichten überall Eingang finden.

Träume und Hoffnungen überschwemmen uns bei dem Klang ihres Namens und viele folgten ihr und fanden in der Stadt nicht ganz das, was sie sich erdachten.

Jörg Rubbert und Antonius haben diese Welt auf den Straßen New Yorks festgehalten. Während Jörg Rubberts Fotografien Anfang der 1990er Jahre entstanden, hielt Antonius die Zeit nach der schier unfassbaren Katastrophe in den Jahren 2007 bis 2013 fest. Dies geschah zurückhaltend und beobachtend. Sie begreifen „die Straße als die Bühne des Lebens“.

Scene on Broadway © Antonius

Die beiden Berliner Fotografen wurden das erste Mal durch eine Fachzeitschrift aufeinander aufmerksam, in denen beide ein eigenes Portfolio veröffentlicht hatten.

Jahre später fand dann Jörg Rubbert einen Flyer von Antonius mit einem New York Motiv im Briefkasten der aff Galerie, deren Mitbegründer er ist. Nach einigen Gesprächen war dann sehr schnell klar, dass beide zusammen eine Ausstellung konzipieren müssen, mit dem Thema „New York“ natürlich.

Sidewalk Prayer © Antonius

Antonius’ Affinität zu New York ist nicht zufällig. Geboren in Berlin, wuchs er in den zwei gegensätzlichen Metropolen Berlin und New York auf. Schnell fand er über einige Umwege, die ihn zunächst zum Theater und Showbusiness führten, zur Fotografie.

In einer seiner ersten Serien über New York dokumentierte er das Leben des Stadtteils Harlem. Die komplette Serie ist ihm leider durch Diebstahl abhanden gekommen, was ihn dazu veranlasste, eine neue zu beginnen, eben jene über die der kleinen Leute seiner Stadt.

In Rubberts fotografischen Arbeiten spielt die Straßenfotografie eine essentielle Rolle. Den Metropolen als Raum eines vielschichtigen und flüchtigen Lebens derer, die sich diese Bühne auserkoren haben, um dort das Glück zu finden, hat er sich verschrieben.

Scarface © Jörg Rubbert

Auf diesen Straßen ist er unterwegs und versucht, das ganz Normale, das manchmal scheinbar Unsichtbare oder Seltsame unseres Hin- und Herwandelns einzufangen. Auf meine Frage, wie sie auf den Straßen fotografisch arbeiten, ob sie Kontakt aufnehmen oder nur Beobachter einer Situation sind, antworten sie:

Antonius:

In der Regel findet zunächst eine situative Beobachtung statt. Es finden aber auch ab und zu direkte Kontakte zu den fotografierten Personen statt. Als „local“, das heißt mit meiner Hautfarbe, bin ich dankenswerterweise nicht allzu sehr sichtbar.

Chinese Street Vendor © Jörg Rubbert
© Jörg Rubbert

Jörg:

Ich nehme die Situation so auf, wie sie sich mir in dem Moment darstellt. Ich habe meine Kamera für diese Eventualitäten „voreingestellt“ und drücke situativ den Auslöser. Ich versuche, stets möglichst nah am Geschehen zu sein, da ich meine Aufnahmen ausschließlich mit dem Standardobjektiv mache.

Der Bildausschnitt wirkt authentisch, da er vom Bildwinkel her dem des menschlichen Auges vergleichbar ist. Da ich analog fotografiere, kann ich das Ergebnis nicht sofort ansehen und gegebenenfalls korrigieren – das ist aber in der sogenannten Straßenfotografie eh nicht möglich, da die Situation sich meist ebenso schnell wieder auflöst wie sie entstanden ist.

Two men with puppet © Jörg Rubbert

Wenn ich mir die Bilder der New-York-Serien betrachte, fällt mir auf, dass die Stadt selbst – ob nun Berlin, New York oder eine andere große Metropole – nicht entscheidend ist. Es könnten auch Filmszenen einer namenlosen Stadt sein. Die Menschen sind es, die einem in der Betrachtung nah sind. Als hätten die Fotografen unsichtbar, dort, wo wir sie nicht sehen können, Regie geführt.

So blind, scheint mir, laufe ich durch die Stadt, dass ich jene Szenen immer erst entdecke, wenn ein anderer sie aufzeichnet. Und genau deswegen sind diese Zeugnisse so bedeutend. Sie halten fest, sie dokumentieren, was wir täglich sehen und nicht beachten.

Erst, wenn ihnen die Farbe genommen werden, wenn Licht und Schatten dramatisch wirken, wenn Unschärfe Bewegung zeigt, dann schauen wir hin, erkunden und können uns nicht vorstellen, dass hier das normale Leben zu sehen ist und wir die Akteure in jedem der Abgebildeten.

~

Unter dem Titel „new york city limits“ stellen die beiden Fotografen Teile ihrer New-York-Serie in der Berliner aff Galerie aus. Die Vernissage findet am 7. Juni 2013 um 19 Uhr statt, die Ausstellung ist anschließend bis zum 7. Juli zu sehen.


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Just posted: In-depth HTC One review: Do ultrapixels offer more?

05 Jun

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The HTC One smartphone made headlines with its claims about ‘ultrapixel technology,’ which the company used to describe the device’s 4MP CMOS sensor. While current competitors boast 8-13MP cameras, HTC is betting on fewer, larger pixels a same-sized sensor to offer better image quality. But does the innovative approach work? We’ve put the HTC One and its ultrapixels through our rigorous real life and studio testing trials to find out. See how it fared at connect.dpreview.com.

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Bell Labs creates lensless single-pixel camera

05 Jun

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Scientists at Bell Labs have built a prototype camera that uses no lens and a single-pixel sensor. This idea is based around a grid of small apertures that each direct light rays from different parts of the scene to the sensor, and can be opened and closed independently. The sensor makes a series of measurements with different combinations of open apertures, and uses this data to reconstruct the scene in front of the camera. No lens to focus the resultant image means infinite depth of field and low cost. Click through for more details and a link to the original research. 

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Sun-Times photographer uses iPhone to document life after layoffs

05 Jun

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Rob Hart was amongst the 28 members of the Chicago Sun-Times photography staff laid off last week. He’s been pointedly documenting his experience via Tumblr ever since, deliberately opting to use his iPhone over his Nikon D3 because, as he says of himself in his blog, he was “replaced with a reporter with an iPhone, so he is documenting his new life with an iPhone, but with the eye of a photojournalist trained in storytelling.” We spoke to him about it for connect.dpreview.com.

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Just posted: Our Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM preview samples gallery

05 Jun

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We’ve been lucky enough to get our hands on an early pre-production sample of one of the most anticipated lenses of the year, the Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM, and bring you a gallery of full-resolution sample images shot with it. This lens is the fastest zoom ever made for SLRs and, in principle, should provide the depth-of-field control and low-light image quality on an APS-C DSLR that you’d get using an F2.8 zoom on 35mm full-frame. We’ve shot a samples gallery including a variety of subjects, using a range of apertures, focal lengths and subject distances, to try to give an initial flavor of how the lens performs.

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Borrowed from Libraries: Mobile Shelving for Modular Rooms

04 Jun

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modular shelving space saving

When libraries want to save space, they employ a rolling stack system that allows access to only one or a few aisles at one time. When not in use, the walkways between disappear as the bookcases are pressed backed together to  open a new aisle. So why limit this ingenious space-saving approach to the library? Why not try out a similar compact mobile track-shelving setup with interior walls instead of bookcases? One for home, one for the office, here are two projects that do.

rolling bedrooms bathrooms kitchens

First, consider Elastic Living, a project by CLEI for Milan Design Week. Knowing you only need to access one or two rooms at a time, this system proposes you pick and choose dynamically, opening, say, one big dinning room for guests, or your bedroom and bathroom when you are getting ready to go to sleep. When you wake up, you can file your sleeping space away for the whole day, until you need it again.

rolling library stack rooms

To be fair, the presentation is a bit garish – it could do with fewer drawn figures on the outside walls, and a bit less bold of a background color scheme, but strip away backdrop and the design itself is quite compelling. Each room can be not only opened and closed, but dynamiclaly re-sized to fit its function. The kitchen can host a small an intimidate dinner or an expansive and festive one.

rolling modular office spaces

Second, let us shift from residential to take a look a similar process in play in a more formal and commercial setting: the Environmental Grantmakers Association offices designed by Taylor and Miller Architecture and Urban Design. Here we again find the stacks-on-rails system supporting in this case four workstation units.

rolling flexible office space

And also like the first project, we find infinite possibilities for deployment – space two out far enough and you can create a conference room, or pack them all tightly together and set them aside to make space for a big event.

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4. Juni 2013

04 Jun

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