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Star Wars x Starchitects: Lightsabers Meet Modern Design

26 Nov

[ By Steph in Design & Products & Packaging. ]

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How would Zaha Hadid’s signature brand of futuristic bio-inspired architecture translate to the design of a lightsaber if she were a Jedi? The project ‘Design x Saber’ mashes up the iconic Star Wars weapon with some of the design world’s biggest names of the 20th and 21st centuries, from the midcentury modern furniture sensibilities of Ray and Charles Eames to the graphic minimalist fashions of Issey Miyake.

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Y Studios, a San Francisco-based research company, identified five distinguished designers whose styles could be creatively applied to the Star Wars universe and then created a signature lightsaber for each one. Hadid’s saber, for instance, features a curvaceous white web wrapping around an iridescent metallic core for the hilt.

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“With the Hadid saber, we wanted to explore movement through the form as an idea for designing the hilt,” says the studio. “By taking an exoskeletal structure and wrapping it around a chrome metal insert, it gave us a natural grip zone that related directly to the Hadid aesthetic. The simple, flowing and always changing curvature draws the eyes around the hilt from all angles, making it a true 360 degree design example.”

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Miyake’s saber features a black faceted texture inspired by his famous Bao Bao bag paired with the silhouette of a Japanese katana sword, with the Aurebesh characters for ‘Jedi knight” etched into the blade. The Eames design, made primarily of wood, takes after the designer brothers’ most sought-after creation, the iconic Eames lounge chair made of plywood and leather.

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German industrial designer Dieter Rams is best known for his pleasingly simple, pure white aesthetic and a “less but better” principle for good design; his saber is appropriately clean and balanced, free of unnecessary ornamentation. See the others and get more details at the Y Studios Vimeo channel.

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The 19 Most Popular Compact System and Mirrorless Cameras with Our Readers

26 Nov

Earlier in the week we revealed the DSLRs that were best selling among our readers as well as the most popular DSLR Lenses in our community over the last few months. While DSLRs are still the most popular type of readers among our readers this last quarter has seen a big rise in the number of you using compact system/mirrorless cameras.

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Here are the most popular compact system cameras among our readers!

Note: we’ve only included cameras with interchangeable lenses in this list. While other cameras like Fujifilms X100 series are sometimes classified in this way we’ll include them on a future list with other fixed lens cameras.

Lastly: Amazon currently have some great specials at the moment on cameras and gear as part of their Holiday Promotions.

1. Sony Alpha a6000

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2. Olympus OM-D E-M10

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3. Sony a5100

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9. Sony Alpha a7II

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3. Sony NEX-5TL

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4. Fujifilm X-T1

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5. Sony Alpha a5000

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6. Sony a7R II

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7. Samsung NX500

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8. Olympus PEN E-PL6

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9. Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G7KK

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10. Fujifilm X-T10

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That’s our top 10 – here are the next 9 most popular compact camera systems.

  1. Canon EOS M3
  2. Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II
  3. Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GX8K
  4. Olympus OM-D E-M1
  5. Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
  6. Sony Alpha a7S
  7. Sony a7
  8. Samsung NX30
  9. Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GM5KK

*Note: this list was compiled from reports supplied to us from Amazon.com where we are affiliates. One of the ways dPS is able to cover its costs and be a sustainable business is that we earn a small commission when readers make a purchase from Amazon after clicking on our links (including those above). While no personal details are passed on we do get an overall report from Amazon about what was bought and are able to create this list.

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Happy Thanksgiving for All Paddling and Photographing Friends

26 Nov
Happy Thanksgiving greeting card - text in vintage letterpress wood type blocks against rustic weathered wood with winter squash

Happy Thanksgiving !

This is one of my new Thanksgiving greeting cards created this year. You can find more similar images with Thanksgiving, Halloween, Christmas and New Year themes in my stock photography portfolio. They available as royalty free images ready for digital download and licensing.

Selected holiday pictures are also available at FineArtAmerica. They can be ordered as fine art prints, posters, cards and other art products, e.g. iPhone cases.


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2015 Roundup: High-end Interchangeable Lens Cameras $2000+

26 Nov

This category has something for everyone, whether it’s ultra-high resolution, 4K video, high dynamic range, and super-fast burst rates. For the enthusiast or pro who refuse to compromise, here’s a look at cameras priced over $ 2000.  Read more

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Luminous Illusions: 14 Interactive Spaces Made of Light

26 Nov

[ By Steph in Art & Installation & Sound. ]

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Step into three-dimensional blueprints made of light, gaze at flickering ghost ships and walk beneath artificial aurora borealis with this stunning set of interactive illuminated installations. Often reacting to physical stimuli like the movement of the wind or the people viewing them, these light art projects blur the lines between what’s real and what’s illusion.

Five-Story Glowing Star in an Unfinished Building
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The concrete shell of a partially completed building in in the Malaysian town of Butterworth is currently occupied by a five-story glowing star by artist and architect Jun Ong. Inspired by glitches, the installation consists of five hundred meters of steel cables and LED strips and is meant to highlight the once-bustling city’s fragmented identity.

Waterlicht: An Artificial Aurora Borealis

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The sky over Westervoort in the Netherlands is illuminated in swaths of eerie blue, mimicking the natural phenomenon of the ‘northern lights,’ or aurora borealis. Artist Daan Roosegaarde made use of the area’s foggy conditions to reflect beams of blue Led lights to raise awareness about the Dutch waterworks that keep the country from being inundated with water.

Rainbow Tunnels Mimic Movement of Nearby Water

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Another light-based installation in the Netherlands reminds visitors that without the modern interventions that are in place, the Netherlands would be underwater. These two tunnels linking a newly developed area of Zutphen to the historic city center were transformed by Herman Kuijer, their rainbow hues slowly shifting in time with the movement of nearby water.

Enormous Light & String Installation in Boston
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Barely visible during the day and illuminated at night, one hundred miles of twine suspended above the city of Boston aims to “visually knit together the fabric of the city with art.” Artist Janet Echelman tied over 500,000 knots to create the 600-foot-wide installation, which undulates irregularly in the wind.

Stellar Caves: 3D Thread Drawings

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Artist Julien Salaud coats thread with UV paint so it glows under ultraviolet light, and then weaves it into incredibly intricate three-dimensional drawings that occupy entire architectural spaces. The ‘Stellar Cave’ series creates an enchanting environment filled with silhouettes of animals and constellations for a mystical effect.

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Best Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals for Photographers 2015

26 Nov

While Black Friday was born in the United Sates, people from all over the world now wait for this day to do some serious shopping too, and photographers are no exception. The Friday after Thanksgiving has become popular everywhere marking the beginning of the winter holiday season. So are Black Friday deals really a “big deal” for photography enthusiasts? Yes, Continue Reading

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In use: Panasonic Post Focus after-capture focus selection feature

25 Nov

As announced on Friday, Panasonic has just released new firmware that enables a post-capture refocusing feature in some of its cameras that run 4K video on a Micro Four Thirds sensor. We got hold of a pre-release copy of the firmware and have been able to try it out on the Lumix DMC-GX8 body. Read more

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The 20 Most Popular DSLRs Among our Readers

25 Nov

Every few months we like to report back to the dPS community which cameras (and other gear) are most popular with our readers. Today we’re going to take a look at the highest selling DSLRs among our readers over the last 4 months (as ranked by the reports that Amazon gives us*).

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As usual you’ll see it is largely a battle between Canon and Nikon (who dominate this class of camera).

Further down the list we see a few contenders from other brands. As usual we’ll share another list later this week of mirrorless cameras which is a growing class of cameras among our readers.

Note: Amazon currently have some great specials at the moment on cameras and gear as part of their Holiday Promotions.

1. Nikon D3200

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2. Canon EOS Rebel T5

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3. Nikon D750

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4. Nikon D3300

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5. Canon EOS Rebel SL1

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6. Canon EOS Rebel T5i

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7. Canon EOS 7D Mk II

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8. Nikon D5500

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9. Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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10. Nikon D7200

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Here’s the next 10 most popular DSLRs.

  1. Canon EOS 6D
  2. Nikon D7000
  3. Nikon D5300
  4. Nikon D7100
  5. Sony SLT-A58K
  6. Nikon D3100
  7. Canon EOS Rebel T3i
  8. Sony A77II
  9. Canon EOS Rebel T6s
  10. Pentax K-3II

*Note: this list was compiled from reports supplied to us from Amazon.com where we are affiliates. One of the ways dPS is able to cover its costs and be a sustainable business is that we earn a small commission when readers make a purchase from Amazon after clicking on our links (including those above). While no personal details are passed on we do get an overall report from Amazon about what was bought and are able to create this list.

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Introducing the PDN & Rangefinder 2015 Gift Guide – with DPReview editor’s picks

25 Nov

Our friends over at Photo District News and Rangefinder Magazine have just published their first ever holiday gift guide, with contributions from Rolling Stone, Tiny Atlas Quarterly, TIME and our very own editor, Barney Britton. Click through to read the full guide!

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Smartphone und Berichterstattung?

25 Nov

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Ein Beitrag von: Tabea Borchardt

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