Posts tagged as ‘Found on the net’

Monday, December 28th, 2009

I’ve still got it a bit :-D

I recently discovered the newest version of Sketchbook Pro (2010) and I have to say “oh my freaking god! this is the coolest sketching program ever!”. I absolutely LOVE the simplicity and elegance of the software’s interface and I’m also very grateful that they follow the KISS principle very nicely (Keep It Simple, Stupid!) without cluttering the program with a whole bunch of tools and features that you seldom use.

Just for kicks I made a few sketches to add to my portfolio (pretty sketches sell VERY well on an industrial design portfolio, even if that’s not what you want to focus on) and I was very positively surprised that I still have it a little bit in me to come up with decent results. So here are a few underneath… What do you think? would you hire me??? :-) (more…)

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Monday, October 26th, 2009

God! you gotta love Delft

DDEAThere’s a reason why Delft is ranked as the 15th best engineering university in the world, and god, you gotta love them for that!

In Australia, only a crash 3 weeks before the start of the race managed to keep Nuna 5 from being the top dog of the World Solar Challenge so far… After a speedy crash recovery operation, we’re still third by the second day of racing and breathing down the neck of second placed University of Michigan. But watch out Tokai University (leaders so far) ’cause the Nuna team went to Australia to claim their rightful place and beat the competition for the 5th time in a row.

[UPDATE: As of October 27th, Nuna 5 has already surpassed the car from the University of Michigan, so Tokai is next!]

And back in Delft, the Design and Engineering Award is underway with some very, VERY interesting stuff going on.

On this post, you can find a couple of my favourite videos of some of the participating projects from our different faculties, which are just to show off a bit of why Delft is soooo cool ;-) (more…)

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Friday, September 18th, 2009

Time to say goooood night!

The Hartmannitas... Sofia and Maya Hartmann

The Hartmannitas... Sofia and Maya Hartmann

After a few days visiting my two very cute nieces in France, watching and rediscovering the beauty of Sesame Street with the oldest one (she’s barely 2), not understanding half of what she says to me (she speaks half french and half spanish), having trouble making her go to bed every single night and having her wake me up in the mornings asking me to get out of bed to play with her… I’m all mushy for her, her sister, and anything that has to do with their little world.

So this time I decided to post this very beautiful video that I came across: Andrea Bocelli sings Elmo to sleep! as cute as it gets and it just reminds me of my little Sofia :-D

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Friday, September 11th, 2009

World Solar Challenge: TU Delft’s ‘Nuna’ to keep the winning streak

The World Solar Challenge is a renowned solar-powered car race run every 2 years since 1987 through the Australian outback with participants from all over the world. The TU Delft has been participating and winning every single event (kicking ass I may add) since 2001 with their car, Nuna.

This coming October the prestigious race will be ran again and this year’s team from the TU has a big responsibility on their shoulders to try and win their 5th consecutive event. The team is already in Australia preparing for the big event and in the mean time I wanted to post a collection of cool videos from this years Nuna 5.

Good luck to them, and I hope that they bring a new title back home!

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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Metro de Bogotá: is this really what the city needs right now? / Realmente lo que la ciudad necesita en este momento?

[Texto en español mas adelante]

The mayor of Bogota has just released this new video to promote the construction of the ‘Metro de Bogotá’. It’s kind’a cool and gives a nice overview of the design of the first line of Bogota’s metro which should in theory be constructed in the coming years.

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I’ve always thought that Bogota has been left behind in the stone age of mobility by not having some sort of rail solution operating. There have been many attempts to design and put in motion it’s construction since as early as the 1950’s, and millions have been spent by different local administrations over the years in viability studies and early designs for the metro grid.

This time however, it seems that they actually mean to take it to the next level and build the damn thing after all. But a big question arises: is this really what Bogota needs? (more…)

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Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

“World Builder”: Minority Report, eat your heart out!

Some one sent me a link to this very beautiful short movie, which shows some awesome holographic interfaces, and I just had to share it here. Not much more to say, but WATCH IT! it will certainly be worth the 9 minutes of your time.


World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.

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Saturday, March 7th, 2009

The Crisis of Credit Visualized!

Today I came across this awesome video, and I just couldn’t wait to share it here. It’s a video made by Jonathan Jarvis explaining the oh so current and oh so cryptical crisis of credit which seems to be affecting everyone of us these days (whether we want it or not). I think it’s a great example of visual communication design at it’s best.

Here’s what Jonathan had to say:
“The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis is to quickly supply the essence of the situation to those unfamiliar and uninitiated. This project was completed as part of my thesis work in the Media Design Program, a graduate studio at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. For more on my broader thesis work exploring the use of new media to make sense of a increasingly complex world, visit my website www.Jonathan Jarvis.com”

Enjoy the video!


The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

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Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Bogota: Building a Sustainable City

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I came across this video the other day, and thought that it would be interesting to publish it here too. It’s a look at Bogota (Colombia), my home town, and it’s current developments from a sustainability perspective.

The video itself is quite interesting and it portrays the work done on the city during the past decade and how it is meant to boost Bogota towards a more sustainable future. Having experienced the city and the new infrastructure first hand, I can honestly say that the video is a bit idealized, and that not everything is as pretty (more…)

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Monday, December 15th, 2008

People DON’T know what they want… so why rely on them for innovation?

I came across this TED Talk today by Malcom Gladwell called “What we can learn from spagetti sauce”, which I thought was wonderful and I wanted to post it here. Basically, it illustrates why there is no single über-product which will make all of your users happy. People are diverse by nature, so why would one single type of product match them all?

It also reminded me that some time ago during a marketing course I followed for my bachelor, I had to read this fantastic article by Anthony W. Ulwick called “Turn customer input into innovation” (I know, I know, not the most creative of titles, but a good one  nonetheless), and I’ve been wanting to share (more…)

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Monday, October 23rd, 2006

They’re made out of MEAT!

I came across this little story on the internet and I thought it was absolutely brilliant, so I decided to reproduce it here for anyone out there waisting their time reading this page.
BTW, the illustration was made by yours trully
 
So here it goes…
 
THEY'RE MADE OUT OF MEAT!
by Terry Bisson
 

"They're made out of meat."

"Meat?"

"Meat. They're made out of meat."

"Meat?"

"There's no doubt about it. We picked up several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, and probed them all the way through. They're completely meat."

"That's impossible. What about the radio signals? The messages to the stars?"

"They use the radio waves to talk, but the signals don't come from them. The signals come from machines." (more...)

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