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Happy Magic Water Cube, Beijing Water Cube Water Park

That’s the snappy (as translated)  new title of he Beijing olympics famous watercube. The building has been repurposed to house a new water theme park and is now open for business.

Beijing’s Water Cube now has slides, rides, a wave pool and spa | CNNGo.com.

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8 Bit Invasion

Great little video for the 8 bit generation. A Pixellated invasion of New York, great visual effects.

Dailymotion – PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN. – une vidéo Art et Création.

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Architectural Projection Turned Up to 11

We’ve seen the sublime (many thanks Sohan, ) now for the ridiculous… ACDC with some Iron Man 2 movie tie-in thing projected on to Rochester Castle.
Can’t get enough of this great visual effect.

via ACDC Vs Iron Man 2 – Architectural Projection Mapping on Rochester Castle on Vimeo.

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Seriously Compact Living in Hong Kong

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If fonts were dogs

For all you TypDographers (haw haw).

If fonts were dogs

Via: Fineline Design

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Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality maps | Video on TED.com

Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality maps | Video on TED.com.

A great tech demo from Microsoft’s Blaise Aguera y Arcas on the future of microsofts map technology.

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Hats Off

Just thought i’d share something ive been enjoying the past 2 weeks;

the sight of a witches hat atop a stop sign  on Perth’s high end retail strip King Street. It has sat there seemingly unnoticed amongst the the chic shoppers for 2 weeks.

Made me stop and think, who’s job is it to remove traffic cones from street signs?

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Green Bottle – Sohan Ariel Hayes

As part of our Green Bottle talk series, Sohan presented his recent exploration into 3D projection and animation, fresh back from an exhibition in Singapore at the Post Museum Gallery…..  http://www.sohanarielhayes.com
Imagining the Sixth Dimensional City; Media Facades/Augmented Reality/Interactive Video Installations.

We currently face a transitional period of restructuring social networks in a globalised world. This is resulting in various experiments with new types of relations and exchange processes, supported by the developing interactive new media tools. In order to maintain the social sustainability of our cities, it is important to connect this new virtual space for development of public sphere and social exchange with the acquisition and reactivation of urban public space.
From a joint statement by Susa Pop, Oliver Schürer, Mirjam Struppek, Gernot Tscherteu
See the following links for examples of exemplary work…….. enjoy!
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Open-air Library by KARO

Nice project in Madburg, Germany. A small corner park turned into an outdoor library. The architects have re-used timber and cladding materials from an old warehouse along with repurposed beer crates!

via:Dezeen » Blog Archive » Open-air Library by KARO.

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Take the Stairs

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