Jacque Fresco

Jacque Fresco is s self-taught futurist whom envision the physical shape of the future.

I like his vision which resembles 1930's imagination of the future.

http://www.futurebydesignthemovie.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc7x79kJ1S0

Near future design contest

This future design contest is sponsored by

NASA. And people create random useless invention to change the world type of discoveries.

http://www.createthefuturecontest.com/

Virgin Space Travelship

Space Ship one

Commcercial Space travel will happen eventurally.

It will go through serious trial and error. Like the Wright brothers.

But when would be safe enough to pay $200,000 to do this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJJe6o4ukY

Edible music interface

Follow up on my music interface interest with this one

you can actually place Skettles onto the interface to make sound.

Good begining for children's toy industry!

http://www.vimeo.com/625464

Bejing's smog prior to Olympics

China promised many things when they got 2008 summer olympics.

But seems like things are going in wrong direction.

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/01/bejings-smog-pr.html#more

Kite Powered Ship

I don't know how possible this is. but they are doing it.

They say this technology can reduce fuel by 35%.

http://www.skysails.info/

Touchless Phone Concept

I always disliked cell phone with screen. I wanted my phone to be more simple.

This is not the design I exactly want but the technology could be a starting point.

http://nonobjectbook.com/Tarati/

Sony watch

Sony and watch? Strange combination but if bluetooth is involved then it all makes sense in the end.

It allows user to manupulate vibrating call alerts, a remote control connected to your phone's music player, track identification and phone controls on the watch.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/timemasters3/

monome - future of instrument?

I am always interested music but never really able to play an instrument right.

The Monome is an ultra-tactile, interactive and adaptable MIDI interface that takes advantage of open-source software to manipulate any number of musical parameters.

http://monome.org/

Potential Topic

- films and graphic design: how futuristic films and graphic design relates together

- tv broad casting can influence audience more effectively by graphic design - from motion to static images (ex. current tv)

Current TV.com

In cable ch 103.

I accidently come across this channel.

24 hours day, it shows 5 min documentry about anything about everything.

Always bring fresh topics to my head.

http://current.com/

Cool Hunting

This site deals with fashion, architecure, graphic design.

Anything "cool" which can turn into capital profit.

http://www.coolhunting.com

The Role of Science and Technology in Future Design

New techonology will make large impact on the direction

of design. This article from nobel prize website - talks about

future of politics, technology, design, economy and how it

will affect each other and ultimately influence design.

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/articles/karle/index.html

Potential images of our future world

I came across this website by accident. It deals with how future of

our world will be shaped up after all the negative phases which go

through in our world - poverty, pollution, over-population, etc.

Bit far out with subject matter but interesting to think about our

physical dimensions of our world.

http://www.futurebydesign.org/

Stanley Kubrick and the Future of Graphic Design

Stanley Kubrick's films have made large impact on how I visualize world andmethod of story telling. One of my favorite film 2001 - contains various elementsrelate to graphic design (set design, spaceship interface, etc)

http://www.designobserver.com/archives/000124.html#more