Five Things That Caught our Eye
Every three weeks, we round up a list of five articles that caught our eye. Here’s our team's top 5 of the week.
Phantoms of Moscow
London's Design Museum unveiled an incredible exhibition on Moscow's unrealised architectural plans from the 1920's. A fascinating look at an idealist view of urbanism with a pinch of megalomania.
Source: www.theguardian.com
This app identifies and explains paintings to visitors
Smartify is a new app that uses image recognition to identify scanned artworks and provide visitors with fascinating stories and art commentary. The public gets the chance to play curator by building a digital collection of their favorite pieces!
Source: www.newscientist.com
Art ...and squat!
New York City's MoMa is now offering a new experience called "The Museum Workout". Visitors get a chance to discover the collection on a 45 minute workout taking them across the museum's galleries. We could get used to the sound of that!
Source: www.nytimes.com
Who said robots can't have personality?
Meet Mimic, an experiment by Design I/O. The project demonstrates how robots come to life when you give them a little personality by programming them to mimic human body language and behaviour. It almost seems like this little guy has feelings...
Source: www.fastcodesign.com
Art on TV
Now that TVs permeate our homes, Samsung and partner Fuseproject teamed up to design a television that disappears into the decor. The result: The Frame, an elegant TV that displays artwork when not in use.
Source: www.fuseproject.com