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x3tp398o8_rhymagram-687×1024.gif (GIF-Grafik, 687×1024 Pixel) – Skaliert (71%).

vhhma22blc_zP5fa.jpg (JPEG-Grafik, 570×4550 Pixel) – Skaliert (16%).

an interesting approach on game design:

Demruth – Alexander Bruce.

YouTube – Did You Know 4.0

How 20 popular websites looked when they launched – Telegraph.

anagrammap.gif (GIF-Grafik, 3098×2077 Pixel) – Skaliert (35%).

Computer History Museum Photo Gallery: weird, fascinating photos including a giant Cray, and a 60Kg hard drive > Gallery > PC Authority.

*thanks mario*

BibliOdyssey: One Thousand.

Quotes on Design.

morlet’s blog: The year 2000 – from 1900.

*thanks flo*

30 Giant Figures Seen from Google Earth.

Austria Webcam Kaiserkogel ADL304.

Color Scheme Designer 3.

37 Data-ish Blogs You Should Know About | FlowingData.

Evolution of Photoshop: 1988 – 2009 | Tools.

*thanks flo*

I´m very proud to announce that I got featured on GAMASUTRA!

“In this bonus Gamasutra design article, academic Tolino introduces his own classification for player-generated content, explaining what makes game player-created content special — from new levels through cosplay, glitching, and beyond.”

The article can be found here:

Gamasutra – Features – Beyond Play: Analyzing Player-Generated Creations

Eight things you didn’t know about the internet – New Scientist.

Internet Slang Dictionary & Translator.

data flow visualizes gradual change:

Gapminder World.

NEW MATH by Craig Damrauer.

Fantastic photomontage and its possible influences, 1857 – 2007 : a timeline.

Sex, Lies and Photoshop – Video Library – The New York Times.

Know Your Meme: Boxxy on Vimeo

typographic

The Grid System – a site dedicated to -grids-

now this one is really stunning!!!

A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods

via nerdcore.de

when working with creative software, nobody ever thinks about the standard color picker – but perhaps you should:

http://realcolorwheel.com/colorwheel.htm

zoomquilt

via polklemme

*thanks iv*

kevin kelly did a very interesting talk on ted summing up major web developments:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/
kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_
of_the_web.html

http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77

*thanks florian*

drag the Stripes!

*thanks bernhard!*

experience colors with different backgrounds:

http://colorisrelative.com

an interesting collection on vintage media like pigeon post, camera obscura and panorama paintings:

WPS:Dead Media:Working Notes:arranged by category

i´ve seen a lot optical illusions so far, but this one is really wicked!

http://web.mit.edu/persci/people/
adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html?gray

an interesting article on how the game “portal” transforms modern ego shooter games

http://www.gamesradar.com/us/xbox360/
game/features/article.jsp?articleId=20071
207115329881080&releaseId=200607191
6221774024&sectionId=1003&pageId=2
0071207115724980042

*thanks matthias*

hard to explain, just interesting:

http://theantenna.org/

interesting is also the general information about this website:

“This site is not a replacement for your family doctor. Test the site on a small patch of skin beneath your ear before use. If you experience dizziness, nausea, or any other side effects cease use immediately. Your home is at risk if you do not keep up repayments. Site contents may settle in transit. Site is produced on a line that handles peanuts, milk, shrimp and spiders. Not suitable for hypoglycaemics or those on a low sodium diet. Do not leave the site in direct sunlight. The management reserves the right to refuse entry. Take a 15 minute break for every hour of usage. Users of this site waive all rights to personal privacy. Your statutory rights are not affected. Please check the site complies with local laws and regulations before use. By using this site you agree to abide by the terms and conditions laid out in your contract.”

pbs documentarys to watch online, media self reflective

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/programs/

*thanks masao*

an intersting set of pictures can be found here:

http://www.collectiveperception.com/

leafs, arraged to form a color spectrum, simple, wow

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robherr/777305970/

a very stunning study of motion, videos are transferred into still images

http://www.moframes.net

http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html

a nice vid giving an introduction into optical illusion

http://www.maurovecchi.com/
popup/video/music/wba.htm

via notcot

edit: be sure to check out this one too

http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php?p=27 

stephen colbert is an american comedian known to twit politicians – now he gave the netcommunity a chance for revenge – by giving an interview with is intended for “remixing pleasure” -see the original here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqrZVUb0q64

here is one of the remixes (there are many more to find!):

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

folding a traditional swan might be trivial, but the intersection between TV and internet isn´t. the link leads to a youtube video showing how to fold the “prison break swan”, an ordinary origami swan. Still, the video was viewed over half a million times:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYfGu8HnAv0

a very complete history of computer graphics:

http://sophia.javeriana.edu.co/~ochavarr/computer_graphics_history/historia/

find colors that fit your needs

http://www.colormatch.dk/

this portfolio is really amazing, be sure to figure out what ambigrams are!

http://www.johnlangdon.net/ambigrams.html

*thanks christoph*

the impossible staircase from escher built with lego

http://www.andrewlipson.com/escher/relativity.html

http://bergoiata.org/fe/Escher-lego/10.htm

some works of escher on the net

http://www.math.technion.ac.il/~rl/M.C.Escher/

a kind of “olafur eliasson” for your living room, against winter depression

http://www.adamfrank.com/reveal/reveal.htm

via designspotter

Kids paint something (a monster for example) and adult illustrators word the concept out

http://drawergeeks.com/Kid_Creatures/Kid_Creatures.html

*thanks global*