Apple App Wall

At the WWDC this year you can see this, Apple’s app wall. It shows in near real time (supposedly) movement at the purchase of an app from the iTunes app store. Pretty dang cool.

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moog modular sequencing

Nice, a little old school moog modular sequencing. This gets me really stoked about the upcoming Moogfest.

God is… series open

Series open for God is…

Stop! Hammer time!

I file this under “yes” and “awesome” and “thank you @mgt777 for sending it my way.”

Splitter

Seriously, whatever you do, do NOT play this game.

(unless you have about 30 minutes to kill)

Terra Travel | Fubiz™

File this under things I’m currently loving, these Terra Travel ads. (via Fubiz™) – translated.

Art vs. Design

On Thursday morning @376matt and I were meeting for breakfast and this topic came up, Art vs Design. I thought it apt to twitter and discuss.

We as a creative staff occasionally feel the need to define these two things and draw a distinction between them. What I was looking for was a good quote / mantra to post and live by. This is the discussion you guys put out there.

@scopley
while both require sound aesthetics, design has the extra function of communicating subjective/objective content clearly
form vs. function…both share these elements, in art, function only can = propaganda; in design, form only, can = missed purpose

@megodbike
With a camera I am an artist… with a keyboard and mouse I am a designer

@jfuhlbruck
art is a presentation, maybe not to be understood just observed. Design is a tool, functionality where clear communication is key.

@jonack
Art and Design hold hands, bad art often is bad design

@GQmacguy
I like to think that it is Art + Design. I think my opinions on that will fill more than 140 characters…

@farneman
design art is expression to create emotion. design is communication to create action. traditionally. the lines are blurry though.

@timscholz
used to think there was diff between art & design. starting to realize that when done right a good design is art

@Jtsternberg
art = madness; design = method to the madness. Both are necessary!

@kbolton
pondering @avclub’s art vs design discussion question….and life….

@376matt
…art is a communication from the artist, design is the communication of the purpose

@chriswhill
artists create, designers arrange

@JoshuaFleming
Design is Art with a process. Art is a design with no said process. What do you think?

@NealPrinceArch
being in architecture, that poses a very good thought.
or rather provokes some good thought. Art as the aesthetic and design as the function? Maybe?

@chrissmith4
design to me is planning out how you want things to look & art is the finished project.

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Renoise

I spent the evening experimenting with some new electronic music programs and have come across one that’s captured my interest. It’s called Renoise and is what is referred to as a tracker. Take a look at the screen shots and you’ll see it’s a different beast from the typical timeline-based music program. Therein lies its charm.

I won’t go into great detail but this wiki article will explain everything you need to know about trackers. It reminds me a lot of Jeskola Buzz, the first audio program I cut my teeth on back in the early 2000s. Fun times.

What I do like (aside from the wicked cool interface and look) is that Renoise allows the use of VSTs. I know there are many other DAWs out there that do this, but I appreciate that Renoise is affordable ($80 US) and refreshingly simple. I’ve yet to delve into feeding Renoise with the monome, but once I make the plunge to purchase it (I’m still playing with the demo), I’m sure I’ll fully explore melding them together.

What can it do? Tonight, in about 30 minutes, I used the demo of Abysnth as a VST plugin, along with some of its stock sounds, to create this. It’s really a simple musical phrase. I manually pulled up the faders to control the audio. Given more time, it could get much more complex and musically valid. But I’m just having fun here.

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White Rabbits – Percussion Gun

I’m really digging the set of this new White Rabbits video, “Percussion Gun.” Simple, elegant, photogenic.

White Rabbits “Percussion Gun” Music Video from White Rabbits on Vimeo.

A few links

These are assorted and not intentionally related, but here are some thing I think you should know about. First, this is the reason engineers shouldn’t get tattoos. And for all intents and purposes this is the reason I should get a tattoo, either. You just don’t know what would happen.

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Secondly, I’m fascinated about these tiny computers. They price in at around $99 right now, but are expected to drop to the $40 price point fairly soon. (via Lifehacker). This about the possibilities afforded you with a tiny, inexpensive computer. I’d like to see them Wifi enabled to keep the cords down to just power, but then the sky’s the limit. They could control cameras, your garage door, your oven / fridge / microwave. And imagine what else?

Wax Stag – And How

This is rad (via Ben Coleman)

Wax Stag – And How from Clem Stamation on Vimeo.