Pecha Kucha - get to the point. 20 slides in 20 seconds. Talk about what you want. Your city probably has a night for it.
posted on Jun 24, 2008 - View this thread

LEGO is full of WIN - Roo Reynolds' Interesting 2008 talk.
posted on Jun 24, 2008 - View this thread

What are those circular disc things that you rotate to look up information? Volvelles.
posted on Apr 8, 2008 - View this thread

If you had HBO in the 80's, you saw this every night at 8pm. HBO put together a brief behind-the-scenes featurette showing everything from the construction of the models to the composition of the music.
posted on Mar 15, 2008 - View this thread

Magic Ink - Information Software and the Graphical Interface
posted on Apr 7, 2007 - View this thread

British television presentation, past and present. For the lover of Channel 5, DOGs, presenters, and mocking in all of us.
posted on Apr 20, 2004 - View this thread

Body sushi by Gary Arabia. (SFW)
posted on Aug 19, 2003 - View this thread

Decoding Visual Language Elements in News Content is an MFA thesis examining how layout, cropping, image selection et al. influence the way the content is perceived. The interactive demo is especially interesting; you can take some TV and magazine layouts and switch out pictures and other elements. It's fascinating to see how different cropping and tints affect your impressions of the content. Media literacy -- especially right now -- is a good thing. (Link via Stan Chin.)
posted on Mar 21, 2003 - View this thread