jenga 2.0

mathematicians ask how far outwards you can stack blocks. below, diagrams of the combinatorial architecture of the well-balanced stack.

i'm not sure why i found these images so captivating. maybe it's simply the different shades of gray and all the iterations laid out in a nice grid. really, though, i think i like how a "simple," yet deserving problem gets exploded into a full-on investigation. iterations. force diagrams. some combinations of elements makes this worth posting, i guess.

the simple stuff...

... that can make a big impact.


cutting board + built in scale

tissue boxes. garnered from various places, esp. muji design competitions.

disguised tissue box

wooden

matte black

a bathtub

a balcony

business cards

some various business card designs.

divorce lawyer

a second-hand shop reuses the backs of business cards

acupuncturist

personal trainer


a strength test

camera obscura


a photographer's card makes a gesture towards the camera obscura

transparent, thick


that's a pretty sharp shadow.

dental imprint

pop-up card


a sentimental card, for a hand-made furniture business. seems appropriate.

scratch-off card

logos

i liked seeing these logos get iterated.

brand union logo

patterned

map

saks


logo, patterned

saks

saks rebrand by michael bierut at pentagram.

type animations

type experiments by chris tozer:


"wait, what is typography?" this is cute/handy:


and this one is really powerful. it takes a recording of a speech given by hitler, and conveys the message/commentary in english via animated type. a different conception of subtitles:

hot stuff.

here's some pics of an installation by UVA

UVA interactive art

and some graphics.

on&on


randomly found on flickr. by "in the lab"