Artlebdev, sensor display keyboard concept… now that’s a mouthful!

It does not have physical keys, which means there are no restrictions on their shape and size. Any part of the keyboard surface can be programmed to perform any function including displaying images & video. This opens up endless possibilities when it comes to using design apps (see the colour keyboard picker above!) or playing games, if they can work the apple, multi-touch features into it then it’s going to be a certified jaw dropping innovation!

The ‘Tactus’ is still in the concept stages but they have released the ‘Maximus‘ it’s a very early version, featuring customizable keys, if your desperate to get your mits on one it will only set you back a mere $1865.

The Tactus is going to be a revolutionary product and I think I speak for everyone when I say “I want one!” Visit the Artlebdev website for more info on the Tactus

 

For the rest of us (well at least the rest of us mac-users) there are these keyboard skins. Not quite the same experience but I think a really handy thing to have, especially if you are learning a new app / trying to expand you knowledge of keyboard shortcuts etc.

Buy them online at photojojo.com

I came across this fantastic architecture & interior design blog called coolboom.com. It’s choca with amazing work from all over the world. Each project has a little bio about the designer & piece in question.

The Joshua Tree, created by Hanger Prefab, is a “mobile home” with a steel skin and wooden interior. Now I don’t know about you, but where I am from, that is not a mobile home!! Lovely!

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Japanese designer Hiroyuki Miyake has created this unusual interior for an ice-cream shop. The interior is deliberately characterless, no color, texture or reflections, except that of the delicious ice-cream.

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Lynch / Eisinger / Design designed the new NIKE iD Showroom on Elizabeth Street in New York. Very nice. I will try and get some shots of the London store to post up after, it too is amazing!

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Ermita is a restaurant located near the cathedral of Granada that has been designed by the spanish architecture firm Enecero.

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This is Matali Crasset’s first interior design project, she transformed an old hotel into a large holiday house for a family.

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These are five beauties, but there are loads more over on the Coolboom.com website & they also linkback to all the designers websites etc which is very handy. Coolboom is indeed, very cool!

SweetTalk is an informal presentation series featuring some of the world’s most interesting creatives. It showcases the talented stars of SweetTalk NYC, which was presented by Candy magazine and Veer.

I was discussing these videos last night with a friend and remembered just how good they are! The designers featured are Michael Place, Glen Friedman & Michael Gillette.

Michael Gillette shows off some of his work and briefly details his past, it’s interesting and again some really interesting stuff on show, he talk about his beginnings & how he came to move over to the states.

Glen Friedman is a photographer, his motivation & commitment alone is inspirational. He talks at length about how his surroundings; music, politics, skateboarding etc influence(d) what he does.

Place is a british graphic designer & swiss typography/Helvetica nut he’s very talented, witty and has a lot of interesting self-initiated projects. In the talk he details his creative process and what makes him tick, as a graphic designer myself this was probably the video i related to the most… All of these vids are worth a watch, these clips aren’t exactly new but the content is timeless!

Also…

If your into Veers (fantastic) free stuff or you enjoyed these podcasts then I would recommend you check out their free catalogues. They are used a sampler for their new typefaces / stock photography but more than that they are really nice pieces of design and there is an extensive back-catalogue to boot!

On a side note if your going to subscribe to these podcasts I would use the RSS as the automatic updates in iTunes seems to be broken. – as per the comments, Grant from Veer has given me the heads up that the iTunes issue has now been fixed! Subscribe to the iTunes feed today!

Last night was the (very successful) launch of the Swansea University, photography degree show 2008. It was a fantastic night, great turn-out and a very positive atmosphere.

There is a lot of really good work on show. Tom Pope & Alex Long are both people that stick out in my mind. If your in London over the weekend it’s definitely worth a look in, it’s at the Trueman Gallery on Brick Lane, the event is on until Tuesday, June 17th. I will post more pics over the weekend.

On a side note I worked with the university & students on the catalogue for the show and am happy to say it turned out great. I wish everyone who’s taking part every success!

Interested in seeing more of my design work?

• Branding and graphic design project for an international charity.
• My design portfolio is also here and details my approach to work.

Just spent the weekend moving into our new place! I put some photo’s of it over on flickr but thought I might as well share them here to.

It does mean, annoyingly enough, no internet at home for a few weeks. I’m still writing posts on my wamp-wp setup and plan to upload at work, but it’s a bit of a faff so the posts might be a bit more spaced out, more time to think about them though so it should result in better quality posts (touch wood).