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Illustrated people autumn winter 2012 

More proof the internet is inspiring more fashion, with this promo for Illustrated People combining lo-fi polygon computer art and GIF models with contemporary hip-hop:

Illustrated people autumn winter 2012 from PABLO & JOSH on Vimeo.

The promo was put together by Pablo Jones-soler, Joshgreet, and Bradley Bell - this is what Pablo has to say about it:

The idea for the video is based on the quote from Jello Biafra  “For every prohibition you create you also create an underground. “

It tells the story of these paradoxical super commercialised, luxury, underground sects rising up against an oppressive overlord. it looks at the way big brands try to portray themselves as underground and at the language of commercial spaces and point of sale stands.

Different Levels by John Chae 

Illustration series combines surreal Pop-Art combined with fractured isometrics.

More at the artist’s website here and his Tumblr here

Hypercube 

Computer animation from 1965 demonstrating the concept of the 4D ‘Hypercube’, which could be viewed as a stereogram - video embedded below:

From AT&T Archives:

Two of the earliest three-dimensional computer graphics films. The films’ creator, A. Michael Noll, programmed the computer (most of this work in the Labs was done on an IBM 7094) to generate the correct stereoscopic imagery, and these images were printed side-by-side, frame by frame. They’re intended for freeviewing in 3D — i.e. the three-dimensional image is created when one views the film while cross-eyed — no special devices required. Of course, the time/movement elements bring the film into the fourth dimension. 

More info here

One of the First Computer-Generated Films, from 1963 - AT&T Archives 

A short, simple 3D animation of a satellite object orbiting a globe:

This film was a specific project to define how a particular type of satellite would move through space. Edward E. Zajac made, and narrated, the film, which is considered to be possibly the very first computer graphics film ever. Zajac programmed the calculations in FORTRAN, then used a program written by Zajac’s colleague, Frank Sinden, called ORBIT. The original computations were fed into the computer via punch cards, then the output was printed onto microfilm using the General Dynamics Electronics Stromberg-Carlson 4020 microfilm recorder. All computer processing was done on an IBM 7090 or 7094 series computer.

Zajac didn’t make the film to demonstrate computer graphics, however. Instead, he was interested in real-time modeling of a certain theoretical construct. At the time, The Bell System was still deeply engaged in satellite research, having launched Telstar the previous year, with plans to continue developing communications satellites. Zajac’s model is of a box (“satellite”), with two gyroscopes within. In the film, he was trying to create a simulation of movement — the pitch, roll, and yaw within that system. 

More Here

Living 90′s Graphism by Maxime Guyon 

Photography project takes a particular style of mid 80’s / 90’s graphic design and recreates it with real-world objects.

More examples can be found at wanderingbears here

Maxime Guyon’s Tumblr can be found here

Triangulated Binary 

Graphic design project converts number and alphabet characters into triangular forms. Embedded below is a Triangulated Binary clock:

You can follow the project and the various creative forms it takes at this Tumblr blog here.

Geometry Daily 

Tumblr blog by designer @tilman who creates a geometric composition everyday:

Why are you doing this?
I love it. I get a serious flow when I draw simple shapes, combine them and experiment until they start to “sing”. I’m a designer with all my heart. It’s an experiment. A journey into a world of possibilities.
Also I am currently taking a year off of “normal” agency design work. Until September 2012 I stay at home and look after my two little kids while my wife returned to her full-time job. Doing this graphics project besides my dad duties will keep me on my designer’s toes.

Why geometry?
I love geometry. Lines, curves, rectangles, circles, triangles are a simplification of our real world but also their building blocks. Geometry, like physics or mathematics, defines how our world is constructed. I find endless beauty in this construction. I see god in there.

You can see more and follow the blog here

Shanghai Expression: Graphic Design in China in the 1920s and 30s 

50 Watts displays a fantastic selection on of early 20th Century Modernist Graphic Design.

Much more visual greatness here

Typ by Ahmed Sabbagh

A collection of experimental Arabic typography. 

Much more can be found at the designer’s Behance Network page here

Art And The Computer

Two books from Melvin L. Prueitt which takes a look at computer graphics. “Art And The Computer” was published in 1984. “Computer Graphics: 118 Computer-Generated Designs” was published in 1976.

More examples from Art And The Computer can be found at Diamond Variations.
More examples from Computer Graphics: 118 Computer-Generated Designs can be found at Inspiration Is Everything.

Hope! The comic (via Abstract Comics) 

Oh dear …. (via @TVNewsroom)

QR Code Generator with Graphic Center

Just came across this, and as I far as I know is the only generator with this feature. You can upload a square-shaped graphics file which will be reduced to 50 by 50 pixels, and choose a URL for the code to represent.

I have not tried using a colour graphic, but the QR Code works. I have enlarged the output code (you can either output as PDF or PNG), so I would imagine that if you enlarge the code manually, you could in theory place a better graphic in the center.

http://beqrious.com/generator