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Black and white.
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// The Internet is becoming a Metropolis.//
I have noticed a trend in all recent redesigns of Facebook and Twitter: layers.
The growth of the Internet is comparable to the growth of a city. When we run out of horizontal real estate, we begin to build upwards.
The new overlay tweet design:
The new Twitter profile overlay design:
The new Facebook photo overlay:
We can learn a lot about online UX design by studying the history of how urban buildings were built, and why — and which ones failed and which ones still stand.
After all, isn’t the the chat feature on Facebook, the equivalent of conference rooms in a building?
Aren’t hotlinks within online content the equivalent of subways and taxis in a city?
As we begin to build upward in this online world, what will elevators translate into? And, will we need doormen?
Side note: It would be interesting to map out and track the altitudes of the Internet over time.
Will the Internet become a world full of skyscrapers?
// The magic of Magic.//
Magic is based in disbelief.
And, disbelief calls for an encore.
“Can you do that again?”
(And a slew of acronyms.)
WTF. OMG. STFU.
Huh?
Magic, once seen, evokes within us the desire to solve or disprove it.
We try to confirm the common teaching that magic is not possible.
So, we take a closer look, from various angles, at a slower speed.
We give it a thorough and detailed examination.
And, we either uncover the trick and raise it up for all to see its defeat,
Or, we remain utterly mesmerized by the sole power of the magician.
Regardless, the magic lies in the execution of the performance.
A tireless rehearsal of knowing exactly which knife to use, to slide into which slot, at what specific time, so that the latch unlocks for the first woman to slide into the box, and the second woman to slide out.
To slice a woman in half.
Magically.
OMG. WTF. STFU. Huh?
Applause.
“Can you do that again?”
Encore.
What if advertisers strove to include an element of magic in their work?
What kind of a reaction would it create, and would consumers take a closer look?
What is magic? A novel performance that creates disbelief and begs for an encore.
What is advertising? A novel performance that creates disbelief and begs for an encore?
Chrono-shredder – a poetic calendar device by artist Susanna Hertrich to capture the irrevocable loss of time, which can never be retrieved.
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Moustache.
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Loving every bit of contrast of this outfit.
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Things Happen – a brilliant Venn diagram of life from the brilliant Wendy MacNaughton
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there is something magical about park benches. as soon as your body touches it, reminiscence, innovations, epiphanies begin to pour. perhaps it is the traditionalism of it, compared to today's digital age. perhaps it is the legacy of many stories told upon a park bench. but whatever it is, please feel free to take a seat.
