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With Impressify, a microsite created for the New York Botanical Garden, you can now create Impressionist versions of your photographs just by uploading them. Via Adweek: Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the digital feature is the work of Brooklyn-based agency Madwell. “The brief was to create something that’ll make people engage with the exhibit and share […]
Turkish-based artist Garip Ay uses an ancient painting technique to recreate Van Gogh’s vibrant masterpieces on water. Via CNN: The Turkish artist uses an ancient technique known as Ebru, which involves creating vibrant images using paint on water. He recently recreated an Ebru version of a 20th century masterpiece, “The Starry Night” by Vincent van […]
Breakfast bowls be bringing the goods when you're fluey AF and need some urgent vitamins. 😩 Today's bowl: the creamiest coconut chia oatmeal with frozen mixed berries, pepitas, bee pollen and suuuuper jammy persimmons. 😍 I literally tried my first persimmon last week for the first time ever and I am seriously hooked. You can […]
In the latest ad for Nike Football, Cristiano Ronaldo accidentally swaps bodies with a kid. The results are surprisingly hilarious. Created by Wieden+Kennedy for Nike in time for Euro 2016, it’s Nike Football’s longest branded ad yet. It was also the most extensive ad shoot that Ronaldo has done, requiring 5 days of filming, and […]
The Share the Meal app intends to make it easy for people to help combat global hunger. Launched by the United Nations’ World Food Programme, and the first of its kind, the app lets people donate to the hungry with a single tap. Via ABC News: The director of innovation and change management at the […]
In our favourite use of Facebook 360 video yet, here’s a Hamilton song! “Wait For It” was performed as part of a promo for this year’s Tony awards. 360 videos are created with a camera system that simultaneously records all 360 degrees of a scene. Viewers can pan and rotate a 360 video’s perspective to […]
Samsung made a batphone. Why? Why not? As the Verge explains: This isn’t the phone we need, it’s the phone we deserve right now- Just about a week ago, Samsung announced a special edition of the Galaxy S7 Edge. Called the Galaxy S7 Edge Injustice Edition, the phone is meant to commemorate the third anniversary […]
Google’s AnyPixel is a web friendly way for anyone to make unusual displays. Via FastCoDesign: To make programming any array of physical switches as easy as displaying something on a web page, Google is releasing a new open-source software and hardware library, called AnyPixel.js. It’s a tool anyone can use to combine any number of […]
Using immersive virtual audio and eye-tracking software, SapientNitro has created an Outcast trailer that makes fans think that they’re being possessed by a demon. Via Adweek: “We wanted to really get across how scary this show was,” Mike Monello, Campfire chief creative officer, told Adweek. “We really thought about trying to create something that was […]
Ken Liu’s amazing short story “Memories of My Mother” has been adapted into the short film “Beautiful Dreamer”. Via Tor: In 2012, Liu published the flash fiction piece “Memories of My Mother,” which takes less than five minutes to read but is guaranteed to have you misty-eyed in the first sixty seconds in its depiction […]