Hasta La Ideas

Gont is a project prototype (wooden chip, applied to a roof). The design represents a metal skeleton with the flexible plates attached to it fitted by..

Faro Measuring System’s Laser ScanArm might bring back bad memories of the dentist, but in fact it’s another 3D scanning solution–this one mounted to an articulated arm that not only helps you hold it steady, but records the scanner’s position in space. Faro’s Orlando Perez shoots and captures a mini Lady Liberty:

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Bruce Mau is at the forefront of a loose movement embracing a new way of thinking about design. It includes individual designers and larger companies like IDEO, as well as several prominent design schools, where new theories about “design thinking” are being developed: what it is, how it works, what it can accomplish. But this “glimmer movement” (the “glimmer” being when a life-changing idea crystallises in the mind – see also this review on Core77) also includes people from outside the design profession – basement tinkerers, technologists, do-it-yourselfers, “crafties”, social activists, environmentalists, video-gamers and business entrepreneurs. What links them is their belief that everything today is ripe for reinvention and “smart recombination”. And what makes them all designers is that they don’t just think this, they act on it.

This article will appear in the January issue of Wired UK magazine and is available online.

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Photo: Dave Gillespie, Bruce Mau Design

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Precisely a year after announcing the curatorial team for its 2010 biennial, the Whitney Museum of American Art is making the holidays of 56 artists that much merrier (if George Condo can ever be described as merry). The museum has just revealed the artists that will be included in the 2010 biennial, named simply “2010,” which will run from February 25 through May 30. “The artists selected for this year’s exhibition reflect diverse responses to the anxiety and optimism of the past two years,” noted curators Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari in a statement issued this morning. “‘2010’ does not privilege any one medium or aesthetic style, but rather assembles a wide range of individual gestures, personal histories, and improvised encounters that speak to a sense of openness and community.” And speaking of improvised encounters, we’ll refrain from listing all the names—from David Adamo to Robert Williams—in favor of sharing with you Pierce Jackson‘s charming video version:

Previously on UnBeige:

Cette nouvelle vidéo présente le navigateur web Google Chrome à travers ses nombreuses fonctionnalités. Une présentation originale et réussie des différentes applications et possibilités. Une série de spots conçus par l’équipe Google UK, à découvrir dans la suite.

Previously on Fubiz

• The Google Story
• Google Street View
• Google Japan