Sunday Januari 29th, Chuck Close will perform an artist talk to celebrate the opening of ‘prints‘ in Kunsthal in Rotterdam. A unique chance to meet this remarkable artist whose work might trick you into thinking it is computer generated. In fact, it is the product of a keen eye and in some way, a twisted mind.
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The trailer of Chuck Cose: A Portrait in Progress. With extra bonus: Phillip Glass talking about process. This is my porn.
Tags: Art, inspiration
Some call it plastic, some call it synthetic material, but whatever you’re call it, in some forms it can be Valuable! This must be what the late Mr. Peter Blum and his wife Linda though in 1983, when the rise of the Swatch brand started.
The Blum collection is, with over 4.350 items, one of the most complete collections of its kind, this fascinating assembly contains notable examples of the celebrated relationship between SWATCH and art, including Mimmo Paladino’s famous Oigol Oro; a set comprising Alfred Hofkunst’s Verduhra, Guhrke and Bonjuhr, each watch signed by the artist; and ten unique Swatch watches, including six prototypes, created by Kiki Picasso. American painter Keith Haring’s collaboration with Swatch is represented in the collection by a set of the four production models released in the United States — Modele avec Personnage, Milles Pattes, Serpent and Blanc sur Noir — along with a number of prototypes and variants. Additional highlights include Swatch Puff, the first (of only 120 pieces produced), Rudolph Moshammer’s Feathers, and a special Jelly Fish designed and signed by Andrew Logan.
The sale of the collection is estimated to realise between 3.5 and 6.3 million Dollars. Yes, million! Take a look at the PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY Website, to read a bit more!
Tags: plastic, Swatch, synthetic material, Valuable, Watch
On my bicycle trip to the office, autumn treats me to a sensational palette of beautiful colors. Top of the bill is this row of trees that every year turn the most sensational bright red color.
For a few weeks a year, this sight brings a smile to my face every morning. It also adds danger to my trip because I spend hundreds of metres only looking up, and not where I’m going. So far, I haven’t crashed into anyone. Let’s hope it stays a pleasure 
This month, Eindhoven was voted Best town center of The Netherlands for 2011-2013.
Awarded by the retail industry, the award is given every three years to the city that offers the most attractive town centre.
Eindhoven has won the award in the category large town centre for “the large scale development of the town centre over the past years and the unity that the town centre presents as a result of this”. “It is the opinion of the jury that due to the investments, the town centre of Eindhoven is firmly on the map, both within The Netherlands and internationally”.
Source: Verkiezing Beste Binnenstad
Eindhoven isn’t exactly ranked being the ‘designiest’ city in the world or anything. I don’t really care because I recently found out that the New York Times wrote about the lovely city (Or large village) we are situated in.
The article refers to passed times when most of the Philips company left Eindhoven and how the city is now using its history of Philips factories. Other ‘designy’ things are mentioned like the prestigious ‘Design Academy’ and the ‘Dutch Design Week’ (Also coming up, keep following our blog to read more on this in the near future). It’s good to see outsiders are also discovering Eindhoven as a city that houses creativity and design and has already done so for a long time. We haven’t chosen Eindhoven as our headquarters just for fun
For any of you workers, citizens of Eindhoven or good old Eindhovenpatriotists out there, hit the link below and read all that the New york Times travel pages have to write about our city.
Recently we donated one of our old systems to Karin, and in return she made us these fabulous Pac-Man cup cakes. This old school reference to the 8-bit games of yesteryear surely does appeal to our geek-spot (insert tear of joy here). On behalf of the 3Dimerce team: Thank you, Karin!
Are we all going to wear such -ridiculously looking, but cool- virtual reality glasses in 2020?
Pretty convenient when walking through a city and constantly being assisted by location based augmented reality information.
A bit like Layar in VR eyewear. I think the matchmatching option will not come through any privacy laws though.
The video below was a viral for the 2010 Iron Man 2 movie, so it’s already a bit outdated. Still very funny and cool.
I think we’re very close to an actual “StarkHUD 2020″ in near future.
What do you think, do we need to wait another nine years for this to be reality or will we wear such glasses (or equivalent) before 2020?
Or maybe not at all?
Tags: Augmented reality, StarkHUD 2020, VR Glasses
Joseph Paul Jenigan, a convicted Texas Murder, went from 3D to 2D and back to 3D again. Here’s How.
Related: More nifty long exposure 3D light photography goodness.
Tags: 3D, Art, Photography