Video Painting (Cooool)

sweatshoppe: video painting

previously we wrote an article on french design aissa logerot who developed 'halo' an
LED light spray. now, sweatshoppe has taken this LED technology to the streets on a different level. The collective made up of video artist bruno levy and blake shaw who are also multimedia performers,use video mapping techniques as a means of video painting onto walls through the use ofa paint roller. The only catch is, the paint roller doesn't actually paint anything onto the wall.instead it is made from green LEDs which work in conjunction with a camera next to a projectorwhich is programmed with software that tracks its movements. the software then outputsthe X-Y position of the roller projecting a textured video image of the strokes the duo aredrawing on a wall. this interactive technology allows them to explore the relationship between video,mark making and architecture.

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http://vimeo.com/7010463
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Dan Gorham: Playing with type!

A few things I done to keep me occupied...

Dan Gorham: "The Children of Men" book design

With this design the approach was to concentrate on the baby in general, creating a sence of anxiety and questioning is the baby ok, healthy and alive, with the blue highlighting the baby. The blue highlight was used to fit within the brief and works really nicely in with the design.

P.D James "The Children of Men" book design 1

Brief:

Re-design a book cover from a selection of old books by penguin. We was only able to use two colours, blue 299c and Black and the type had to be hand generated.

I hand painted this illustration, mainly to get away from the computer and out of my comfort zone, though I thoroughly enjoyed this process.

The book is about the end of fertility and mankind, though a woman becomes pregnant and the baby is the only way mankind can persue. So I thought it would be a good idea to focus on the baby, for example the health of the heart, creating a seance of anxiety, is the heart beating or is it not.