rockdeaDStock: 2010

Thursday, May 27, 2010

DESIGN - Gardening’s gone guerilla

Gardening’s gone guerilla - You’ve seen them, you may
have looked away, but you’ve seen them. Those forgotten
areas of the estate, left to fall apart and fall into disrepair.
The municipal scrubland where nothing can grow... Or can
it? Turn the concrete jungle into a wilderness with our
compacted wild flower seed grenades.

Pack of 3, Design by Tony Minh Nguyen
and Snowhome for Suck UK
http://www.suck.uk.com/product.php?rangeID=145

Monday, April 12, 2010

IBM Color Sensitive Interactive Billboard

Color Sensitive Interactive Billboard from milton cj on Vimeo.

In early 2009, IBM launched its smarter planet agenda – a broad campaign acknowledging the importance of intelligent systems in the world today. In the retail industry, for example, consumer data around something as simple as color can have massive implications around shipping, inventory and, ultimately, overall sales.

This interactive billboard is a simple and engaging virtual demonstration of how a smarter retail system can work.

Lego Artisan Creates Endangered Species for Zoo

by Stephen Messenger, Porto Alegre, Brazil

lego monkey photo Photos via the Courier Post

With the precarious state of ecosystems throughout the world today, it is difficult to know for certain which threatened species will continue to be around for future generations--and which will have gone the way of the Dodo. But as sobering of a legacy that may be, it is increasingly important to raise awareness of these fading animals early and often to the children of today, whose attitudes and actions as adults may determine the fate of the planet's biodiversity. So, with that in mind, one zoo is educating its young visitors about the importance of preservation in an imaginative way--with an exhibition of endangered animals constructed out of Legos.

lego penguin photo

Opened yesterday, the Philadelphia Zoo's Lego-made exhibit, called ''Creatures of Habitat: A Gazillion-Piece Animal Adventure," features the work of world-renowned Lego artist Sean Kenney. According to Kenney, the 34 animals he created for the zoo took him over one year to complete--the largest project he's undertaken. Included in the exhibit are sculptures of endangered birds, frogs, tamarins, and a polar bear made with 95,000 Lego pieces.

"I love being able to explain serious problems in ways that kids can understand them," says Kenney.

lego polar bear photo

In addition to the Lego sculptures, each exhibit features a description of how the animals' habitat is under threat, and simple ways that everyone can help aid in its protection. Visitors are encouraged to recycle, avoid environmentally irresponsible products, and bicycle instead of drive when they can.

Zoo officials are hoping that folks who may have been drawn in by the impressive sculptures will walk away with a better understanding of threatened ecosystems and what they can do to lower their impact.

Vikram Dewan, the zoo's president:

Every child -- and adult, for that matter -- can relate to the universal desire to protect our planet, this place we call home. A key principle of our new exhibit is showing how our world fits together and how we all connect with it.

lego turtles photo

Similar exhibits are scheduled throughout the year with five more Lego-certified professionals on board to present their creations of more species that could benefit from raised awareness about their condition. After all, unless future generations move forward with more mindfulness of the world's most threatened animals, their Lego-built counterparts may be all that remain.

With reporting from The Morning Call.