John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum 2009-08-12T14:59:37+00:00 OK, I know I was a child of the sixties, and forty years ago I got to stay up late to witness the Eagle landing, so a website dedicated to the Apollo 11 mission to the moon is bound to be of serious interest to me. That said, this thoroughly comprehensive site is jam packed with animations, video clips, interviews, photos and loads of information about the mission. All relayed in a minute by minute account from start to finish. T minus 10 seconds until you check it out. Go on ... 219 0 3 2 2 0 2010-03-11T13:49:48+00:00 21 410 http://wechoosethemoon.org 2009-07-22T14:18:26+00:00 I always have some issues with incorporating Google maps into a heavily branded website. We all know that colour is the most recognisable and important element of any brand, or it could be argued, wayfinding scheme. Basically, here are maps that can be customised, allowing you to change the colour so they become more aesthetically consistent with your website, and can edited with the needs of end user in mind, revealing only the information they need. This has many uses, including making maps accessible to those with a colour vision deficiency, or only to show certain modes of transport, lines, etc etc. Not used these on a project as yet, nor all check how accurate they are. Any thoughts? 215 0 0 0 0 0 2010-03-10T22:42:32+00:00 257 370 http://maps.cloudmade.com Condé Nast Art Director – Andrew Diprose 2009-05-16T21:38:35+00:00 This post is somewhat late, I know, as the UK edition of Wired magazine is already into its second issue. So, I bought this first issue, remembering the relatively short-lived attempt to launch a dedicated UK edition a decade or so ago, and wondered how this version might be better than that and, more importantly, how it might remain relevant to a UK audience without losing sight of a world perspective. I am delighted to say I read it almost without break from cover to cover, noting in particular some fine pieces from the ever stimulating Russell Davies, whose own blog has been <a href="http://www.dynamolondon.org/projects/47">celebrated on this site</a> before, an engaging article which (almost) managed to clarify the reasons for the recent global economic collapse, and a nice insight into the new media policies at the BBC, which in itself satisfies the global vs. local issue for me. Anyway, I'm giving it an enthusiastic endorsement. Must dash, I've got another issue to read. Long live print... ;-) 211 0 Editor – David Rowan 1 0 1 0 2010-03-06T13:39:35+00:00 21 390 http://www.wired.co.uk Information Architects Japan 2009-04-10T13:08:48+00:00 Latest version of the web trend map. It makes for interesting viewing. You'll have to follow the link to see it in detail. But if you're very very quick you still have chance to offer your comments before it's published. 208 0 3 1 1 0 2010-03-12T02:18:14+00:00 21 462 http://informationarchitects.jp/web-trend-map-4-final-beta/ László Kozma 2009-03-26T21:43:30+00:00 WikipediaVision is an (almost) real-time visualization of Wikipedia edits and what part of the world they come from. It's kind of useless, but compelling viewing for all that. 207 0 László Kozma 0 2 0 0 2010-03-12T05:06:41+00:00 21 399 http://www.lkozma.net/wpv/ The Royal Household Bang and The Royal Household 2009-02-12T14:02:16+00:00 I'm not sure what to say about this yet. I suppose it's progress. 200 0 0 0 0 2 2010-03-10T22:22:35+00:00 21 497 http://www.royal.gov.uk/ Transport for London 2008-12-05T12:02:49+00:00 So TfL launch a bunch of useful looking travel tools, some of which are intended for downloading to use on mobile phones. The icons look suspiciously like iPhone buttons, but I can't see iPhone in the list of compliant phones. Shame on you TfL. See the list: www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/mobileservices/other.asp See my post about iPhone: www.dynamolondon.org/projects/117 188 0 0 1 0 1 2010-03-10T06:10:57+00:00 21 729 http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/traveltools/default.aspx Sprint 2008-11-10T13:21:04+00:00 How much is too much? Is this widget heaven? 183 0 2 2 0 0 2010-03-09T19:51:12+00:00 21 673 http://now.sprint.com/widget/ British Airways 2008-08-13T13:32:56+00:00 Long haul flights are, at best, bearable. So as I attempted to get comfortable before a recent long flight I was pleasantly surprised to see some real quality and attention to detail had been paid to the delivery of the safety announcements. Rather than watching the flight attendants miming out the instructions they played an instructional video through the screens in the headrests. And it was a very stylish short film imbued with the BA corporate message but not in an overt way. I don't know who's behind it but the animation style looks very similar to the Hed Kandi CD packaging and its many imitators. It didn't feel too laboured, just a well executed element in the bigger branding hierarchy, where other companies may have cut a corner BA seem to have got this just right. Here's the best YouTube version i can find: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WOpeA-O0Neg&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WOpeA-O0Neg&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> 175 0 0 0 0 0 2010-03-08T21:58:04+00:00 13 731 http:// 2008-08-08T13:05:30+00:00 "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” Albert Einstein. I first saw this site about a year and a half ago, and was delighted that its content was as interesting as its name was humourous. Since then its undergone a redesign, so I now submit it for your edification and delectation. Another site with links to Brighton. What is it about the sea air down there? 174 0 0 0 0 0 2010-03-08T18:03:23+00:00 21 769 http://www.unnecessaryresearch.org/