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Who knows if this is actually even physically or technically possible but I’m totally in love with the concept and the thinking behind it. The renderings are mesmerizingly well executed, too.
Learn more: Air Umbrella by Je Sung Park » Yanko Design.
(hat tip to Jake)
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Now this is the kind of jump in digital storytelling that gets me excited. The video is a little frenetic but it does an amazing job of showing how we’re only scratching the surface in terms of what’s possible for next generation storytelling on devices like the iPad (bonus points for clever use of the accelerometer).
My enthusiasm for things like this doesn’t mean I think (or want) children’s books as we know them today, to go away. I believe there’ll always be a place for tangible, tattered children’s books but I think we’ll create a new kind of vehicle through which to engage users (they will be more than readers) and Alice is just the beginning.
Read more about here: Alice on the iPad: Is This the Future of Books?
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Julia Yu Tsao paints a mesmerizing picture of a future where you have an army of nanobots with displays on their backs to enhance the information you get out of your environment. Reminds me of Bruce Sterling’s spimes from Shaping Things. (via kitsuneoir).
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