Not sure what to write about this post – its kinetic origami engineering pop-up packaging design work mostly done with paper; all pretty darn amazing.
Paper & Print
10 Crazy Pop Up Books (almost)
I noticed the word ‘POP’ seems to be at the forefront of my lexicon when describing visual beauty and / or exciting stimuli. To help get me through my POP phase I compiled a video post of pop-up books, pop-up rooms, pop up theater even an electronic paper pop-up Venus Fly Trap that POP’s and bites back.
First off…
The Ice Book
The Ice Book is the story of a princess who lures a boy into the forest in order to warm her heart of ice. The performance blends animation, puppetry, and film to bring a pop-up book vividly to life in front of the audience’s eyes. The Icebook is available for touring. For information on touring dates or bookings in 2011 check the website: theicebook.co
Aurasma Demo
Autonomy, a leading enterprise infrastructure company has a new technology that can change the way we look at and interact with physical objects. Called Aurasmsa, it works with smart phone and tablets to, in real time, turn static images or even objects into videos, games and interactive experiences. Aim your phone at a building and see a video about that building. Aim it at a picture in a newspaper and launch an interactive experience.
Paper Record Player Wedding Invitation
This is a wedding invitation record player created from paper. It houses + plays a flexi disc pressed with an original song, inviting guests to the wedding. Created by Kelli Anderson.
Paper & Love Typeface
This is giving me a designgasim.
Originally created with a flat typeface in mind, paper & love is based on an octagonal grid and origami folds. The digital version represents this concept of origami by emphasizing transparency and by focusing on the shapes of the letter. The majority of the two-dimensional letters can be obtained by simply folding thin strips of paper and by following the octagonal grid. By taking what I had initially envisioned for the digital version, I created a new set of letters in 3D using paper, an x-acto knife and, of course, love (corny but true) !
— Chris Berthe
QR Codes because the Night Belongs to Lovers
With the help of a global smart phone contagion the QR code is becoming more common as its uses are experimented with and practicality and helpfulness tweaked. If it’s easy and makes your life better – why wouldn’t you use it?
QR Codes were created in Japan by Toyota in 1994. QR is the abbreviation for Quick Response, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. How it works – Scan the barcode with a device that has a QR code reader, then you are directed to either a url, text, phone # or SMS. Google: QR code generator to make a QR code. Post edit May 4 / 2011 – QR code Generator links added at the bottom of the post.
Click below for creative uses of the QR code.