https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IULdfQbzxKQ

This project is somewhat tech driven, but I really like how much the creators of the project freak out over it. It is a really well made robot obviously– but I’m more interested by the passion of the creators. It is also interesting that they created a robot with such culture relevance to the incredibly passionate soccer world.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/12/carved-book-landscapes-by-guy-laramee/?src=footer

These book carvings are done Guy Laramee. The books are somewhat TYPT (typical public taste). But as a person with a digital fabrication background this work inspired me by the potential of re-fabricating existing material. I can imagine making work more meaningful by carving out of existing ‘books’ or generally any found object.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/04/one-man-100000-toothpicks-and-35-years-scott-weavers-rolling-through-the-bay/?src=footer

http://www.daito.ws/en/work/particles.html#3

I like these two works. They are both incredible and highly similar–they both revolve around moving balls and rail systems. Daito’s is more advanced technologically while Scott Weaver’s is more passionate. The contrast between these two works is somewhere I want to fall. Weaver’s incredibly weird passion and fanatic nature is so unique and seems very old fashion, whereas Daito is obviously one of the best coder’s and inventors currently in the art world.