STROKE01 Urban Art Fair at Munich
We had a chance to drop by at STROKE01 yesterday evening. This event was officially described as »Urban Art Fair«. First thought was: Urban Art at Munich? Does that fit? And yes it did!
They have a broad range of works from popular artists like eboy, flying förtress and castle magazine to upcoming artists which could be hot in the next years…
If you are close to Munich and have some time you can visit STROKE at the old BMW dealer at Dachauerstraße 92 till tomorrow. The location is pretty nice and appropriate for the artwork.
This post was written by Thomas
on October 31st, 2009
Graffitti tags in 2009
Back in the days when I was young… Run DMC and KRS-One were bumping in my stereo. Me and my homies balling down the block while the b-boys were breaking at the school yard and graffitti writers tagged the whole city with their names. ; ) But something has changed, because today I saw a graffitti tagged with the myspace link of the creator which made me think… In 2009 you can see the work of the creator called Cami_One online and in color with the help of web 2.0. Tsss, the world used to be different in former times. »Back in the days when I was young I’m not a kid anymore, but some days I sit and wish I was a kid again.« by Ahmad
iPhone & AR, two hip kids team up
Nearest Tube is one of the first augmented reality apps created for the new Apple iPhone 3GS. 2D tube maps are so oldschool! This one tells you where the nearest tube station will be directly displayed in your environment by using the new video and compass function. When you load the app, holding it flat, all 13 lines of the London underground are displayed in coloured arrows.
By tilting the phone upwards, you will see the nearest stations: what direction they are in relation to your location, how many kilometres and miles away they are and what tube lines they are on. If you continue to tilt the phone upwards, you will see stations further away, as stacked icons. If you are owner of a new iPhone 3GS and you´re living in Chicago, Washington DC, Paris, Berlin, Madrid or Barcelona you can join beta testing by sending an email to contactus[at]acrossair[dot]com with your iPhone UDID Identifier code and your city location.
We think that the iPhone is the perfect mobile hardware for projects like this. Six years after the Handheld Augmented Reality project at TU Graz started their pioneer work with projects like the Invisible Train, a real multi-user Augmented Reality application for handheld devices, this technology enters the mass market.
After marketing guys have found out, it could be cool to map products as rotating 3D object on markers it´s time for the real apps. It´s time for applications which help us out during our everyday life. Where is the next hospital? Where can I find a cheap accomodation? Where are my friends now?…
This post was written by Thomas
on July 28th, 2009
Münchener Freiheit is sooo neon
Stagnacy signifies shortfall and change is good. This is what officials from Munich city maybe thought when they decided to color the underground station »Münchener Freiheit« in NEON.
Yellow is the seasonal trend color of 2009… Uhm yes, but my eyes all go funny… I understand that underground stations should look more positive, friendly and bright, but we have to look at our underground station everyday… Neon yellow e-v-e-r-y-d-a-y! Oh my god, this will give me eyestrain.
However, my favourite underground station in Munich is still »Westfriedhof«, which was designed by the german industrial designer Ingo Maurer.
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