“The New Aesthetic” is a term I hadn’t heard before, but now that I have I’m fascinated. It’s a primarily visual theme that James Bridle has been exploring, first in a blog post which introduced the idea, and then on his blog, The New Aesthetic, which is full of great examples. From a recent SXSW session description (here’s a post-event write-up, too): Slowly, but increasingly definitively, our technologies and our devices are learning to see,…
 
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Check it out, two new films from BERG — what a great way to start the day. They’re sketches exploring ideas and principles behind Dentsu London‘s communications strategy Making Future Magic. The films don’t feature a lot of interactivity, they’re more about communication and information design. But they are quite beautiful, and calm, visions of how technology can be woven into our lives. Russell Davies points out that the films are “a great expression and…
 
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Head over, immediately, to Google’s The Creative Internet. The site lists 106 examples of brilliant online creativity and experimentation. Many of them you’ve seen before, or I’ve posted here — and I suspect I’ll steal some things and do future posts about them — but seeing them all together is a great reminder of what’s happening. It made me think about part of a post I’d read, a couple weeks ago, from Russell Davies. It…
 
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