Written by viktor on July 1st, 2008
Newsknitter is a data visualization art project that uses clothing to display large scale data. There are a couple of things I find interesting about the project. The first being the removal of the individual from the design process and second the use of computer technology to create the garments. Information gathered from political news feeds online are aggregated and converted into a unique pattern to be knit into a sweater. It is the aggregate information from multiple individuals that help shape the patterns in the shirts and not a single individual in isolation. Finally, a unique and innovative way to use news in clothing. This should help people forget once and for all that CNN sells t-shirts.
Written by viktor on April 4th, 2008
I recently came across the Emptees site and was extremely impressed with not only the community of talented designers but with the elegant execution of the site by Indie Labs. Note: Indie Labs also is behind “Big Cartel”, the easy to use online store application for apparel designers. The interface for Emptees is clean and simple as the site is divided intuitively into 3 sections: Tees, People and Talk. The home page is also well conceived displaying not only the top Tees but the most recent conversations in the talk section as well.
I recently posted the news of our launch on Emptees and received some great feedback (My Post) . Thanks to all who responded. For those who’ve sent emails I will be in touch shortly. An interesting point was made by TAC in terms of creating a point system. I think this is a great idea as the team has discussed this on numerous occasions. I will also post news about particular community features in the near future as we are getting ready “beta” testing.
Again, many thanks to the Emptees community.
