UI designs of The Avengers

Visual artist Jayse Hansen has built a solid reputation as a creative-art director for film and television and recently, has developed a passion for designing fictional UI and data designs. Most prominently is his recent work with Cantina Creative on the new Avengers movie, a fraction of which he has posted to his website with more to come.
It’s well worth a look and gives you a small insight into just how much work and fleshing out of ideas is required in creating something that is essentially glossed over by audiences.



Today’s readings…
- 6 Filmmaking Tips From Stanley Kubrick
- Did The Events Of ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Change The Rest of Quentin Tarantino’s Film Universe?
- You probably shouldn’t Google how to kill someone before killing someone
- Photograph 51 and the Pursuit of Balance
- They Wear Nike on Mars, Right?
- Will immortality be bad for the soul
Also, lunchtime game of the day: linescape
Landmannalaugar, a National Park of Iceland
Thu, 31 May 2012

Landmannalaugar (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈlan̥tmanːaˌløiɣar̥], the people’s pools) is a region near the volcano Hekla in southern section of Iceland’s highlands.
The Landmannalaugar area is a popular tourist destination and hiking hub in Iceland’s highlands. The area displays a number of unusual geological elements, like the multicolored rhyolite mountains and expansive lava fields, not far from the service center. The many mountains in the surrounding area display a wide spectrum of colors including pink, brown, green, yellow, blue, purple, black, and white. Two of the most popular mountains among hikers are Bláhnjúkur (meaning “blue peak”) and Brennisteinsalda (meaning “sulphur wave”).


via: design you trust
Gran Torino – Every Clint Eastwood Insult
Happy Birthday Clint you magnificent specimen and example of awesome!
Today’s readings included…
- British monarchy ‘needs to be more like Game of Thrones’
- The making of the THX sound
- Scientists finally figure out the physics of falling Guinness bubbles
- Why I Do Not Want Everyone To Agree With Me
- Profiling this week of space and the Square Kilometre Array
- Pentagon for a manned mission to another star by 2112 (whut?)
- Everything you need to know about next week’s Transit of Venus
You are not Banksy
Wed, 30 May 2012

Fun photo set by Nick Stern recreating some of the more famous works of Banksy with live models. More can be found here.


3 Things: Booze
Interestingly, web feed this morning has had a lot of alcohol related videos for some reason. Here are the highlights…
First, a really fun compilation of beer opening methods.
…topped by this guy using a chainsaw:
And finally, what could indeed be the world’s best bartender; though admittedly, I’d want him to just poor the damn drinks if I were a patron…
Also as extra, this beer commercial with Charlie sheen is quite fun.
Supercut of the day: Every Shout Out To The Roots Ever
Nice compilation of what’s probably the only reason to watch Fallon.
Today’s readings included…
- Neil deGrasse Tyson Presents: Manhattanhenge! (awesome)
- This book contains the first Google image result for every word in the dictionary
- As Memorial Day Nears, a Single Image That Continues to Haunt
- Governments pose greatest threat to internet, says Google’s Eric Schmidt
- Don’t Worry, These Are Not Community’s New Showrunners
- A concise personal lament on technology and books
- Facebook: Wallstreet 1, America 0