new blog – for my research

i decided to make another blog, focused on my research and all that’s related to it (media architecture to be precise)

http://andreeacaplescu.wordpress.com/

i like these rules, i will adopt them for my future lectures

trailers #9/2012

i usually don’t make another trailer post so soon but i got excited with what i just saw so enjoy !

1. IRON MAN 3 – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1300854/

 

2. DJANGO UNCHAINED – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1853728/

 

3. A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606378/

it’s only a teaser, not a full trailer but still, can’t wait for it ! call me a geek but i can’t think of Christmas without John McLane

 

 

 

trailers #8/2012

1. BROKEN CITY – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235522/

 

2. PARKER – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1904996/

 

3. THE LONE RANGER – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210819/

 

4. HITCHCOCK – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0975645/

I found this amazing, the transformation of  Antony Hopkins and Scarlett Johansson, loved this trailer

 

5. JACK REACHER – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790724/

 

Dieter Rams’s 10 principles of design

1. good design is innovative

The possibilities for innovation are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for innovative design. But innovative design always develops in tandem with innovative technology, and can never be an end in itself

2. good design makes a product useful

A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Good design emphasises the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it.

3. Good design is aesthetic

The aesthetic quality of a product is integral to its usefulness because products we use every day affect our person and our well-being. But only well-executed objects can be beautiful.

4. Good design makes a product understandable

It clarifies the product’s structure. Better still, it can make the product talk. At best, it is self-explanatory.

5. Good design is unobtrusive

Products fulfilling a purpose are like tools. They are neither decorative objects nor works of art. Their design should therefore be both neutral and restrained, to leave room for the user’s self-expression.

6. Good design is honest

It does not make a product more innovative, powerful or valuable than it really is. It does not attempt to manipulate the consumer with promises that cannot be kept.

7. Good design is long-lasting

It avoids being fashionable and therefore never appears antiquated. Unlike fashionable design, it lasts many years – even in today’s throwaway society.

8. Good design is thorough down to the last detail

Nothing must be arbitrary or left to chance. Care and accuracy in the design process show respect towards the user.

9. Good design is environmentally-friendly

Design makes an important contribution to the preservation of the environment. It conserves resources and minimises physical and visual pollution throughout the lifecycle of the product.

10. Good design is as little design as possible

Less, but better – because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with non-essentials.

 

reference: https://www.vitsoe.com/gb

trailers #7/2012

1. SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1931533/

Christopher Walken is in it.  nuff said.

2. STOKER – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1682180/

reminds me a little of 1996 diabolique 

3. BULLET TO THE HEAD – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1308729/

bang. down. owned.

4.  HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1428538/

you gotta be kidding me!  fun idea though 

enjoy!

my next phone will be a samsung

Samsung Pays Apple $1 Billion Sending 30 Trucks Full of 5 Cents Coins

More than 30 trucks filled with 5-cent coins arrived at Apple’s headquarters in California. Initially,  the security company that protects the facility said the trucks were in the wrong place, but minutes later, Tim Cook (Apple CEO) received a call from Samsung CEO explaining that  they will pay $1 billion dollars for the fine recently ruled against the South Korean company in this way.

the funny part is that the signed document does not specify a single payment method, so Samsung is entitled to send the creators of the iPhone their billion dollars in the way they deem best.

This dirty but genius geek troll play is a new headache to Apple executives as they will need to put in long hours counting all that money, to check if it is all there and to try to deposit it crossing fingers to hope a bank will accept all the coins.

Lee Kun-hee, Chairman of Samsung Electronics, told the media that his company is not going to be intimidated by a group of “geeks with style” and that if they want to play dirty, they also know how to do it.

” You can use your coins to buy refreshments at the little machine for life or melt the coins to make computers, that’s not my problem, I already paid them and fulfilled the law.

A total of 20 billion coins, delivery hope to finish this week. ”

original post here 

LE: it doesn’t matter if this story is true or not, the idea made my day and who ever came up with it deserves compliments because i kept laughing for some time as the images were forming in my mind. if it’s true, that’s hilarious. if it’s not, i still will buy a samsung because … flash aplications (and no iTunes)

the origin of the fake news is this, a website specialized in deforming reality, that was later taken by 9gag and generated a lot of memes from there, congratulations on become a hit! 

i have to thank Amy Kemp for pointing me in the right direction, that being an article from the guardian

trailers #6/2012

1. CLOUD ATLAS – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWnAqFyaQ5s

i didn’t understand a single thing about the plot of this movie… but seems weirdly interesting

 

2. SKYFALL (full trailer) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1074638/

the third Bond movie with Daniel Craig, surely a must see for me

 

3.  CHASING MAVERICKS – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1629757/

seems a nice story… looks like a rental to me

 

4. ABOUT CHERRY – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1945062/

a drama… i usually don’t like to watch them but maybe this one will be an exception

 

5. LIFE OF PI – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454876/

now this looks amazing and emotional

 

6. THE ORANGES – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1313139/

now this looks like fun

 

7. MAN OF STEEL  (teaser trailer) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770828/

last but not least, superman! reinvented. in the good tradition of christopher nolan’s batman, the superman story gets reborn, more realistic, more dramatic and less comicbookish… it might be finally a superman movie that i would like. 

avenger’s fashion

christopher nolan’s recipe for succes