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Design Travel: Your Design City Photo Contest

October 2, 2008 at 2:30 PM | 0 Comments

The good folks over at Flickr are hosting a photo competition that ties in with the Design Cities exhibition being held at London's Design Museum. The exhibit, for its part, "tells the story of contemporary design through cities (London, Paris, Vienna, Dessau, Los Angeles, Milan and Tokyo) at their creative height."

The contest has few restrictions; any photo that represents contemporary design in your city is OK. Whether it's architecture, furniture, interiors or mailboxes, as long as it's great design, it's game.

A selection of photographs will be displayed at the Design Museum in January 2009, and one photo will be printed on 80,000 posters that are to be distributed in creative outlets around the UK.

Related Stories:
· Your Design City [Official Site]
· Design Cities Exhibition [Official Site]
· Design Travel Coverage [Jaunted]

Messing With Mozart

May 19, 2006 at 9:55 AM | 0 Comments


It's Mozart Year--what are you waiting for? Vienna claims he's the most famous Austrian ever (sorry, Austrians, you forgot Hitler), and what better spot to bone up on your Mozart than at Vienna's Haus Der Musik. It's a solid mix of interactive fun and need-to-know trivia, featuring displays on the man of the moment and other star Austrian composers like Beethoven and Strauss. You could be forgiven for momentarily thinking you're back in music history class, until you step into halls full of wacky sound experiments. Ever wanted to know what a cow in a cathedral sounds like?

A highlight is discovering just how difficult it is to conduct an orchestra. A clever display uses real-life video of the Vienna Philharmonic and an electronic baton. Waving your arm in a professional way gets the musicians playing harmoniously. Looks simple, but be warned: demand an uneven beat and the musicians get cranky; be totally unskilled and they'll lay their instruments down and angrily walk off stage. But don't feel alone, that's exactly what happened to us. Naturally, the six-year-old who stepped up to follow seemed to make the musos happy again. Of course, he's the next Mozart.

Related stories
Condi Loves Mozart [The Independent]
Mozart Outdoes Freud [BBC]

Pin-Ups Mounted

April 25, 2006 at 9:40 AM | 0 Comments



The 40-plus annual calendars from Italian tire-maker Pirelli have long been treasured for the famous photographers, exotic locations, and high production values that came together to produce the sexy shots. And the famous people that you can't see naked anywhere else--did we mention them?

Now, the pin-ups are getting a little museum cred with an exhibit at the Berlinesche Galerie, through 18 June. "The Pirelli Calendar: Provocation and Myth" includes shots from the never-published 1963 calendar as well as backstage photos made during the calendar's first four decades, and of course pretty ladies with very little clothing. Best exhibition ever? We think so.

Related Stories:
·   Pirelli-Calendar exhibit [Berlinische Galerie]
·   Pirelli photos (NSFW) [Stern, via Fleshbot]
·   Pirelli Calendar [site]

Photos From The Star Wars Exhibit

November 11, 2005 at 10:44 AM | 0 Comments

A Jaunted Exclusive

Was in Boston checking out the new Star Wars exhibit at the Museum of Science.

Here is the quick rundown:

·    Darth Vadar's suit looks oddly low tech. Our Mom made a more realistic looking Darth Vadar costume for us many Halloween's ago. It is really the chest part of the costume that is disappointing, the helmet is killer. The Lucas folks did a great job making the Vadar costume come to life on film.

·   The Hoth Imperial Storm Trooper costume holds up the worst.  It just doesn't look right--especially that neck warmer part.

·   The regular Storm Trooper, Yoda Puppet, and Jawa get up, were some of our favorites.

·   The original land speeder was great. If you owned the original Kenner land speeder (the one with the decals) you will appreciate the fact that the real landspeeder looks like a giant version of the toy, with the decals. It is impossible to look at the landspeeder and not wave your hand and say to the freak next to you, "These aren't the droids your looking for."

While for us the highlight of this exhibit was definitely the movie props and costumes, the younger crew on hand really seemed to enjoy the interactive displays. You can drive a hover craft, build and program a small R2D2, and make a robot walk.

The Museum charges an extra $5 for access to the Star Wars exhibit, and you can only enter by appointment (every 15 minutes), though you can stay as long as you want.

Many Star Wars exhibit photos after the click.

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