How Google Redoes Design

A look into how Google underwent a design revolution:

Noteworthy Branding from 2012

Fast Co. revisits some clever branding campaigns from 2012.

The Expressive Web

Adobe’s The Expressive Web demos the emerging capabilities that html5 and css3 deliver.

Wired and Whimsical

From wallets that help your spending to hula girls that tweet from your carshare, the work of concept artist John Kestner — who uses APIs to “teach” objects how to react to our everyday lives — could be amazing inspiration for DOOH work.

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Using Your Hands to Light Paint with Kinect Graffiti

Jean-Christophe Naour’s Kinect Graffiti uses Microsoft’s Kinect to respond to gestures creating real-time light paintings.

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Objects Augmented with Real-Time Contextual Data

DisplayContent is a thought-provoking augmented reality proof of concept to come out of the Pachube International Internet of Things Hackathon.

via fastcompany

Animated Data Visualization Rendered In-Browser

This data visualization of civilian casualties in Afghanistan shows what web browsers can render without the use of plugins. In the words of the Developer and Designer, George Michael Brower:

That this visualization can be viewed in-browser is a testament to the promise of modern web technologies such as WebGL, HTML5 and CSS3, all of which were leveraged in this piece. As browsers adopt support for these standards, developers and their audience will enjoy fewer barriers to rich experiences, hopefully increasing the visibility and appreciation of code as art. Thanks to Ricardo Cabello for three.js as well as Chris Lauritzen and Jono Brandel.

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iAd and AdMob Galleries

Apple recently released an iAd gallery to the App store where you can get some examples of the latest and greatest iAds to interact with & show creatives.

And if you’re on Android, AdMob has an app for you too.

Better Looking QR Codes

QR codes seem to be everywhere, but often seem forced.
Mashable has a few tips on how QR codes can be stylized without losing functionality.

We’ve seen barcodes get their design on as well.

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Internet Explorer 9′s Frame Rate Test

In order to show the capabilities of IE9′s html5 support, Microsoft is curating this site to display some of the possibilities being developed and utilized in modern browsers.

Check it out.

via TastyTruth