My friends at Kicker Studio designed a better way to make tea. Their Tea Tumbler is currently being featured on the Yanko Design blog.
Check it out:
The Kicker Tea Tumbler – How it Works from Kicker Studio on Vimeo.
More than just a movie…
July 19th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
The Ghost Club is a fun, roller-coaster ride of a movie, but it’s more than that. The Ghost Club is a storyscape that can be experienced in multiple ways, on lots of different kinds of screens–movie, computer, and mobile.
Our goal of introducing The Ghost Club through a transmedia storyscape is to emerse fans into an alternate reality that will engage and entertain them, enabling them to discover, explore and even participate in the world of ghosts and hunters… maybe even uncover their own personal haunting.
The Ghost Club storyscape is told through twitter feeds, websites, exclusive webisodes of The Ghost Club Girls – a prequel series – that will be released to our supporters through Kickstarter, and, my personal favorite, an augmented reality mobile game that lets you hunt your very own ghosts.
The Ghost Club Augmented Reality iPhone Game from Jason Nunes on Vimeo.
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Help us finish The Ghost Club
July 18th, 2011 § 1 comment § permalink
Last year, close to this time, I was down in Atlanta hunting ghosts. Of course, I didn’t find them… so much as they found me.
The Ghost Club–a film I co-wrote and acted in–is about a reality TV ghost hunting show that has a nasty run-in with real dead ghosts. In other words–be careful what you wish for.
The film was shot in 2011 in 2 weeks of nights, and is very close to be finished. We just need some finishing touches–sound, special effects, color correction, and a final edit.
We are raising the money we need on Kickstater, a website that let’s you crowd-source funding for creative projects.
Please consider helping us out.
Donate to The Ghost Club
Best. Location. Ever.
July 2nd, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
I desperately want to make a movie here:
The abandoned Six Flags of New Orleans destroyed by hurricane Katrina. (more photos here)
How would you use this amazing location? The scene of a zombie apocalypse? Blighted urban love story? A super villains secret hideout? Remake Mad Max with go carts?
I’m co-writing a book…
June 26th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
…titled ”Designing Interactions for People” with Andy Pratt creative director at Funny Garbage, fantastic designer and illustrator, and all around awesome dude.
Here’s the result of our first meeting where we brainstormed the table of contents:
Stickies are my friends. If there is something they can’t do I don’t want to know about it.
We’re writing the book for Rockport Publishers. It will be part of their intro to design series. Our goal is to introduce the basic concepts and process of user-centered design in an engaging, fun and visually interesting way. We are using case studies of wicked cool projects that utilize some aspect of UCD in their process to highlight the different ways to design for real people.
What about UCD do you think we should talk about?
Do you have any cool projects that highlight UCD?
Wanna share ‘em?
Introducing ParkingAuction.com
June 25th, 2011 § 1 comment § permalink
For the past few months I’ve been working with a talented team of wicked smart folks on a project called ParkingAuction.com. We’ve just gone into beta. Try it out. Let us know what you think.
Here is the official release:
Ever get caught in city traffic or waste gas trying to find a parking spot? Check out the beta release of Parking Auction, a mobile app that helps solve a serious problem affecting everyone. Support the effort!
What is Parking Auction?
Parking Auction is a mobile web application that helps you find street parking. Parking spaces have value. Bid for a spot, or sell your own!Why does this affect me?
People’s parking problems affect all of us through air pollution and traffic congestion. For example, in Park Slope, Brooklyn it is estimated that 45% of traffic is due to people driving around looking for a spot. And in one 15-block radius in Los Angeles, searching for parking wasted 47,000 gallons of gas and produced 730 tons of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.Check out the Beta release!
Starting today, Parking Auction connects people leaving a spot with people looking for a spot through a real-time auction. While in beta, you’ll receive 25 Parking Auction Credits (PAC) when you set up your account. Start building your profile. The more you use Parking Auction the more opportunity you have to show people you are a trusted user. We’ll update you while we enhance the app in preparation for our official launch with real currency (Amazon Payments, Google Checkout, PayPal, etc).Help us reach our goal!
Register now and help us spread the word by sharing on Facebook and Twitter- the more users in the Parking Auction community the better your chances of finding a spot.We want to hear from you.
If you have any questions or feedback let us know on Facebook or send an email to help@parkingauction.com. In the meantime, if you’re having trouble finding or selling a spot, please be patient. Remember to check back throughout the day while we grow our community. Let’s try to reduce parking pain together!Visit us http://parkingauction.com.
All God’s Children
May 16th, 2011 § 2 comments § permalink
My good friends and fellow filmmakers, Luci Westphal and Scott Solary, will be releasing their feature length documentary “All God’s Children” on YouTube soon. The doc is a powerful story about the children of missionaries in Africa.
Through the eyes of three families, All God’s Children tells the personal story of the first boarding school for children of missionaries to be investigated for abuse at the hands of the parents’ missionary colleagues. The survivors and parents share their journey of seeking justice, redemption and healing.
Subscribe to their YouTube Channel to be notified when the film will be available.
Solar Mosaic – Community Sponsored Solar
April 27th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
Together we all go solar. from Solar Mosaic on Vimeo.
I find the Solar Mosaic concept very interesting. Similar to a CSA, they are proposing CSS–Community Sponsored Solar. Rather than purchasing a solar panel yourself and placing it on your roof, you buy shares (tiles) in a community owned solar project located in a more solar friendly location.
What do you think?
Ever wondered what your life would look like
March 29th, 2011 § 1 comment § permalink
…as a first person shooter?
This amazing little camera kit created by GoPro can help you realize that dream.
Check out this video to see what I mean.
Amazing stuff, no? It’s got me thinking about what kind of narratives you could tell with a camera like this. What do you think?
More inspiration
March 22nd, 2011 § 1 comment § permalink
… similar to The Ruins of Detroit.
Amazing photographs by Sven Fennema
What kinds of stories would take place here? The obvious are haunted and involve ghosts, but what are the not so obvious stories hidden in the decay?