Here’s another exhibit that’s pretty cool. It’s an installation art piece called CUBE that uses tech to generate “portraits” on the fly. In other words, the CUBE is designed to collect thousands of live video snippets and then make its own decisions on how it would display it on the screens. It’s like live portraits....
Read MoreGig Posters
Here are some cool gig posters that were collected by WellMedicated. Gig posters are always fun to collect. Unfortunately here in Hawaii I don’t see too many opportunities to collect them. Back in the day when I used to work for Hungry Ear Music, this little used music store in town, we used to have opportunities to collect some cool promotional...
Read MoreBook Art
What’s this about Palin banning books? Is it true? Beeeaatch. People can’t really be serious about this person being qualified are they? SERIOUSLY?! Come on….seriously? Perhaps if she had some art talent perhaps maybe she might have thought about doing some creative projects with the books instead…. (via: Dark Roasted...
Read MoreStory of a Sign
A fellow instructor sent me this great little short-film link this morning, “The Story of a Sign”. Apparently it won the short film category at Cannes 2008, which is no small feat. Check it out, it’s one of those little short flicks that leaves a warm feeling inside and makes you think a little bit. Good way to start out the weekend...
Read MoreRolling bridges
I saw this rolling bridge thing (via: Toxel) covered a few years back on that on that Aussie show “Beyond 2000” (Is it still called that today? Shouldn’t they call the show like…Beyond 2020 for instance?) Anyway, I think it’s kind of neat. Practical? Maybe, maybe not, but it’s still cool. That’s one of the things...
Read MoreOkayDave
A friend of mine pointed me towards this DC-area designer named Dave Werner. Told me to check out the site. I thought it was pretty cool. I especially love it when other designers show their process…they show you how they came up with their ideas, their sketches, their problems, their final results, etc. I think he did a good job of presenting that...
Read MoreAbout Me
LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching New Media Arts.