Weekly Design Links – 06/13/23

Despite what the Matrix tried to say, déjà vu is not a glitch. It does come from the French, and as Americans, we’ve wholeheartedly adopted the word. Oftentimes, it’s confused with coincidence but they are not the same. I recently watched a comedy special on Netflix and the opening music was a track from They Might Be Giants, “Birdhouse in Your Soul” which I had coincidentally just listened to a few days prior after years of not listening to that recording. Why should you care that I listen to nerdy old music from the early 90s? You shouldn’t. If you watch the music video and feel like you are reliving elements of a recent googley-eyed, fruit company product announcement, that might be déjà vu.

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Data Visualization

Boldly Contrasted Maps by Spencer Schien Visualize Population Density Data
An ongoing series of population density maps of states, rivers, and coastlines

Photography/Art

Andrew McCarthy
Exploring the universe from a backyard in Arizona

Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Miriam Singer, and Jim Houser Celebrate Collage, Color, and Pattern
Philadelphia, PA, June 02, 2023 – July 02, 2023

Web Design/UX/UI

Spatial computing: the evolution of UI and the future of digital interactions
Apple’s Vision Pro headset has sparked both excitement and scepticism within the tech industry

Industrial Design

Dyadic Series Weaves New Explorations of 3D-Printed Forms
Each sculpture of the Dyadic Series is digitally crafted using a customized 3D printer, a machine Peters hacked to produce the convincing textured design

Can You Carry a Couch in an Envelope? IKEA’s SPACE10 Says Yes!
SPACE10 has launched a new seating design that will have you re-thinking everything you thought about sofas

Branding/Packaging

COCO by Keren Tal — branding and visual identity that redefines the world of pralines
By Ark Visual Studio

Architecture

ARQBR creates circular church with monumental steeple in Brasilia
A ring of windows along the ground line and a perimeter skylight bring natural light deep into the form and make the form feel as if it is floating

Premier Office / Tropical Space
The design team aspired to create a building that can maximize the performance of natural lighting without being affected by the negative impact of direct sunlight

Mountain landscapes inform perforated-granite-clad Chengdu Natural History Museum
The two studios created a cluster of “rock volumes” clad in granite panels that are cut through and connected by large glazed atria