New cellphone theme in Japan

I'm excited to announce my new signature keitai kisekae/cellphone theme for WKTokyoLab's mobile device shop. Kisekae are sets of images that users can download to create a holistic theme for their phone.



The theme I created for the TokyoLab music label is called "Utopia" and is based on a music video that I did in collaboration with the Lab folks for NHK a few years ago. It is an animated modular pictorial utopian vision of Tokyo in the future.



The theme is completely animated, with custom-designed icons for battery power and signal strength, a smart display that analyzes the time of day and generates one of four different appropriate images (morning, afternoon, evening, night), mail sending screen, mail receiving screen, incoming and outgoing call screens, typographically considered menus, and a ton more stuff.



In Japan, you can use your phone to browse to this address and download the theme.



Many thanks to Bruce, Yoko, and the WKTokyoLab team for making such a cool project happen!

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Crossing the Line: Free D-Crit Conference

The School of Visual Arts MFA Design Criticism Department presents “Crossing the Line: The 2010 D-Crit Conference,” organized by D-Crit students. Moderated by D-Crit faculty member and “Studio 360” host Kurt Andersen, this inaugural event will feature thesis presentations by all 15 graduating students alongside keynote lectures by Doors of Perception founder John Thackara and author and educator Peter Hall. The fast-paced, daylong forum will be held at the SVA Theatre in New York City on Friday, April 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. See the schedule below for details and check the conference Web site for student bios, talk descriptions, directions and to see who else is coming. RSVP today and reserve your spot.


Friday, April 30, 2010
SVA Theater, 333 West 23rd Street, New York City
The event is free and open to the public.
RSVP to dcrit@sva.edu or 212.592.2228
More information can be found at www.dcrit.sva.edu/conference2010

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Spend to Save: Privacy at the Expense of Coupons?

An article on digital coupons appeared in Friday's New York Times detailing some of the data that is embedded in the coupons one might download from online retailers. The coupons look normal enough but their bar codes can contain large amounts of data, including identification about you, the customer, your internet address, Facebook page information, the search terms you used to find the coupon, and lots more. To get the sales pitch from one of the companies that facilitates this, have a look at RevTrax.

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