Inspiration from the Digital Arts

In advertising we use film (or what some 10yr old kid put on YouTube) as inspiration for TV ads; graphic design and art as inspiration for print. It's at the fringes of any creative industry that we find the ground-breaking work, the stuff that's really pushing the boundries, not just re-hashing someone else's facebook campaign.

Digital art is where technology and creativity is being pushed to it's limits, and it's here that we should be looking for inspiration, collaboration and a glimpse of things to come.

Below are links to some amazing people and work in this field.

Irvine Brown has an inspiring collection of work. In one project he uses a remote control car to teach people how to breathe correctly when singing. If your breath is controlled enough the car will perform a perfect three point turn. 


Tinker are a London based multi-disciplinary team of creative technologists.  The indoor sundial above is one of an amazing group of projects on their site.




Niklas Roy's "My Little Bit of Privacy" above is a brilliant example of how technology can be used with everyday items to create something special. More great work on his site.

If you'd like to discover more of these digital artists and their projects you should spend some time exploring the Openprocessing site and the exhibition section of Processing site.