Halifax - New NSCAD Building #2

Halifax - New NSCAD Building #2
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Halifax - New NSCAD Building #1

Halifax - New NSCAD Building #1
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Back from Canada

Just landed in Frankfurt. I have a lot of pictures from my trip - will update the Blog in the next days. There a lot taken in Toronto - and few ones from Halifax. The most impressive what I saw, was the new bulding of NSCAD close to Pier 21 in Halifax. I love the work of architect Brian MacKay-Lyons very much - one of my favorite houses in Halifax in done by him and/or his company (http://www.mlsarchitects.ca/).

Cool Gadget #001: OQO e2

Today I did a closer look at the OQO device - model e2, the smallest full-featured PC. OQO (http://www.oqo.com) is a San Francisco based company. The founder Jory Bell was working in the design-department of Apple and did hands on the G3. The OQO model e2 is cheaper than similar Mobile Internet Devices - and the excellent design should work - in my eyes the best of all these Ultra Mobile PC's and/or MID's. Very cool looks the docking station with integrated DVD+RW/RAM. By the way the OQO design is by Nick Merz a former Apple guy. Amazing is the full HD support (1080 !!!) via HDMI interface. Best of all - comes with embedded HSDPA mobile broadband capability, unfortunatly only for people in Europe and Asia (yeahh - I live in Germany). The north-american continent is relativly underdeveloped with available high-speed Internet connectivity.

Definitly a "Build For Me Item". Would be nice to have auto-stereoscopic SeeFront 3D optics by Spatial View for it - to watch Sensio 3D DVD's without glasses. Awesome.
My voting: ***** of 5

Dust-D-Bugger Alpha

Finally - we're online in some kind of micro alpha. You can Sign Up at Dust-D-Bugger and create your own account.

Currently I'm in Halifax. Meet some friends and ship my 3D stuff (a huge part of the 3D museum) to Germany.

Have the catalogue of Hagen Bäcker with me to display his works to a canadian audience.

Flash

I've had pretty busy days the last two weeks. Yesterday we were flying for meeting to Miami very early in the morning and were back in Toronto around 1am. Currently I'm looking to meet really experienced Flash developers and picture processing specialists.

During the flight back I was watching thru the windows, and got an idea to solve the existing problems in 2D/3D conversions.

Last night the sky was nearly without clouds and I've had a wonderful view on the sleeping united states. Due some circumstances in the atmosphere I saw the city lights in shiftet layers and different heights. It was something like an optical irritation. And I've got an idea. I will keep you updatet on this.

Snow - Toronto Pics #005

Toronto in Snow
Originally uploaded by sign2x3

View from my balcony - with "my " first snow this year: 2007-11-22. The 17th floor view. I love tall buildings - could be not high enough.

Currently I'm working on the auto-stereoscopic 3D presention of Hagen Bäckers artwork for the new building of the Music Academy in Dresden. I struggle with lights in these huge 3D model. I found some very good camera views - the 3D is excellent - only the lightning sucks totally. Once if I have the lights in final position I will do the camera moves.

Snow - Toronto Pics #004

Toronto, Snow, 2007-11-22
Originally uploaded by sign2x3

Toronto in snow: 2007-11-22, taken from my kitchen window. Very early in the morning, around 7 am. Due the jet-lag I got up very early, drinking coffee, did some phone calls to Germany. We're working with pressure to go public with Dust-D-Bugger.com - Thinking about to re-animate Dust-D-Bugger as record label as well. In 2004 we merged the label with the german label Privatelektro.

Toronto - Girls Night Out

Toronto - Girls Night Out
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Very, very cool anaglyph 3D vinyl-cover "Girls Night Out" by a band called "Toronto" - neat. One of funniest pieces in my 3D collection. I've bought this last year very cheap. Guess this is to funny for the real 3D addict. I've got this last year from DrT 3D (look for 3d-drt-3d or try this link: http://stores.ebay.de/DrT-3d_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm) - he has one of the best 3D shops at eBay you can find in the internet.

Downtown - Toronto Pics #003

View from my Balcony
Originally uploaded by sign2x3

The last one is the view from my balcony at night.

Sunset - Toronto Pics #002

Sunset near Toronto
Originally uploaded by sign2x3

On my way from the aiport to downtown Toronto I shot some picts of a very nice sunset - I like the red reflection.

LH 470 - Toronto Pics #001

LH 470
Originally uploaded by sign2x3

Due the reason to be frequent traveller with Star Alliance - I was happy to upgrade to business class on my flight without additional fees. I shot the first image at the washroom.

Back in Toronto

Yesterday night I arrived Toronto at 3:40 pm - the flight was on time. No problems at the immigration - the often I go to Canada it goes faster. Yesterday I was thrue after 30 seconds. After picking up my luggage I was going straight downtown to the Spatial View office. Like every time I took the bus - the airport express. Approximately at 6 pm I was in my appartment in the Bloor/Yonge area. I've had to go to the grocery store - there is a Rabba on my street - open 24 hrs a day. But I've decided to go at first Book City at Yonge Street. A very small bookstore with special pricings on books - mostly design, art, comics stuff and a lot of international magazines and newspapers. I've bought the actual print with a cover made by Nicholas Blechman (he is the husband of one of my wifes bests friends in NY). Addidtional I've had the Coupe #017, the actual Believer and a book about Virginia Lee Burton in my basket. In 2006 I've got her children's book "Katy the Snowblow" in Boston Cambridge in used book store. The Coupe Mag (http://www.coupe-mag.com/) is fascinating with their annual design competition.

In the coupe mag is a anaglyph 3D add campaign for Mini from the Toronto based Taxi 2 design office (http://www.taxi.ca/)

Yesterday I did some shots with my new Sony Cybershot handy - it is quiet good and very small and a smaller camera as well. It is a good add a new one to my stack: a Nimslo four-eyed stereo camera to use with slide film from the 80's. I will add the photos later the day.

The next small project I want do: to make multiple shots with my Cybershot and create with the Spatial View software stereo 3D photos for their 5 view multi-user displays.

Party at Hagen Bäckers new studio

Some photos from Hagen Bäcker's studio party. You can see some of his works.

Canada Trip

Tomorrow I will go to Toronto the last time this year. Probably I will go as well to Halifax in the next weeks to discuss with friends there Dust-D-Bugger activities in Canada. In Halifax is an excellent art academy - the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD University) http://www.nscad.ns.ca/ and I have friends there: the Page & Strange art-gallery http://www.pageandstrange.com/. They have an wonderful portfolio.

A huge part of my stereo 3D collection - mostly Realist and/or glass slides as well a lot of 3D comics - is storaged in Halifax - I have to organize the shipping to germany.

Beside this: the party on saturday at Hagen Bäckers new studio was quiet excellent and a lot of fun - I did some photos and will upload the stuff in the next days - right now I'm pretty busy to prepare the flight to Canada.

Just started

I've decided to start a blog to support my activities under http://www.dust-d-bugger.com/ just another new resource for the creative community. Please bear in mind we're just starting. "We" are Anka Mizera our CSS Mastermind, Michael Rammelt our Head of Platform Development and me, Bernhard Schipper. I'm doing the business development and looking for new artists.
Tonight I will go to a friend of mine - the german artist Hagen Bäcker. He is doing a party for all his friends, cause he has moved to a new studio and we have recently published a book about his actual work. beside this the designer of the book was Susanne Richwien - a Leipzig based book designer and member of Buero Total. Hagen is one of the featured artists at Dust-D-Bugger. The first one who has joined our platform. I know him for years, from some activities when I've had a art-gallery in Leipzig (the former INTERDRUCK gallery) - I've organized two exhibitions with him. The new plans are to sell his artworks and from others on a virtual way at Dust-D-Bugger like royalty free and/or rights managed content as well the physical originals at Dust-D-Bugger (it depends on the artists). We hope to go online with the first stage this year. The idea is quiet interesting, cause beside the famous painters from Leipzig, there is a whole bunch of others and until now unknown artists. Maybe we can do good business tonight - if not we'll have a excellent party - this is guaranteed.