I have all of Frightened Rabbit’s albums, that’s not a boast, it’s just a simple fact. They look like this;
I don’t want to do the whole “my favourite band because…” thing, but these three albums are all truly outstanding in their own different ways. Other than when I was younger and Hot Fuss was literally the best fucking album ever, I can’t recall three albums that I’ve played as much as these three. The fact that they’re all by the same group is even more impressive. I could name Kings of Leon, but they FIRMLY shat their third and fourth albums (the fourth one more so).
I can see myself listening to these albums over and over again this year, as I tramp through, complaining about everything.
Moving on to talking about fourth year, I’ve still not had an epiphany yet. No sudden insight or revelation. In fact I’m still writing out what really interests me. I wrote down “Super Powers”, had a little chuckle, then thought “Hold on…”. If we take the two most common and best super powers;
- Invisibility
- Flying
How could I design something that would give the user the feeling of being invisible, or could it be the feeling of being invisible from something specific? What would give somebody the feeling of flight?
Bill Gaver’s Drift Table does something like that;
The Drift Table is a coffee table with a small viewport showing a slowly changing aerial view of the British landscape. Shifting items on the table changes its apparent height, direction and speed. The current ‘location’ of the table is shown on a small screen on the table’s side, and an electronic compass aligns the photography with its actual surroundings. The Drift Table is designed to allow exploration and daydreaming, rather than to fulfil any particular task. People may use the table to explore the country, to travel to a friends house, to explore questions about geography, or to simply watch the world go by. It is intended to provide an opening in the home to other places and other landscapes.
It’s a nice premise that I’m going to tell myself he thought of when thinking about super powers.
Peace.x
