When you think of Luis Vuitton, perhaps you think of luxury fashion and exquisitely crafted goods with high price tags and tons of counterfeits all over the world. What doesn't come to mind is a brand that has created one of the more sublime online experiences out there. Through subtitled videos, moody audio and the impeccable photography of Annie Leibovitz, Journeys gives you a glimpse into the lives of various celebrities and their relationships with Louis Vuitton travel products.
How cool is this: Chanel is sponsoring a Mobile Art pavilion designed by the award-winning architect Zaha Hadid that will be landing in New York's Central Park in October (having already made stops in Hong Kong and Tokyo, with London and Paris to follow).
According to the New York Times, more than a temporary art space (not to mention Hadid's first building in New York), "the pavilion is a provocative advertisement. Chanel, the fashion brand, commissioned Ms. Hadid to create the traveling structure to house works by about 15 hot contemporary artists. Each was asked to create a work that was at least in part inspired by Chanel’s classic 2.55 quilted-style chain handbag, so named because it was first issued in February 1955."
For the first time since its launch in 1982, The Weather Channel set has been redesigned. Our Jack Morton/PDG and Jack Morton Exhibits teams designed and built an innovative 360-degree environment featuring HD projection technology and LED lighting, while utilizing low-emitting materials (adhesives, sealants, paints and carpets) to decrease their environmental footprint.
Have you seen the "street view" feature in Google Maps? It's astounding, really. You enter an address just like normal on any mapping software, and then click on the Street View button and a picture of your destination -- or any step in your route from point A to point B -- appears. Not the angle you're looking for? Just click and drag the image to change your perspective or position on the map.
My wife is not great at directions (I can say that because she doesn't read this blog). She relies on landmarks to find her way, so this feature has been great for her. You can click on any point on the route, then back up a hundred feet or so and see what landmark there might be.
How do they do it? Popular Mechanics shared some info on it. Basically, they've got an 11 lens camera and they shoot lots of video as they drive through the streets. Hugely labor intensive, so they must only do big cities, right? Clearly, they'd start with the most populous areas, but they've managed to make their way to the small town in KY where my mother lives -- that's her house in the picture.
We live in a marvelous time in history!
By Sandy Sites VP, Director. Jack Morton Training
This week on July 4th the United States will celebrate its birthday. Do you know exactly what it was that happened on that day 232 years ago? Was it:
A. The completion of The Constitution
B. The Boston Tea Party
C. Samuel Adams opening the first brewery in North America (Now that's cause for celebration!)
D. The convening of the First Continental Congress
E. The signing of the Declaration of Independence
For the correct answer, click on Continue reading below.
"New York City Waterfalls", Olafur Eliasson's massive public art project officially opened yesterday. I'm happy to say that my subway commute takes me right between two of the 4 waterfalls..and it is gorgeous. I can't describe it quite as eloquently as others or as lovely as the artist himself when he said:
"Water has this fantastic ability to be everything for everybody."
For my first 360 blog I thought I’d take the opportunity to talk about a few of the web services I use every day and why I think they’re important. Web 2.0 (I guess we should stop calling it that pretty soon: it’s just the Web now, eh), has given birth to an explosion in interesting and innovative interactive services. The three I’ve highlighted below are all a little older in Web terms, each having been around for a few years and each having been acquired by a larger more established corporation, but all three are widely adopted and among the best services out there.
