WOW

The View From There, was created by Japanese team WOW.
"The various ideas that flow from moving through this stimulating and distinct environment influence the unique designs of Japanese cars."

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Factory and Fantasy. WOWLAB participated in the OCCUR2009 event organized by Sendai Creative Cluster Consortium, with this stunning installation. The work was exhibited at Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, Japan in March 2009. Architects, visual image composers, musicians and scientists came together to produce a visual experience, inviting visitors to interact with fantastical silhouettes, bouncing giant balls and bursting bubbles, projected on a room-filled canvas. (This technology can be witnessed and experienced in many new large installations such as the Samsung center at the Time Warner building in NYC too.)




iTunes Visualizers. Being the experimental arm of the WOW team, WOWLAB have also created 11 beautiful quartz composed, iTunes Visualizers, available for download. I have not installed any of them yet.


















MTV Flashback IDs. To round off this mega post about WOW, here's a cool alternative for a station ID or M IDs, probably only available in Japan. Remember: MTV still uses VJs and cool animation as part of their On-Air programming and promotion, outside of the US. Aah the good ole days.
Designers: Takuma Nakaji, Naoki Takano


















PS. check out an interesting concept of people living in a crowded city possibly Tokyo, time-sharing spaces and areas of activity, in this whimsical animation called Megahouse