What if faces spoke in silence?

Thank you to Matthieu Chereau (@mchereau) for telling me about “Ca dure une minute” (It lasts one minute), directed by David Do Van Minh. These are a series of videos where peoples faces communicante silently for one minute straight.  In  a minute a lot of things can happen.

What if treasures were under your nose?

I read about this on Gawker.  When photographer Kevin Shea Adams found out that his East Village bodega was shutting down, he started to poke around the big brick building it was housed in, only to discover that upstairs was an abandoned movie theatre that had been used as a storeroom.  The Hollywood Theatre shut its doors in 1959, but it still retained the beautiful inlays, balconies and woodwork throughout the years. These photos almost look like old ruins– they’re beautiful and poetic and they remind us that there are hidden gems all around us. Check out the gallery of the Hollywood Theatre here.

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What if a ringtone became part of the concert?

Perhaps you’ve had a concert interrupted by a cell phone ringing (perhaps it was yours!), or maybe you shuddered when read about the now notorious iPhone marimba going off during the New York City Philharmonic’s Mahler’s 9th symphony– whatever the case, ringtones and classical music do not mix.  Except when they do.  Witness violinist Lukáš Kmiťs graceful reaction to the Nokia ringtone during his concert at the Presow Orthodox Synagogue in Slovakia.

What if we leafed through an iPad?

The KAIST Institute of Information Technology Convergence in South Korea has just developed a prototype e-reader for iPad that allows readers to leaf through pages like they do with books. Readers can turn the page by sliding their finger across the right side of the book.  Skipping 2 or more pages is done by simply laying 2 or more fingers on the iPad. Readers can bookmark pages through vocal recognition technology. Even though the debate between physical books and the various e-readers continues to divide people, I think that anything that can help people read more — be it on a glass tablet screen or on a page, is a good thing!

What if you got a Mega(i)Phone?

What do you get for the person who has everything?  Maybe a beautiful iPhone Megaphone.  Seen on the always excellent Fubiz blog is this new specialized megaphone invented by the Italian design studio en&is that amplifies the sound on your iPhone.  These megaphones are made by hand in ceramic, included with a wooden tripod and are available for 399 euros.  Just in time for the holidays!