12 May - 15 May 2010
Manchester
12 May - 15 May 2010
Manchester
Would you like to change your photos into beautiful graphic design pieces? addLib by WOW is an application for iPhone that automatically edits your image gallery into a variety of effortlessly classic designs based upon educational theory and smart algorithms. Mixing a grid system, fractal theory and The Golden Ratio with facial recognition, the resulting layouts appear to have been made at random but actually result from rigourous calculations. Heavily influenced by Swiss Style of the 1950s, you will be amazed at the effortlessly cool layouts, screensavers and happy accidents that addLib enables in order to mix function with form.
Come and meet WOW artists in residence, Mika Iwasaka and Takashi Aoki, based in Contact foyer from Wednesday 12th - Saturday 15th May. Bring your iPhone and download addLib to become an early adopter.
WOW has a new developer team named WOWDEV developing interactive software focussing on visual design. The team specializes in a variety of programming languages to suit a range of development environments, including web, iPhone, Android with Javascript and Flash, and art installations that incorporate Processing and Quartz Composer. WOW's ongoing challenge is to develop innovative and aesthetically appealing applications that bridge design, art and programming. Our goal is to find a means of expression which incoporates - responds - and ultimately moves beyond the socially reflective methods by master creators of the past by incorporating you, the user.
- WOW Inc. May 2010
WOW is a visual design studio based in Tokyo, Sendai and Florence which is involved in a wide field of design, from advertising and commercial work to gallery installation and new user-interface solutions for prominent global brands. They are also very passionate about creating original art, participating in exhibitions both in Japan and internationally. The team are continually discovering the tremendous possibility of pairing visual design with societal need, which in turn brings out the best talents of both artist and designer.WOW is a visual design studio based in Tokyo, Sendai and Florence. As part of an exciting exchange between Sendai and Manchester, FutureEverything welcome WOW for a lively artist’s residency.
WOW are taking part in the Future of Design panel in the FutureEverything Conference, alongside cutting-edge local designers.
Read more about Sendai's take on the creative city concept in Jamie Williams' blog post