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October 17, 2017
Introducing the 2017 Selection of the Unsplash Awards
Introducing the 2017 Selection of the Unsplash Awards
Let us introduce the 2017 Selection of the Unsplash Awards, a celebration for everyone who openly shares their photography to the community. With over 50K submissions, it must have been such a colossal task to select the 13 categories. It’s very inspiring to go through the collection. It seems like every single one of them, tells a different story. Let’s sit back and enjoy the Unsplash celebration!
In their words
We created 13 categories and selected a photo for each. In less than a month, over 50,000 photos were submitted. We were blown away. There were so many awe-inspiring photos it was nearly impossible to select just one photo for each category.
Congratulations to all the selected photographers and to everyone who made time to submit a photo. It was an honor seeing every shot submitted. We were glued to our screens for hours, teleported into another world where only great artistry can take you.
The Unsplash Awards was created to recognize the powerful impact Unsplash contributors have made through their generosity and artistry. We’ve created 13 photography categories to feature their work.
Links
- Learn more about the Unsplash Awards 2017
- Follow Unsplash on Instagram
- Cover Picture by Efe Kurnaz
2017 Selection
AoiroStudio
Oct 17, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo Photography
October 16, 2017
The NBA has an AR app that lets you test your jump shot anywhere
The NBA augmented reality app, NBA AR, is the league’s first AR app, and it allows you to shoot jump shots on a digitally imposed basketball court. The app is exclusive to the iPhone and uses Apple’s ARKit technology.
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Source: Digital Trends VR
October 16, 2017
Announcing 700+ Sessions and Special Blockchain Programming for SXSW 2018
We’re excited to introduce the lion’s share of SXSW Conference programming with over 700 sessions announced as well as the launch of the 2018 SXSW Schedule.
Today’s announcement features speakers from organizations as varied as Google, Facebook, IDEO, Frog, Meow Wolf, NASA, Universal Music Group, Spotify, The New York Times, Marvel Entertainment, National Geographic, and more, with the majority of sessions coming from the SXSW community via PanelPicker®.
A new addition for the 2018 lineup, SXSW will present a series of sessions on blockchain – the technology that powers cryptocurrency like Bitcoin and is anticipated to revolutionize all data-driven transactional systems. Scheduled March 14-15, two days of sessions in the Startup & Tech Sectors Track will explore how blockchain technology has the potential to impact entertainment, finance, mobility, and a variety of industries in fundamental ways. Attend these panels and presentations to learn from top innovators in this exciting new space.
Before you dive into the hundreds of sessions announced today, familiarize yourself with our 24 programming tracks divided between Interactive, Film, Music, and Convergence. We’ve also added a few session highlights below to get you started on browsing the online schedule and curating your own SXSW adventure.
Gain access to these exciting sessions and more when you register by Friday, October 20 and book your hotel for the best available rates. The Platinum Badge remains your best bet with primary access to all of SXSW. Attendees will receive primary entry to programming associated with their badge type, in addition to enjoying secondary access to most other SXSW events. Convergence Tracks are primary access for all. Not sure which badge to buy? Take our Tracks Quiz.
Stay tuned for more Keynotes and Featured Speakers to be announced in November.
2018 Session Highlights
Interactive Tracks
Brands & Marketing
Explore new ways that marketing professionals are creating and communicating new ideas.
- Facebook Take: The 5 Marketing Shifts Shaping 2020
- What Does It Take to Change People’s Minds?
- We Help Politicians Persuade. We’ll Help You, Too
Code & Programming
Insight, instruction, and inspiration for engineers, developers, coders, and programmers.
- Regulating AI: How to Control the Unexplainable
- Back-end to the Future: A/B Testing What Counts
- Code is Creative: Treat Your Developers as Artists
Design
How design and design thinking shapes the way we interact with technology and our world.
- Death and Legacy in the Digital Age
- Letting Go: Designing for AI You Can’t Control
- Choice Architects: Design for Humanity’s Best Self
Health & Wellness
New technology and innovation to improve health and wellness in the communities where we live, work, and play.
- Sequence Me (Again)! Living a Step Ahead of Cancer
- Not Only the Lonely: How We Can All Be Happier
- Designing VR Rx
Intelligent Future
AI and new technologies embody the realm of possibilities where intelligence empowers and enables technology while sparking legitimate concerns about its uses.
- Binding Emotion & Memory: Science, Story & Scent
- Face Recognition: Please Search Responsibly
- What Will the Webb Telescope Discover First?
Style
A platform for creatives in the fashion and tech industries to connect and innovate.
- Reinventing the Retail Space to STRIIIKE a Chord
- Fashion Retail and Social Justice in a Red State
- Transforming Luxury, Fashion, and Beauty
Workplace
Engage in topics about the ever-changing workplace in and out of the office environment.
- Generous Parental Leave: A Liberty or A Luxury?
- Frozen: Why College Gender Gap Spurs Egg Freezing
- Sci-Fi to Reality: Evolution of AI in the Workplace
Film Tracks
Entertainment Influencers
High-profile speakers from the entertainment, film, and television industries.
Film & TV Industry
Learn about the inner workings of the film and TV industries with a focus on business.
- The Female Gaze: Alternate Fact or Actual Movement
- Sex & Text: Breaking Down Movie Stereotypes w/ AI
- Film + Storytelling in a Politically-Charged Era
Making Film & Episodics
Everything you need to know about film, from writing to post-production and beyond.
- Superhero Science
- Setting the Visual Language of VR Storytelling
- Bitch Better Have My Money: Financing Indie Films
Music Tracks
Making & Promoting Music
New distribution models, promotional platforms, and release strategies are changing the game for indie and major artists.
- Music and the Brain: How Sounds Become Pleasurable
- From Obscurity to Infamy: The Modern Reissue Boon
- A Holistic Approach To China’s Music Industry
Music Culture & Stories
The culture of music including worldwide and local scenes, genres, fashion, and more.
- Exploring Music Through the Lens of Neurodiversity
- Striking a Chord with Today’s Music Fans
- Preservation & Appreciation of Album Art Today
Music Industry
Navigate the multifaceted and global music industry with help from experts and leaders.
- Mo’ Data Mo’ Problems: Music in the Age of Data
- Maximize Your ROA – Turning Likes into Dollars
- Barriers to Innovation for New Music Experiences
Sync, Stream & License
Hear from major players about the future of these crucial pieces of the music revenue puzzle.
- Playola: Reckoning With Music’s Newest Kingmaker
- Spotify and How the Music Biz Adapts to Streaming
- How To Build An Effective Streaming Music Strategy
Touring & Live Experience
Discover the newest innovations and sage advice on touring and festival industry.
- It’s a Fan’s World: The Life of Superfans
- Verified Fan-Demonium: How To Put Your Fans First
- Become an Electronic Artist Using Media & Touring
Convergence Tracks
Experiential Storytelling
Investigate how new technology has opened up exciting avenues for storytelling.
- Provocative Adult Coloring Books
- Life Underground: Meet Subway Riders of the World
- Making the Invisible Visible
Food
Explore ways in which technology can be leveraged to transform the industry.
- Artificial Intelligence, It’s What’s for Dinner
- The Restaurant of the Future
- Taking Mass Extinction Off the Seafood Menu
Government
Examining privacy issues, as well as all levels of government policy, in the wake of continued technological disruption.
- Don’t Judge a Book by its (under)Cover: Librarians at the CIA
- Tech Under Trump: A 2017/2018 Scorecard
- Prototyping the Future With Science Fiction
News & Journalism
Explore how news, journalism and analysis is dispersed, how it will be impacted by the future of technology and how this content will continue to inform and engage.
- Trust in “the Media:” What Do News Consumers Want?
- Prototyping the Future of Public Media
- Reality But Better: Augmenting the World with News
Social Impact
Take a deep dive into innovative ideas that contribute to a better and more equitable world.
- Reimagining Gun Violence Prevention
- Don’t Just March or Tweet – Run for Something
- Selling Science (Before The World Melts Down)
Sports
Tackle the future of sports in all its forms, from a cultural and technological perspective.
- How to Create a Mixed Reality Fan Experience
- Race and Equity – The Trail Blazers Journey
- The Connected Future of Sports and eSports
Startup & Tech Sectors
These sessions focus on US-based innovation as well as forward-thinking companies and technology ecosystems from around the globe.
- The Next Generation of Elon Musks Take on Space
- The Need for Blockchain
- Improving Diversity and Reducing Harassment in VC
VR/AR
Discover new technologies and the ways they enhance how we experience the world.
- Illusion Design, Story Craft, and Virtual Worlds
- Making it Real: Tangible Worlds of Storytelling
- Mixed Reality for Superheroes, Zombies and Jedi
Browse Sessions on the SXSW Schedule
Use the online schedule to browse through all confirmed programming for the 2018 SXSW Conference & Festivals – including recently announced SXSW Keynote Darren Aronofsky, more Keynotes, Featured Speakers, the first round of Showcasing Artists, and 700+ sessions.
As you explore the continuously updated list of SXSW programming, add events to your personal schedule by clicking the star next to the event’s name. All marked events will appear in the My Schedule tab located in the drop-down menu in the upper right-hand side of the online schedule.
Coming later this fall, the SXSW Schedule will include dates, times, and venue details. As this information becomes available it will automatically show up for that event on your personal schedule. Sign in now to start planning your 2018 SXSW experience.
Join Us March 9-18, 2018
Experience mind-expanding presentations from some of the biggest and brightest names of our time and more during the 2018 SXSW Conference & Festivals from March 9-18 in Austin, TX. Register to attend by Friday, October 20 to save.
Book your hotel early to get the best available housing rates and selections – great downtown accommodations are still available. If your ideal choice of hotel is not available the SXSW Hotel Waitlist could be a great option for you.
Take the Tracks Quiz to select SXSW Conference programming tracks and festivals that most interest you to discover which badge fits your needs, and what date you should plan to arrive in Austin, TX come March.
Stay tuned to SXSW News and sign up for Event Updates to keep up with the latest SXSW happenings including exciting programming announcements… with more big announcements coming in November.
2017 SXSW Conference Session, Beyond the Screens: the Ubiquity of Connectivity – Photo by Errich Petersen
All speakers subject to change.
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Source: SxSW Interactive
October 16, 2017
Eerie Illustration Work for A Separate Reality
Eerie Illustration Work for A Separate Reality
We have featured Alex Andreyev and his amazing and surrealist work so many times here on Abduzeedo. It’s pretty easy to keep featuring him, he is always delivering some incredible illustration work. What I love the most is just how introspective this artworks make me feel. The title of the series explain that quite well, A Separate Reality, 17th edition. Looks like we are 16 posts behind but that’s okay, check out the illustration set after the break and let us know what you think via Twitter and Facebook.
It sounds paradoxical but digital art attracts me because it is free of technological influence. While in traditional arts technologies dramatically limit the artist – his ability to stylize works in graphics or extremely time consuming process of paint drying, in digital painting I sit in front of a screen, grab the stylus and see the result immediately. – Alexey Andreev
Alexey Andreev is a Russian artist based Saint-Petersburg. We highly recommend that you check out his work at http://alexandreev.com/index.html
Illustration
Ignition
Boat Station
Aurora
Curiosity
Lenin in 2017
Klein
Mebius
Laces
Glassful
Illustration to the novel of the Strugatsky brothers “The Beetle in an Ant Hill”
White Submarine
Illustration to the novel of the Strugatsky brothers “Prisoners of Power”
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Clouds
abduzeedo
Oct 16, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo Illustration
October 16, 2017
Art Direction & Digital Photography: Plastic Surf by Weston Fuller
Art Direction & Digital Photography: Plastic Surf by Weston Fuller
Let’s kick it off with a project that mixes it up with art direction & digital photography by Weston Fuller. The series entitled: Plastic Surf, it’s a beautiful and thoughtful project illustrating our soon-to-be future with our water and the growing pollution with plastic. It’s great there are many initiatives out there that aim to reduce our everyday use of this material. Imagine surfing with this view, it wouldn’t be great at all. Let’s together ensure the future of our water.
Weston Fuller is a conceptual photographer based in Southern California. If you are into art direction, digital photography and retouching; please follow his Behance.
Conceptual photo project illustrating the growing pollution of single-use plastic in our water and it’s invasive effects juxtaposed to the recognizable culture, which recreates within the waters surf.
More Links
- Learn more about Weston Fuller at westonfuller.com
- Follow Weston’s work on Behance
Art Direction & Digital Photography
AoiroStudio
Oct 16, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo Photography
October 15, 2017
What Are Horror Master John Carpenter’s Favorite Films?
Though director John Carpenter might enjoy making horror flicks, his cinematic diet surprisingly doesn’t have as much blood and guts.
John Carpenter has spent his career scaring the bejeezus out of movie-goers, and since it’s almost Halloween, it seems right to talk about the films that inspired him to make films that helped contribute to one of the most beloved horror subgenres in cinema. In the video below, Fandor has put together a list of the director’s favorite films, but interestingly enough, you’re not going to see a whole lot of blood, butcher’s knives, or Captain Kirk death masks in the films that shaped Carpenter as a filmmaker. However, that doesn’t mean the films on his list aren’t dark and twisted, as you’ll soon see.
Source: NoFilmSchool
October 14, 2017
Now you’re playing with a cool retro Power Glove VR controller
Teague labs has created a peripheral any retro video game fan would love – a Power Glove VR controller for the HTC Vive VR system. What’s more, the technical specs are freely available so you can make your own.
The post Now you're playing with a cool retro Power Glove VR controller appeared first on Digital Trends.
Source: Digital Trends VR
October 13, 2017
Two Defining Dan Harmon Traits That Every Screenwriter Should Take to Heart
Dan Harmon’s process bears many lessons for aspiring screenwriters.
With a track record spanning dozens of TV shows and movies, Dan Harmon has established a unique and successful voice as someone for young writers to learn from and emulate. Best known for his work creating hit comedies like Community and Rick and Morty, Harmon has become a cultural force in the comedy community, able to understand and manipulate story structure while subverting expectations and building characters and comedic moments that speak to broad audiences. Harmon has been highly open about his process and methods, doing extensive Reddit AMA’s, and detailing the Story Circle he uses as the basis for many of his scripts. But beyond Harmon’s methodologies, the man has a great deal to offer in the way that he treats his writing process as well.
Source: NoFilmSchool
October 13, 2017
Weekly Rewind: A spying Google Home Mini, the Nobel winner, ‘Star Wars’ spoilers
In the tech world, a lot happens in a week. So much news goes on that it’s almost impossible for mere mortals with real lives to keep track of it. That’s why we’ve compiled a quick and dirty list of the top tech stories from this week.
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Source: Digital Trends VR
October 13, 2017
Watch: Why Pennywise is Such a Scary Horror Villain
This classic scientific concept can help us create terrifying villains.
Why exactly is Pennywise from It so terrifying? It may be as much due to a theory from robotic science as it is a factor of great cinematic storytelling. Before we begin, it should be noted that, in the words of video essayist Karsten Runquist, while “technically Pennywise is an undefined morphable character….for the most part he’s a clown.”
Clowns are currently all over pop culture, for instance appearing in the current season of American Horror Story. And, morphable though It might be, Pennywise the Clown is the main attraction in the story. This video looks at the roots of Pennywise’s effectiveness of as a horror villain by examining, among other things, the concept of the Uncanny Valley, as well as his status as a modern-day troll (not the internet kind, though.)
Source: NoFilmSchool