Selected images from My Modern Met’s gallery of Awesome London 2012 Olympic Multiple Exposures. These photos are the product of a new robotic camera system that allows photographers to sit at a computer and remotely operate its movement with a joystick.
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British aerial photographer Jason Hawkes has been photographing London from above for much of his career, so it’s no surprise that he’s been documenting the Olympics in the same manner. You can see his Olympics photos in his stock library or you can see his panoramic virtual tours here or here.
This fun and incredibly detailed map of London was drawn by hand by Jenni Sparks.
The map was commissioned by Harry Hayes at Evermade.com who wanted to create a map of London that was different to the usual tourist stuff and gave a sort of true reflection of the city in all its historic, busy and eccentric glory.
Despite almost crippling my hand and going boss-eyed, I absolutely LOVED this project. When I first started out I knew hardly anything about London, and the hours of researching and exploring the city would probably qualify me to be a tour guide now!
Britain from above: Jason Hawke’s aerial photographs of cities at night is a terrific gallery from The Telegraph. Click here for many more images and descriptions of the photos seen above.
Much has been made about the differing qualities of books on paper vs. tablets. However, no book has offered experiences quite as different as the recently released London Unfurled. As a book, it is an unusual specimen in that it’s made up of a 37 foot foldout of a drawing of the Thames River with opposing banks on each side of the paper. As an iPad app you can scroll through the two panoramas and tap on specific buildings for more information, including an audio guide. You can also frame sections of the drawing and mail it off as a virtual postcard. Whichever form you prefer, I think even traditional book lovers will agree that it’s easier to curl up with the iPad version.
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About Lottolab: Lottolab Studio is the world’s first public perception research space. In collaboration with the Science Museum, our work aims to deepen our understanding of human perception, advance personal and social well-being through perception research that places the public at the centre of the process of discovery, and create unique programmes of engagement that span social and personal boundaries between people, discipline and institutions. Here, we describe the key ideas that are behind everything that we do.
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