I spend a bit of my brainpower figuring out the design challenges that lay ahead for me. For me, web languages are like building blocks, and the challenges that come with making dynamic and fluid websites becomes a matter of weaving and joining these languages together in seamless interaction to reach the goal – all while working within a set of semi-flexible and changing parameters.

The other part of my brainpower is spent thinking about making structural art forms for my various artistic hobbies .

The long and short of this is – people send me links to various awesome design projects. These are the two that have me enthusiastic this week. Shouts out to Colleen and Steve!

This is Theo Jansen’’s “Strandbeest” – or “Beach Beast”. He wants to build many of these and have them ”living” on the beaches.

How awesome is that!

Next is the Cardboard design innovation of Bloxes. These things are interlocking cardboard fun. Mega-Legos for the office set.

These different ideas do have something in common. The Beach Beast is built of many parts, but the many parts are similar. The bloxes too are built that way – six sides, but only one “shape” of cardboard makes the intricate blox. This design philosophy is similar to the recent thoughts I have been having with different programming languages. Now… with all this awesome design integrating into my thoughts… back to building the internet!

posted by M. Nedell 3-13-08