Tilt of Light

Typographic Olympics, surfing Dubai, Twitter vending machines and more in our weekly look at the web

Debuting at the X Games, design group Enness recently moved their lighted seesaw to a playground installation in Melbourne’s Federation Square. Thirty-three rows of light panels and motion sensors cascade light in response to seesaw movements, and four preset “atmospheres” change the nature and behavior of the rays.

Tweet for Tea

Typographic Olympics, surfing Dubai, Twitter vending machines and more in our weekly look at the web

No need to scrounge for loose change at the vending machine—South African canned tea company BOS has taken interactive social media to the next level, allowing customers to Tweet a specific hashtag and their location in exchange for an iced tea. The high-tech Bevmax 4-45 machine waits 60 seconds before allowing the next parched customer to tweet @BOS in exchange for enjoying their freshest marketing …

A Door to Nowhere

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Rather than welcome you to the local 7-11, the automatic sliding doors recently installed in Long Island City’s Socrates Sculpture Park serve little more purpose than to welcome you to the other side of the grass lawn. The installation is either trying to challenge the societal view of barriers and the doors that one must enter to find success, or, maybe, it’s just for fun.