inFORM

Dinovember, cyclist soldiers, Christie's record-setting auction and more in our weekly look at the web

MIT Design Lab, responsible for the creation of gestural interaction programs now used in Xbox Kinect and Wii, is moving forward with an even greater physical interface, the inFORM. Tangible Media Group has broken away from the screen with programmable matter—matter that is capable of transforming itself physically to be whatever you want it to be, like a reinvented version of the Pinscreen desktop toy. …

Subway Sounds

Dinovember, cyclist soldiers, Christie's record-setting auction and more in our weekly look at the web

LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy revealed on air this week that he has been trying for 14 years to create a sound installation in every subway station in NYC, which would blend the sound of walking feet with harmonious intervals. Hearing that Murphy is currently stuck in creative limbo with this plan, the Creators Project came up with a list of five innovative artists and designers …

A Record-Setting $782,368,375 Auction

Dinovember, cyclist soldiers, Christie's record-setting auction and more in our weekly look at the web

With their Post-War and Contemporary Art auction, Christie’s set a staggeringly high new sales record. Over $780 million were fetched across two nights of bidding in NYC. The prestigious auction house also broke two other records; the $142.4 million sale of Francis Bacon’s triptych of Lucian Freud became the most valuable work of art ever sold at auction (knocking off Edward Munch’s “The Scream”) and …