The Amatoya is a concept ATV from designer Liam Ferguson aimed at helping fight fires. While apparently most existing firefighting scout vehicles are modded Toyota Landcruisers that pack 130 gallons, this Amatoya can apparently rock 475 gallons (and a 105 gallon water tank). I wonder how long it will be before those Super Soakers are replaced with a couple guns that shoot bullets.
No real theme this week, just some various visual awesomeness. Enjoy.
Human Interface by Multitouch Barcelona
Rather interesting idea. Can’t see this working out any other way than for some sort of installation, but the rather DIY, tactice UI is pretty interesting.
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Gizmodo shows off some awesome decals one can place around one’s house to make it appear that it’s being powered by hamsters…and such. Check out the gallery for three others.
Before & After went hunting for a neat Christmas-y typeface. They found Aeronaut. Aeronaut does something pretty cool: it includes two faces (Balloon + Parachute) that are visual embellishments purposed to overlay their base typeface and add visual interest to it. Before & After explains the “squiggles”:
Aeronaut is based on a writing style known as textualis, the most calligraphic form of blackletter. Its unusual adornments — pigtails, squiggles, “balloons” and “parachutes” — give it a light, candy-factory look, beautifully 19th-century, without the Gothic heaviness of classic blackletter type.
As Before & After points out: the fact that Aeronaut includes the squiggles as a separate typeface means its incredible easy to set up the type and the squiggles in two different color. Go nuts, typenerds.
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