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‘Be Your Own Souvenir’ by blablabLAB

Published on April, 11th, 2011, View comments
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We have all been to the museum and I’m sure that quite a few of us have bought some sort of souvenir from the shop at the museum. It’s normally, a shirt of a plush toy with the name of the museum printed on the front. Maybe it was a key chain. Either way, it is normally something that comes from some factory where they get mass produced and there are no personal touches at all.

This is something that blablabLAB, from Barcelona, also noticed and they decided to something about it.

Thanks 3 Microsoft Kinect sensors, a 3D printer and the genius minds of blablabLAB, visitors now have the option of posing for their very own personalized museum souvenir.

The 3 Kinect sensors, which takes a 3D snapshot of the person, allows the lucky museum-goer to pose in any position imaginable. Once done the man or woman can buy a small 3D model of themselves in that pose. What a great idea for a personal memento!

http://byos.blablablab.org/

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I art SA community mural project

Published on April, 10th, 2011, View comments
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The idea is simple, it’s all about promoting local South African artists. This includes mural art with the unique culture of the community. Eight artists get assigned to a venue. Each artist was then given a brief to ensure a sincere and soft interaction with the residents and community.

The project started in Woodstock, Cape Town and will move on to Soweto in Gauteng next.

This site will document the progress of the project through video and still images. The site already contains quite a few amazing images of art from Woodstock and I personally can’t wait to see the work coming out of Soweto, and the rest of the South Africa for that matter.

I wonder what town will be picked after Soweto… Either way, it’s always great to see large brands getting behind local cultures and art.

http://www.i-art-sa-project.com

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