Adrian Van Hooydonk, head of design at BMW, talks about the design of the new BMW 7 Series. In the commentary, Adrian discusses using proportion, concentration, and strength to create the final look which is both sporty and elegant. From the headlamps to the tail-lights, the extreme attention to detail and crystal clear point of view is evident and inspirational.

At GDC 2009 in San Francisco, OnLive founder Steve Perlman and COO Mike McGarvey publicly introduced their company and the technology they have been working on the past many years. Taking cloud computing to a new level, their video compression technology has enabled them to compress video at speeds imperceptible to even the most hard-core video game enthusiasts. The compression speeds have allowed them to create a new delivery model for video games which now marks the advent of the seamless cloud computing experience.

Coinciding with the launch of the BMW Z4 website, www.expressionofjoy.com has been launched with an over-the-top creation of an art piece using the new car to paint on the over-sized (100×200 foot) canvas. With a 300-horsepower paintbrush, 9 days, and top artistic talent, creativity abounds. The website features the event movie, a making-of documentary, gallery of stills, and behind the scenes video with the artists.

Go behind the scenes of the Calit2 HIPerSpace Wall, currently the world’s highest resolution multi-panel display. Featuring 286 million active pixels, the display is made up of 70, 30″ displays, each with a resolution of 2560×1600 pixels. For more juicy technical specs, check out the press release.

Rodrigo Rojas has put together a video showing the evolution of batman logos throughout its franchise history. Through the mediums of comic books, tv series, movies, and video games, the logo has been changed drastically since its first creation in 1939.

Mark Rolston, Chief Creative Officer at Frog Design, talks at the 2009 Emerging Communications Conference in San Francisco. In his talk, Mark describes how tangled the virtual and physical worlds are becoming and how the software is going to dominate this new world. Mark cites numerous examples ranging from the software in devices such as the iPhone to the rapidly growing field of augmented reality.

From the IxDA library, Robert Fabricant, Creative Director at Frog Design, talks about Interaction Design and why he believes that behavior is what it is all about. With his own examples dating back to ancient history, Robert believes the practice of Interaction Design can and should be communicated through examples of behavior beyond that of technology.

Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist and author of The World is Flat, speaks at MIT. Friedman discusses his experience of being inspired to write the original book, the fundamental ideas mentioned in his later edition The World is Flat 3.0, and how shares how that has lead to his latest book Hot, Flat, and Crowded.

In two short and very delightful videos by Maya, Mickey McManus defines both information and architecture. By first looking at the two separately, it is then when the true meaning of information architecture becomes apparent.

Built by Strukt for the 2009 TOCA ME design conference, the Strucktable (a 70 inch multi-touch display) uses VVVV for its demo applications. The Struckt team developed 5 applications for the table including: Geometry Drawing, Paint Balls, Media Browser, Elastic Universe, and a mysterious 5th one. While the touch-table is not particularly revolutionary, the team has documented its design and build process enabling others to follow in their footsteps.

Hot off the heels of Microsoft’s Business Division’s video short being released, Seattle-based Oh, Hello has posted a longer (6 minute) variation. The video presents many concepts designed by the Office Labs team at Microsoft in the realms of surface computing and natural user interfaces.

MEGAphone is… phone-call controlled, real-time, multi-player gaming on big screens. At UX Week 2008, Dan Albritton talks about the challenges related to designing for such an experience. With mobile servers linked to the phone network via a measly 3G connection, the system must account for the differences between button presses on various phones, handle volume normalization, and be responsive with a large number of users.

Alex Lee, president of OXO, speaks at Gel 2008 on the company’s commitment to good design. Alex stresses how good ideas can come from anywhere and shares several stories of designs which have come from outside inventors.

In a well executed short, Jonathan Jarvis explains today’s credit crisis through excellent visuals and a poignant narrative. At a time when so many are learning for the first time how various aspects of the economy work, Jonathan’s video is a welcome surprise. Jonathan Jarvis is a Masters of Fine Arts Candidate at Art Center.

An award winning short film by Bruce Branit, World Builder tells the story of a man who builds a world for the woman he loves using holographic tools. Although the actual filming was done in a single day, post production took 2 years to complete. Bruce is a partner at T2, a visual effects house in Kansas City.

Honda presents an inspirational short film on the trials and errors experienced by those in the company.

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
- Thomas Edison

Edgar Muller, renowned 3D Street Artist, documented the making of “The Crevasse” at the “Festival of World Culture in Dun Laoghaire, Germany. View images of his other amazing street art at metanamorph.com.

Pattie Maes, founder of the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT Media Lab, speaks at TED in depth about the project Sixth Sense in collaboration with Pranav Mistry. While the project has received far spread interest and the availability of a short video earlier, Pattie’s talk at TED has now been released. Check it out to see many more demonstrations and potential applications for the Sixth Sense technology.

In “Deep Dive”, a now legendary episode, ABC’s Nightline goes inside IDEO and follows their design methodology while having them design a shopping cart from the ground up. Filmed in 1998, the video is still shown in design and business schools around the world. Although the IDEO Shopping Cart was never built as is, stores such as Whole Foods now utilize aspects of the design in their own modular mini-carts.

On a mission to put a pair of shoes on everyone’s feet, TOMS Shoes is giving away one pair of shoes for every pair purchased. Since December 1st 2008, TOMS has given over 115,000 pairs of shoes to children in need worldwide.