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.