Press review

Press review

THEY LIKE AMUSEMENT :

“An attractive result” – Le Monde

“The magazine, first published a year ago, succeeded in finding its marks, and managed to balance leading articles, surprising photo shoots, and unconventional subjects” – Libération

“Vanity Fair, now on icy paper and for gamers” - Technikart

“A considerable bet [...] Video game and Digital Culture seen as a trendy journal” - A Nous Paris

“An upscale magazine for adult players. [...] AMUSEMENT revolutionizes the video game press” - Challenge(s)

“Original and unseen” - Micro Hebdo

“Speaking differently of video game” - Le Figaro

“The first lifestyle magazine dedicated to digital life” - Le Nouvel Obs

“A true magazine-object” - L’expansion

“Not for small players” - Stratégie

“Vogue, dipped into a soup of nerd” - 20 Minutes

“An upscale and erudite quarterly [...] An ambitious quarterly” - Les Inrocks

“The future of the press?” - The Daily Telegraph

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Now / Art & Design

An army of clones invades Erdal Inci’s GIFs

By AMUSEMENT

[DIGITALLY-INSPIRED] Erdal Inci makes a great use of the loop possibilities offered by the GIF format. Using himself as a subject, multiple versions of himself make the same robotic actions.

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The future of the sneakers is 3D printed

By AMUSEMENT

[MUST-HAVE] This new concept adapts the structure of the shoe to the anatomy and biomechanics of the wearer. After compiling data from a test run with trainers equipped with pressure sensors tracks, the system generates a shoe unique to the feet and activity of the wearer.

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Now / Entertainment

Absolutely stunning music video for “Magma” by The Vein

By AMUSEMENT

[WATCH&LISTEN] A bizarre journey in a land far up North where faces are frozen in time and colors are melting on the white landscape. A visually stunning music video showcasing the great talent of Dvein.

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Interact with your favorite songs in the immersive installation “Sonos Playground Deconstructed”

By AMUSEMENT

[CONCEPT] This installation invites visitors to select a song on an iPad and to watch its visualization on the walls of the space. Painted with black and white lines, the five walls become a canvas for the digital mapping. More than a simple visualization, motion capture enables the visitor to interact with the animation.

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Blog / Art & Design

Video teaser for the new Parisian exhibition of Loris Gréaud

By AMUSEMENT

[AGENDA] Five years after investing the Palais de Tokyo for a gigantic solo show, Loris Gréaud is back in two of Paris' most prestigious institutions, the Louvre and the Centre Pompidou.

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The Venus of Google: an algorithm and 3D printing give the digital age a mother goddess

By AMUSEMENT

[CONCEPT] The Design Exquis exhibition in London uses the Exquisite Corpse as a method of creation for design pieces. Matthew Plummer-Fernandez 3D printed a modern Venus in response to the picture he was given.

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Become Godzilla in this Kinect-powered installation by Bego M. Santiago

By AMUSEMENT

[DIGITALLY-INSPIRED] Become Godzilla and terrify a bunch of villagers just by walking past them in this Kinect-powered installation. The people projected on wooden boxes run for their lives as soon as the visitor approaches them.

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“Isotopes v.02″, a mapping installation by Nonotak

By AMUSEMENT

[CONCEPT] Presented at the Geneva Mapping Festival, "Isotopes V.02" can be seen as a metaphor on nuclear power, in light of the Fukushima event.

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Travess Smalley reinterprets the art of collage with digital tools

By AMUSEMENT

[DIGITALLY-INSPIRED] Traviss Smalley goes against the distinction between the analog and the digital by using techniques from both worlds in his collages.

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Now / Gaming

Google Street View, the game: getting lost has never been that fun

By AMUSEMENT

[GAME-INSPIRED] GeoGuessr transforms Google Street View in a game! Lost somewhere in some random area captured by Google's camera, you have to guess your location

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Chromatic experiments by Christophe Lepot

By AMUSEMENT

[DIGITALLY-INSPIRED] Christophe Lepot conducts chromatic experiments but uses pixels instead of paint. He distorts his images pixel by pixel to create these vast panoramic images where colors slowly emerge from the upper layers to form a hypnotic pattern.

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Now / Art & Design, Tech

3D laser scanning reinvents architecture and art at the same time

By AMUSEMENT

[CONCEPT] 3D laser scanning opens up new possibilities to architecture. This powerful tool can provide a highly accurate representations of existing buildings.

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Pixel Art now made easier: “Pixel is Data” app for iPhone

By AMUSEMENT

[WEIRD APP] This iPhone app lets you modify a picture of your choice by applying one of the 12 presets at your disposal. Modify the parameters, such as the mess or pixel density and you will get a unique piece of pixel art.

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What is behind these broken image icons? The installation “Broken Things” questions our perception of the world

By AMUSEMENT

[DIGITALLY-INSPIRED] A symbol from the digital world, the broken image icon finds its way in our reality. The frames, notepads, envelopes or CDs of the installation are all blank, their content being replaced by the infamous icon.

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Universal Everything’s installation for Nike: your body becomes a swarm of colorful particles

By AMUSEMENT

[DIGITALLY-INSPIRED] Universal Everything created an installation to promote Nike's latest technology, Flyknit. The four sides of a video cube streams a slightly altered version of the visitor's reflection. Kinect cameras capture his presence and translate it in a swarm of colorful particles that follow the visitor's movement.

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Fubiz Awards 2013: focus on the Design Category

By AMUSEMENT

As mentioned earlier this week, the second edition of the Fubiz Awards are currently underway! The competition celebrates the best creative works from the past year divided in 8 categories. Today, we have a look at the nominees in the Desgin category.

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INSA’s GIF-iti: GIF meets Graffiti

By AMUSEMENT

[DIGITALLY-INSPIRED] Besides being great pieces of Street Art, Insa's graffitis get a second life in the digital world as GIFs.

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Sine waves become a hypnotic show in “Oscillate” by Daniel Sierra

By AMUSEMENT

[CONCEPT] Daniel Sierra considers sine waves as the building blocks of sound. He puts in application this principle in this animation made for his thesis.

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“Domestic Tracking”, Gangpol & Mit’s new explosive video

By AMUSEMENT

[WATCH&LISTEN] Gangpol & Mit are back with a new video which showcases one more time their love for black humor.

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Second edition of the Fubiz Awards: Special focus on the Photography category

By AMUSEMENT

The Fubiz Awards are back! The competition launched last year by the inspirational website rewards the best creative works in 8 different categories.