ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY

one of the beautiful things about twitter is that every now and then as you *scrollscrollscroll* something will make you pause and think or smile. even if it's fleeting, every now and then a tweet creates an opportunity for insight or connection or levity in your day. but it's fleeting!

enter onehundredforty. this is an awesome "art experiment" that merges art and design and technology. the way it works is that you select a tweet and they design and print a poster based on your tweet. "designs are made up of several different components, and a set of rules determines how these components are to be combined, including a grid system which adapts to the length of any tweet. if you’re not pleased with the result, you can simply click refresh and see a new design for your tweet." there are 50 original artworks to chose from.

i love this line from their description of the project "we saw twitter as an interesting way to bridge the digital world with the analog. to preserve something that at the moment is just being lost among the 500,000,000 new tweets produced each day."

one of the things that really resonated with me about this project is the idea of bringing the online offline. i've talk about this before, but with the massive amount of content and sharing that happens online i think we need more people and more brands thinking about how to bridge the online and offline, how to connect online sharing with physical experiences.

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cool, right? get yourself over to their kickstarter. 

via miss moss

ONLINE/OFFLINE

we've all been to great conferences, talks, or events. at their best, they can be interesting, inspiring and amazing sources of content. here's my problem: conferences are where content goes to be born and... then die. so often, the great quotes, ideas and conversations that are generated at live events are not translated into anything tangible that can live on. i'd like to see more brands and organizations make an effort to help bridge the online-offline gap and try to pull some of the great content their offline events generate online.

one example i came across lately were these quote images from makers. (more about makers over here!) they've created images (that are very pinnable) with some of the best quotes from their annual conference. while it's nothing out of this world, it is a small effort to encourage their viewers to help their offline content live on.

have you seen any great examples of brands or organizations pulling offline content online? would love to hear about it!

Makers Conference Quotes
Makers Conference Quotes
Makers Conference Quotes