StreetMuseum: Looking Into The Past With An iPhone App!

The Museum of London has just launched an iPhone app that makes use of its extensive art and photographic collections as well as geo tagging and Google Maps to guide users around London where, via the iPhone screen, you can look into the past! By overlaying old photos, The Museum of London gives you a unique experience, making you want to explore the hidden history of London that surrounds you.

Museum of London: Streetmuseum is available as a free download from iTunes now. You’ll need to own a 3GS to take advantage of the augmented reality option.

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Moleskine | MoMa Retrospective | Tim Burton Notebook

Moleskine helps commemorate the works of Tim Burton with this ‘MoMa Retrospective’ notebook. With These custom 2010 weekly planner were created for VIP Guests of the ‘MoMa Retrospective’ which is running until April 26th. Burton’s signature, and the MoMA logo, is embossed on the front cover as well as a paperband that features some of his film titles, which include Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish, Beetle Juice and others.

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Design Mugs

Cool gift for designers. By Build and Design Museum Shop.

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Gigantic Color Pencils

Color Pencils by the Finnish artist Jonna Pohjalainen, created during a workshop in environmental art at the Open-Air Art Museum in Pedvale.


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Louvre Abu Dhabi, UAE

A ceremony attended by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan marked the start of construction at May, 26 at the site of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first universal museum to be built in the capital city. In recognition of the importance of the event, the two world leaders accepted a time capsule for the museum from children of both the UAE and France.

The Louvre Abu Dhabi is sited at Saadiyat Island’s new Cultural District, developed as the world’s largest single concentration of premier cultural institutions.

Designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, the Louvre Abu Dhabi will be a 24,000 sq m complex of pavilions, plazas, alleyways and canals ‘evoking the image of a city floating on the sea’. Hovering over the complex will be a form inspired by traditional Arabic architecture: a vast, shallow, perforated dome—some 180 metres in diameter.

A presentation of Nouvel’s design, an illustrated talk and a guided tour of selected artworks to be displayed will be presented through 2 July in Gallery One of Emirates Palace. The building is set for completion in 2012/13.

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