Ersatz Dreams

Ersatz Dreams is a blog by Ed Boaden

I'm an interface designer with a passion for objects that are beautiful, ideas that are elegant, and things that make me smile.
I live in London.

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Woven maze by Ernesto Neto
I love this exhibit / net / hammock / playground by Brazilian Neo-Concreto artist, Ernesto Neto. Just wish I could experience it in the flesh.
Faena Arts Center, Buenos Aires
via Fast Co. Design

Woven maze by Ernesto Neto

I love this exhibit / net / hammock / playground by Brazilian Neo-Concreto artist, Ernesto Neto. Just wish I could experience it in the flesh.

Faena Arts Center, Buenos Aires

via Fast Co. Design

Overgrown by Yuko Michishita
Michishita’s work will be on show at Pick Me Up, Somerset House, London in March. 
via Design Week

Overgrown by Yuko Michishita

Michishita’s work will be on show at Pick Me Up, Somerset House, London in March. 

via Design Week

Clear for iPhone

A beautifully colourful and blocky to do list app for iPhone. The UI and UX of the app look amazing. The aesthetic and sounds remind me of the game SpellTower for iPhone.

This will be replacing Wunderlist for me. Wunderlist is very useful in synching lists between devices, but is massively bugging and has questionable UI in parts. Can’t wait for the release.

via @millsustwo

Very much in love with the new More4 rebrand by ManvsMachine

The coloured triangular tiles get animated in a number of different ways on the programme information clips and are realised beautifully in physical form in the idents created with Jason Bruges Studio.

Check out the rebrand page for videos of the idents and on-screen GFX, as well as stills and branding guidelines. All in all, I don’t think it would be possible for me to like this project any more. This video in particular is my favourite of the lot.

via @antimega and @jasonholland

Bali photo set by Atelier Olschinsky
via Behance
Watched Pretty in Pink yesterday for the first time. The computer screen killed me.

Watched Pretty in Pink yesterday for the first time. The computer screen killed me.

OscilloScoop iPad app by Scott Snibbe

Snibbe (of BubbleHarp and Bjork’s Biophilia) has created a unique interface for creating and manipulating sound, taking cues from DJ decks and sequencers to give colourful crowns representing the pitch, filter and volume.

I’m downloading it right now to have a little play around.

via Fast Co. Design

Dimsum by Tim Wan
Very much like the graphics and typography in this informational project on dim sum. Other work in the project includes a printed booklet and pamphlet, but I really liked the graphics from a web / UI standpoint. Kind of reminds me of the shape and linework of the iPhone game Eliss.

Dimsum by Tim Wan

Very much like the graphics and typography in this informational project on dim sum. Other work in the project includes a printed booklet and pamphlet, but I really liked the graphics from a web / UI standpoint. Kind of reminds me of the shape and linework of the iPhone game Eliss.

Found some nice stuff on Keenan C’s Lookwork page including this astrological map graphic. I’m now pressing ‘Share on Tumblr’ although I’m not entirely sure how this will show on my blog.
Week 1 2012 — Fiftytwo — #Lookwork

Found some nice stuff on Keenan C’s Lookwork page including this astrological map graphic. I’m now pressing ‘Share on Tumblr’ although I’m not entirely sure how this will show on my blog.

Week 1 2012 — Fiftytwo — #Lookwork

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Scorekeeper for the PlayBook

Really awesome flat UI with really nice interactions – unfortunately its for a tablet that no one actually owns.

This UI is outrageously nice! Just wish it was available to play around with on something I might own.