Apple Watch, is it hit or miss??

The iWatch has arrived, and it’s called Apple Watch

Way too much hype is surrounding it. Everyone seems to think that it will be a hit because it is an Apple product. We see the iWatch penetrating the younger crowd. Soon after, interest will drop. Is it going to be a hit?? Only time will tell. We don’t think Swiss watch industry is in a trouble.

Apple Watch, is it hit or miss??

Apple Watch

The device has a square face. The display activates as you raise your wrist. The crown's spin changes what it does based on the context in which it's used. It allows zooming, control adjustment, and scrolling— and it's also the home button. There's also a button that allows you to call up your contact list.

Apple Watch

The Watch features interchangeable bands in a variety of materials, including a magnet-stuffed leather band that closes itself around your wrist, and a steel bracelet with a deployment-style clasp. There are two watch sizes, Apple has bundled the different options together into three distinct collections (aluminium, stainless steel and 18-carat gold).

Apple Watch

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Our Take

It it definitely the best smart watch today. There’s no question about that. There is lots unknown about Apple Watch (battery life, water resistance, etc). But, we still don’t get all the hype about “Smart Watch”. Maybe we are old fashioned, Watch to tell the time and iPhone for everything else.

Apple Watch

Too bad there’s no round version of the Apple Watch, we are not completely sold on a square face of the Watch. If you are into Fitness and Workout - this watch is amazing. SMS, Maps, and all the other “Smart” features, we are not so sure.

Apple Watch

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/apple-watch-hit-miss/

Furniture made from recycled Aircraft parts

Very cool furniture made from recycled Aircraft parts.

Southern California company MotoArt, features recycled Aircraft parts as the foundation for the modern, sleek piece of furniture. Results are awesome, but pricey.

Jumbo 747 sleeper

Boeing 747 conference table

One word comes to mind after taking a good long look at the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet Conference Table– Epic! Formed from a General Electric engine nacelle, this piece of custom furniture is living proof why MotoArt is considered the pioneer, forerunner and standard-bearer of airplane furniture. Although fit for the Guggenheim, it’s better as a defining element for a modern office environment.

Boeing 747 conference table

At 12’ wide and sporting a high-mirror polish, the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet Conference Table is simply commanding. Perfectly complementing the outer finish is a custom fabricated engine stator set with internal multicolored LED lighting topped with a polished spun aluminum dome, which lies beneath an elegant 1/2” round tempered glass top. The masterpiece seats up to twelve and can include a set of optional highly useful data ports.

Boeing 747 conference table

Countless man-hours have been poured into the creation of this incredible piece of custom furniture. For those looking to transform their workspace into something powerful, artistic and distinctive, the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet Conference Table is a first class fit.

Boeing 747 conference table

Jumbo 747 sleeper

It’s okay to dream of flying away with the MotoArt Jumbo 747 Sleeper. This General Electric engine nacelle is cut in half to form the rounded foot and headboard. Connected with a custom fabricated aluminum I-beam frame, the complete circumference of the bed is lit from below with programmable LED units.

Jumbo 747 sleeper

The highly polished cowlings are cut & banded for ease of handling and installation. Sized for King or California King mattresses.

Jumbo 747 sleeper

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/furniture-made-from-recycled-aircraft-parts/

Cool 3d illustrations

Excellent work by Brazilian 3d designer.

Joao Ferraz aka Lightshock is a Brazilian designer, illustrator, and art director specialized in 3D and publicity campaigns. We really enjoy Joao’s work. Very well made, and really cool 3d illustrations.

IndyCar 300 - São Paulo

Cool 3d illustrations by Joao Ferraz

Proudly I present for you one of our more important illustrations!Well, the race of IndyCar will occur now in March, here in my city (São Paulo/Brazil). This illustration brought to us so much responsibility, pressure, with short deadlines as always. The final resolution has about 53 cm x 60 cm at 300 dpi, yes it is mega huge! Imagine that!Our entire team worked hardly during eight days to finish the job.

INTEL - Augmented Reality

Cool 3d illustrations by Joao Ferraz

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/cool-3d-illustrations/

Amazing Photoshop Retouching

Stunning photo retouching by Michael Oswald

Full time, freelance movie poster designer, Michael Oswald has created very unique style. His artwork is a digital process that is best described as photo manipulation. He starts with a photograph, and digitally paints directly on top of the photo. It is a unique process which requires many hours of detailing.

Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald

Michael transforms the original female subjects into super stylish androids, robot pin-ups and sculptures.

Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald

Oswald is a true master of Photoshop and his work has been featured in many top art publications including Advanced Photoshop Magazine.

Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald

Workflow:

The first and most important step is coming up with a concept. I feel the best way to make interesting art is to have a good reason for making it. The next step is finding the right model and setting up a photo shoot. It is important to find the right model for an image and there have even been times when I have traveled to faraway places in order to find them.

Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald

Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/amazing-photoshop-retouching/

Alienware Area 51 gaming PC

Odd looking gaming PC from Alienware Area 51

Alienware has managed to deliver a unique futuristic look to their flagship Game PC lineup. It offers a fresh, new approach to PC chassis design. Alienware has designed the system not as a traditional rectangle, but as a triple-bay hexagon. The "triad chassis," company name, focuses on cooling efficiency and ergonomics.

Alienware Area 51 gaming PC

Alienware Area 51 will come with bays for up to three conventional hard drives and two SSD drives. Wireless ac is built into the system by default, and you can even install an optional 1.5-kilowatt power supply to fuel all your components.

Alienware Area 51 gaming PC

Each system will also be over clocked and liquid cooled for a speedy performance. It will start shipping in the U.S. in October 2014.

Alienware Area 51 gaming PC

About Alienware

Alienware is an American computer hardware subsidiary of Dell, Inc. Their hardware is designed for gaming purposes and has changed in physical appearance over the years. Alienware was founded in 1996 by Nelson Gonzalez and Alex Aguila. Alienware name was chosen because of the founders' fondness for the hit television series The X-Files, hence the theme to their products, with names such as Area-51, Hangar 18 and Aurora. Dell bought Alienware in 2006.

Alienware Area 51 gaming PC

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/alienware-area-51-gaming-pc/

IKEA Catalog

75% of the Photos are CGI 3d models in IKEA Catalog.

Martin Enthed and his team work in one of the many IKEA companies, IKEA Communications AB. “When it comes to products,” explains Martin, “IKEA of Sweden designs and develops the product range. The global marketing and communication department decides what communication about the range is important to reach the consumers. We then create concepts and communication ideas, which we produce in different ways. We do the assembly instructions you all know so well! We create product images, labels, the IKEA catalogue, the IKEA.com website, prints for in-package and on-package etc. We do most of the global communication for IKEA. All the communication we create and produce should ultimately help consumers to understand how IKEA can help them create a better everyday life.”

IKEA Catalog, awesome 3d images

In the summer of 2004, IKEA decided to change the way they produced their product images. They made the first tentative moves toward CG rendered, rather than photographic, images. “We made 8 or 10 quite bad product visualisations by today’s standards,” says Martin, “but it sparked something and we continued to work at it. In the fall of 2006 we first showed a product in the catalogue. The first CG piece of furniture was a chair called “Bertil”.

IKEA Catalog, awesome 3d images

The IKEA team didn’t feel there was anything wrong with traditional photography, quality-wise. Like any company, they just wanted to make things easier for the team to work on - to make the process simpler, cheaper and faster. With traditional photography, you need to have prototype furniture being built in different parts of the world shipped over so it can be photographed. Everything needs to be there on time and it can be logistically difficult, expensive and not that environmental. Then if there are changes everything needs to be re-shot. With CG re-creations of pieces, it removes a lot of this difficulty. However to start with, Martin says, “There was no vision initially to create entire rooms in CG, like we do now. We just wanted to create the individual pieces - the ones you see on white backgrounds on the web.”

IKEA Catalog, awesome 3d images

Making the Transition

When IKEA started to look at creating more than product images in 3D a few years ago, they already had a set look and feel for IKEA pictures. They wanted to keep the sense of reality and the feel of a "lived in" environment when moving over to digital workflow. They didn’t want their customers to see or even more importantly feel any difference. Says Martin, “We understand how important the knowledge of home furnishing is. How homes look, how homes feel, and so on. The experienced photographers at IKEA have been working with the interior designers on re-creating this feel for fifteen to twenty years, some of them. We needed to translate that knowledge over to the 3D artists who were tech-savvy but in some cases coming directly from school. We needed them to understand the kind of feel we wanted the images to convey. It was very hard at the beginning.”

IKEA Catalog, awesome 3d images

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/ikea-catalog-awesome-3d-images/

IXION windowless jet

IXION windowless jet with 360 degree panoramic views and solar panels.

International agency Technicon Design has created a concept for a private jet that replaces windows with screens. Technicon Design has a lot of experience working in the commercial aviation sector.

IXION windowless jet by Technicon Design.

IXION’s windowless jet uses external cameras to capture a full 360-degree panoramic view of the exterior of the plane, which is then adjusted for perspective and displayed on the cabin’s interior display panels that cover most of the cabin. This gives the passenger the illusion of transparency, albeit a 2-dimensional one. The displays could also be customized to show any other animated wallpaper you so chose, such as a beach scene or outer space. In order to drive low voltage systems on-board, a series of amorphous solar panels are placed on the upper front half of the exterior

IXION windowless jet by Technicon Design.

"The ethos of the project is simple, to challenge current thinking, and propose something a little different, but not just a fantasy," said Technicon design director Gareth Davies. "It has to be credible and relevant, yet provoke discussion."
"We quickly settled on the controversial yet interesting idea of removing the windows from the cabin and using existing or very near future technology to display the exterior environment to the inside surfaces of the cabin via external cameras."

[ IXION windowless jet by Technicon Design.

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/ixion-windowless-jet/

Citroën retro concepts

Citroën cars have always been quirky and interesting to look at, never dull. What would these iconic cars look today?

Look at these Citroën retro concepts - old is new again.

Citroën is a major French automobile manufacturer earned a reputation for innovation and revolutionary engineering, which is reflected in the company's slogan "Creative Technologie". Some of the most legionary Citroen models are Citroën 2CV and Citroën DS.

Citroën 2CV

Economy car manufactured for over 40 years 1948-1990. Quirky looking and iconic French car. Often described as a “car like no other”.

Citroën 2CV

French designer David Portela released some new CG images of his proposal for the redesign of the iconic Citroën 2CV. Portela took clues from the original grill, floating headlights, and fenders and merged them with a more avant-garde silhouette.

Citroën 2CV retro concept

Citroën 2CV retro concept

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/citroen-retro-concepts/

Milky PinUps

No 3d, just milk, high speed photography and bit of Photoshop.

AurumLight Studio, a London-based conceptual photography business, is making a splash with its fresh take on old pin-up photos. Pouring milk on models.

Milky PinUps, Jaroslav Wieczorkiewicz

Photographer Jaroslav Wieczorkiewicz, has created a 12 month calendar inspired by 1940′s pin-ups but has added a twist!

Each girl in the calendar isn’t wearing real clothing, but MILK.

Wieczorkiewicz used high-speed cameras to capture milk as it was poured on each model’s body to create the illusion of clothing. Over 200 frames are used to complete each image!

Milky PinUps, Jaroslav Wieczorkiewicz

Jaroslav is a Polish photographer that hails from London. He has a Fine Arts background with a degree is Architecture–which taught him how to solve lots of complex problems. That problem solving helped with the founding of this studio: AurumLight. The studio specializes in limited calendars, advertising, and conceptual photography; and they’ve had many campaigns in Europe and the US.
So when we found Jaroslav’s Milk PinUps, we were very intrigued as to how they were done.

Milky PinUps, Jaroslav Wieczorkiewicz

The style and look of the photography brings you back to the pin-ups that proliferated in
mid last century, with such iconic stars like of Marylin Monroe, Betty Grable, Jane Russell, Rita Hayworth and countless other timeless beauties.

Milky Pinups, aims at replicating those popular pin-ups of that bygone era, and does so quite convincingly, adding an original element through milk in place of clothes.

Milky PinUps, Jaroslav Wieczorkiewicz

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/milky-pinups/

Cool Photos using Paint and Liquid

Awesome Photographs by Iain Crawford

Iain Crawford is a beauty and fashion photographer based in London that has a pretty impressive portfolio. His images are beautiful, colorful, creative and full of style... Some of them have a retro felling while others are modern and contemporary. Among his clients you can find names as Lancome, Max Factor, Givenchy, L'Oreal, Vogue and many other. Iain's work is really a amazing and the images are very eye catching, so take your time to enjoy them.
Photographer Iain Crawford has quite a unique focus when it comes to fashion photography. He paints and peppers the models during the shoot, capturing perfect moments of chaotic color.

Awesome Photographs by Iain Crawford

Awesome Photographs by Iain Crawford

About Iain:

Iain grew up in Africa and Malaysia and developed a passion for photography at an early age. On moving to London, he worked as an account handler for Saatchi & Saatchi but left to pursue his photographic career. After spending several years living and working in New York, he is now based back in London but continues to work internationally.

Awesome Photographs by Iain Crawford

Awesome Photographs by Iain Crawford

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/cool-photos-using-paint-liquid/

Awesome 3d artwork Paul Pepera

Paul Pepera is a 3D game artist, currently working at Oculus VR. He previously worked at Valve Corporation on Team Fortress 2; as lead mission artist at 343 Industries on Halo 4; as environment artist at id Software on the as-yet-unreleased Doom 4; at TimeGate Studios on first-person shooter Section 8; and freelance for clients including Tripwire Interactive, where he contributed to tactical shooter Red Orchestra: Heroes of Stalingrad. Paul’s 3D models of machinery, real or imagined, exhibit a striking clarity of form and meticulous attention to detail.

Awesome 3d artwork by Paul Pepera

Awesome 3d artwork by Paul Pepera

He is a self-taught 3D artist. I started working on games when I was around 12 or 13 years old by modding LucasArts titles like Star Wars: Dark Forces and Jedi Knight. The ‘breakthrough’ in his career came around this time, when he realized he enjoyed making games more than playing them.

Awesome 3d artwork by Paul Pepera

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/awesome-3d-artwork-paul-pepera/

V+ Volteis electric car

Legendary designer puts his stamp on an electric car

Electric car concept developed by French designer Philippe Starck in collaboration with Volteis, a French electric vehicle manufacturer.

Minimalistic design philosophy this 1600-pound car is composed almost entirely of aluminum, with a  full windshield, fabric roof, and no doors. A wicker dashboard and storage unit are complemented by seat frames created by Dedon outdoor furniture producers.

V+ Volteis electric car

Starck designed the ‘V+ volteis’ in response to his dissatisfaction with the current 
state of automotives: ‘they’re noisy, dirty, anti-social, masochistic; and they bring out the worst in people.’

V+ Volteis electric car

A 4kW engine with 11.5kWh battery pack drives power to the craft, with a maximum speed of 40mph and a single-charge range of 37 miles. Trailing-arm rear suspension and disc brakes for smoother acceleration and safe breaking.
The battery achieves 50% capacity in two hours from a standard 220 V power source, and six hours to full.

V+ Volteis electric car

Estimated price of V+ Volteis electric car is 40,000 USD.

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/v-volteis-electric-car/

Rotor digital camera

Simplified user interface

Charlie Nghiem reimagined simplified user interface with his Rotor digital camera concept.
Getting rid of buttons all together, a stacked cylinder composed of several rotating parts allows
users to choose their settings. When a section is spun, a corresponding line appears on the screen.

Rotor camera concept

To access the features and menus, just drag the thumb on the cylinder are in order to rotate each function. Each cylinder would correspond to a line displayed on the screen.

Rotor camera concept

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/rotor-digital-camera/

BMW CS Vintage Concept

Project by car designer David Obendorfer.

This project is a modern interpretation of the 1968 BMW E9 series designed by Giovanni Michelotti. In fact, it focuses on two models: Michelotti’s E9 and its predecessor, the 1965 BMW 2000 CS (E120 series).

1968 BMW E9

BMW CS Vintage Concept by David Obendorfer

Back then the 2000 CS used to be fairly successful thanks to its sleek line, brilliant performance and good build quality, so BMW decided to upgrade the model by setting up a new generation of straight-six engines, redesigning the interior, and the only part of the coupé that had raised concerns: the front. The new front end, by Giovanni Michelotti, gave considerable impetus to the whole car body. The designer from Turin eliminated the large rectangular headlights in favour of an arrow-shaped front with a large matte black mask and four round headlights.

BMW CS Vintage Concept by David Obendorfer

The operation is very similar to the mid-generational refresh applied today by all car manufacturers to keep the product competitive and attractive to customers without making expensive technical amendments. Yet the transition between the E120 and E9 was particularly important for BMW because the new front gave the car a strong stylistic identity with a recognizable personality. The design with the four round headlights has proved to be a winning style pattern that BMW has been carrying on for over 35 years evolving and proposing it on all its models.

BMW CS Vintage Concept by David Obendorfer

The BMW CS Vintage Concept is based on the 6 series platform (in production since 2011). The style, despite numerous citations from the past, is substantially contemporaneous with updated proportions and with modern details, many of which are inspired by nautical styling solutions.

Find out more:

http://cool3dconcepts.com/bmw-cs-vintage-concept/