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Smashing Magazine raises the question if blog posts should have it’s own very identity depending on what the post is about. So when Dustin talks about ‘A Tour of my Brain‘ the design get it’s own unique flavour, like every other post. It has a lot in common of what you see in magazines like Wired or Bright. Yesterday I heard Russian media tycoon Derk Sauer saying that you can’t get the same ‘fulfilling experience’ while reading on the web as you sense it when reading a magazine. I think I don’t agree with him, especially when you see blog posts like Dustin, Jason and Gegory did. With the variety of options you have nowadays with HTML/CSS and cross-browser font possibilities it’s so much easier to create an unique and appealing ‘print-like’ experience. Altough it takes an awe full lot of extra work, I’m aware of that.

There are ’skeptic people’ in the comments at Smashing Magazine thinking this approach is something designers only do to please there own needs. On the other hand people think that an ‘average visitor’ wouldn’t appreciate the different approach for writing a blog like this, because it feels like their not on the web anymore. And off course a lot of usability questions pop up too (for instance: wide screens versus small screens).

Personally I find this new and ‘innovative’ approach to blog posts really appealing and I’m over thinking to use this sort of concept for my new blog which hopefully will be launched at the end of December this year. So what is your feeling about this?

I’m Reinier Kuipers, a 21 year old student Interactive Media. Beside my study I’m running a small interactive agency with Frank van Rest called ‘Woodenshoes‘. We are based in The Hague, at Labs55 to be precise.

I simply have a deep passion for interactive media. My expertise varies from designing interfaces, web applications and interactive experiences to swinging Photoshop files into semantic and well-coded HTML. Besides this I am busy learning more about interactive strategy and marketing. In all the spare time that’s left I love snowboarding in the Austrian alps, traveling, running, cooking, reading books and spending quality time with family and friends.

At the 6 Angry Men blog I will mainly be writing about design, (interactive) communication and innovation. I hope I can add some valuable content to this blog. Enjoy!

Like everything from Japan, it has a very unique flavor to it, I haven’t heard it much from any other part of the world (the Scandinavians get close sometimes though). I want to give you some names to check out, and you can see what you do with it.

First off, a very versatile guy called Susumu Yokota. He created over thirty albums already, touching everything in between classical and techno. Some of my favorite albums are Symbol, Sakura and Mother. Here’s a song called Baroque, you will notice that this genre of music goes hand in hand with beautiful video art.

Okay, so next up is Aus (Yasuhiko Fukuzono), this guy is also one of my favorite artists, and very productive as well. A glitchy ambient sound is typical for him. All of his albums are equally interesting, but if I had to pick one, it would be Antwarps. Here’s a song from the album Lang though, sadly, I was not able to find any music video’s.

Okay next I want to mention a guy called Motohiro Nakashima, his music is incredibly ambient and relaxing. The video for the song Stanly Park is also very nice, I was not allowed to embed the video, so here is a link. If you like it, you should check out his album I dreamt constellations sang.

Takagi Masakatsu is not only a musician, but also a very successful visual artist. I heard him say in an interview he switches focus, one year he makes music, the next one he makes video’s, animation and paintings. His music is certainly not for everyone, I will embed the song ‘girls’, because I love it so much, but expect more experimental stuff when you start digging deeper in his discography.

Finally (I could go on forever), I picked Aoki Takamasa. Aoki has a very unique sound, sometimes very danceable. There is a techno flavor to his work, it’s not a coincidence he is living in Berlin at the moment I guess. A notable cooperation is the one with Tujiko Noriko, together they recorded the album called 28. This video for Mirabeau is another good example of the unique style of visuals that comes from this genre.

I listen to these artists a lot when I don’t want to be distracted too much, when I work at home for instance. I’ve always been fascinated by this genre and all the (graphic) design it brings with it, you can see a lot of similarities within the different websites from these artists for example.

Other artists in this category are Takashi Wada, Ryoji Ikeda, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Akira Kosemura, Sawako and many more. If you’re interested, look for the hard to pronounce names on my last.fm page, or ask me.

The title is is inspired by a great song of the Dutch band Coparck; “A Good Year for the Robots”.