Way back in the heady days of the mid nineties, when “digital” was called “new media” and CD-Roms still ruled the interactive world, was born a phenomenon that was the Enhanced CD.
Enhanced CDs took music out of the Hi-Fi and into the home PC with it’s exciting new CD-Rom drive full of multimedia goodness. Coldcut’s “Let Us [...]
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3 Dec '08
The Sancho Plan @ Ars Electronica
For the third year running, Ars Electronica have invited The Sancho Plan to exhibit a piece of work at their innovative museum space in Linz, Austria. Once again, The Sancho Plan have chosen to partner with Do Tank Studios to produce another groundbreaking interactive experience.
This year is slightly different, as The Sancho Plan are the [...]
18 Nov '08
Sheffield DocFest RFID Game
This year’s Sheffield DocFest featured an unusual way for attendees to experience the event: an RFID Game. We were asked by pervasive gaming specialists, Coney, to develop the branding and design of various elements the game including the RFID Cards themselves which allowed players to battle and earn points which they could then exchange for [...]
18 Nov '08
Soulwaxmas New Myspace Page
We just launched the new design for Soulwax on MySpace, this time to reflect their special Christmas Soulwaxmas parties! myspace.com/soulwax
10 Nov '08
London Games Festival 2008
As part of the London Games Festival Fringe 2008, Adam Hoyle, one of the Do Tank crew, will be appearing with Julian Baker to unveil a new sonic artwork at Cybersonica Social. The night also contains DJs, VJs, a performance controlled live from Mexico and an 8 bit chip music set, so should be a [...]
9 Nov '08
Warriors come out to play
Cult seventies classic The Warriors is to get a comic book adaptation, courtesy of the creative talents of writer David Atchison, artist Chris Dibari, and Kieran Oats as colourist. The 1979 film was based on Sol Yurick’s novel and follows the story of the titular street-gangs journey when they get stuck in Bronx, 27 miles out of their territory, [...]
13 Oct '08
Honda The Musical
There’s a white strip down the side of the motorway called a rumble strip and it makes a noise if your tyres go over it. I have been highly appreciative of rumble strips ever since I got into the Cab-of-Fear at 3am on my trip home from a late-one at Pinewood many years ago; It [...]
10 Oct '08
One Good Turn Deserves Another
My role is increasingly strategic and management focused these days but I still love the chance to get my design-head on once in a while. The other day I was asked for a “favour” job and, as it was for my eldest’s school, I couldn’t really say “No”. The only problem was that it had [...]
23 Sep '08
Spacequatica Installation in Madrid
Over 1.5 million people walked Madrid’s Gran Via on Sat 13th Sept to celebrate La Noche En Blanco 2008, and The Sancho Plan ’s interactive installation (for which Do Tank provided all coding & system architecture) was in prime position! The public could play with the interactive audiovisual adventure Spacequatica by waving their hands in [...]
23 Sep '08
G-Phone to hit UK in November
Google’s long-awaited and semi-mythical Android phone is set for a US launch later today. Google’s notorious secretiveness has fuelled wild rumours about it’s specs but it’s reliably believed to have GPS, and a handy pull-out QWERTY keyboard. With tilt sensors and touchscreen, the G1 phone will support third-party applications so expect a flurry of iPhone-a-like [...]
4 Sep '08
Meta Serif - the Microsite
FontShop have gone and made a microsite dedicated to the glory of Erik Spiekermann’s new font Meta Serif. Designed specifically to complement his iconic - and almost ubiquitous - Meta, it’s bound to be a big hit. You can even download a poster but even I’m not that sad… well, maybe.
12 Aug '08
Is It Christmas Already?
Yeah, well, Summer must be nearly over cos I’m getting emails telling me the next big event to look forward to is halloween, Guy Fawkes, Christmas! Yup put that swimming costume away, repack your camping gear and get out your gollashes because Cockpit Arts is preparing for it’s Christmas Open Studios.
Alway inspiring, Cockpit Arts Open [...]
1 Aug '08
SIGGRAPH 2008
Ed, our head of production, is at SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles presenting the immersive installation “The Sancho Plan” and touting our wares to anyone who’ll listen. SIGGRAPH is a major date in the computer graphics and the interactive community’s calendar and we’re dead chuffed Ed was invited to perform SpaceAquatica, part of The Sancho Plan’s [...]
20 Jul '08
Do Tank Talk at the Apple Store
As part of the Rushes Soho Shorts festival, our creative director is on the panel at the Apple Store, Regent Street, for a discussion on new digital animation. Also at the table are Rushes’ own Jonathon Privett and animation superstars Nexus.
5pm Tuesday 29th July
Apple Store, Regent Street
