2011 Update!

We know it’s already mid-February and a little late for our new year update, but, hey, it’s still the first quarter!

Some updates from the studio:

1. Our handmade holiday cards:

Just before we took our holiday break, we made these cards and mailed them out the old fashion way. That’s right, with stamps and everything. The cards were laser cut and then, staying true to the Aesthetec style of doing everything ourselves, we went the extra mile of hand-assemblying, personalizing the notes, and addressed each one by hand. Hope you had a happy holiday.

2. Trip to Japan & Catching Maywa Denki

We spent a few days hanging out in Tokyo in the beginning of our holiday. Besides satisfying our years-long craving for authentic Japanese ramen, we did pack in some really quality interactive nerdy time, namely:

* A visit to Miraikan! Miraikan is Tokyo’s science museum, and we had been wanting to check out their giant LED globe display for some years now, but alas, it wasn’t there. Here’s our field report on some exhibit techniques and things.

* Maywa Denki’s annual holiday party & performance! See our notes on the party & performance here.

* Shopping session at Akihabara Every time we visit, we collect more and more LED matrix. Photo report and update to come.

3. Work-wise

We’re proud to announce that Aesthetec is officially part of the production phase for the New Calgary Science Center, which we also helped design all last year (see our early prototype documentation here). We are designing and producing customized electronics for several exhibits. The NSC is due to opened in the fall of 2011. More details/updates to come later this year.

Happy 2011!