The planets have aligned
November 2, 2007
What do you get when you mix the author of my favorite non-design related blog, the author of my favorite design related blog, and the creator of some of my favorite design and illustration work? A Layer Tennis match pitting Marian Bantjes vs Armin Vit (of Under Consideration) with comments by Heather Armstrong (of Dooce.com).
What’s Layer Tennis? “Two artists (or two small teams of artists) will swap a file back and forth in real-time, adding to and embellishing the work. Each artist gets fifteen minutes to complete a ‘volley’ which is then posted to the site. A third participant, a writer, provides play-by-play commentary on the action, as it happens. The matches last for ten volleys and when it’s complete they declare a winner.”
My head is exploding from the sheer awesomeness of it all. Watch it live as it unfolds (2pm Chicago time on Friday 11/2). I absolutely don’t have time for this, but I don’t think I’ll be able to resist…
Thanks for the introduction to this cool sport!
I wasted a healthy amount of late night internet hours following all the goings on from these links, and I am so impressed by these designers. Great work…..I love learning about this stuff, and I
love the dooce website too.
Thanks again for the links!
Tina
Comment by Tina Cornell — November 7, 2007 @ 11:26 am
Hi Tina!
Glad you enjoyed it. It is addictive, isn’t it?
Thanks for reading!
Comment by Leslie Tane Design — November 7, 2007 @ 12:49 pm