Joby Pop-Up Store

Check out our latest new retailer – the Joby Inspired gallery and pop-up store launched earlier this month in the trendy Hayes district of San Francisco.

Lasting just 10 days, the Joby Inspired event was a collaboration between Joby, the makers of the Gorillapod, and local design firms, including:

• Derek Chen
• Envelope AD
• Design Glut
• Richard Hansen
• Materious
• Peter Stathis
• Philip Wood

These firms created installations based upon and using Joby products.

The retail store featured products from Acme Made as well as Lensbabies, Vespa San Francisco, and Lomography.

Smart Laptop Sleeve

Metro Tote

Take a look at a guy who intrigues us: Bhautik Joshi.  Bhautik is a research engineer at Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), DIY inventor, digital enthusiast, blogger and self-described rambler.  He lives in San Francisco and takes his curiosity to every corner of the city and beyond.

On his mind: Completed a PhD with the CSIRO BioMedia Lab titled Model Generation and Interaction in Surgical Simulation, where he investigated algorithms for creating real-time biomechanical simulations from medical imaging scans.

 
On his head: a down-to-earth bucket hat:

Latest invention:  The plunger-cam.
Bhautik has found a way to create a DIY tilt-and-shift lens, and he provides instructions on his blog:
http://cow.mooh.org/2009/07/plungercam-2-cheaper-and-more.html

His view of Fisherman’s Wharf, plunger-cammed:
A kitschy, touristy, and seemingly very tiny neighborhood gets some very special effects thanks to Bhautik’s cool invention:

Find out more about Bhautik Joshi:
- Visit his blog
- Peruse his Flickr page
- View his videos