@bloomingbridges

Herzlich willkommen, bienvenue and a hearty welcome..

to all you strangers, who came to see the third incarnation of www.bloomingbridges.co.uk, the official playground of Digital Art & Technology student Florian Brueckner and home of the blooming bridges « over » withering waters visualisation. I hope you will enjoy your stay.

Florian Brueckner

From rags to bridges..

This is me!

"Way back when I was a child, I always dreamt of becoming an inventor. A person who spends his time in a little chamber, sketching useful little gadgets, which would make life more enjoyable for the whole community."

Meanwhile I've made it to Plymouth (UK) where I pursue a career as a digital artist. I'm convinced that by the time I get my degree I'll have the skills and knowledge to make at least the digital world a better place. One thing is guaranteed, I will never run out of ideas for new exciting projects!

My hobbies include travelling, playing the guitar (mostly Jazz and what most people would classify as "noise"), tea-drinking and collecting, dining out, scrutinizing art galleries and long walks at the sea-side. I am also crazy about penguins!


The blooming bridges metaphor

Il faut cultiver son jardin.. thus I added a new gimmick to this website, which would finally connect the domain name with my online persona. The blooming bridge (, which should scroll sideways at the bottom of the page) is made of my latest twitter followers, my new connections so to speak, whilst beneath the withering waters show the decline of activity from the aforementioned users. See if you can spot yourself and read the full blog entry here if you like.

P.S.: I'd be very grateful for more followers, especially those with screen names shorter than 7 characters.


moleskine notebook moleskine notebook

Oh please, I just can't if somebody is watching..

If you want to gain deeper insights into my life at university and you don't fear cryptic module codes and my horrible writing, feel free to check out my workbooks to your right. Graphics courtesy of Phil.

Finished reading? Move on to my fellow artistes numériques' blogs:


Kunst, alt und neu

Prototype design for a learning, teaching and research application for the dome environment. An anti-war art installation based around the board game classic battlehips. An interactive Tchaikovsky music visualisation using XBOX360 guitar controllers. Android app development A panorama-based virtual tour framework written in AS3. A real-time dating website demonstrating HTML5 WebSocket technology Website design for the Robotics department at the University of Plymouth.

Would you rather sit in on of the Portland Square Lecture Theatres? Think twice! A couple of hours spent together with Illustrator and the like. The DA&T SURF CLUB - Inspiration sharing for digital artists. The art-o-matic. Generate ideas for your next piece of art within a press of a button. The first teamAWESOME collaboration: PHPechaKucha.com - Have a peek!.

1. art/design based 2. programming heavy 3.bits of both 4. joined effort (teamAwesome)

Menu design I did for former café owner and friend Fritz Becker.

ProcessingJS demo. Watch it in motion.

A couple of hours spent in company of Illustrator and the like.

I set myself the goal to produce one showworthy piece of digital goodness a day until christmas eve. Have a look what's new!

A pool for inspiration, maintained by DAT students. Get inspired!

The latest incarnation of this project's underlying architecture can be seen on the datalogue.

Need an idea for your next piece of art? Then you should have a go at the art-o-matic

CSS3 demo and minimalist start page for your WebKit based browser. View

The first teamAWESOME collaboration: PHPechaKucha.com - Have a peek!.

The Dome-enhanced Oceanographic Records Inspector

Prototype design for a learning, teaching and research application for the dome environment. Read more.

My adaptation of the board game classic Mastermind for the Android platform as part of the Java module in the second year of DAT.

A panorama-based virtual tour framework written in AS3. Still work-in-progress..

A real-time dating website demonstrating HTML5 WebSocket technology. Plug yourself in.

An interactive Tchaikovsky music visualisation using XBOX360 guitar controllers. Read more

An anti-war art installation based around the board game classic battlehips. Read more


(No longer) breaking news: PTR coming to Facebook in the distant future?

My feature project 'pinguintauchrunter' is currently undergoing a complete make-over and will be made available as a Facebook application once it's done. I put together a little teaser as a means of thanking you for all your dear support. Watch it on YouTube. You can still play the original version over here if you must.

Listen up!

Plus if you either happen to be a member of an organisation that aims to preserve the natural habitat of penguins and looking for a free way to spread the word about your cause, do not hesitate and enquire by email via the address below!


Drop me a line or two..

brueckner.florian@HOVER.ME

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