OK Go
6th February 2012
Thought OK Go’s new video for Needing/Getting was pretty cool. 4 months of prep and 4 days of shooting.
CommentLogo Impressions by a 5-year-old
2nd February 2012
This video by identity designer Adam Ladd is amazing. He asked his 5 year old what she thought about the logos he showed her.
Have you ever looked at the Olympic logo as though it were a baby’s toy? Now you will.
Gorgeous and insightful.
(via swiss-miss)
Clear
31st January 2012
“Life is messy. Simplify with Clear.”
I’ve just been reading about a new To Do app called Clear. Don’t get me wrong, I love Teux Deux (the nifty little swissmiss To Do app) and use it on my computer all the time, but I never got around to sorting it out on my (very old and very slow) iPhone.
Clear looks even more simple than Teux Deux, and although some people are saying this app is before it’s time as it breaks a lot of current interface rules with no labels, icons or menus, for me it would be perfect. Just a bit long list in bright blocks of colour.
Have a watch of the video and see what you think.
(via FastCompany)
Time is Nothing
30th January 2012
Time is Nothing is not your usual timelapse.
17 Countries. 343 Days. 6237 Photographs. You’ll recognise a lot of the landmarks, and the landscapes are beautiful, but the cool thing is how much of the video is focused on people and how gorgeous the music is.
I loved seeing so many of the places we’ve been and it made me want to go to the ones we haven’t yet. Read more about Kien Lam’s travels here.
Definitely worth a watch.
(Thanks Dad)
Oh Expletive!
25th January 2012
Oh Expletive! is a project by Safwat Saleem about “ass kicking and mayhem.” Unicorns, Zombies and 8-Bit creature fights – what more could you want?!
The Kickstarter project has already been fully backed and after asking for $3000 for screen print and t-shirt production costs, pledges so far have raised $22,655 which is incredible.
The video explaining the project is awesome – take a minute to watch it – and you can check out the rest of the designs over on the Oh Expletive! Kickstarter page.
(via DesignWorkLife)
Project Yosemite
23rd January 2012
Yosemite in all it’s glory, beautifully time-lapsed together by Sheldon Neill and Colin Delehanty of Project Yosemite.
Another great use of the M83 song Outro (Brain Farm used it on The Art of Flight soundtrack too), it works oh so well on footage like this.
For an awesome viewing experience, hit the full screen button dude.
(Thanks Bub)
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
12th January 2012
Last night we went to see David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and…ohmygod…wow.
I read the books and loved them but never watched the Swedish movie versions because I thought I’d be disappointed. I didn’t doubt Fincher’s version would be amazing and I was completely glued to my seat from the minute the title sequence started.
The intro, created by Blur Studio was an über-detailed, sexy, oily mashup that reminded me of a Bond opening but with a hardcore cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” (produced by Trent Reznor, with Karen O and Atticus Ross) playing over the top. Definitely one way to get the entire cinema to sit up and pay attention!
Oh, The Places You’ll Go
10th January 2012
Oh, The Places You’ll Go.
I can imagine how much Dr. Seuss would’ve loved this video! The crazy, the sexy and the cool recite his final book about life’s ups and downs at Burning Man. Brilliant and totally appropriate.
Oh, I really, really, really want to go.
(via LaughingSquid)
Alistair McClymont Studio
21st December 2011
Here is the extremely talented Alistair McClymont’s most recent offering – a water droplet hovering above a vertical wind tunnel.
Gorgeous.
The Art Of Flight
16th December 2011
Last night we went to watch The Art Of Flight which was being shown as part of the Wavescape 2011 Surf Film Festival. If you want a movie that literally takes your breath away, this is the one for you.
Just as good (if not better) than That’s It That’s All, Travis Rice and his RedBull/Quiksilver crew travel from Alaska to Patagonia in search of the perfect ride. Completely awe-inspiring, the most stunning scenery and jaw-dropping snowboarding that will blow your mind, this is what life is all about.
AM.azing.
Help-Portrait
9th December 2011
I wish I’d heard about Help-Portrait earlier. On December 10th photographers around the world are getting together with their communities to shoot portraits of people in need. It sounds like a really cool idea and something that I think would work so well in a city like Cape Town. I’m adding this into my diary for next year.
Have a watch of Jeremy Cowart explaining how the idea came about on TEDx.
A History of the Sky
1st December 2011
This timelapse of San Francisco’s sky is cool. Ken Murphy set up a camera to shoot a photo every 10 seconds, every day for 1 year. 3 million photos later, this is the result.
(via CoDesign)
Sketchtravel
30th November 2011
I never heard about Sketchtravel before, but after reading about it this morning I fell completely in love with the project.
The red sketchbook was passed between 71 artists in 12 countries over 4 and a half years. The list of artists and illustrators is impressive (Quentin Blake, James Jean, Taiyō Matsumoto to name a few) but it’s the idea that this little book was travelling for all that time that makes me smile – and that they managed to auction it off for $96,000, all of which was donated to Room to Read, a awesome charity that helps kids learn to read. Sold.
The beautiful video was put together by Sketchtravel and is totally inspiring and well worth a watch.
You can read more about Sketchtravel here or buy the book from here (which has just been added to the top of my christmas list).
(via MatadorNetwork)
Address Is Approximate
25th November 2011
Great little stop motion animation, awesome soundtrack by the ever cool Cinematic Orchestra and shot on a Canon 5D MkII. I’m inspired.
Frozen Planet
25th November 2011
I am having such an awesome time watching the newest BBC Series Frozen Planet. My mouth is pretty much open for the entire hour!
Do people understand how amazing our little world is?
