Monday 27 September 2010

David A Smith: Sign Artist

David A Smith is synonymous in Sign-Writing and Glass gilding circles, with high quality, hand crafted reverse glass signs and decorative silvered and gilded mirrors. This documentary from director Danny Cooke goes behind the scenes of one of the few remaining UK sign artists.

Flexible Love Folding Chair

Monday 20 September 2010

Light Drive

Stop motion form and colour, using light painting techniques. Every frame is an individually shot photograph. Each photograph is a long exposure photo, with exposures reaching up to 20 seconds in some cases. To control the lights, an Arduino was used controlled via bluetooth to drive a stepper motor. The stepper motor controls the movements of the lights remotely from Processing.

Sunday 19 September 2010

Julian Treasure On Sound

Playing sound effects both pleasant and awful, Julian Treasure shows how sound affects us in four significant ways. Listen carefully for a shocking fact about noisy open-plan offices.

Saturday 18 September 2010

The Recluse

Great piece of storytelling by Partizan director Daniel Wolff for Plan B's new video The Recluse.

Friday 17 September 2010

The Game Layer On Top Of The World

Seth Priebatsch, CEO of the new mobile gaming platform SCVNGR, says nothing influences our daily actions like game dynamics.

Thursday 16 September 2010

Dot

A nice miniature stop motion short using CellScope technology, created by Sumo Science at Aardman for the Nokia N8.

I Still Have A Soul

Lovely piece for HBO's boxing coverage.

Thursday 9 September 2010

Table for One

I don't know what it is but I find people eating alone heartwrenching. And now this: a blog dedicated to the solitary folk. It's like having the bambi death scene on repeat.

Wednesday 8 September 2010

Google Instant With Bob Dylan.

God I love this guy

The Making Of The Blade Runner Hades Landscape

Special Effects Artist Douglas Trumbull talks through the creation of the famous opening sequence of Blade Runner, referred to as the "Hades Landscape". Inspiring stuff. Here's the link.

Bike By Me

Bike by me makes it possible to create a bike in your own favorite colour scheme. The site works pretty simple; pick a colour for each part, choose your frame size and order your bike online. Delivery time in Europe is about 2-5 business days.

Monday 6 September 2010

Uniqlo Lucky Counter

A new one from Uniqlo, Lucky Counter: You tweet about a product and its price will come down for everybody, loving the social interaction around the whole thing.

Levi's Ready To Work

Levi's and Wieden + Kennedy are becoming part of this tale of city reinvention, built around the spirit and hope of Braddock, Pennsylvania.You can discover the stories behind the communities inspiring the rebirth of the town on the YouTube channel, and almost feel the spirit of pioneers so dear to the brand.

Pranav Mistry's Sixth Sense Technology