Remember the Upular remix that went round about two year’s ago; a track composed only using chords, bass notes and vocal samples from the Disney Pixar film ‘Up’. It’s creator Nick Bertke (aka Pogo) latest project is called Jaaam and it’s a mashup of voices and beats from The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.
A great little game for type-geeks like us. Well crafted by Canadian Interaction Designer Mark MacKay for Method of Action. Feel free to post your score below.
In a way to promote a local bicycle shop, a cool urban expriment was done in New York. On January 1, 2011 they chained a fully loaded bike to a post along a busy Soho street and took a picture every day, for a whole year. The resulting video shows the bike slowly vanish, which is kinda cool.
Today, we can witness the largest online strike in history. Sites all over the world, including giants like google.com, wikipedia and reddit.com, protest against US laws that seriously endanger a free internet. We support this massive protest, hope you do too.
“I’ve been alone with you inside my mind. And in my dreams I’ve kissed your lips a thousand times. I sometimes see you pass outside my door. Hello! Is it me you’re looking for? I can see it in your eyes, I can see it in your smile. You’re all I’ve ever wanted and my arms are open wide, ’cause you know just what to say and you know just what to do. And I want to tell you so much…”
Again I am part of the Favourite Website Awards year jury, happy to share the winners with you: Site of the Year for Intel’s ‘The Museum of Me‘. My personal favorite of last year’s best became winner of the People’s Choice Award, ‘3 Dreams Of Black‘, an interactive world loaded with style, a Google Chrome site filled with great graphics.
A lick is a short phrase in music and because of our love for (electronic) music, me and two friends started Nine Licks last September. The music is categorized per moment, so if you’re looking for some beats to work with, music for on the beach or smooth music for in your bedroom; just press play.
Check out this one-page scrolling infographic website made by Linda Dong. Lovely concept and lovely illustrations to explain the dangers of hydraulic fracturing.
Sorry, it’s not a fuck up, but just great work from the animator of this retirement planning commercial. Check how smooth and natural he got rid of the logo. Bet the client didn’t even see it! Did you?!
When photograpy and Photoshop just won’t cut it anymore, what do you do? You start painting photos and ‘Photoshop’ with paint. Amazing hyperrealistic work by Diego Gravinese breathing new life into popart legacy.
Nike just released a freaky commercial, featuring snowboard champ Nicolas Müller, to promote a new set of boots. Think monkeys, angels, fresh chicken eggs and of course spectacular boarding.
This is the second video from Rome, the awesome album from Danger Mouse. It’s directed by Anthony Francisco Schepperd & Chris Milk, who was also responsible for the first video and the Chrome project for The Arcade Fire.
Filmmaker Jesse Rosten makes a statement on standards of beauty in this short movie called Fotoshop by Adobé. Kinda reminds on the 2006 Dove Evolution campaign for real beauty, but still as relevant as five years ago.
Gang violence is one of the defining features of life in El Salvador today. Thomas Hurkxkens created an intriguing 25-minute documentary for Al Jazeera’s Witness series. For poor youngsters in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, joining a gang seems to be the best choice. Machismo is a part of daily life.
Such a clever campaign by FHV BBDO / Proximity Amsterdam for DHL Express. Of course I was very pleased to see WeTransfer used in such a creative manner for the outdoor/online campaign of a similar service haha.
Your own portfolio on the go, as an iPad app. Simple and clean. Very nice work by Supersteil from Rotterdam. And hey, as a bonus they included a well known NewWork friend as example case.
What happens when you give thousands of stickers to thousands of kids? Yayoi Kusama re-created a typical home in Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art, painting the entire collection of rooms and furnishing pure white. Then she invited children to apply colored stickers in the shape of dots to, in the artist’s words, obliterate the blank canvas.
One of my good intentions this year is to spend less time on Facebook – and I’m not the only one. To make sure it’s not the road to hell I installed Chrome Nanny. If you find yourself killing a little too much time on sites like Reddit, it can help you keep focused by partially limiting or outright blocking distracting sites. The add-on is not brand new but it can help you out in the new year.
Cheers to lots of creativity, cool inventions, space travel and beautiful work.
A short film about Marc Manceaux and his marvellous little shop in Paris called “Fournitures Generales Pour le Piano”. Go for a dive into his sea of pianos. Created by Mathieu Cuvelier and Tom Wrigglesworth. The latter is known for a fine printer video he once did.
Freunde von Freunden is a german online interview magazine that just released a book which is a compilation of the homes and working environments of the featured creatives. The site also offers video portraits like the recent one about the Boros residence – a WWII air raid shelter in central Berlin. FvF even offers a bit of music.
Erwin Kho is a designer, illustrator and animator from Rotterdam who has a wonderful boxy style as one can see in his lovely and colourful work like Roots and Lekker Puh. For a university of applied sciences he finished a new project together with Lemonscentedtea. Read about his honest view on the creative process at his blog.
Gather your family around on this second day of Christmas to sing-a-long in the snow with your favorite hedgehog. No, not that hedgehog. These three in this animated (and interactive) short created by animation house Bird Box Studio from London.
Back by popular demand: the Crackpot Calendar. If you are really into illustrations you will love this calender with artists like Allan Sanders and Jakob Hinrichs. Especially the concept of it being seven-day calendar works great giving your hallway (or toilet) a weekly beautiful and often amusingly illustrated update.
Really. I can’t wait. The Prometheus trailer has every bit the feel you could wish for with a prequel like this. Still wondering if it really is a prequel to Alien? Go to Inside Movies and see what you think.
The cocktail-loving filmmakers at Dinosaur Worldwide have finished the 1st series of Danger 5. All five episodes of this World War II espionage YouTube serial are now online. That Hitler is up to no good with his bulletproof She-Nazis and crazy Nazi zombie monkeys. Find out if the elite Danger 5 team can stop him…
‘Nederland van Boven’ (’Netherlands from Above’) is an interesting crossmedia project by Dutch broadcaster VPRO. Helicopters and zeppelins (!) equipped with HD Cineflex cameras filmed different aspects of life in Holland from above. The show is accomplished by an interactive map which is updated weekly. (all links in Dutch)
Been a very long time since I last heard from MTV, but this animated save sex campaign is actually pretty funny. Made by Grey Germany.