Some of you know this for some time already. Some of you don’t. This post is for the latter. In most countries around Europe you can’t see all the Champions League games live on tv. In Holland you can’t see any of the CL games tonight. Thanks to good old internet you can see them easily at ATDHE.net for niks (warning: no HD).
MTV re-branded their six specialist music channels’. This, of course, means great new leaders by some of the best motion- and audio studios. For MTV Rocks (formerly MTV2) Dutch studio Post Panic worked five months on creating five surreal idents that rock indeed. Directed by Mischa Rozema, audio by Massive Music, Amsterdam.
Spec spot designed and directed by Aladino Debert. The project was funded by Radium/ReelFX and is 100% CG.
This is for all design professionals. X-Rite, global leader in color standards (they own Pantone), has a little color challenge for you. Can you get the perfect score?
For a contest, Directtovideo made a recode of the V&A Decode ident, in C++ and using shaders, the decode logo is formed from 250,000 cubes which separate, swarm and flock realtime on a (high end) consumer PC.
A trailer for the upcoming docu by Clinch on Jay-Z. On March 22 you can see it for free on Facebook due to a vodka brand giving ‘em cash for creating it. “Rap mags try and use my black ass / so advertisers can give ‘em more cash for ads, fuckers / I don’t know what you take me as / Or understand the intelligence that Jay-Z has”
The Berlin Brain-Computer Interface aims to improve the detection and decoding of brain signals acquired by electroencephalogram (EEG). They are currently presenting a live demonstration of their braincontrolled pinball machine at the CeBit exhibit in hannover, germany.
Walt Disney Animation Studios launched an open technology site where users will, for the first time, be able to access innovative technologies and papers developed in house.
Another intruiging new product from Art. Lebedev, the design studio with offices in Russia, Latvia and Ukraine. The Segmentus is a concept for a digital clock with hands. I like it that they show the process of making the product on their website as well.
Maybe too many designers are making it look old lately, combining old graphic styles and photos with paper textures, stains and color burn. But some of them, like Alex Varanese, make it look so nice I can only enjoy it.
Limbo is a side scrolling game currently in development by Danish game designers Playdead. There’s not much to see yet, apart form this tiny size official site. It’s coming to Xbox Live Arcade and from the looks of it the game will feature a cool and intriguing dark fairytale atmosphere.
This might give you the wrong idea, but it’s just a little interactive gimmick for Swedish cottage cheese. I’ll leave the jokes to you in the comments.
‘This is a sketchbook, an archive, a dialogue.’ It’s a nice little blog by 4 friends (of type) posting (and selling) their type experiments. You could also consider it a warm-up for Adobe User Group’s Type in Motion session, today.
Yet another quality music video: You probably remember OK Go from the threadmill video, which gave them instant fame. For their latest effort they teamed up with director James Frost and Syyn Labs to create the impossible.
The new Gorillaz single sports a slow electronic groove, Mos Def and legendary soul singer Bobby Womack. The Jamie Hewlett directed video features fancy camera work, fast cars and Bruce Willis firing rounds at the Gorillaz characters, animated by Passion Pictures. Nice! Plastic Beach, the upcoming album, can be pre-ordered from all the big resellers.
Artist Caleb Larsen built this nihilist-type sculpture called ‘A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter’. The object perpetually attempts to sell itself on eBay. Currently going for $6.858
The second clock kit from ladyada & Adafruit Industries. They wanted to make a clock that was ultra-hackable, from adding a seperate battery-backed RTC to desiging the enclosure so you could program the clock once its assembled…
Belgian agency Group94 was asked to design and develop the new website for The Favourite Website Awards (FWA), an international awards program for cutting-edge interactive work. Group94 themselves are 3rd on the list of FWA winning agencies with 44 awards so they know what it takes. They did an excellent job.
Saturday April 10 is a new edition of Champion Sound in Leiden. They got Dieselboy and lasers by Oplichters to celebrate the anniversary of this renowned drum & bass party. Check out all the flyers, created by Super Silo.
A new documentary on prolific artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, it features unseen interview and painting footage. Directed by Tamra Davis and music by Beastie Boys Ad Rock and Mike D. Speaking of Basquiat, if you are in Amsterdam on March 18th, you can see his Downtown 81 film at Seeing Sounds.
Green City is a German investment bank which enables its clients to invest in environmentally conscious things, and stuff. Musclebeaver created this awesome animation for them, explaining how your money works for you.
Great use of video and background in this Vimeo ad for Frito Lay Dips. Similar to Honda Shine, but entertaining in it’s own way. One of the few online display formats I actually believe in.
Last week the third edition of FITC Amsterdam took place and the event was kicked off by showing the opening leader, a great animation that everyone should see. It’s designed and directed by Soulbase, graphic design was done by Drön (ex-Farb), character animation by Air Rebels and character rigging by NMtrix.
While watching an episode of GT TV on the new God of War, a video of Joe Danger came by and now I can’t wait to get that game. It looks like a mix of Mario Kart meets Little Big Planet meets Paper Boy meets Stunt Car Racer. It’s a downloadable game by Hello, who are just four young guys making their first official game together.
To celebrate it’s soon to be Fair Trade status, Ben&Jerry’s is trying to start a Givolution. They give a free icecream for anything you wish to share. Others will bid for your item, give you something in return, and so it starts. NewWork like’s to give, and offers a free NW shirt. What do you give in return?
Here’s the new stop motion videoclip from Nobody Beats The Drum. Make sure you also watch the hilarious making of. It’s directed by Rogier van der Zwaag.
The app of Dutch cartoonist Nozzman was first rejected by Apple because of explicit content and iPad jokes but the censored edition is now available for free in the Dutch app store. Besides rude and gross humor, it also contains code by me and Mangrove. Hope the Dutchies like it.
Nice card to say sorry, it would make me smile when I would received it.
Looking for some pics on the web, i found this. Made by Achtung! Very cool concept, nice production and I like the sound design. Too bad they only made it for Hyves.