September 2011
36 posts
“Academia’s trying to reinvent itself right now. Maybe some of those people like...”
– Joi Ito interview in Fast Co Design
This languished in an open tab for days and I finally read the whole thing — it’s totally fun! And there are sharks!
Watchif you’re feeling blue, this one’s for you
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Distilled Happiness in ‘Hello, I Like You’
This short animation seeks to convey one simple thing: happiness. Commissioned by the F5 Festival, it was created through a variety of animation techniques by Mixtape Club, also known as Michelle Higa, Chris Smith, and Jesse Casey.
August 2011
34 posts
WatchThe International Space Station has the most incredible perspective on our crazy little planet.
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Hurricane Irene’s Terrifying Scale as Seen From Space
This excerpt of a video from the International Space Station reveals the unbelievable size of Hurricane Irene as it approaches the eastern coast of the U.S. This video was taken from 230 miles above Earth on August 24th,...
Watchso cool.
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Fly Over Cameroon in a Hexacopter
This weightless, dreamlike aerial footage was shot from a Hexacopter. Developed by William Thielicke, a Phd student in Germany, the Hexacopter is a remote control “micro air vehicle” with six rotating blades. Thielicke has made the project available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share-Alike license on his...
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Projection Mapping of BELL’s Face in Music Video for ‘Chase No Face’
Projection mapping meets hacking in this awesome music video for BELL. Artist Zach Lieberman talks about the making of the video and … cyborgs in this interview:
Our day-to-day physical and mental lives are increasingly infused with technology and digital media. How long do we have before we are all...
WatchJeremy Scott promo / fake tv sighting - dir. NABIL
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New web series by MTV: Weird Vibes.
I normally hate everything that mtv does, but I have to admit, this is fucking awesome.
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“And there is the rise of an increasingly visual culture, especially among the...”
– Laughed out loud at this New York Times op-ed. Neal Gabler bemoans the lack of “big ideas” among our generation while ridiculing the revolutionary ideas that are reshaping human society right now, chiefly social technology and “visual culture.” Just because you can’t...
WatchThis is how I spent my morning…
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10 Awesome Videos of Actual Robots Dancing
Yep. Click through for all 10. In this clip, the ATHLETE hexapod moon rover gets its groove on, courtesy of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab.
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“You’ve been published by The Atlantic? That’s cool. My name is frequently used...”
– Today, in reasons we love McSweeney’s. (via theatlantic)
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Blu’s First Stop-Motion Street Art Experiments in ‘Megunica’
Filmmaker Lorenzo Fonda and street artist Blu traveled through South America to shoot the documentary Megunica in 2008. On the road, they began to create these stop-motion animations, which were the genesis of Blu’s famous animated wall paintings.
In an interview with The Atlantic, Fonda describes the making of...
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