Toyota has started a pretty funny ad campaign trying to figure what the plural of the Prius is. Is it Prii? Priuses? Prien? Well, they’ve decided to let the people decide and have made a great video to advertise the campaign. But I give them mega-bonus points for asking Hunter Gatherer to create the stop-motion [...]
There is a scene in I Am Love in which the central character (Tilda Swinton) delicately eats a plate of food made by the man who will become her lover. As she savours each bite, the audio environment becomes muted, the lighting scheme alters its tone and every minute expression, feeling and sensation is captured [...]
In my continued effort to post interesting pieces by people who inspire me I wanted to share this interview with Shepard Fairey that publishers Gestalten has just released. It covers some of the basic stuff like what inspires him, but it also touches upon the recently cleared up lawsuit with the Associated Press over his [...]
This short animation by Buck/Antfood was featured on NYTimes.com to coincide with with the print version of their 2010 Year in Ideas issue. There are a few other excellent animations in the feature (especially the Armored T-Shirt) but I like the mesmerizing geometries of the Turbine-Free Wind Power because they reminds me of Charlie Harper. The [...]
I always love little experiments like this. Mattias Peresini mashed together Trapcode Particular, Trapcode Sound Keys, and After Effects to create this program that responds to music. This is about a thousand million times better than any of the visualizers that iTunes has ever had. My only complaint is that I wish the video was [...]
Paul Octavious 1280×800 1440×900 1680×1050 1920×1200 2560×1440 iphone ipad I’ve been waiting quite a while to release this wallpaper so I hope you share my enthusiasm for it. The album featured this week is Sky Blue Sky and the artist is Chicago based photographer, Paul Octavious. I am equal parts a fan of Paul’s amazing [...]
