I love Cousteau. Watching this show when I was a kid, I’d dream about going on far away adventures and discovering new things. I especially like all his gear, boats, helicopters, etc.

Here’s 48 minutes of awesome:

About “A Kiss from Tokyo” in the words of Stephane Coedel (co-director/animator)

“A Kiss From Tokyo”, Theatrical Trailer (1964) – Yuki 7 dashes around the world in hot pursuit of the tantalizingly tricky Diamond Eye, who is stealing parts and plans and leaving behind a path of murdered scientists in her quest to build a missile inside her volcanic lair.

I co-directed it with and for Kevin Dart.
This animation is a part of a promotional event about the release of Kevin’s new book, “Seductive Espionage, the world of Yuki 7″ which will happen this summer.
Kevin produced the graphics and I gave them life in After Effects.

I tried to catch what was typical about the vintage look of the movies from this period. Lighting, grain, old school Special Effects (car chase in a studio with background projected film, miniature sets), editing, old fashion transitions, Music, etc…
Cyrille Marchesseau created a great piece of music inspired by Laurie Johnson (The Avengers) and John Barry (James bond).

Order the book, “Seductive Espionage: The World of Yuki 7″ from fleetstreetscandal.com

Become a fan of Yuki 7 at facebook.com/pages/Yuki-7/89892777520

Via http://www.herbanddorothy.com

Do you have to be a Medici or a Rockefeller to collect art?

Not according to Herbert and Dorothy Vogel. This documentary film tells the extraordinary story of Herb, a postal clerk, and Dorothy, a librarian – an ordinary couple of modest means who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history.

In the early 1960s, when very little attention was paid to Minimalist and Conceptual Art, Herb and Dorothy quietly began purchasing the works of unknown artists. Devoting all of Herb’s salary to buy art, and living on Dorothy’s paycheck alone, they continued collecting artworks guided by two rules: the piece had to be affordable, and small enough to fit in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Within these limitations, they proved themselves curatorial visionaries; most of those they supported and befriended went on to become world-renowned artists. Their circle includes: Sol LeWitt, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Tuttle, Chuck Close, Robert and Sylvia Mangold, Lynda Benglis, Pat Steir, Robert Barry, Lucio Pozzi and Lawrence Weiner.

Thirty years on, the Vogels had managed to accumulate over 4,000 pieces, filling every corner of their living space from the bathroom to the kitchen. “Not even a toothpick could be squeezed into the apartment,” recalls Dorothy. Their apartment was near collapse, holding way over its limit – something had to be done.

In 1992, the Vogels made headlines that shocked the art world: their entire collection was moved to the National Gallery of Art, the vast majority of it as an outright gift to the institution. Many of the works they acquired at modest prices appreciated so significantly that their collection became worth several million dollars, yet the Vogels never sold a single piece to breakdown the collection.

Herb and Dorothy still live in the same apartment today- with 19 turtles, lots of fish, one cat -once completely emptied, now refilled again with piles of artworks.

The Vogels’ discerning taste and magnanimity changed the face of contemporary art collecting. In 2007, James Stourton, the chairman of Sotheby’s UK, included the Vogels in his acclaimed book, Great Collectors of Our Time: Art Collecting Since 1945. Stourton placed Herb and Dorothy among the top art collectors in the world, alongside Getty, Rockefeller and Mellon.

While there are countless films that feature artists, there are few about art collectors. Herb and Dorothy provides a unique chronicle of the world of contemporary art from two unlikely collectors, whose shared passion and discipline defies stereotypes and redefines what it means to be a patron of the arts.

June Taylor is a Berkeley based preserve maker who specializes in creating a spectrum of mouth-watering, culinary treasures, each hand crafted in small batches from heirloom and long forgotten fruits.

In a humble tone, she will tell you how she is connected to the land and how the garden informs her. 

Moved by the rich history of her craft, June works intimately with the fruit brought to her primarily from regional family farmers. Each glowing and glorious vessel of preserved fruit created in her Still Room is arguably a work of art.

This PocketDoc, created for COOL HUNTING by TINBIKE Productions, provides a peek into the world of June Taylor Jams.

PRODUCER:
Ami Kealoha

FILMMAKER:
Beau Kristan Bouverat 
TINBIKE.com

COMPOSER:
Daron Harley Murphy
GowanusSoundInitiative.com

See this film on COOLHUNTING.COM:
coolhunting.com/archives/2008/07/june_taylor_jam.php