[vimeo width="600" height="338"]http://vimeo.com/4489687[/vimeo] 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 [...]
Director/Producer Eric Bricker has been screening his new documentary about Julius Shulman over the last several months. I came across the trailer and website earlier this morning and instantly became a fan (although I haven't seen the film yet). Here's a little information about Julius Shulman and the trailer for Eric Bricker's new documentary Visual Acoustics. About Julius Shulman (from Wikipedia) Julius Shulman's images of Californian architecture have burned themselves [...]
Jacques Tati was a film maker from Paris who spent his life creating comic films with elaborate scenery and little dialogue. His most popular films (Mon Oncle and Play time) centered on the dimwitted yet lovable character of Monsieur Hulot and his quixotic struggle with postwar France's infatuation with modern architecture, mechanical efficiency and American-style consumerism. Mon Oncle and Playtime were largely visual comedies; color and lighting are employed to help tell the story. The dialogue is barely [...]
The directors of the National Malus (crab-apple) Collection invited Heatherwick Studio to develop the design of a structure called the Sitooterie for their site in Essex. Derived from the Scottish, a 'sitooterie' is a small building in which to literally "sit oot". The structure is a cube punctured by over 5000 long thin windows that project from all its surfaces and lift it off the ground. The cube, which measures [...]
I love concrete floors. These photos come from the Transparent House web site - please visit. via Trendir
"Phil started as an animator with Disney, working on a variety of feature films, including “Lion King ,” "Pocahontas,” “Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “Mulan,” “Tarzan” and “Lilo Stitch.” After a decade with Disney, he is now gaining a firm following for his comic art. Noto is a graduate of the prestigious Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida." (source notofans · The Fans Of Noto) Visit Noto Art [...]
Aaron Draplin discusses his perspective on signage, graphic arts, and visual pollution in this 3 minute video: Although this video is 50x times funnier, it's closely related to the other visual pollution post I made earlier this year. Trackback
Now that's some good design...
I'm at the Seattle International Airport waiting for my flight to leave for Amsterdam. I've managed to find some free wifi (which is always nice) and while surfing the net I came across this video for a remix of the Radiohead song Nude. (video by James Houston). Quote from Engadget: "Somehow, this cat managed to tackle the nearly impossible task of remixing Radiohead's Nude without defacing it entirely (read: merging [...]
I visited the Seattle Public Library last weekend - here are a few photos... Â Â Â Â Â Â