When the band Stateless imagines the eternal battle within all of us — the struggle between good and evil — gypsy music meets modern beats, and the weapon is improvised dance. Performed by professional dancer Dominic North with motion-capture and digital animation by the design studio FIELD, the songs protagonist, Ariel, duels with the devil.
“Ariel” will be available November 22 on Ninja Tunes, from the forthcoming album “Matilda”, out Feb 2011.
People are always coming up with new ways to use their iPhones. Featured here are some very small folks relaxing with their favorite phones.
When he’s not designing websites or creating iPhone apps, J. D. Hancock likes to take photographs of “small scale” things like his enormous collection of action figures and toys. A recovering pack-rat, J.D. often takes pictures as he unpacks bits from his past.
Hanging out at the iPool
Roaming around the spacious Internet recently, I noticed a pattern that pleased me: high quality artwork featuring actor, comedian and all-out character, Bill Murray. I’ve felt for a while that we are both pretty random fellows and learned we both enjoy washing random people’s dishes, so it seemed to be the perfect time to do a post. Enjoy! – Paul Caridad
Murray representing other characters from Wes Anderson films in which he stars – Casey Weldon
On October 10, 2010 (10.10.10) across the planet, documentary filmmakers, students, and inspired citizens recorded the human experience over a 24-hour period and contributed their voices to the largest participatory media event in history. This is the trailer of the first week of uploaded footage, capturing the beauty, the tragedy and the unique expressions of life from around the globe. Go to onedayonearth.org for more info and a glimpse at more footage.
Who knew nature could be so psychedelic and alien? Ben Wiggens makes stunning time-lapse movies of the natural world, offering us a new sense of life and exposure to a dimension we normally overlook with our naked eye.
Bringing you the very first interactive music video is Ed Banger Records, who teamed up with the French electronic duo Cassius to deliver an iPhone app that your ears and lips can relax to. Check out the music video featuring the app below, or go to the iTunes Store to download it: I <3 You So
INFLUENCERS is a short and inspiring web-based documentary about those people who influence society and culture, creating trends that become contagious. Centering around creative people in New York fashion, design, advertising and entertainment, the film attempts to answer the question: What makes a person influential?
Influencers was written and directed by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson. You can find out more about the film at influencersfilm.com or on Facebook at facebook.com/influencersfilm.
Caution! This music video from the breakbeat musical duo Hifana might make your eyeballs fall out…
Composed of KEIZOmachine! (Keizo Fukuda) and Juicy (Jun Miyata), they formed in 1998 in the Tokyo neighbourhood of Kichijōji. This video is from their 2010 album 24H.
Chris Gilmour creates stunningly beautiful, hyper-realistic sculptures out of a material often found in wastebaskets. Using common cardboard, his work re-creates subjects ranging from machines used in daily life, to small models of religious architecture, to icons of design. His last exhibition included a life-size cardboard replica of a grand piano hanging from the ceiling. [Read more...]
Business as usual is print media, billboards, selling pants as pants. Try selling shiny chrome pants to the masses that way and you will fail.
Chris Lindland is not your average business man. He is a community builder who is not afraid to think outside the box. His business, BetaBrand, has grown exponentially through direct interaction with its customers and a unique advertising campaign starring customers, dubbed Model Citizen. Everything is made in San Francisco and he’s approaching $1 million in sales this year.
Today we bring you a taste of what happens when you let your customers run free in the streets.
