Pop-up video
The song by Shitdisco is “OK”, but the video is super clever.
Archive for April, 2007
Find a stranger in the Alps
USA Network’s surreal dub over “fuck someone in the ass” actually makes this scene funnier in THE BIG LEBOWSKI.
Live motion kozyndan
Stumbled upon this going through kozyndan’s blog. It’s a collaborative video piece with Motion Theory that shows you what would happen if this incredible husband-and-wife illustrator team’s artwork came to real life. Used as a promo for Resfest.
Also, am not thrilled by the execution but a great idea nonetheless… an interactive version of kozyndan’s art where you can create your own panorama.
Muck and the mire
Video for Cold War Kids’ “Hang Me Up to Dry” shot gorgeously in B&W with some Fellini-esque stylistics.
Grizzly Bears can be sweet
This video for Grizzly Bear’s “Knife” features Beach Boys-inspired harmonies + some stop-motion sweetness.
Dinosaur Sr.
Okay, so the title of the post was too easy. J + Lou + Murph have put on a little bit of weight, but they’re bringing it heavy with the noise so I guess it’s all okay. God, that was corny.
Anyway, they’ve reunited, put out a new album and are touring so thought I’d post this WTF clip of Dino playing “Out There” on the Jenny Jones show.
TED redesigns and posts more talks
Method redesigns the site for TED, an annual conference dedicated to technology, entertainment and design. One of the best things about it is the easy access to the talks, 20-minute presentations by some of the world’s most interesting minds (e.g., Al Gore, Bono, Goran Levin, Nicholas Negroponte, Julia Sweeney, and many many more). Here is the talk by Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert on the synthesis of happiness.
And this vid of Stefan Sagmeister about designing for happiness is worth a looksy as well.
The formula for a great website
Great writing + clever concept =
http://noonebelongsheremorethanyou.com/
This deceptively simple site promotes a collection of short stories by Miranda July, the director of ME, YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW. And it’s one of the best things I’ve come across online in a long time.
BTW, she is performing at Neumo’s in Seattle, May 17, Thursday. Free.
Shrigley’s photos
You may be familiar with David Shrigley’s illustrations and cartoons but have you seen his photographs? They’re really funny and quite charming, and reflect the thoroughly unique vision he has on all things ordinary, un- and extra-.
Oh and if you haven’t witnessed his wicked pen-and-ink technique, check out this video he did for Blur. The last 45 seconds or so are f*ing brilliant.
Make art not war
Join other pixel pushers on this compulsively creative site where you can collaborate on multi-user, real-time art projects. You can be a buddy by helping with an image or you can be a royal dick by pushing stuff out of the way. Entertaining to see how people behave in groups.
W+K go all dot com (and Visual Thesaurus-y)
From my ACD re: wk.com
is it just me, or are those branches a little TOO deep? I clicked on one of the subjects, and after the third level down of exploding menus (leaving at least 100 choices hovering out there) I gave up trying to actually see work…
I prefer the BBDO approach (even though it takes FOREVER to load), similar idea, but you get to see little pictures of the content and the depth levels are grounded by the background map …
My Response:
ye of little attention span.
timeline navigation allows you to explore by topic and links that take you to work appear in red with a little “open” tag next to it.
if you want to be less adventurous, navigate by client.
i think while you’re right, the volume of links/work is almost overwhelming (they’ve done HOW MANY jordan basketball spots?), one thing you get is that w+k didn’t just make a couple ads, they big-banged a universe of work that’s drawn from and infiltrated culture ranging from Air Force 1s to Daisuke Shimada.
the other amazing thing is that an agency can have 25 YEARS of work indexed and viewable on their site. that’s marrying an understanding of what can be done with current technology with a philosophy on how to express who you are (you are the work).
bbdo’s site is great. in fact, it’s a classic (it’s been around for 3 years which online is like dog years, meaning it’s practically an antique)… but wk’s taken that idea and taken it about 100 steps further by cataloging and, in a way, opensourcing their archive (how legal let them show all those TV spots online is beyond me) and by allowing you to navigate through the work based on talent and thematic tags (a la YouTube).
will it be that cool a year or two from now? probably not. will it be frustrating to some visitors? sure. will it be rewarding to others? hell, yea. does it sound like something w+k would be willing to live with — to make something cool that doesn’t necessarily please everyone? of course.
there you go. a site that tells me very clearly who the agency is.
