If you haven’t heard about it yet, there is a new viral video in town. Kony2012 has 80 MILLION views on youtube as of this writing. It was posted just over a week ago. And that’s just on youtube. Visible Measures says that it got to 70 million views faster than any other viral videoContinue Reading

We’re all familiar with typeface specimens and we know they can be a work of art unto themselves. But I personally haven’t ever seen one quite like this. I think it’s a great experiment. I would love to see more type foundries producing little videos that give us more background information about their typefaces. It’sContinue Reading

As a general rule, I am more impressed with execution than with the spark of an idea (although they go in tandem). Seeing people follow through on something with skill and determination is always inspiring. This video from Miguel Endara is all about execution. It documents his 3.2 million dots in this neo-pointillism portrait. I’mContinue Reading

Vincent Morisset is probably my favorite artist of 2011. You may know him from any variety of projects for The Arcade Fire. I saw him at OFFF in Barcelona and was super impressed with his work, but even more so by his explanation of his process. He just always seems to take it one stepContinue Reading

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While I’m very impressed with the technology, 3D seems to be one of those things that surely won’t catch on. For me, there are just too many barriers. Of course, that means I’m probably wrong, but isn’t this an uphill battle? What’s the benefit? The Drawbacks First, there’s the high price of entry. Don’t thinkContinue Reading

This video by Sony is simply phenomenal. The color is obviously breathtaking… that’s what the advert is for. But beyond that, they really nailed it with the movement of the dominoes mirroring the action in the shots they chose, as well as choosing some really great cinematography. But they didn’t stop there. The lighting isContinue Reading