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Relax. Everything is Under Control.

23. October 2008

Infographics meets the Sims by way of Big Brother on Zoloft in this soothing yet spooky new infomercial from Amsterdam’s Buro Knapzak called “The Ambient Life”. The clip imagines a future “in which information and communication technology renders people’s surroundings into a thinking and caring environment.” Agency: Buro Knapzak, CD: the Quick Brown Fox, 3D [...]

2008 Holland Animation Film Fest Leader

22. October 2008

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Here’s the fab clip leading off the venerable Holland Animation Film Festival this year created by UK boys Lee Wilson Wolfe and Pete Bishop based on an experiment shot in Wolfe’s back garden, “Lee was up for some fun so we tested the idea, replacing the bread with the symbols for love, luck, death, and [...]

Fresh Type Please, Thank You

22. October 2008

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Copenhagen motion studio Thank You sent their update and it reveals three tasty type-centric pieces worth your time. Check out “Moderna” Pic’d above, the Sjóva TV spots, and the Morgunblaðið commercial. Watch them all via the Thank You site.

Sliced Lamp by Studio Mango

21. October 2008

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This amazing lamp was achieved by cutting up an old fashioned table lamp and inserting more than 40 perspex plates in between the slices. The designers from Studio Mango (The Netherlands) wanted to make ordinary perspex more posh. Well, they not only succeeded but they also managed to update what was an old lamp and made it more [...]

Floating Ecopolis for Climate Refugees

21. October 2008

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According to the less alarming forecasts of the GIEC (Intergovernmental group on the evolution of the climate), the ocean level should rise from 20 to 90 cm during the 21st Century with a status quo by 50 cm (versus 10 cm in the 20th Century). As a solution to this alarming problem architect Vincent Callebaut [...]

Shy the Biscuits

21. October 2008

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This clip starts out sweet and cloying, directors Jannes Hendrikz and Ree Treweek soon steer us down their own twisted path to the playfully Baroque and subversive. Agency: Ogilvy Johannesburg, animation/VFX: Shy the Sun and Blackginger, live action: Cab Films. Watch “Bakers Precious Biscuits”

Bucking the Food Chain

21. October 2008

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The UK’s Channel 5 gets the Buck treatment in this ID through London agency DixonBaxi. Buck CD Ryan Honey: “We pride ourselves on attention to detail. While this was a fun and cute spot, we also wanted to give it a highly polished surreal look with a little edge. This was really driven by our [...]

The Strukt Standard

21. October 2008

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Simple, bold and memorable new cinema and TV clips from Vienna studio Strukt that do an excellent job slicing thru clutter to boost the profile of Austrian daily paper Der Standard. Agency Himmer, Buchheim & Partner Vienna. Watch Der Standard via the Strukt site.

Organics

21. October 2008

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Umeric just launched their updated site showcasing two new projects of note: the MTV Organic IDs (featured on Stash 49) as well as the strange HP+MTV “Birth” promo for a show called Meet or Detete which, like any good horror film, disarms you with ordinary in the 1st act, ramps up the weirdness in 2nd, [...]

Westwood Hotel Stationary by Visual Advice

21. October 2008

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I was captured by the timber tones of the hotel cut-out letters’ menu and love the minimal approach for the hotel stationary design range.’> “This menu, as well as these coasters, envelopes and door hangers, serve a part of the identity of a boutique hotel. The wooden tones and minimal design of these objects, made [...]

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Archive | October, 2008

Relax. Everything is Under Control.

2008 Holland Animation Film Fest Leader

Fresh Type Please, Thank You

Sliced Lamp by Studio Mango

Floating Ecopolis for Climate Refugees

Shy the Biscuits

Bucking the Food Chain

The Strukt Standard

Organics

Westwood Hotel Stationary by Visual Advice

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