History of Gaming -> Florian Smolka

History of Gaming from Florian Smolka on Vimeo.

Ahh, this video brings back so many memories doesn’t it? Especially the earlier bit, not to expose my age or anything. This clever video was made by university “Game Design” students from Munich as a video project. I like the overall simplicity and the subtle humor of the hand gestures. [...]

Power -> Filipp Forberg

Power from fom berg on Vimeo.

This unusual video piece embraces an interesting array of audio and visual techniques that come together in a very nice way… low level frequency sound, super slow-pan tilt-shift and a consistent contrast and subtle vignette that really direct one’s attention to each subject. Kind of dark, seems to have an [...]

Dead Drops 'How to' -> New York City

Dead Drops ‘How to’ – NYC from aram bartholl on Vimeo.

I’m not sure what to think exactly about this whole ‘dead drops’ trend, but I do think that the subject might make a nice vehicle for an action/thriller mystery movie… The video is entertaining and sheds some light on how popular this trend has become. [...]

Wanderlust -> Thinklab

Wanderlust from Thinklab on Vimeo.

This is a very well shot and edited travel documentary by the talented folks at www.thinklab.com. It was inspired by a TED talk by Stefan Sagmeister, I’m making a guess here, but I think it may have been this one -> ‘The Power of Time Off‘. I am always impressed by [...]

Experimental Tribute -> Chris Carter

Experimental Tribute from Chris Carter on Vimeo.

Alright, I just had to post this video. I stumbled upon it tonight while browsing some stuff on Vimeo. Myself, being a bit of a ‘pedal head’ brought on from hours of experimenting with my guitar has led me to become interested in outrageous configurations like this. Very fun, and very surreal.

Notes [...]

Buck -> Showreel Montage 2010

Buck Showreel Montage 2010 from Buck on Vimeo.

A few days ago L.A. and NYC based creative agency ‘Buck’ uploaded their slamming new 2010 Showreel Montage. Full of animation, illustration and other high energy creative emissions, it makes for a really entertaining view. There is a lot more to see on their website as well.

Visit -> [...]

Liquid Galaxy -> Google Earth Environment

The folks at Google have created this amazing Google Earth visualization by networking together a bunch of computers, tweaking the synchronization and pumping it through eight large LCD screens for it to play through. The experience has been showcased at various conferences and at some of their Google offices. Click through to the official Google [...]

Dictaphone Parcel -> Lauri Warsta

Dictaphone Parcel from Lauri Warsta on Vimeo.

Notes from Vimeo:

Animated short film, Royal College of Art, London, 2009

Dictaphone Parcel is an animation based on a sound recorded with a dictaphone travelling secretly inside a parcel. As the hidden recorder travels through the global mail system, from London to Helsinki, it captures the unexpected. We hear a [...]

Mark Mawson -> Painting in Water

Mark Mawson’s collection of underwater photography is one of the best of it’s kind that I’ve seen. His ability to conjure up amazing shape with great complexity, texture, light and color is fascinating. I would be very interested to see how his process works, he’s obviously lighting them from below, I’m curious about the overall [...]

Rolling Shutter -> Photo Effect Oddity

I thought the above in-flight turbo prop pictures taken by Jason Mullins with his iPhone 4 were pretty amazing, and at first I had thought maybe they were an odd Photoshop experiment of some kind. As it turns out, it’s a photographic phenomenon/effect called ‘rolling shutter’ that occurs when an image is scanned either from top [...]

Camera Phone Lenses -> Fisheye, Macro, and Wide Angle

Like a kid in a camera store, I’m pretty excited about this discovery made and passed along by a friend of mine last week (Thanks Aaron!). These little lenses magnetically hold in place on any camera phone and judging from the shots on http://photojojo.com/ they really work! There are three lenses available -> Fisheye, Macro, and [...]

Tumblingerstraße -> Stop Motion 'yo man'

Tumblingerstraße from yo man on Vimeo.

I grew up playing around with HO scale model railroad sets and building models with my dad. I have a natural love and interest in that kind of thing. Based in Munich, Germany ‘Yo Man’ has taken his model building to another level by not only building amazingly detailed urban [...]

Tempus II -> Philip Heron

Tempus II from Philip Heron on Vimeo.

Shot with a Photron SA1.1 high speed video camera this video by Philip Heron takes us through a series of captivating slow motion captures. I think my favorite part is the bit with the egg and the mousetrap. Makes for a really interesting view.

View -> http://www.heronproductions.co.uk/

Mannequin Portraits -> JHSINDESIGN Flickr Set

Last weekend I caught myself taking another randomly found mannequin photo while walking around the Fremont Sunday outdoor market (the top black and white image). Over time I’ve accumulated a few these mannequin shots, so I’ve decided to create a little Flickr photo set of them that I hope to expand upon. More beyond the [...]

Lagoa Technologies Inc. -> Multiphysics 1.0

Lagoa Multiphysics 1.0 – Teaser from Thiago Costa on Vimeo.

I saw this video on my friend’s Facebook wall today (thanks Matt!), it’s a Multiphysics simulation by Lagoa Technologies Inc. This motion demo shows off new software that creates amazingly realistic physically based CG effects. Very nice motion reference for those who love to explore how [...]