Flickr Set: Hong Kong and Macau in the 1950s -> Phil Roeder

I’m finding a ton of amazing things on Flickr lately. The above shots are vintage photos taken by Des Moines based Photographer Phil Roeder’s father (possibly with a Zeiss Ikon Contessa from what I’ve gathered from his Flickr page) while travelling Hong Kong and Macau in the 1950s. Wonderful retro coloring and contrast along with the fact [...]

Chemistry for life -> Dosdecadatres

Chemistry for life from Dosdecadatres on Vimeo.

Madrid, Spain based agency ‘Dosdecadatres’ is responsible for the beautifully crafted video above, which was created for the 7th ANQUE’s International Congress Opening credits. The soft blue coloring, smart typography, fluctuation of depth of field and complimentary musical score holds my interests well and makes this video a pleasure [...]

Photographer -> Noran Bakrie

Indonesia based photographer Noran Bakrie has captured some truly magical shots. I’m not certain what kind of equipment he’s using but I really enjoy the retro feel of his camera’s output. Above is a small sampling of the many great photos that reside on his site.

Visit -> http://www.noranbakrie.com

Eric Fischer -> Geotagging Data 'Locals and Tourists'

Oakland based computer programmer Eric Fischer has a very interesting photo set on his Flickr stream called ‘Locals and Tourists’. The set contains visualizations of various cities (seen above are NYC, San Francisco and London) photo activity of locals and tourists. The geotagging data is represented by different colors, blue = locals, red = tourists [...]

The Mentawai -> Joey Lawrence Documentary

The Mentawai, Behind the Scenes Documentary from Joey L on Vimeo.

Super talented, Brooklyn based photographer Joey Lawrence shares his incredible behind the scenes footage of The Mentawai tribe during his photo shoot in Siberut, Indonesia. The whole trip looks like it was an amazing adventure and makes for a very entertaining/interesting view. Be sure to [...]

Two Minutes -> Maxime Bruneel

F.an / TWO MINUTES from maxime bruneel on Vimeo.

Shot with a 7D at the Montreal Piknicelectronik festival, Maxime Bruneel brings us this visual trip, where shapes, colors and light are not always as they seem. Makes for an interesting view.

Favela Painting Project -> Praça Cantão in Santa Marta

The Fevala painting crew is working on a project called ‘Praça Cantão’ that’s currently taking place in Santa Marta, judging from the photos it’s coming along really well. The scale and overall coverage alone of this community art project makes it an amazing and inspiring feat. Be sure to check out the Fevala site where [...]

Broken Fingaz -> Graffiti Artists/Stop Motion

The Tel Aviv, Israel based group of graffiti artists known as ‘Broken Fingaz’ have some serious hand skills. I’ve been seeing there work pop up all over lately and after watching their stop motion video below I was pretty amazed and impressed. Their creative approach to stop motion alone demands a ‘must view’ status, not [...]

Ben.MaZUé -> Obama

Ben.MaZUé – Obama from JUL & MAT on Vimeo.

I studied French for a couple years in school, unfortunately, I emerged from that course only being able to find the loo, hail a cab and maybe order some food. Having said that I’m not certain of what artist Ben.MaZUé is singing about in regard to Obama. [...]

Secret Wars -> World Art Competition

‘Secret Wars’ is a world wide art competition where talented urban artists represent their individual countries. The competition travels from one destination to another where the artists render their creations side by side in front of a large audience, from the pics on the ‘Secret Wars’ website it looks to be quite the traveling party [...]

El Pez -> Urban Artist Introduction

I really dig the graphic nature and urban graffiti stylings by ‘El Pez’. His work takes on a very disruptive character and emanates an overall good vibe that I find to be a lot of fun to study. Great line work, very much in the same vein of genius that I get from the ‘London [...]

‘A Bit of Africa’ Photo Set -> Paolo Novelli

 

I discovered these amazing photos taken by Italian Photographer Paolo Novelli on one of my favorite trend blogs http://www.nalden.net. He is calling this collection ‘A Bit of Africa’. I really like his application of tilt-shift photo styling to these dilapidated and underdeveloped urban settings. Makes for a nice merge of old and new… More of Paolo Novelli’s photos can be [...]

Cruschiform Collaborative -> Design Blogspot

Though I’m not completely certain of the stakeholders and overall purpose of this French blogspot interlinked collaboration because of the language barrier, I am certain that I like it. Four blog partners have come together to create this art and design blog that seems to focus on different styles of illustration, design, typography and even [...]

FIFA 10 Release -> Site Experience

Tomorrow is the launch of the much awaited EA Sports game FIFA 10. To help support this launch FIFA has constructed an impressive and well designed web hub that extends it’s digital tentacles deep into the world of twitter. They’ve created their own visualization tool called ‘FIFA Earth’ that will help to display and amplify [...]

Australia’s Dust Storm -> Photography

Last weeks gargantuan dust storm in Australia must have been an amazing sight to see. These shots are from Boston.com and are part of a 26 picture set that they are currently featuring (link below). Natural weather events like this are so rare, luckily these days there are a ton of skilled photographers out there [...]