Gulp (Worlds Largest Stop Motion Animation shot on mobile phone)

Sumo Science has teamed up again with Aardman (known for feature films like Wallace and Gromit and Creature Comforts) to shoot another "world record" short film that was shot on a Nokia N8. This  is the world's "largest stop motion animation set," with the largest scene spanning 11,000 sq feet. Absolutely amazing! Makes me rethink why settled for an iPhone (and its lousy 5 megapixels) instead of a Nokia N8 (and its luxurious 12 megapixels).


Gulp. The world's largest stop-motion animation shot on a Nokia N8. from Nokia HD on Vimeo.

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Food Illustrations on Etsy

It's hard to find artwork to put in the kichen that is fitting for the environment while still being playful, but anek does a wonderful job creating fun food related illustrations. Check out her etsy store.

Otherworldly at Musuem of Art + Design

Saw the Otherworldy: Optical Delusions and Small Realities exhibit at the Museum of Art + Design in NYC a few weeks ago. Amazing stuff. Since I was a young child, I have had a fascination with dioramas and miniature scenes. It requires a meticulous hand and a surreal, imaginative mind to come up with such a detailed delivery of mystery and fantasy.

David Lawrey

Bethany de Forest

Oliver Boberg

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Joe Fig

Alan Wolfson

Peter Feigenbaum

Christopher Boffoli's Disparity

Discovered Christopher Boffoli's Disparity series a few month ago. After seeing the Otherworldly exhibit at the Museum of Art and Design in New York last month, I see the influence Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz had on his work. Amazing how a tiny scene can have a profound impact on unfolding the untold story.

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90s are all that

Nickelodeon at its best. Check out the 90s are all that tumblr page, user submitted photo and media reminiscent of 90s kid shows.

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Google's Tribute to Freddie Mercury

Lovely animation created to celebrate Freddie Mercury's birthday. Was up online on Sept 5 for all countries except for the US (due to overshadowing Labor Day).

Also great insight from Queen guitarist Brian May recalling his memories about Freddie on Google's blog.



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The Dot Project

The Dot project, started by Jeff Glasse, is an iPhone 4 lens attachment and accompaning software that allows for users to capture 360° video that can easily be shared on Facebook, Twitter and other online avenues (made possible by their panoramic video web platform and player).

If you make a substantial donation ($98) via KickStarter you can get your hands on a Dot prototype, and even get a hug from the creators at the NYC launch party.

I would donate in a heartbeat if it was compatible for the iPad.


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fromyourdesks.com

"From the Desk Of..." is a blog that specializes in featuring people's workspace. I'm glad other people out there share my crazy and quirky interests.

Marc Johns work area

I love to see other creative professional's work space, it's a glimpse into their creative process among making other interesting observations. Here is a tiny glimpse of illustrator, Marc Johns' current work area.

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SimpleDesktops.com

Found a site with beautiful and clean desktop backgrounds on SimpleDesktops. My favorite is the Dr. Who Police Box by Thomas Quicksell. Overall most backgrounds on the site have some great color treatments.

Pictionary Photo Booth

I'm a sucker for photo booths in general, especially the fancy japanese photo booths that let you change borders, backgrounds, add stickers and create elaborate and unnecessary effects. This Pictionary Photo booth that was the brainchild of Ogilvy & Mather (Columbia) is clever.

Pictionary Photo Booth Ogilvy & Mather Colombia from ogilvycolombia on Vimeo.

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Nike: Laura Hadar

Impressive combination of compositing, time lapse photography and tilt shift imagery. Directed by Brad Kremer.


Nike: Hadar from Brad Kremer on Vimeo.

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Quotes on Design

Found a fantastic resource, quotesondesign.com, with inspirational, quirky, and fun quotes related to art and design. They even have a token Gary Busey-ism related to creativity: "Your imagination is the hood ornament on the car of creativity."

Keith Haring 1978-1982

Checked out the Keith Haring exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati. I have never seen any of his earlier work that he had first developed while studying at SVA in the late 70s/early 80s. Cut up collages, performance/video art, systematic drawings and ciphers...its a retrospective of the very work that constructed the foundation behind his his iconic visual language of abstracted shapes and sexually driven characters. I was inspired and compelled to re-ignite the creative fire within.

Magnum Pleasure Hunt

To promote the introduction of Magnum Chocolate desserts to the US, Lowe + Partners developed Magnum Pleasure Hunt, an interactive (advertisement) game that tracks a model catching chocolate drops all over the webscape, jumping through e-commerce sites, youtube videos, car ads. Very addictive and fun!

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Should I post this image?

Fantastic flowchart diagraming the importance of getting permission to post copyright images online. Created and designed by Pia Bijkerk, Erin Loechner and Yvette van Boven.

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RFID Visualizations

RFID Data visualizations by Timo Arnall

Immaterials: the ghost in the field from Timo on Vimeo.

Visual.ly

Eagerly awaiting the official launch of visual.ly, a place to share and explore graphic visualizations. From the thumbnails presented, it looks like a fantastic resource for well designed diagrams and such.

The Daily (iPad App)

The Daily is my new favorite iPad app! I was hooked just from the Interactive Panoramas alone. I'm also impressed with the clean and sophisticated layout design, use of handy information graphics, interactive adverts, the breaking conventional width and height boundaries.

It's refreshing to see people push technological boundaries of traditional media communications!