Web-Stat hit counter October | 2006 | ventilate

mackieworld.com: Marcus Mackie Johansson has been taking care of business since 1999.  Talented interactive design on display with impressive new updates for Viktor & Rolf‘s H&M launch.

Get up and boogie down with the pretty pink animation reel from Parasol Island, a German motion graphics studio. Specially the italo 83 VHS video kinda look on the intro sequence is amazing!

MONKEY SUIT

Version2‘s Director/CD Saenz-Recio, used Brazil as a stylistic reference in creating this dark, 1920′s-esque environment for MadVillain’s latest music video Monkey Suit, part of a three-video package from Chrome Children.

SENIOR DESIGNER / ART DIRECTOR

Toronto based UnpluggedTV.com is looking for a superstar interactive designer/art director to help out with a large up-coming web project. Contact Olga with your online portfolio and contact info.

BRAND NEW SCHOOL : TOYOTA

Brand New School continue to impress with these two spots for Toyota’s The Car that Reads the Road campaign.
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The heart and soul of Dior Homme collection. Fashion designer Hedi Slimane personal works are just beyond words.

Hold on to your hats and get ready to shit your socks, here’s The Black Heart Gang.

Athens based visual designer Theo Gennitsakis has some great work on display: ellhnikodesign.com.

VERSION2 : STAND UP

23,542,614 people stood up against poverty on October 15/16. Version2 shot these two pro-bono spots, the first on location at the General Assembly, to help the UN take a stand.

HELLOHELLO : super talented  artist/director Stephen Crowhurst recently joined the incredible roster of Canadian directors at Spy Films.  Keep an eye out for some great up-coming work.

Catalina Sierra-Thomas presents her Spring/Summer 07 collection at 1/2 Dress.

DOMINIC LAHIFF : ORIGINAL WARRIOR

NYC based Dominic Lahiff recently directed this Original Warrior spot for Levis

Radim Malinic created the cover illustration for the October issue of  Advanced Photoshop which went on sale October 12th. Along with having his work featured inside the magazine, his site Brand:Nu displays plenty of stunning trendy works.

Phamous 69 is a sexy, provocative online magazine incorporating high fashion, music and lifestyle.  Check out the ‘Amnesty International’ AK-17 short in the movie section.

JONA/TOMBERRY

Trailer …. 2 min clip.

an incredibly dark, surreal and trippy independent short by ROSTO A.D, which was included in this year’s Bermuda Shorts.

IMAGINARY FORCES

Imaginary Forces
was invited to design a custom Qee toy for the Graphic Contents toy show at mixi*bang! which will be on display in Pasadena, CA from Oct. 14 – Nov. 3. IF Art Director Grant Lau created the 8′ vinyl figure, , which was inspired by IF’s own Kubrick toy, Mark — a representation of the Imaginary Forces logo with an orange head and transparent body, “… Our final design is a dimensional metaphor of the ‘Eat or Be Eaten’ concept.The toys will be displayed and for sale online after the event at the mixi*bang site. Tons of other great studios are also involved …