Archive for December, 2006

Friday, December 22nd, 2006
SMUGGLER

IVAN ZACHARIAS : VASELINE ~ SEA

Smuggler’s Ivan Zacharias takes a Spencer Tunick approach to this beautifully filmed spot for Vaseline.  Post production by The Mill.  [via the Screening Room]

HB Hiring

Friday, December 22nd, 2006
JOB POSTING

Toronto based henderson bas is looking for a Senior Media Strategist. ‘You’ll work closely with our VIP clients – including some of Canada’s biggest online spenders, and several leading North American brands – developing strategy; planning; and executing digital media programs. The idea candidate will offer proven experience in preparing and presenting media plans, proposals and analyses.’ To appy please email your resume to Linda Burlison [lburlison@theniceagency.com]

LAMBO

Thursday, December 21st, 2006
LAMBO FUEL

LAMBO.LA : FUEL TV

Check out LAMBO’s latest spot for FuelTV!

Thursday, December 21st, 2006
SENSUOUS

with the new release of Sensuous and his new website. Cornelius’ music has managed to captivate me again. The new music video for the 1st single is out of control and I just saw this google maps remix that is really one of a kind.

The Designers Mixtape

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
designersMixtape

“The Designers Mixtape invited designers all over the world to show us their musical taste.” Nice collection of music with recent additions of Logan, MK12, Nomad Ink, Mooz & more.

BODYROX

Monday, December 18th, 2006
BODYROX

MICHAEL BALDWIND : ‘YEAH YEAH’ ~ BODYROX

Red Rabbit’s Michael Baldwin recently released a full uncut version of the Yeah Yeah video for Bodyrox. [via Mandarine24's blog]

Monday, December 18th, 2006
MANDARINE 24

MANDARINE 24 : AU GRE DES SAISONS ~ DUMAS

Montreal based Mandarine 24’s latest music video for DUMAS’ latest realease Fixer le temps.

Mark Bhem

Monday, December 18th, 2006
MARK BEHM

MARK BEHM

Browse through the work of super-talented illustrator/Animator Mark Behm.  Have a look at some of the character animation he did for Pixar’s Robots, and previous animation tests in the Animation area.

Monday, December 18th, 2006

Big Space Ship

Happy Holidays from the good people at BigSpaceship!

Thursday, December 14th, 2006
FIREBELLY DESIGN

FIREBELLY 2006 REEL

Good design for a good reason : with a passion for straight lines, social justice and old copy mahcines, Firebelly serves up design and illustration for socially conscious causes. http://www.firebellydesign.com : while you’re browsing, click through to their Promotional DVD page.

Thursday, December 14th, 2006
ROXIK

MASYUKI KIDO : ROXIK

Wow, some great flash with impressive physics by Fukuoka based Masyuki Kido. Check out Roxik for more of his work. [Via Computerlove]

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
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this interactive installation is sweet

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
TEDDY BEARS

WWW.TEDDYBEARSROCK.COM

How amazing are the Teddy Bears? Formerly known as Skull and currently featured in Brand New School’s commercials for Virgin Mobile Canada, these two brothers also direct television ads and music videos through Spader Knekt. Check out their new album Soft Machine. Awesome.

Beside

Monday, December 11th, 2006
Beside

BESIDE

Here’s a little bit of harmless self-promo: the all Flash version 2 of Beside just launched – give it a peek.

Sunday, December 10th, 2006
MARK OKON

MARK OKON : TOKYO NOW

Episodes : 02 | 03 | 04 | 05

Some great new work up on Toronto based mixed media designer Mark Okon’s site. Several new episodes from an eight part series, airing on NHK in Japan, were created in collaboration with W+K Tokyo Lab.

Raffi Simonian

Friday, December 8th, 2006

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RAFFI SIMONIAN

Go check out the beautiful portfolio and reel by Designer/Director Raffi Simonian.

300

Friday, December 8th, 2006
FRANK MILLER'S 300

FRANK MILLER : 300

The teaser for 300 has been updated to a full trailer. Based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel and directed by Zack Snyder (who is directing Rainbow Six in 2008), 300 looks like an incredible visual experience.

Jason Doherty

Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Jason Doherty

Lots of new work in a sweet new site for Toronto based Interactive Art Director Jason Doherty. The Unity Tree project for HP is especially brilliant.

Thursday, December 7th, 2006
A52

A52 : HELIO ‘SCUBA TIME’

I recently saw this on tv: A52’s latest project, a funny commercial for Helio , directed by Napoleon Dynamite’s Jared Hess of Moxie Pictures. Live action was shot at the Olympic Training Center in Salt Lake City. A52 used Maya and Mental Ray for CG. You can view some of the CG development at Darnell Works’ site.

FITC contest

Thursday, December 7th, 2006
FITC is looking for creative types who are interested in submitting their creative concept for the upcoming FITC TORONTO 2007 festival. Winning submission will receive: commission and paid to create the festival program cover and potentially other creative assets for the festival + 2 full access tickets to Toronto 2007 + 4 nights hotel during the event at the Hilton. Wow, FITC has gone all out!

Thursday, December 7th, 2006
AMOEBA CORP FRUITOPIA

AMOEBA CORP : FRUITOPIA

Toronto based Amoeba Corp created this cool community art site for young creatives to show and share their work.  Its like mixing YouTube, MySpace and art school together in one site and watching the visual party reveal itself. If you know any creative young people who may be interested, have them check it out.

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
Pawel Nolbert

Freelance Graphic/Web Designer, Pawel Nolbert, has a nifty Flash portfolio by the name of Norrb showcasing powerful graphic design skills. Poland strikes again!

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
JOSEPH KOSINSKI

JOSEPH KOSINSKI : HALO 3

Formerly of KDLab, currently with Anonymous Content, director Joseph Kosinski’s latest commerical for Halo 3 is beautifully done.

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
GOLDEN SQUARE, MINI COMMERCIAL

GOLDEN SQ : MINI

Golden SQ spent four weeks, with four animators, flame artists and after effects designers to create this new MINI campaign, directed by Partizan’s Chris Cairns. The entire project was created in 3D with the final animations to be projected at up to eight outdoor locations on enormous screens up to 26 metres in height. (via Best Ads on Tv)