BUCK
I think a case could be made that Buck did the best work of 2010.
Just one example of their awesomeness is this piece for Google EBooks.
I think a case could be made that Buck did the best work of 2010.
Just one example of their awesomeness is this piece for Google EBooks.
After many years Stefan Sagmeister has updated with a new site. Most interesting is the homepage studio image is updated every minute giving you a fresh view of the goings-on of the studio. Above is a time-lapse of the crew putting the office together for the studio shot.
Gorgeous new music video for the Portland band AU‘s track Ida Walked Away, from their new release Versions. Directed by Takafumi Tsuchiya, aka takcom™, a Tokyo based independent motion director, designer and animater who uses various techniques in creating handmade or keyframed animations with generated materials.
No one has done more to create a world with more birthdays than the American Cancer Society who recently worked with The Martin Agency to bring renewed life to MoreBirthdays.com, which now features shareable, interactive content intended to both celebrate birthdays and fight cancer.
Through the Birthday Gallery, visitors can share and purchase the unique creations from artists such as ilovedust, Jon Burgerman and Maurice Sendak, and they can send personalized happy birthday video greetings and telephone calls from musicians and celebrities such as Jack Black, Jack Johnson and Usher. They can also join together in creating interactive, group birthday cards for their friends, contributing video, photo, and written messages. Utilizing Facebook Connect, tagged content for the birthday card recipient is quickly and easily added to the group card.
As part of Hennessy cognac’s ‘artist series’ of custom designed bottles, LAUNDRY! Co-Founder/Creative Director P.J. Richardsonteamed with popular LA-based DJ Steve Aoki to design a one-of-kind bottle for the French distillery.
Incorporating Richardson’s distinct bubble art style, which can be seen in his early graffiti and skateboard art, and Aoki’s own visual sense, their Hennessy bottle is a classic example of the ‘more is more’ philosophy with multiple layers and a dense animation quality that reveals intricate details the closer you look at it — much like the city they both call home.
”Steve and I both agreed that creating something crazy, graphic and visually busy would convey the energy that represented us both well, while using words woven in to the design to call out both our names and our hometown LA — in fun ways,” Richardson says. ”Steve’s roots are in punk and club music, mine are in graffiti and animation. For this, we didn’t want to not adhere to any one visual language, but simply freestyle some drawings that we both could agree were just fun. We are both from California and there is a certain punk, free-form sensibility that we’re not entirely conscious of that spilled into our bottle.”
Other bottle collaborations in the series include the musician Kid Sister and artist Fafi, Q-Tip and Spaceknuckle and The Roots’ Questlove and Aerosyn-Lex.
Brand New School has been making great strides in the world of physical installations over the last several years. Their installation at JFK airport for Xbox 360 in 2008 is absolutely stunning; A match-up of a bear against a Sumo wrestler, a cheetah against a roller skater, and a gymnast against a Scottish warrior. Also starring: a broccoli, a chili dog, a pugilist, a beehive and a bunch of other things. The match-ups take place in front of a couch in a living room on forty HD screens in a pathway in the American Airlines terminal at JFK airport. I could probably sit and watch this all day.
Check out all of BNS’ installation works here. ESPN Monday night football piece is quite amazing as well.
Born and raised in Montreal, Maude Arsenault studied communication and film before starting out as a fashion photographer 14 years ago. Check out her Rebirth: “Entrevue avec le Vampire” shoot, a remarkable 14 page, vampire inspired editorial recently printed in SCOUT Magazine.
Montreal based Director Christophe Collette created this short film to accompany the photo shoot.
An amazing array of graphically bold and richly illustrative works from Sebastian Onufszak.
Paris based Cumulus Collectif launched a new reel showcasing some of their latest work.
Whether you pronounce it “moleskin” or “moleskiiine”, it makes no difference in the awesomeness of this animated piece for Moleskine.
Istanbul based Mert Kizilay launched a great new reel showcasing Direction, Design, Animation and Compositing work.
If you haven’t seen Gaspar Noé‘s Enter the Void, I highly recommend you do. Here are some of the VFX that Paris/L.A based BUF created for the film. Beauty and Horror, Life and Death, Love and Hate, Psychedelia and Reality all juxtaposed within a beautiful Tokyo backdrop.
Here is also the opening credits for the movie … like none I’ve ever seen before. The last :30 is insanely intense and very well done. Not sure who created these though:
errorone is a German freelance motion designer … “This year we produced the opening sequence for the shortfilm competition “kurzundschön” (Short & Nice) … We wanted to show the short and nice moment when felicity and serenity come together.”
SHOWstudios‘ Nick Knight: “This film is my way of speaking about a very unique and important person who changed my life. My desire was to speak in some way about the dark and the light contained within Lee, and within us all.’”
Celebrating the breathtaking imagination and groundbreaking designs of Lee Alexander McQueen, the latest fashion film by Nick Knight pays tribute to McQueen’s sensational creations, stellar career, and most importantly to the man himself. Directed by Knight and set to an exclusive soundtrack by Björk, the film is featured online at SHOWstudio.com.
