So you reckon you can run as fast as an Olympic Marathon runner do you?
Well after watching this you might think again. For the 2011 New York Marathon people in New York were given the chance to see if they could keep up with Olympic Athlete Ryan Hall over just 60ft.
How on earth does someone keep this pace up for over 2hrs?
This is simply one of the most beautiful and captivating things I have ever seen!
This video is a compilation of time lapse photography sequences taken by crew members onboard the international Space Station from August to October 2011. The sequences were shot from an altitude of around 350km.
Breathtaking.
Project 12:31 is an incredible photography concept that uses long-exposure techniques to create ‘light paintings’ of a human male cadaver.
In 1993, A convicted murderer was executed. His body was given to science, segmented, and photographed for medical research as part of the Visible Human Project. The segments, (all 1,871 of them) were put together to create an animation that is used to create the human form within the images. The animation was played fullscreen on a computer, which was moved around by an assistant while being photographed in multiple dark environments.
The technique is very similar to the Dentsu iPad light painting that I posted back in November 2010, using long exposure to capture moving image and physical movement. Two great experimental examples of converging mixed media techniques.
Project 12:31, A photographic series concept by Croix Gagnon. Photography by Frank Schott.
Nice behind the scenes video from The Mill NY. Mill Touch shows the creation of their interactive multi-touch, smart glass display showcasing The Mill’s body of work. Located in The Mill’s NY office it’s sure to impress clients.
The above is a trailer for The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by ex-Pixar animator William Joyce. It looks amazing with loads of interaction throughout the app and really rich animation and graphics. Check out Moonbot Studios as well.
I know what I’ll be purchasing and playing with tonight!
Incredible Tron Legacy blog post from Josh Nimoy aka jtnimoy giving an insight into the technologies, programming and processing techniques behind the effects for the feature film. Josh is obviously incredibly talented and far too clever for his own good! he’s using OpenFrameworks, wxWidgets, writing particle renderers and physics simulators and a lot more.
I love the in-depth approach and conscious effort right from concept stage to make the effects as real and appropriate for the film setting as possible “We were trying to create fireworks that looked enough like real fireworks but had interesting techno-aesthetic. As a homage to the original Tron character Bit, we used icosahedrons, dodecahedrons, and similar”!
His other work is just as impressive, take a bit of time out to check out jtnimoy.net.
The best ideas are always the simplest. This is a really nice compilation video of the best examples of feature film title design. I have featured artofthetitle.com on my blog before, here Art of the Title.
It’s always a good source of inspiration.
Ever wondered how on earth some projects have been created?
If you’re a creative, designer, developer or techy working in one of the many creative disciplines then no doubt you will spend a good deal of your time researching campaigns, sites, virals, social media etc from your peers, competitors and rivals.
In my experience of working in agencies there are normally two responses to viewing other peoples work. The first and most common (if creatives and designers are involved) is unfortunately to go straight for the jugular and start pointing out flaws, describe in detail how badly it’s been executed, wonder if they didn’t have the budget to finish it or explain how you would have done it differently and obviously better.
The other response is to sit in awe, to call colleagues over, send an email and to say under your breath “I wish I’d thought of that” or “how on earth have they done that?”.
North Kingdom frequently fall into the latter category, they appear to have won just about every major award possible and now they’re giving everyone an insight into how much work they put into their projects. They’re obviously working with considerable budgets but there is no denying the amount of work and detail that is executed at every level.
If you have a bit of time to kill then I suggest you give their site a visit and have a good study of the behind the scenes.
Beautiful short film explaining and celebrating the role of those lovely people we work with and call UX designers.
Some very lovely work coming out of McFaul Studio. They are in their own words “Big but small: A pioneering, boutique, full-service design agency with a massive following and global footprint”
The digital ramblings of John Randle, who is Head of Design at a digital marketing agency based in London, UK.
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