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Here is some really cool work from Method Studios; Method creates Visual Effects for commercials, music videos and feature films. I love this Mountain Dew animation. The Levi’s “MoonWalker” is so good that it made me want to go out and try to fill my pants with helium and float liek a hot air balloon. This ad definitely needs a “do not try this at home” tag.

Do The Dew : “Spy vs. Spy Helicopter”

Harajuku Lovers rule the Japanese Street Style and have this to say, ” I think Barbie is cute because she’s got style and her face is cute. We’d like to be her even though she is a doll.”

This interview of Lou Reed on 1974 talking about drugs. So epic, best answers! Watch and laugh!

This dude is beyond amazing! I want to scream his name 500 times. James Houston James Houston James Houston James Houston James Houston James Houston James Houston James Houston . Student James Houston graduating from the Glasgow School of Art’s visual communication course in a few days did this for his final project and a contest that Radiohead held an online to remix “Nude” from their album – “In Rainbows”.
“Nude” is in 6/8 timing, and 63bpm. Most music that’s played in clubs is around 120bpm and usually 4/4 timing. It’s pretty difficult to seamlessly mix a waltz beat into a DJ set.

This resulted in lots of generic entries consisting of a typical 4/4 beat, but with arbitrary clips from “Nude” thrown in so that they qualified for the contest.

Thom Yorke joked at the ridiculousness of it in an interview for NPR radio, hinting that they set the competition to find out how people would approach such a challenging task.

Based on the lyric (and alternate title) “Big Ideas: Don’t get any” he grouped together a collection of old redundant hardware, and placed them in a situation where they’re trying their best to do something that they’re not exactly designed to do, and not quite getting there.

He missed the contest deadline, but its clear after seeing and hearing this that he is no the one missing anything. Utter Brilliance!

Big Ideas (don’t get any) from James Houston on Vimeo.

Sinclair ZX Spectrum – Guitars (rhythm & lead)
Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer – Drums
HP Scanjet 3c – Bass Guitar
Hard Drive array – Act as a collection of bad speakers – Vocals & FX

This dude is beyond amazing! I want to scream his name 500 times. James Houston James Houston James Houston James Houston James Houston James Houston James Houston James Houston . Student James Houston graduating from the Glasgow School of Art’s visual communication course in a few days did this for his final project and a contest that Radiohead held an online to remix “Nude” from their album – “In Rainbows”.
“Nude” is in 6/8 timing, and 63bpm. Most music that’s played in clubs is around 120bpm and usually 4/4 timing. It’s pretty difficult to seamlessly mix a waltz beat into a DJ set.

This resulted in lots of generic entries consisting of a typical 4/4 beat, but with arbitrary clips from “Nude” thrown in so that they qualified for the contest.

Thom Yorke joked at the ridiculousness of it in an interview for NPR radio, hinting that they set the competition to find out how people would approach such a challenging task.

Based on the lyric (and alternate title) “Big Ideas: Don’t get any” he grouped together a collection of old redundant hardware, and placed them in a situation where they’re trying their best to do something that they’re not exactly designed to do, and not quite getting there.

He missed the contest deadline, but its clear after seeing and hearing this that he is no the one missing anything. Utter Brilliance!

Big Ideas (don’t get any) from James Houston on Vimeo.

Sinclair ZX Spectrum – Guitars (rhythm & lead)
Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer – Drums
HP Scanjet 3c – Bass Guitar
Hard Drive array – Act as a collection of bad speakers – Vocals & FX

Five years after his last appearance at New York Fashion week, Diddy seeks to show a cutting edge and racially conscious collection from his Sean John line. Last time he showed Diddy was awarded the CFDA. Challenged by this standard of praise, it takes him 5 years to do another runway fearing anything less than his last appearance and highest standing recognition in the fashion industry, the CFDA award. Diddy comes back with… Read the rest of this entry »

The long awaited Sex in the City movie is finally on its way!

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With 25 days left till it airs, our friends over at Sex in the City have even created a widget for you to add to your facebook or directly onto your computer for the official countdown to the movie.

The Sex And The City Movie Countdown Widget

Instructions:
Copy the code below and paste it into the webpage on which you wish to display the widget. You can also paste this code into any HTML-friendly section of your MySpace profile.

You maybe remember the Online AD, Evolution by Dove? Probably one of the best online AD of 2006 :

Now here is the remake from Loveme.com : a Russian match.com alike. Read the rest of this entry »

just in case you never seen it … Backstage of the Cyana Lab Trend forecast photoshoot : see Flickr here
Photographer – Gabriel Mendes & Patchi Thompson

Art Director / Stylist : Ani Tzenkova – Cyril Foiret

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Video Realisation by Pat Lascu – Cyana Lab

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So, it’s officially 90’s flashback day, and we couldn’t be more excited. And what could be greater than supers backstage?

Cindy Crawford is hosting the Mtv Show ‘ House of Style ‘ !

Here, Yasmin Lebon is a new mommy, Naomi hates wearing clothes, and everyone is wearing swimsuits that would make Rosa Cha blush.

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Ok, I guess almost everyone knows that it’s a montage, a superposition of 2 videos: one of him jumping and the other one of the car passing… Read the rest of this entry »

Afrobots Rico takes us for a grand tour of street art in Sao Paulo, Brazil, highlighting areas like Vila Madalena for its history and boho culture, and the street art that has dressed the walls and made it a mecca for graffiti. Check out this video from the “Rico’s Globe Patrol” series. To see other videos from series click here

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* I dont really know who Estelle is?! She’s ok i guess !!

This one is totally a montage…

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But This one is a trick and explain how Michel Gondry Faked His (Other) Rubiks Cube Stunt

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaVsaWjzsds[/youtube]

I think he is just genius , ahaha

Our friend Xris send us over this funny short commercial ! Enjoy ahaha

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAGZiE45FOc[/youtube]

Nike is still and again Showing us the best of Advertising with their new Air Force !
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=impHycAssD4[/youtube] Dancing to Beyonce, wearing fabulous clothes, singing with bananas…some silliness from top models Lily, Gemma and Hilary.

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=0PqvDwBOp9Y[/youtube]Check out this ensemble of dj’s from Paris, Birdy Nam Nam Killing it. 4 dj’s, one sound. Its beautiful!

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=0PqvDwBOp9Y[/youtube]Check out this ensemble of dj’s from Paris, Birdy Nam Nam Killing it. 4 dj’s, one sound. Its beautiful!

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=0ddJrPKXfHM&feature=related[/youtube]People one generation ahead of me will tell me that Atari is their childhood game, but for me, the first game I can remember is Tetris ( and well, Duck Hunt, since they came on the same game.) I love seeing people sing Tetris acapella, I love dancing to that eerie Tetris music, and I truly appreciate the current Mikontalo Lights Project. The lights of a building are the Tetris pieces, and are controlled via cellphone. According to their website, Mikontalo Lights project essentially aims to create the world’s physically largest colored graphics platform, using the windows of the Mikontalo dorm’s D-staircase as light pixels.

We all know about the fight between Apple & Microsoft or Mac against PC, personally i’ve been raised on a PC, but since a switch to Mac, i totally forget Windows and all the viruses/updates/hidden files/crashes… Mac runs perfectly, nothing to say ! What about your experience…

You can check their voting game at mac or pc ?!?

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A well designed, interesting, perhaps utopian look into the future of the internet and the world.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj8ZadKgdC0&eurl[/youtube]

Of course it may turn out different, but the video does make you think about where the Web is headed. Check it out…

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljiQlkfva7w&eurl[/youtube]
This Hot Chip video is awesome! The video for “Ready for the Floor”, a single from Hot Chip’s forthcoming Made in the Dark, is all about this duality. But the way they choose to express that is what really caught my attention. women painted in half black half color dancing against a black background makes them appear only half way. So simple, and so brilliant! But I have to say that with so much of my attention on color and color blocking lately the best part for me was when the women are standing on a rotating color wheel of an incredibly selected saturation of colors.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljiQlkfva7w&eurl[/youtube]
This Hot Chip video is awesome! The video for “Ready for the Floor”, a single from Hot Chip’s forthcoming Made in the Dark, is all about this duality. But the way they choose to express that is what really caught my attention. women painted in half black half color dancing against a black background makes them appear only half way. So simple, and so brilliant! But I have to say that with so much of my attention on color and color blocking lately the best part for me was when the women are standing on a rotating color wheel of an incredibly selected saturation of colors.

Songbird (for Mac, based on Firefox) hasn’t got a release candidate yet, but it’s looking pretty good!
Apple is afraid for his Itune !! With Songbird you can listen any mp3 of the web and see any music website directly on your desktop ! Enjoy
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[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=2K0OS4gCpos[/youtube] Dawn, innocent teenager, discovers that she has teeth in her vagina that attacks all unsuspecting visitors. This comedy/horror film was written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein. It is about “the pitfalls and the power of being a living example of the vagina dentata myth.” ( IMDB)

What is a vagina dentata myth? According to Wikipedia, “the vagina dentata appears in the myths of several cultures…the myth expresses the threat sexual intercourse poses for men who, although entering triumphantly, always leave diminished.”

Just Have a quick look at this website from Netherlands and tell me what you think…

Hema.nl

A really sweet, charming short filmed in an Argentinian mountainside by Nicolai Fuglsig. It took a week to film, and some sequences had to be re-shot up to 15 times. Going on their campaign, ” Good Things Come To Those Who Wait,” the game of dominoes culminates in 10,000 books flipping open to create a giant pint of Guinness.

Andrey Bartenev ’s installation Connection Lost is a glass tunnel, with fifty LED spheres with the words Connection Lost circling in their orbit. A heart inside each sphere symbolizes the potential frustration in the world of virtual connections. At the same time, the very message about lost connections, continues to multiply and reproduces itself with LED letters and mirrors. On the surface, the stage is captivating. With the lights and music mixed together, there is a sense of false happiness. It is a metaphor for the simulative communities that exist to give to give continued hope to a chance of an encounter.

This one is a bit different…

Just watch….

The detail and expression in Andy Huang’s Dollface animation is done amazingly. The subtle details embellish the angst of achieving aesthetic perfection in a robotic following of mainstream media.Andy’s works have also been displayed around the world including the Smithsonian National Gallery of Art. We look forward to his future projects.

Charming, theatrical, eccentric…Michel Gondry’s spot for the RAZR 2 is delightful. Earlier in 2007, Motorola had Gondry create a commercial for the phone. Unfortunately it was never aired (probably because it was too cool). The commercial is still very accessible in a Target commercial type of way, but you can see Gondry’s stylish visionary directive.

I kinda feel like the actress is going to bust out singing Human Behavior.

John Wesley Jermyne

Inspiration comes from all walks of life, and in LA it’s poignant that the newest trend doesn’t stem from a celebrity but from a 56-year-old homeless man. John Wesley Jermyn has been a street nomad for 20 years, and is considered a cultural staple on Robertson Blvd, home to Kitson ala celebrities and paparazzi. This derelict inspiration has created a new clothing line called “The Crazy Robertson.” With all seriousness, we LOVE THIS GUY! His whole look, it just WORKS! But I cant say the same about the new t-shirt line that has used this trademark of LA as a marketing tool more than an inspiration. I was excited to read about it in the Wall Street Journal, but nevertheless disappointed by the execution. All of these t-shirt lines popping up left and right are the reason that LA fashion reputation is hurting. One could take Mr. Jermyn’s image and develop a concept that translates into something far more sophisticated and interesting, but i guess thats not where most Angelenos interests lie.

Reverse graffiti artist is an interesting concept, considering that “Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or any form of marking on property. Graffiti is often regarded by others as unsightly damage or unwanted vandalism.” ( Wikipedia) However, Alexandre Orion scours the streets of Sao Paulo in an effort to clean city property. This was a two week project where the artist selectively scrubbed soot from a tunnelto create an image of a cemetary of skulls, which represent his The skulls belong all to us. I wanted to bring a catacomb from the near future to the present, to show people that the tragedy of pollution is happening right now. I try to remind people of things they are trying to forget.”
Though he his “cleaning up,” the police are not the most cooperative and has been held up by gunpoint several times.

“Beverly Hills is suffering under the tyranny of beige,” he jokes, before adding more seriously: “The fact that Beverly Hills has no lifestyle hotel [in the area] interested me. This area needs a tremendous injection of adrenaline,” said Jason Pomeranc when speaking about Beverly Hills and his next hotel project. Pomeranc co-owner of Thompson Hotel Group, one of the sexiest collections of Hotels. Scheduled to open this month in LA is Thompson Beverly Hills. The Hotel is to replace what is now the Beverly Pavilion Hotel and bring an whole new vibe. We are expecting an outpost of famed New York sushi restaurant Bond Street on the ground floor as well as a rooftop bar & lounge called ABH (shown in the rendering above), which will be exclusively for the Guests and guests of guests.

sourced from Los Angeles Times

For all of you Kanye fans I’m sure that his blog is no news to you. For everyone else who wants to keep up with one of pop cultures most influential icons get tuned into Kanye West’s Blog. This image is from the development sketches of his “Getting Ready for the Tour”.

You know of course how Nike is Amazing in marketing and advertising
Here is a proof again…

Operator Please is the name of this young & trendy band form Australia
Really cool music video and the music is as cool !! To follow…

Operator Please is the name of this young & trendy band form Australia
Really cool music video and the music is as cool !! To follow…

Random guy, Paul Brogan,on YouTube, rapping about his 3 favorite basketball players. His lyrics aren’t bad at all, and his dancing is pretty funny as well. I laughed out loud, he’s actually quite good!!!

The two Copenhagen based designers infused new ideas to the Adidas SS’ 08 line. With over 110 looks, there was something for everyone. Strong colors, delicate colors, military-inspired, hip-hop inspired, preppy, rock-star,cutting-edge – you want it, they gave it.

Who is Wood Wood and what is their inspiration? This interview captures the creative essence of these ingenues.

WOOD WOOD

New designers come out every ten minutes. The Olsen twins find a unique way to showcase their line sans runway show. They feature someone dressing themselves at home, a reflection of the twin’s styling techniques.

We are all waiting the Album of JUSTICE by Ed Banger – Coming out June 11th
Here is the music Video – Art Direction by So-Me
A beauty …