10 Nov 2010

Linotype: The Film” is a feature-length documentary film centered around the Linotype typecasting machine invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler. Called the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by Thomas Edison, the Linotype revolutionized printing and society, but very few people know about the inventor or his fascinating machine.

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7 Nov 2010

Genius. “Super There Will Be Blood” SNES version of the motion picture.

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17 Oct 2010

Some nice photos over at Vanity Fair from the book “The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back”. Do want.

11 Oct 2010

Stop motion animation combining cut out action sequences from skateboard magazines and made terrain. Wonderful idea and execution. Here’s a short interview with the creator Tilman Singer.

9 Oct 2010

“Procrastination” by DMCI in collaboration with ism studios. Created for the 2010 PromaxBDA ANZ Conference.

A look at song authorship and collaboration in songs by The Beatles. Part of a collaborative project called “Charting the Beatles”.

6 Oct 2010

Directed by James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs, this Rube Goldberg machine film clip for “This Too Shall Pass” is insane.

25 Sep 2010

Pooh Sticks” by Lenny - Little sailing vessels created out of washed up sticks and debris, beautifully photographed. They have a lot of great projects of made things over at Lenny’s Blog.

Part one of an interesting project by Kirby Ferguson, a New York based filmmaker on the art of remixing, and the remixing of art called Everything is a Remix. More details on the project can be found at everythingisaremix.info.

11 Sep 2010

All of Chewbacca’s dialogue from “Star Wars” on one sticky note. Mind you, it’s a giant 12” by 12” megasticky note.