Loving the newest Air video for their Sing Sang Sung ditty: super-stylized and audio-reactive, all at the same time! The creation of Paris-based Mathematic Studio, it reminds us of all kindsa cool shizzle, like our old bud Kustaa Saksi, and the classic French famille Barbapapa to name but two. And we were just wondering whatever … Continued
10 Years after 9-11. Time to revisit our eerie 2009 Minimovie Safety First, about “the art of flying since 9-11.” Six stories by six ordinary people, that illustrate just how close we all could potentially be to a stint at Gitmo in this age of panic, paranoia and the Patriot Act. Air travel just ain’t … Continued
The virtual Bible of Dutch design has landed. courtesy of DutchDFA! Canny Submarine crew-members spent the summer sweating their battys off to produce this precious collection of mini-docs about the Netherlands’s most influential, innovative and just plain splendid graphic, product, fashion designers – not to mention trailblazers of the celebrated Dutch architectural tradition. Highlights include … Continued
Lens is the new multimedia reporting blog from the tome of journalistic esteem they call the New York Times. A pick of exceptionally badass photography, video and visual journalism from around the world, including some fine web documentaries – a genre which seems to be picking up momentum as we speak. Hey if the NYT … Continued
Hotshot Brooklyn-based director Sean Dunne seems to be making a habit of profiling lovable, unsung heroes from society’s fringes in his documentary shorts. Man In Van is his third, and features Jimmy Tarangelo of Manhattan, New York (could he BE from anywhere else with that name?). Blessed with high serotonin levels, Jimmy shrugs off the … Continued
Champagne Valentine just sent us the link to their eye-candylicious interactive music video for The Never-Ending Why – brand new dirty ditty by Placebo. Chase the dragon and party with the band inside the belly of the beast (go crazy, it’s Thursday). You heard it here first!
A whole new level of retro-geek is reached with this awe-inspiring display of patience and dedication (obsessive compulsion?). Close to four minutes of Lego-tastic stop motion are the culmination of no less than 1500 hours of deconstrucing, reconstructing, and photographing the beloved plastic brick-plugs, by Swedish musician Daniel Larsson and his animator buddy Thomas Redigh. … Continued
From deepest, darkest Finland comes Timo Kaukonen, reigning Sauna World Champion. In this charming short documentary directed by Thomas Hilland of Röyksopp / Eple video fame, our Viking in Speedos talks us through the science of sauna. His climactic performance at the Championship conjures up the sweaty fervor of a wrestling match, with his competitors … Continued
The debut novel by the Oxford-educated über-raver who founded London’s Ministry of Sound Nightclub in ’91, is illustrated in a shudderingly awesome monochrome way by master of the macabre, Neal Murren. By way of promoting the book, the powers that be, created a series of 3 viral videos in which some very clever people turned … Continued
Steampunk! Stop motion! Just two of our favorite things, and they gloriously unite in this charming stop motion composition – from Agfa to Zeiss – of dismantled antique cameras. We’re big fans of the creators over at the Shamptonian, a splendid institution that will re-instate your faith in humanity. Incidentally, you can read the full … Continued
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