A small treat on Halloween.
‘Videotape’ is a short, atmospheric film created by Andrew Goldsmith & Jeremy Blode. The story tells of an old man who is literally overwhelmed by videotape spewing forth from his VCR.
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Archive for October, 2008
Videotape – Short, Stop-Motion Horror Film
Published October 31st, 2008 in Design and Movies. CommentsSpongebob Squarepants Drawn in the Style of Various Cartoonists
Published October 31st, 2008 in Comics. CommentsWonderful, just wonderful. Cartoonist Roger Langridge created comic strips for Nick Magazine which featured Spongebob Squarepants drawn in the styles of famous cartoonists.
Spongebob Squarepants reimagined. [via]
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Six Legged Lou Bega Robot Dances to Mambo No. 5
Published October 30th, 2008 in Gadgets and Technology. CommentsCreepy and horrifying. A six-legged, torso-less, robotic Lou Bega dancing to ‘Mambo No. 5′.
This hexapod robot created by the students of the HTL Saalfelden, Austria, won the Ashes Championship in 2008.
As far as robots go, this is one of the scariest ones I’ve ever laid my eyes upon.
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Brian Clark examines the astounding success of Nirvana’s Nevermind music album, and comes to the startling conclusion that Kurt Cobain was, in fact, a creative marketing genius of sorts.
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In other words, Cobain’s desire to add pop hooks to punk compositions is a classic way to “organize available resources in new and more [...]
A great way to introduce your kids to the cult film series. The Tweedlebop blog has released a cute alphabet set of illustrations based on lesser-known characters from the Star Wars franchise.
Featured above, K for K-3PO.
It’s Kay-Threepio, the stuffy protocol droid who was the Rebel coordinator at Yavin and Hoth. I’m sure C-3PO and [...]
My Deer is a cunningly designed stool created by Jeroen Wesselink.
Hang it upside down on a wall, and it transforms it into a deer head (without all the guilt). The stool is priced at € 149 (about $ 190), plus shipping.
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The Atlas of Cyberspace – Free PDF Download
Published October 24th, 2008 in Books and Download. CommentsThe Atlas of Cyberspace examines the visual nature of cyberspace and its infrastructure. Written by Martin Dodge and Rob Kitchin, the book catalogues the evolution of cartographic and visualization techniques used to map cyperspace over a period of 30 years. The book has hundreds of images of such maps charted using the techniques.
The PDF version [...]
Animated Typography – Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Published October 23rd, 2008 in Art and Movies. CommentsWatch a typographic video created using the dialogues uttered by ’Nick the Greek’, a character in the cult British film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
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Solitude could be beautiful, too. A gorgeous gallery of 77 photos taken in Iceland.
Did you know that over 99% of the country’s electricity is produced from hydropower and geothermal energy ?
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Batman meets his match in Superman ?
No way. Superman is the protector of shiny Metropolis, a city often threatened by inter-dimensional supervillains, evil doppelgangers, and ego-maniacal billionaires hell bent on world domination. Being one of the most powerful beings in the DC Comics universe, the man of steel usually demolishes these threats using his [...]
Electronics major Sony have been making some extremely creative ads for their Bravia range of HD televisions, and this particular one is no different.
The colorful TV commercial was shot in India, a land known for its incredible and diverse cultures. Viewers are taken on a journey across the deserts of Rajasthan to the Taj [...]
World War – Entertaining Animated Film by Vincent Chai
Published October 21st, 2008 in Animation. CommentsWorld War, a short animated film by Vincent Chai, was the winner of the ‘Best Animation Award’ at the 21st Malaysian Film Festival, and one of the runners-up in the ‘Global HD Animation Contest’ on Mytoons.
Amazingly, Vincent created this film for his final degree project at the University Of Hertfordshire.
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Everyone I’ve Ever Slept With – Pillowcase by Tracey Emin
Published October 21st, 2008 in Art and Design. CommentsThe Art as Art Project pays homage to British artist Tracey Emin’s iconic art installation by making this “Everyone I’ve Slept With” pillowcase.
The cover comes with screen-printed ruled lines to allow you to fill the names of your past, present, and future lovers.
The pillowcase is available for $55 at the ICA shop.
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Michael Jackson’s Thriller Meets Toons – Video Mashup
Published October 18th, 2008 in Animation and Music. CommentsOne more creative video mashup. Michael Jackson’s monster hit ‘Thriller’ meets various cartoon characters like Snow White, Bugs Bunny and Spongebob Squarepants..
Watch it after the jump.
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Cylon Jack-O-Lantern – Cool DIY Halloween Project
Published October 18th, 2008 in Cool Stuff. CommentsWant to do something different for Halloween, this time around ? Well, check out this uber-cool Cylon Jack-O-Lantern created by the good folks at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories.
The LEDs, controlled by low-cost integrated circuits, faithfully replicate the distinctive and menacing Cylon scanning eye effect.
While the project does need some skill, it’s not entirely [...]
Pretty funny cartoon from We The Robots.
Like most geeks people, I too loved the subversive brilliance of the Fight Club novel and movie.
There are tons of more great stuff at the site.
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Gas Mask Vinyl Action Figures From Instinct Toys
Published October 17th, 2008 in Cool Stuff. CommentsThese totally sweet action figures from Instinct Toy would be perfect as minions in the Star Wars universe.
The toys are modernized tributes to a series of action figures released previously by the Bounty Hunter company.
The extremely well-detailed vinyl figurines are 12” high and are made from vinyl.
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Radiohead – Reckoner – Animated Music Video by Clement Picon
Published October 16th, 2008 in Comics. CommentsClement Picon’s surreal music video for Radiohead’s ‘Reckoner’ was one of the 4 award winning entries in the In Rainbows Contest on Aniboom. The videos were selected from over 200 submissions to the contest.
Make sure you watch the other prize winning entries here.
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Great commercial for Guinness beer titled “Fridge Magnet” from Ireland.
The advertisement was filmed in Buenos Aires, and directed by the multi-award winning, ad film maker – Fredrik Bond. The anarchic music track accompanying the visuals is “Dedication” by electro/alternative band Red Cell.
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Children’s Dreams Illustrated by Various Artists – Flickr Gallery
Published October 13th, 2008 in Art. CommentsThe 150 Sueños Ilustrados gallery on Flickr has incredible illustrations by various artists interpreting the account of dreams in their own words by children in Mexico, Spain and Brazil.
Today I dreamed that I was in a village and a volcano exploded, but the lava didn’t´t burn me and it was made of colors.
The innocent, [...]
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