High Kick Girl! – Short Teaser Trailer
This looks completely kitschy, but in fun sort of way! Watch the teaser trailer for High Kick Girl, an upcoming Japanese film.
This looks completely kitschy, but in fun sort of way! Watch the teaser trailer for High Kick Girl, an upcoming Japanese film.
This Is Where We Live, an imaginatively animated short film, was created by Apt Studio to commemorate 4th Estate Publishing's 25th anniversary. Twenty animators labored for 3 weeks to produce…
Illustrator Andy Helms posts wonderfully whimsical drawings of different male characters everyday on his site, Dude-A-Day. The ‘dudes’ are all famous fictional characters from comics,video games and films. Link to…
These funky looking ‘Dacca’ Boots are made from recycled plastic bags. The boots are waterproof, lightweight and non-toxic, with pique cotton padded interiors for comfort. The boots were designed by…
The Australian Advertising Standards Bureau released its ‘Top 10 Controversial Ads in Australia’ report for 2008. The agency received more than 2,350 complaints for 540 ads released on television, outdoor and print mediums.
So, how offensive really were these ads that made some Aussies mad enough to pick up the phone and call the bureau? After searching around a bit, I was able to find most of the commercials and advertisements online.
Without further ado, here are Australia’s top 10 controversial commercials of 2008:
(10) Motorola – Razr Mobile Phone
This harmless commercial for Motorola’s Razr mobile phone received more than 40 calls from viewers, ostensibly horrified by the use of the Razr as a melee weapon. The bureau dismissed the complaints and did not ban the commercial.
‘Grin’ is a vinyl figure designed by Ron English, considered by many as the father of the agit-pop art movement. English’s works typically parody various pop culture icons, and this…
Watch a short, high-definition time-lapse video composed using 7,000 ethereal images of the sky and its celestial wonders. The video was selected by NASA’s as its “Astronomy Picture of the…
The PingMag blog has a fascinating interview with Eico Hanamura, one of the earliest artists to draw girls manga comics. A classically trained painter, Eico had a completely original and…
Have we been had? Was the entire “Where the hell is Matt? video an elaborate hoax? The video, watched by an estimated 17 million Viewers, is one of the most…
Stéphane Kardos, an artist working for Disney, uses (paid) apps like “Brushes” and “Netsketch” to create miniature paintings on his iPhone. The artist regularly posts these artworks to a small,…