This is a fun animation brought to you by Takashi Murakami and his Kaikai Kiki Animation Studio.
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Sia’s Breathe Me (2004) was produced/directed by Sydney-based studio Collider. Seeing how Polaroid announced that it will no longer be manufacturing their cult-favorite film, I was reminded of this music video that I saw at RES Fest 2005 (also no longer).
The video took over 2500 polaroids, which would cost roughly $3,800 in film alone on today’s ebay market for film that will expire in less than a year (February 2009, the last batch of polaroid film produced).
Collider has done some other fantastic work, including this Music video for Unkle, “Reign”.
Link: tracks by sia on last.fm
The design of Scandyna's new “The Drop” speakers looks so fun and inviting you might just want to put them anywhere in the house (except for the bathtub). Although I haven't heard them for myself, Scandyna claims that they are "never making compromises on the sound".
The forms are based on organic shapes. "The Drop" speakers are obviously reminiscent of a water drop, serving a bit of retro with a new modernist twist. But if onion-shaped isn't your style, these come from a line of other curvy speakers including:
The Amp looks more like a barbeque than an amp, but that's part of its charm.
I was off to the beach in Florida last December (yes, December), and I noticed this bar behind an old gas station in St. Petersburg. I wouldn't call myself a Family Guy fanboy, but I do make a point of watching new episodes before deleting it from my DV-R. If you don't watch the show, The Drunken Clam is the restaurant/bar where Peter and the gang drink beer and have some laughs.
The signage of this restaurant caught the corner of my eye, so I went in for a closer look. Apparently, the restaurant/bar was established 20 years ago, and the illustration/lettering has been around well before The Family Guy.
Find out more about Quahog, Rhode Island (“Coffee Milk: Rhode Island's official state drink. Really, it's true!”).
This beautifully crafted book (published by pie books) shows off the brilliance of the Japanese bred dogs that playfully narrate this very visual book.
Designers Kazuya Takaoka and Sachiko Kuru intersperse typography and information design in between the chapters.
The different breeds that divide the book into chapters include: Kawakami-ken, Kai-ken, Shikoku-ken, Kishu-ken, Shiba Inu, Akita Inu, Hokkaido-ken, Ryukyu-ken, Tosa Token, Chin, Japanese Spitz, and the Japanese Terrier.
The Akita is a "Working" category winner for the 2008 Westminster Kennel Club's Best of Breed List.
If you're a dog fan, this is a great book to have, and if you're not, it's still a wonderful coffee table book (just be careful not to mark the pristine white dust jacket).
All photos in the book are (c) Sachiko Kuru.
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