Monday, August 30, 2010

arcade fire: the wilderness downtown

Much like everything else The Arcade Fire touch... This is just magic.

Watch and marvel at what's possible with HTML5 and an uncaged imagination.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

separated at birth: kermit & christian bale

I normally hate these memes that set out to create some lame connection between random elements of celebrity in order to score a few extra subscriptions... But it's Kermit and CHRISTIAN BALE. How can that not be hilarious!?

One is arguably one of the greatest actors of our time, using an intense combination of method acting while drawing on a wide array of deeply personal experiences to bring out each of his troubled characters... The other is Christian Bale. (sorry, that joke sucked but the guy acts like such a douche sometimes, the dad joke material writes itself)

Anyway... enjoy the hours of work some weirdo has put into finding these pics.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

stunning portraits

Thor Fridriksson - film maker

Minister of Transportation of Armenia

Al Jarreau - jazz singer

Work by Suren Manvelyan

via Behance

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

greens ad from #YWC

heavily pixellated

skate and create 2010

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The followup event to the hugely successful 2009 concept by Transworld Skate Mag in the US, four teams were given a warehouse and 9 days to Skate and Create a mini video part.

Shoewear brands AdidasFallenLakai and Etnies competed under the following criteria:

  • The four teams are made up of a total of six skaters—four pros and two ams.
  • Each team is given nine days in a warehouse with the same set of obstacles.
  • Each team is allowed one art director on site.
  • Each team is assigned one TWS photographer to shoot a feature article for the magazine.
  • Each team is allowed a film crew to produce a video for skateboarding.com.
  • The final photo and video product is judged by the TWS edit staff (minus S&C coordinators Skin Phillips and Josh Brooks) on the level of skating, creativity, the use of obstacles, and overall image and video quality.
  • The winner gets the cover of the magazine and will have a spot reserved in Skate & Create 2011.

They each produced rad videos which you can scope out here but in my opinion, one stands head and shoulders above the rest.

I give you: LAKAIROMANIA

<p>Lakai from Chris Ray on Vimeo.</p>

Sunday, August 22, 2010

style wars epic set up

I only have two stickers on my beloved macbook pro... One that says "i love because" from my previous life as the founder of a clothing company.

The other says STYLEWARS - Because attending the first few of these annual snowboard contests at Falls Creek in Australia is STILL one of the greatest experiences of my life.
Let me explain why: They just keep stepping up the crazy.

Here is the insane course setup they've implemented for this year's competition which kicked off last night.

more details from our good friends at snowlife here

vincent laforet showreel

Pure quality, shot on my dream setup - the Canon 5D.

<p>04•2010•REEL from Vincent Laforet on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

Created by Vincent Laforet via @TheHappyFarm

i heart gary busey

A brilliant new campaign by sugar magnet VitaminWater featuring my boy Busey and Shaquille O'Neil.

Friday, August 20, 2010

tony abbott is right

Brilliant way to spread the message about this moron... Using only this moron.

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Make your own last minute propaganda poster or just vote for your favourite at tonyabbottisright.com

Thursday, August 19, 2010

gaga x christopher walken

Imagine being related to Christopher Walken.
Imagine being his grandchild.

the bomb gong shot

The comments after the youtube link say it all...
"If golf was this exciting, I'd actually watch it"

we've all thought about it

We've all said it at some stage in our lives. Walking aimlessly amongst the IKORBROGBA lounges or the GAAAHWONK library furnishings, you will often hear someone mention softly to their newly appointed de facto partner... "how awesome would it be to have a massive game of hide and seek in IKEA?"

Well, by the looks of it you're too late because the FB event has been removed but here's what it looks like yesterday morning.

The Facebook page earlier this morning.

via The Age

slow motion pub

The new ad by Carlton Draught, showcasing all the best pub moments in super slow mo

chatroulette FTW!

Possibly the best use of social media marketing I have ever seen.

Chatroulette, a platform custom built for young men with too much time 'in' their hands, combined with the old adage "sex sells".
What do you get?

be careful what you wish for

It has to be one of the lamest, most trite phrases in the English language.

Until it happens to you... And nothing else says it so well.

yo yo labor

I have been trying to find the person who designed the original version of this picture for a whole day now...It was left on a music forum and I thought it was brilliant so rebuilt the image and used it as my FB profile pic.

Love your work, whoever you are.

via Lonsdale

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

stoner vs wild

Not a huge fan of stoner humour at the best of times... But this Aussie Youtube Dood's impression of Bear Grylls is totally on point.

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Nice one NickH40

social media graph

Social Media Venn Diagram T-Shirt

Social Media Venn Diagram T-Shirt from Despair
via @ozdj

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

facebook in 3D

time lapse of newly painted plane

The magic of time lapse photography is the way it showcases every day life in a whole new format, illuminating daily regularities as the baby steps towards something far greater.

These guys probably never considered their work as 'beautiful'... But after viewing 4 days work in under 4 minutes, it's hard to see their ant like behaviour as anything but.

bag lady

Christophe Kutner

Artist Christophe Kutner via Like Cool

best tweet ever

Well played sir. via reddit

Monday, August 16, 2010

NSFW typography

Check out the rest by designer Alex Merto at Behance

obama: no we can't

This couple invited the President to their wedding. 

He gratefully declined.
Maybe they should have asked the Old Spice guy

via Reddit

Sunday, August 15, 2010

around the world in 80 diets

Now this is the kind of creative solution we should be rewarding.
Photographer Peter Menzel and his wife travelled the world, documenting the different levels of calorie intake in each country.

Check out more photos and listen to the great story from NPR here

triple j: the enemy of average

via Mumbrella

everything is awesome

I started this blog because I think everything is super great.

I've just met a kindred spirit

 

Thursday, August 12, 2010

prismatic audit

Most websites are rubbish.

Reading the FAQ section on this website felt like the first time I ate a mango... An exhilarating experience that left me dribbling all over myself and wishing for more.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

iphone users get mad love

No duh.

via Wired

google x wizard of oz

71st Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz

Lovely.

surprise

You know the film Love, Actually? You know how the best parts are the intro and outro at Heathrow Airport? Involuntary, unadulterated show of emotion is a beautiful and painfully human experience to view.

So grab the tissues and give into it... This is pretty amazing.

 

welcome to wrongtown

Step 1. Find a nice house in one of Melbourne's nicest inner-city suburbs
Step 2. Invite all your artist friends to come stay and each design a room
Step 3. Call the media and watch the street art cheques roll in

Here are some photos of the most amazing art show I have ever attended.

 feat.
The Agents, Tom Civil, Hotham Street Ladies, Andy Hutson, Ash Keating, Bonnie Lane, Jonathan Leahy and Vexta, Matt Morrow, Simon Pericich, Kiron Robinson, Robbie Rowlands, Neale Stratford, Hiroyasu ‘TWOONE’ Tsuri, Urban Village Melbourne, Danae Valenza, Theresa Harrison (curator), Tai Snaith (curator), Vexta (curator)

Some more details here and with our friends from Artabase here

The Social Network

Anyone who knows me is probably already sick of me talking about this film... 

But with a promo poster this good, and David Fincher directing - how can you expect me not to get excited?

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

the social network

Anyone who knows me is probably already sick of me talking about this film... 

But with a promo poster this good, and David Fincher directing - how can you expect me not to get excited?

my new iPhone 4

...hasn't arrived yet, thanks to @Optus having the worst customer service of all time.
So in the meantime, I'm amusing myself with this.

Viva Vinyl!

Harold Moore's is a well known record store in Soho. 
They are refitting their shop and had to throw about 20,000 records in a bin out the back.

Hipsters: Start your engines.

 

via Creative Review

Saturday In Design Festival: Melbourne

I spent most of Saturday walking around Melbourne, looking at beautiful things and sitting in very comfortable chairs.
There was free food, margaritas and then Akira Isogawa talked about designing his line of furniture for Schiavello.

Here are the results of my first Saturday In Design