Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Leo's song

today I stumbled upon this nice short. I don't want to add anything to it, just lean back and enjoy this little piece of peace..



click here for credits

Friday, January 22, 2010

Logorama

after about 6 years of work, french H5 Collective has finished their fantastic piece Logorama, a movie only consisting of nicely deployed logos. check out the whole thing here..

Thursday, January 21, 2010

ColorMe

sweet suisse full feature snowboard flick by pierre castillo bernad and dominik fellmann called ColorME on Vimeo produced by Shaba Pictures, posted by Cirque Belgique. you'll get a little insight into the making of a snowboard movie, kinda nice to see what's happening behind the scenes. i really like the attitude that gets across - it's all about being out there with your friends and having fun, what else do you need? beautiful cinematography paired with nice sound just after my fancy. go watch it dudes..

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Nike 6.0 Tunnel Jam

take a tunnel somewhere in england, build a super sick set up, invite some of the world's best bmx riders and this is what comes out.. a great event called Nike 6.0 Tunnel Jam. what a nice edit, great shots and sick bmx action..yeah! that's how it's supposed to be..



Official Nike 6.0 Tunnel Jam Video on Vimeo.

Nike True City

nike just released their new iPhone app Nike True City for people living in paris, london, berlin, milan, amsterdam and barcelona. it maps user-based info on products, stores, sport, music, art, food & drinks and much more.. i think something really nice could evolve once it's widely spread. watch the official trailer and the get the app here.



now it's time for me to explore nike amsterdam..

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Moonboy

beautiful cell animated short film by Adam Calfee. made me think.

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Sherlock Holmes End Titles

the title design specialists of Prologue around Kyle Cooper come up with these beautifully crafted end titles for Guy Ritchie's latest movie Sherlock Holmes. live action intermittently blends into nice sketch-style motion grpahics sequences. make sure you check out some other projects of Prologue.

click image to start movie..

Else Mobile

uk-based rob chiu a.k.a. The Ronin created this short film for Else Mobile Phones to introduce a new generation of mobiles. he well combined footage shot on location in downtown L.A. with a bunch animated graphs and charts. official project website here.

click image to start movie..

Monday, January 04, 2010

PostPanic Office / Maurice Mentjens Design

on The Cool Hunter's blog I stumbled upon an article about holtum(nl)-based interior and furniture designer Maurice Mentjens. this guys also designed the office of amsterdam-based PostPanic, the animation and design studio I'm currently working at. to give you guys an insight of where I've spent the last half year of creative and productive madness, check out these shots..








check out the full story here.

Avatar

I watched James Cameron's Avatar last week and I gotta say: I'm stoked! the incredible universe he created with this great variety of flora and fauna is just amazing. learn more about the director's vision in this making-of clip..



for more information on the technical approach check out this documentary about so-called percormance capture



make sure you Avatar in 3d as it really enhances your perception. I'm gonna watch it again here in amsterdam this week..