All Fun & Games Til You Miss Your Stop

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Amsterdam’s public transit agency GVB has teamed with Headmade Studio to create a simple, but clever game called GVBeestje for tram riders. It’s a great idea until you miss your stop.

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Cut, Carved, and Folded

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

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Australian artist Nicholas Jones has been carving, cutting, and folding abandoned books for more than a decade in Melbourne. His dramatically transformed discarded books of all kinds can be found in museums and galleries around the world. And even though I still cringe at the sight of a sliced and diced antiquarian volume, I’m a big fan of Jones’ work. You can see more of his book sculptures and find out where his next shows will be at his website Bibliopath.

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from our perspective

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

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Playing For Time

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

During the past two years, I’ve had the opportunity to see the impact of climate change up close in Alaska and in Iceland. It’s beyond depressing to observe the dramatic retreat of ancient glaciers. Greenpeace continues to try and raise awareness about the climate crisis around the world. This powerfully moving video gets to the heart of the issue in a simple, but direct way. Renowned Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi performs his own “Elegy for the Arctic”, while floating past the Wahlenbergbreen Glacier in the Svalbard Archipelago. Located between mainland Norway and the North Pole, the islands are the front line for climate change.

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Just in time for summer

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

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Just in time for summer, animator Tom King colorfully skewers that creepy guy that you’ll find at any beach.

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You’re Going To learn Something

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

1a1a1aH/t to Nathan Gelgud and Signature

 

 

 

 

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They Pulled Me Back In

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Just when I thought I was over the whole drone video thing, the French cinematography group BigFly got my attention again with this gorgeous drone video. The short was shot entirely in the 19th century neo-Byzantine church Église Saint-Louis de Pamboeuf in the Loire-Atlantique of France.

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NYC : All Are Welcome

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

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New York City’s official tourism and marketing agency—NYC & Company—has just launched a branding update for the world’s greatest city. The sweeping new visual identity incorporates custom typefaces, icons, a new website, neighborhood guides, and dozens of videos. There’s also a bold new color palette utilizing “taxi cab yellow”, “Statue of Liberty green”, “Staten Island Ferry orange”, and “Bowie purple”.

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Visit the new website nycgo.com and check out the videos, updated tourist content, and insider guides to New York City neighborhoods.

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Alternative Metro Mapping

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

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The former lead designer for the Moscow Department of Transportation, Constantine Konovalov, and his team of graphic artists and animators at the Tetter-Totter-Tam Studio, has developed a brilliant alternative to RATP Paris’ official Metro map. After two and a half year’s work, and 800 separate map files, Konovalov has created a less confusing guide to public transport in Paris for visitors and residents alike. He has even managed to add icons for landmarks and tourist attractions. You can learn all about the project and download your own version right here.

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The studio also produced this terrific hyperlapse visit to Paris in their spare time.

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Why I Smell So Good

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

I smell so good because I spend my days surrounded by antiquarian books. This video explains why that is the case. Okay, it’s just one man’s opinion.

 

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