2010

Undercover

Stolen Mac retrieval

from Orbicule.

Revolving Doors

Ah, so that's what happens when you put a pinhole camera on a Doors record and expose it for the length of a track.. nice!

from Synth Gear

by Tim Franco.

Java 4-Ever

Funny g33k comedy

by 'Alan Smithee'.

In The Blood

music video for PVT (Pivot) on Warp Records

directed by Alex Smith.

Periodic Type

from Squidspot.

Autostadt

'If only everything in life were as reliable as a Volkswagen robot'.

We Got More

More animated wizadry from Cyriak

for Eskmo.

Rare Exports

Dark twist on the Christmas theme with Finnish film - Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

directed by Jalmari Helander.

The Man In The High Castle

More post-war alternate reality..









Covers (in order stated) from Britain, Finland, Japan and France for The Man In The High Castle

by Philip K. Dick.

A great story of how people live and rule in an America governed by Germany and Japan after the Axis Powers emerge as victors of the Second World War.

Interesting how the French cover is less graphic in its interpretation of the content (with a strange alien looking creature in the background?).

Iron Sky

'In 1945 the Nazis went to the moon. In 2018 they are coming back.'

Interesting concept for Finnish sci-fi comedy film in the making - Iron Sky

from director Timo Vuorensola.

An Evolution

How the video games of today came to be

by Muscle Beaver.

Mars 500

Meanwhile..



Six 'astronauts' are locked in a facility in Moscow to simulate a space journey to Mars - for 520 days (3 June 2010 - 5 November 2011).











The crew spend most of their time conducting tests, tending to the plants, and watching nature simulations (with sounds using headphones) to give them that refreshing Earthly feel now and again.

More info at ESA.

Cabin Pressure

from Mock The Week.

Spaceport America

The new Spaceport America building in New Mexico

designed by Foster + Partners.

Virgin Galactic aims to commercialise space tourism by providing hi-tech aircraft for the space voyage

..but are they really going to make us wear those suits?

Aurora Borealis

Good to be back up north..



Here are the Northen Lights from a bit further up (and across the North Sea) - in Norway

from BBC's The Sky At Night.

Black Lines

More Keaton Henson.

Let Go

Great music vid for The Japanese Popstars feat. Green Velvet

by David Wilson

with illustrator Keaton Henson.

Studio Bird

Bold branding, dizzying yet somehow delightful

for Aussie architectural studio - Studio Bird

by 3 Deep Design.

Story To Be Told

Another mesmerising video from M.I.A.

by Weirdcore.

Works best in fullscreen mode

taken from yesthelittlepeoplewillneverwinbuttheycanfuckshitup.com (the URL speaks for itself).

Our Day Will Come

Looks like a good 'un

from Romain Gavras

(who directed the explosive, 'controversial' music videos for M.I.A. and Justice).

Let It Snow

The winter swimmers of Krasnoyarsk sure know how to enjoy the snow.

Not sure what the person in the orange jumpsuit is upto though..

London 2012

Nice contrast/comparison to the Munich '72 posters with the London '12 concept posters

by D&AD Best of New Blood winner Alan Clarke.

(which interestingly doesn't use the official 2012 logo)

Munich 1972

Posters from the Munich '72 Olympics

by Otl Aicher.

Detroit Techno

From Edits by Edit

by Toko.

A Picture Of The Future

'If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever'

- George Orwell, 1984... - BBC News Channel, 2010

Shaq Fu

Blast from the past, I remember playing this on the Mega Drive







Shaquille O'Neal in a Kung Fu fighting game, based in Japan(!)

(erm.. think the last pic is a fake)

There's now a battle between shaqfu.com and saveshaqfu.com about whether they should destroy all copies of this game or save them.. ?!

Santa NYC '84

from Beat Street.

Psyche

from Massive Attack

directed by John Downer.

Words II

Felix Dennis.

Words I

Saul Williams.

The Void

Freaky loop from the previous post



along with some crazy fast, brain-pounding credits

from Gaspar Noé's latest film Enter The Void.

Freak

From LFO

directed by Daniel Levi.

Gold Dust

Great video



from DJ Fresh.

Spartacus Moment

A poignant scene



from Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Jorge Regula

Pretty good fan vid of a pretty good song



from Moldy Peaches.

Zünd

I know what I want for christmas..



from Zünd.

All Caps

from Madvillain (MF DOOM & Madlib).

Peripheral Visionary

Steven Wright.

Trio

Lee Evans.

Escalators

The world's highest escalator, not for the faint hearted..





Providing access to the top two floors of the Umeda Sky Building in Osaka, Japan.

But don't worry! For those who suffer from vertigo try the world's smallest escalator, this guy is loving it..



At the Okadaya Mores shopping mall in Kawasaki, Japan.

Long Shot

What a fight scene



from Oldboy

by acclaimed Korean director Park Chan Wook.

Innocence

Great title sequence animation



from Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence.

Inventing Zero

The simplest invention of all, yet probably one of the biggest



from Everyday Guide.

Second Lives

from Vitalic - Second Lives

directed by Julien Henry, produced by La Film Fabrique.

Glorious Visions

Live performance with projected animations



from Miwa Matreyek.

The Perfect Match?

Stumbled across some nice old matchboxes during research. Interesting type and textures and some of them apparently quite valuable!

Heartbreak Request

Beautiful!



From Chris Morris' radio show.

The Longest GOOOOAAL

Is that Dom Joly commentating?

Vertical City

Controversial?



concept by Desitecture

from Design Boom.

Book Sculptures

Whilst on the subject..







Also, a bookstore ordered by spine colour





found at Dark Roasted Blend.