Friday 31 December 2010

2010

Wednesday 29 December 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.

Tuesday 28 December 2010

Java 4-Ever



Funny g33k comedy

by 'Alan Smithee'.

Monday 27 December 2010

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'.

Thursday 23 December 2010

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.

Wednesday 22 December 2010

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.

Tuesday 21 December 2010

Black Lines









More Keaton Henson.

Let Go



Great music vid for The Japanese Popstars feat. Green Velvet

by David Wilson

with illustrator Keaton Henson.

Sunday 19 December 2010

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).

Saturday 18 December 2010

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..

Friday 17 December 2010

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.

Thursday 16 December 2010

Saturday 11 December 2010

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

Thursday 9 December 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.. ?!

Monday 6 December 2010

Sunday 5 December 2010

Friday 3 December 2010