Tara Oceans
Photographer Spencer Lowell Boards agnès b.’s Innovative Seafaring Research Vessel. Beautifully cut by the besite, Party Paul. Windswept nautical views, choppy seas and cloud-mottled skies mingle elegantly with marine laboratory close-ups in this short documentary from the lauded Los Angeles director and Time magazine photographer Spencer Lowell. Captured over a five-day trip aboard “Tara”, the...
Ricky by Will Robson-Scott
My time at the Frank 151 office was an interesting one, especially when the likes of “the fourth Beastie” would come into the space. Ricky Powell is a native New Yorker whose photographs of iconic people such as the Beastie Boys, Keith Haring and Cindy Crawford made him a mainstay character in the late 80s...
Louis Vuitton’s Tribute To Muhammad Ali
“Yasiin Bey, Ogilvy Paris, and director Stuart McIntyre come together to pay tribute to the world’s greatest boxer (and the sport’s most memorable personality) in two beautifully produced videos for Louis Vuitton’s first film campaign.” Via Freshness Mag.
Happy Birthday To You!
I may not be the president but it is my birthday. Me, Marc & Hugh is an humorous art / fashion film that merges the worlds and celebrates that of Marc Jacobs and Hugh Hefner, who share the same birthday as Director, Claire Edmondson. Not the same birthday as me by the way.
Clients From Hell
“I really like this, but I’m just not feeling it.” Real life constructive criticism I’ve received… What do you do with that? Check out other funny stuff at Clients From Hell.
Moonrise Kingdom
Wes Anderson’s new theatrical film is titled Moonrise Kingdom. A tale of a pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out and find them. Style and composition make a winning return in this cute movie about finding…well just finding. Check out some select BTS photos...
Safety Not Guaranteed
“From the producers of Little Miss Sunshine – When an unusual classified ad inspires three cynical Seattle magazine employees to look for the story behind it, they discover a mysterious eccentric named Kenneth, a likable but paranoid supermarket clerk, who believes he’s solved the riddle of time travel and intends to depart again soon. Together,...
TYPEFACE
“In rural Wisconsin, a lone employee waits in a cavernous old museum for visitors to come. A few individuals straggle in every few days and then, come Friday, the museum fills with life. Machines hum, presses print, artists buzz about. One weekend each month, the quiet of Two Rivers is interrupted as carloads of artisans...
Doin’ It In The Park
In New York City, pick-up basketball is not just a sport. It is a way of life. There are 700+ outdoor courts, and an estimated 500,000 players, the most loyal of which approach the game as a religion, and the playground as their church. Directed by Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau, Doin’ It In The...
Oliver Peoples 2012 Campaign Video
It’s that time of year again where the good people at Oliver Peoples release there yearly campaign video. This season’s collection is inspired by the excitement of a college campus where the history and tradition of learning are merged with young students’ energy and new ideas. This is reflected in the designs, infusing the art...
Mansome
“Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, Adam Carolla, and Isaiah Mustafa weigh in on what makes a man “mansome” — both manly and handsome — in Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock’s documentary. In theaters May 2012. “ Via Devour.
Metamorphosis
“String Theory’s trippy Franz Kafka and Hunter S. Thompson-inspired animation promoting Good Books International, an online bookseller donating 100% of its profits to Oxfam.” Visit usegoodbooks.com for more information. Via Devour & Party Paul.
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
To quote my favorite MC of all time, “Rap is not pop if you call it that and stop”. Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap is a performance documentary that goes beyond the stardom...
Alphabetic
Chunk Five is alive (in a Short Circuit robot voice). Ariel Costa’s animation piece, Alphabetic, brings type to life and has this serif font interact in its on lovely environment. Beautiful color palette along with great choices make this a very likeable motion graphic.
Mork
Fantastic After Effects work by Phil Borst, Mork follows the story of a spherical object and its interaction with four entrapping lines. Place metaphorical anecdote here…
Successful Alcoholics
“Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ short comedy featuring Lizzy Caplan and T.J. Miller as a couple of co-dependent boozers managing to have successful careers.”
Urbanized
“Urbanized is a feature-length documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world’s foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers. Over half the world’s population now lives in an urban area, and 75% will call a city home by 2050. But while...
Star Wars Identities
“The Star Wars Identities exhibit, which opens in Montreal, Canada on April 19 and comes to Edmonton, Canada on October 27, will explore the theme of personal identity both in ourselves and in the characters that inhabit the Star Wars universe. Canadian ad agency Bleublancrouge, who created the inkblot Vader video and is one of...
KONY 2012
KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.
This Is My Home
It’s not where you’re from but where you’re at. A cute and poignant short from Departure | Arrival Films about a man and his home. “On an unseasonably warm November night in Manhattan on our way to get ice cream, we stumbled upon what appeared to be a vintage shop, brightly lit display window and...
Jacob Sutton’s L.E.D. Surfer
Fashion photographer and filmmaker Jacob Sutton swaps the studio for the slopes of Tignes in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France, with a luminous after hours short starring Artec pro snowboarder William Hughes. The electrifying film sees Hughes light up the snow-covered French hills in a bespoke L.E.D.-enveloped suit courtesy of designer and electronics whizz...
From Girl Films & Chocolate Cinema
One of my favorite documentaries of all time (and I’m including snow & skate films as docs, cause they are) is Chocolate Skateboard’s Yeah Right. First of it’s kind to include gorgeous cinematography and blockbuster quality...
Eames: The Architect and the Painter
“The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America’s most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a...
Burton Kramer Documentary
“A trailer for a short film about a Canadian designer, educator and painter, Burton Kramer, currently in production.” Via Greg Durell
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
“Ai Weiwei is China’s most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. Against a backdrop of strict censorship and an unresponsive legal system, Ai expresses himself and organizes people through art and social media. In response, Chinese authorities have shut down his blog, beat him up, bulldozed his newly built studio, and held...
A Girl Like The Others
Jalouse, a French fashion publication, found a great way to promote its magazine / blog. Get a beautiful girl, Ashley Smith, a talented director, Matthew Frost, and voila… marketing magic.
