Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/21/13 01:05:14 PM
Projection-Mapped Sculptures Dazzle Audiences in Rotterdam
Studio Rewind and Sober Industries recently installed two animal sculptures in Rotterdam, Netherlands featuring audience-controlled projection mapping. Looking like large-scale origami, the sculptures of a rhino and an owl had multiple colors and textures projected unto them that changed via controllers. Watch it in action below. (via Visual News)
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/21/13 12:05:45 PM
'Made By Hand' Releases Latest Short Documentary 'The Bike Maker'
"The Bike Maker" is the fifth installment in the documentary web series Made By Hand. The touching short focuses on Ezra Caldwell who, in addition to building cutstom steel bicycles, is also a cancer patient and amateur photographer. The film is directed by Keith Ehrlich. Watch below. (via Creative Review)
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/21/13 12:05:02 PM
Street Artist JR Crowdsources 'Inside Out' Art Project
HBO documentary Inside Out profiles the work of street artist JR, whose large scale portraiture has been gracing city walls for years. Recently, JR launched a user-generated initiative that allows for others to create and display their own portaits.
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/20/13 04:05:27 PM
Kanye West Debuts New Single with Projections Across the Globe
Kanye West debuted his new single "New Slaves" this past weekend by projecting a video of him singing it on building walls in 66 different locations across three continents. Nine of the locations were in New York, including the Prada Store on 5th Avenue, video of which can be found below. (via Vulture)
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/20/13 03:05:54 PM
Google Director of Engineering Ray Kurzweil Stars in Steve Aoki Music Video
Technologist, author and Google director of engineering Ray Kurzweil stars in electronic musician Steve Aoki's music video for "Singularity." The narrative part of the video illustrates some of Kurzweil's philosophies which state that in the future, "we'll be a hybrid of biological and non-biological intelligence." Watch below. (via Mashable)
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/17/13 04:05:34 PM
Sarah Polley Explains How She Came to Tell 'Stories We Tell'
Sarah Polley talks to The Credits about her intimate new family documentary Stories We Tell. She says about getting her start, "I really just had a vague idea of where it was going. I wanted to look at storytelling and why we look for the truth in the past, but I didn’t know how to accomplish that, so I just began with interviewing my father." Read the full interview here.
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/17/13 12:05:41 PM
National Geographic Goes Back to the '80s with Colorful, Animated Promos
Illustrator Ana Benaroya provides the colorful characters for National Geographic's out-of-character promos for their latest minisieries The 80s: The Decade That Made Us. Says Joe Burrascano, ECD for agency Nathan Love, to Digital Arts, "This is a completely different look for the network, and that’s exactly what National Geographic wanted. Because the series itself – which details the many unsung cultural revolutions ignited during that time – was such a departure from their traditional programming, the goal was to catch people by surprise, piquing their interest while connecting them to the light-hearted spirit of the 80s.” Read more here.
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/17/13 10:05:34 AM
Watch a Scene from 'Frances Ha' with Director's Commentary
Director Noah Baumbach narrates a scene from his latest film, Frances Ha. Baumbach reveals that it took 30 takes to get the scene, filmed in one long take, right. Watch here on The New York Times.
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/15/13 05:05:28 PM
Adorable New Spot Shows Oreos Giving the Big Bad Wolf a New Reputation
The adorable new animated spot for Oreos wonders if the iconic cookie would change the villainous fates of the Big Bad Wolf, vampires and great white sharks. The spot is set to a jaunty tune sung by Owl City. Says Janda Lukin, director of Oreo at Mondelez International to Fast Company's Co.Create, "[the commercial] celebrates the notion that something as small as an Oreo can bring about a change in perspective and help people see the world with fresh eyes.” Watch the spot below and read more here.
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/15/13 04:05:36 PM
Ad Agency Turns Nesting Falcons Into a Viral Campaign
Ad agency Campbell Ewald has decided to leverage a couple of nesting falcons on their office building's roof into a full-fledged and buzzworthy "campaign" -- one without a product to sell. Explains Christine Champagne of Fast Company's Co.Create, "When the folks at Campbell Ewald discovered a pair of peregrine falcons tending to a trio of eggs in a nest on the roof of their Warren, Michigan, office building, they couldn’t keep the exciting news to themselves and decided to share it with the rest of the world." Read the full story here. Follow the falcons' story here on their Tumblr.
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