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A Purpose in Life

By Anya Ow / May 19, 2016 / Comments Off on A Purpose in Life

Via creative agency SoulPancake, people from all ages answer the question “What is your purpose in life?”. Participants ranged from aged 6 to 105, and had a range of different opinions and perspectives, from adorable to philosophical. SoulPancake was founded by actor Rainn Wilson (aka Dwight Schrute from the Office) and his fellow Baha’i friends […]

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Mad Hatter

By Anya Ow / May 18, 2016 / Comments Off on Mad Hatter

Johnny Depp’s Mad Hatter stars in an interactive billboard in Disneyland – livestreamed from a studio, as part of a marketing drive for the upcoming sequel to the financially successful 2010 film, which grossed over $1 billion worldwide. First appearing as a still image, Depp’s Mad Hatter interacted with Disneyland guests via a video camera […]

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Surrealist Watches

By Anya Ow / May 17, 2016 / Comments Off on Surrealist Watches

Mat Maitland’s surrealist work for Komono watches is inspired by the art of René Magritte. The Belgian watch company’s campaign ad pays homage to the artist, a Belgian 20th Century master of surrealism, in a collection of 6 watches. According to Komono: His deceptively simple juxtapositions of day and night, of ordinary things in an […]

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Art Perspective

By Anya Ow / May 16, 2016 / Comments Off on Art Perspective

Off the street in Paris, this cool piece of wire art by Matthieu Robert-Ortis is a play on perspective, with an elephant on one side and a pair of giraffes on another, all the while looking like a fluid line drawing. It’s called La Révolution des Girafes, or “Revolution of the Giraffes.”. Viewed head-on, it […]

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Pets with Credit

By Anya Ow / April 29, 2016 / Comments Off on Pets with Credit

Pets with Credit is an adorable dogumentary imagining dogs using credit cards by Zulu Alpha Kilo for Interac Debit, illustrating the downsides of credit. It follows the life of Max, an 8 year old Australian Shepherd dog that struggles with the effects of credit card debt. Launched online on 10 April, the pets dogumentary was […]

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Moleskine Game of Thrones

By Anya Ow / April 28, 2016 / Comments Off on Moleskine Game of Thrones

In celebration of the start of Game of Thrones Season 6 and to promote their new Game of Thrones range of notebooks, Moleskine has remade the opening in paper using only paper architecture models. Created by Milan-based animation studio Dadomani, the stop motion video uses over 7,600 paper cutouts. That’s a crazy amount of effort […]

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Builders Club and Robert Rushkin

By Anya Ow / April 27, 2016 / Comments Off on Builders Club and Robert Rushkin

“What is reality?” Builders Club creates a short film about elusive artist Robert Rushkin. According to the directors: We met Robert a year ago. It was during a hike deep in the woods, where he did some research for his new installation. After introducing each other, we were really surprised that so little is known […]

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Agency Life

By Anya Ow / April 26, 2016 / Comments Off on Agency Life

Agency life is a nature documentary in these six hilarious videos by the Variable, an agency in Winston-Salem, N.C. In a new online series called Adland Adventures, Variable mixes up nature footage with a David Attenborough-esque commentary describing the blow-by-blow agency action. Variable has called it “a mostly comedic expedition through the wild advertising wilderness.” […]

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Graphic Means

By Anya Ow / April 22, 2016 / Comments Off on Graphic Means

The first trailer for Graphic Means has just been released, exploring the history of graphic design before the advent of the desktop computer. It was previously a Kickstarter campaign that was funded in 2015. The film is meant to be released in 2017, with interviews from Ellen Lupton, Malcolm Garrett, Tobias Frere-Jones, Ken Garland and […]

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China's Extreme Fireworks

By Anya Ow / April 21, 2016 / Comments Off on China's Extreme Fireworks

China’s extreme fireworks: sheer spectacle in Nuanquan. Following an old tradition, these highly unusual fireworks are made by a specially trained blacksmith throwing molten iron at an old stone wall, creating one of the most death defying performance arts in the world. Located in Hebei province, five hours’ drive from Beijing, these fireworks at Nuanquan […]

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