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The amazing Misty Copeland channels Degas for a new MoMA exhibit: Copeland says that’s part of the reason she found posing for the images that accompany this story—which were inspired by Edgar Degas’s paintings and sculptures of dancers at the Paris Opéra Ballet—a challenge. “It was interesting to be on a shoot and to not […]

Ok Go has released another incredible one take music video, this time shot in zero gravity: OK Go and the video’s director Trish Sie (who also worked on “Here it Goes Again”) shot the entire video in one take on an airplane that was making parabolas in the sky, allowing for periods of about 27 […]

Creating pottery with music: designer Olivier van Herpt and StudioVanBroekhoven exploring textures made by sound vibration while 3D printing clay. Via Coolhunting: The “Solid Vibration” project is an ongoing collaboration between Eindhoven, The Netherlands-based sound laboratory Studio van Broekhoven and industrial designer Olivier van Herpt, who built a custom ceramic printer where the extruding clay […]

Turkish Airlines ties in with the upcoming Batman v Superman film, with faux ads advertising flights to Gotham City and Metropolis. Tying in to large franchises coming to film is nothing new of course (remember: the Star Wars marketingadpocalypse last year), but it’s funny watching Batfleck introducing Gotham in the ad. “There’s never been a […]

Istanbul-based graphic designer Tolga Girgin experiments with 3D calligraphy, by using pencil shading and perspective to amazing effect. For more, you can follow his Instagram. Tolga was born in Simav, Kütahya, Turkey in 1981, and not only works as a calligrapher and a graphic designer, but also as an electrical and electronics engineer. Modern Calligraphy […]

Thermonuclear Art is a video of the sun in ultra 4k HD, courtesy of NASA: It’s always shining, always ablaze with light and energy that drive weather, biology and more. In addition to keeping life alive on Earth, the sun also sends out a constant flow of particles called the solar wind, and it occasionally […]

We love UNICEF’s Unfairy Tales #NoLostGeneration animated spot! Malak and the Boat is narrated by 7-year-old Malak herself, and was created by UNICEF by 180LA. You can read the rest of Malak’s story here. Via Mashable: UNICEF says it will release a second film, “Ivine and Pillow,” in March. The “Unfairy Tales” series is part […]

It’s Superbowl time! And while many of us in adland don’t watch the game itself, the high-stakes, big budget nature of the ads that get made for Superbowl are often something else. Here are our top 5 favourites this year: 5. Paypal’s New Money Great Wolf of Wall Street-esque writing in this ad. Great contrast […]

It’s the first day of Chinese New Year today, and it’s now the Year of the Monkey. Did you know – It’s a 15 day celebration running over many countries, including places like Mauritius and the Philippines – If you’re into horoscopes, there’s a prediction for each year of the Chinese zodiac – Most of […]

Brought to you by National Geographic – here’s 40,000 Years of London’s History, made of paper. Amazing! As National Geographic describes the city: Peel back the pavement of a grand old city like London and you can find just about anything, from a first-century Roman fresco to a pair of medieval ice skates—even an elephant’s […]