Epic Urban Slide!

Clearly the best way to travel, slides! Disappointed this wasn't part of the development plans for 2012!

'It’s officially called a ‘transfer accelerator’ by Dutch railway maintenance company ProRail, but everyone else would say it’s a slide. An awesome slide. Installed next to a stairway at the newly renovated railway station Overvecht in the city of Utrecht, the slide offers travellers the opportunity to quickly reach the railway tracks when they’re in a hurry.'

GENIUS!!!

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A bit of lush lomo for your taste buds to optically devour.

Red Balloon

RED BALLOON from Alexis Wajsbrot on Vimeo.

Spine-chilling short from Alexis Waisbrot seen here on Vimeo. Brilliant pacing and a wonderfully shot short horror. Also a strong storyline with the capability to easily stretch to a longer feature. Try it at 2am with the lights off at full screen... I dare you!

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The History of the Title Sequence

A History Of The Title Sequence from jurjen versteeg on Vimeo.

Beautiful title sequence work by Jurjen Versteeg. Great examples for inspiration.

Mini Getawat; Stockholme 2010

MINI Getaway Stockholm Case from Jung von Matt Stockholm on Vimeo.

Amazing! How did I not hear about this before!? Really hope they do something like this in London one day!

iButterfly

iButterfly from DentsuAsia on Vimeo.

“I Butterfly”, a new product of Tokyo Innovation that incorporates augmented reality, motion sensor, global positioning system and location based services.

One of the most creative Apps I've seen all year, fantastic idea and a brilliant use of augmented reality.

Serious Rotoscoping

The Wombats 'Techno Fan' from Memo Akten on Vimeo.

Seriously accomplished rotoscoping used on a video for The Wombats - Techno Fan.

"Worked with the Found Collective on this Wombats music video. I designed and developed software (using C++ / openframeworks / opencv) to process live footage of the band. All images seen above are generated from this software."

CREDITS:
Barney Steel - Director / Compositing / Post
Raoul Paulet - Compositing / Post
Memo Akten - Software development

Very nice work indeed.

Big Talk

New rock band Big Talk formed with The Killers drummer Ronnie Vannucci. Some quality catchy tunes and solid melodies match up with the encapturing lyrical stylings of RV. Worth a fair listen for all indie lovers.

The Wilderness Downtown

Amazing concept by Chris Milk for The Arcade Fire video online. A personalised video piece based around the place where you grew up when you put in your address. Click the image to go to the website.

FOTB 2010 Titles

Really nice video promoting Flash on the Beach 2010 by Nando Costa at Superfad.

FOTB 2010 Titles from Süperfad on Vimeo.

(re-posted from BlackMaths, thanks to Gareth Dunt)

Aaron Koblin: Artfully Visualizing Our Humanity

Fantastic lecture from Aaron Koblin.

Particularly like the air traffic infographics.

The Future of Portfolios

Firstly see this Computer Arts article on the use of tablets as a digital form of showing your portfolio (HERE).

To follow this see the latest technology from Samsung, the 'AMOLED displays'. (HERE)

In the next few years we could see the market of tablets and phones take another massive change with the possibilities of upcoming technology. The Samsung displays are set to hit the market in some way, shape or form in 2012. They are a bare 2mm thick and allow the screen to be rolled or folded when not in use (or even when in use). Just imagine having a tablet that you can roll up smaller than a phone. Or even a phone that rolls up to the size of a cigarette! (Just don't try and smoke it!)

Having this kind of portability has the potential to change the market in a big way and is an exciting prospect for the future of product design and design for advertising. A key piece of technology to keep up to date with.

Splitscreen: A Love Story

Splitscreen: A Love Story from JW Griffiths on Vimeo.

Shot entirely on the Nokia N8 mobile phone. Winner of the Nokia Shorts competition 2011.

Director: JW Griffiths
Producer: Kurban Kassam
Director of Photography: Christopher Moon
Editor: Marianne Kuopanportti
Sound Design: Mauricio d'Orey
Music composed by: Lennert Busch

Cool Projection Animation Film

Luke and Zach Go Boating Present: Quick Fixe, Feb. 6 from Luke Harris on Vimeo.

Funky kitchen-based projection animation.

Jerome Taylor and others similar

Taylor Jones was sifting through a box of old family photos when he found a picture of his younger brother sitting in a chair at the kitchen table. The 21-year-old Canadian looked up and noticed that the same chair was in front of him. Lifting the picture to fit with the background behind it, he stumbled across an idea which has landed him a book deal and turned his photography blog into a global internet phenomenon.

Also check out BenHeine's DeviantArt gallery and his pencil vs photo work, some interesting work in a similar vain.