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Archive for April, 2010

Why You Can’t Work At Work:

Why You Can’t Work At Work: Jason Fried, the co-founder of 37signals and author of Rework talks about the modern office environment. Something to think about. (via @filmbot, thanks!)

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David Thorne : Notorious Internet ‘Troublemaker’


Continuing the ‘Funny Friday’ theme, David Thorne, the wittiest man ever to grace the email universe has some new stuff on his site here. Our favourites: ‘Simon’s Pie Charts’, ‘Overdue Account’,  and ‘Permission Slip (pictured).

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See No Evil: 1 Year Anniversary

See No Evil, the London event that is run by Thiago Maia and our own James Wignall will celebrate its 1 year anniversary next week with a meeting featuring Ubik and Man vs. Machine. The meeting is at 7PM Tuesday, April 13th at Kick Bar. One lucky attendee will win a brand-new copy of Adobe CS5 as well!

We’re very excited to see more community events like See No Evil that are celebrating and sharing great work in the field of Motion Design, film-making and animation, and that create a space for designers to meet up with each other outside the office. We caught up with Thiago to talk briefly about his last year running the event.

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Sir Michael Caine in Conversation


New Yorkers, don’t miss the chance to catch Sir Michael Caine talking about his new film Harry Brown at the NYC Museum of The Moving Image.
Harry Brown is out in the USA for limited release on 30th April 2010, directed by Daniel Barber of Knucklehead. Catch the trailer here.

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Clients From Hell

Clients From Hell. Gotta love ‘em!

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Kenichi Tanaka: Japan-A Strange Country

UPDATE: English VO version found on youtube! Thanks for the info, tvp.

Kenichi Tanaka made this thesis piece to show his countrymen that things that take place in Japan, ‘isn’t that normal’. So the tale was told from a foreigner’s viewpoint rather than a Japanese’s, but he begs ‘please don’t call me racist, because I am one of short, small eyes Japanese ;P’. This is a smart and insightful piece because of the cultural self-awareness of its maker. Definitely a significant contribution to the world of visual essays.

We are not sure why it’s not available in English, (see English VO version link at the top) but to those of you who don’t speak Japanese, watching this humorous infographics animation while not understanding the VO, somehow adds another layer of complexity and heightens the uniqueness of the viewing experience. To find out more about the piece, be sure to visit Kenichi’s blog, here.

Thanks for the tip, Boca & Bran!

Friday, April 9th, 2010 | 13 Comments »