The Donut Project

I came across this earlier in the summer and just saw it again in Steve Jobs’ live conference. Enjoy. See more at tarpsurfing.com

To create something original in the current digital world is rare. I can honestly say I’ve never seen anything quite like this.

The Wilderness Downtown, set to Arcade Fire’s song “We Used To Wait,” is an interactive music video that takes over your browser like nothing I’ve seen before.

Choreographed windows, interactive flocking, custom rendered maps, real-time compositing, procedural drawing, 3D canvas rendering… this Chrome Experiment has them all. “The Wilderness Downtown” is an interactive interpretation of Arcade Fire’s song “We Used To Wait” and was built entirely with the latest open web technologies, including HTML5 video, audio, and canvas.

Nothing I post here can remotely do this justice, you just need to experience it. Using a modern browser* visit www.thewildernessdowntown.com.

This video/movie/whatever uses modern web technology such as HTML5. There is no Flash involved in this. For more insight into the technologies used, visit www.chromeexperiments.com/arcadefire.

*(Safari or Google Chrome, no idea if Firefox works, if you’re using Internet Explorer bookmark it for later)

Umm, how sexy are these? TSOVET Time Instruments, or watches to the lay person, are inspired by vintage industrial gauges and avionic instrumentation. The inspiration is apparent, and makes for some nice looking watches.

Feel free to pick up the all-black SVT-AT76 for my birthday. Find your favorite at www.tsovet.com.

Oxxford Clothes, out of Chicago, is the only place in the United States that still tailors suits entirely by hand. This beautifully made video shows a glimpse into their painstaking process, all by hand, stitch by stitch, that they’ve been doing since 1916. The workmanship is astounding.

I’m sure these are far out of my price range, but I can appreciate the craftsmanship.

(via Coudal)

One of my favorite sites to visit for inspiration is StartupQuote.com. It’s a simple site, just quotes posted by people who run successful startups. Great words of wisdom.

Go and follow them: www.startupquote.com.

These collections of contemporary art and photography are the publishing work of J&L Books. This New York / Atlanta based non-profit publisher produces the work of rarely seen or unpublished contemporary artists. J&L and its volunteers only produce two to five new books each year. They also offer collections of limited edition prints. If you follow the New York Art Book Fair you might have already come across them. According to their site they are making another appearance this November. See more at J&L Books

“The work you find yourself doing while you’re procrastinating is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life.”
—Jessica Hische

Friend of the site Mig Reyes has been making some great short interviews with respected designers.

Humble Pied is a collection of creative professional advice in an on-going project where the formula is quite simple: one awesome creative type sharing one simple and inspirational tip. All over iChat.

“Rip something off.”
—Jim Coudal

“Great designers are never content, struggling with a design is okay. ”
—Nick Campbell

There are plenty more where these came from. Go & be inspired: www.humblepied.com.

Who doesn’t love a beautiful hand painted sign? Even if that’s just me, its hard to deny that these signs by New Bohemia Signs aren’t gorgeous. Just check out the before and after for Mike’s Liquor. What a transformation!

Located in San Francisco, New Bohemia has been hand painting signs since 1933. They recreate art provided to them, but also provide custom designs (all images shown are custom).

Check out more of their work on their site and their recent work on flickr.

(via faye + co)

Last Friday I received an email from your friend and mine Cee Lo Green (of Goodie Mob & Gnalrles Barkley Fame) simply titled “F You”. He shared the video for his new song F**k You from his upcoming album “Lady Killer.”

Within a matter of seconds the video was everywhere from Facebook to Twitter. It was even posted on my grandmothers blog and if you search for it on Youtube you’ll come across an astonishing amount of covers, remixes and sing-alongs.

Honestly I’m just glad to see the masses gaining such respect for good motion graphics and typography (set in Knockout by H&FJ). The times they are a-changing.

French Artist Licoti has created an amazingly detailed piece of art depicting our solar system. The file, which you can download for free here, is 30,000 pixels wide and weighs in at a whopping 18megs. It’s more than worth the download, and makes for some impressive desktop backgrounds at the very least.

Here is the entire thing at 600 pixels wide, and a selection at 100%, to really understand the scale.

( via Forgetomori )