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Palm Pre: Flow

Michael Tabtabai — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:33:42 +0000

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Modernista! has a computer bug.

Michael Tabtabai — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:13:57 +0000

Not a virus, but an actual bug living in one of the creative directors’ screen. Crazy.

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BooneOakley goes all anti-website with linked youtube videos

Michael Tabtabai — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:36:54 +0000

“we figured the best way to tell our story is to make our website one.”

The new BooneOakley website isn’t a website at all; it’s a series of linked youtube videos with embedded navigation that tell the BooneOakley story. Love the simple art direction, and the story on the homepage is great. Even if people don’t use the links, they’ve got everything they need in the 3:00 video: some engaging content, thought-provoking work, and contact info right there. But using the links would be a good idea, because the rest of the site is just as fun.

Something tells me that their Google sponsored result is going to come true…

via @timtastic

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Hulu gets one step closer to making me quit cable.

Michael Tabtabai — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:26:55 +0000

I just downloaded Hulu’s Desktop application for my Mac. Simply put: it’s simply put. Dead-simple navigation and operation, and nice art direction and interface design. You can navigate through their entire catalog with keyboard, mouse or remote control.

Now if only they had True Blood, Dexter and Lost, I could give up cable for good.

http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop

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Sorry I’m Late. A beautiful stop-motion short

Michael Tabtabai — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:22:47 +0000

I know this has been posted a trillion times already, but I had to share this beautiful stop-motion animation piece shot by Tomas Mankovsky… On his floor. Really inventive, and beautiful soundtrack rounds out the experience.

Via http://www.booooooom.com/2009/05/28/sorry-im-late/

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Cold War Kids interactive video

Michael Tabtabai — Sat, 23 May 2009 15:07:39 +0000

I’m digging this interactive video for Cold War Kids that is currently on mtv.com. The experience is simple: four band members playing four different versions of the same song ‘I’ve seen enough’. Click the colors to swap out the songs, click the members themselves to mute / unmute their tracks. Clicking on ‘fan favorites’ quickly reveals two distinct versions of the song, as created (unknowingly) by the viewers. There’s even a (very) simple facebook app that lets you stream the four different versions on your app page.

I love it when bands aren’t so precious with their product; allowing people to participate in the experience of creating music is a great way to connect more deeply with an audience. Radiohead and Arcade Fire have done this with tremendous result, and its nice to see younger bands following in their technological footsteps.

Some more interactive videos:

Arcade Fire ‘Neon Bible’ http://www.beonlineb.com/
Arcade Fire ‘Black Mirror’ http://www.rorrimkcalb.com/
Radiohead ‘12 Cams, Create Your Rainbow’ http://www.rorrimkcalb.com/
Radiohead ‘Remix’ http://radioheadremix.com/

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This is awesome: Evan Roth’s IP Asshole Competition: OBEY vs AP

Michael Tabtabai — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:40:36 +0000

I have created hand painted canvases of Shepard Fairy’s Obama Hope poster, and Mannie Garcia’s Associated Press photograph and put them for sale on my website here and here.

via blog.ni9e.com

Just saw this on Evan Roth’s blog today. He is pitting Shepard Fairey against the AP in a cease-and-desist-off! He’s created hand-painted copies of Fairey’s iconic ‘HOPE’ poster, and the AP image that was referenced in its creation. Evan has offered both of them up for sale on his website. First party to send a C&D is the bigger IP asshole.

If you don’t know Evan (or Graffiti Research Lab) check his shit out immediately. His work is always culturally relevant, and his use of technology in art is inspiring to say the least.

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Awesome lo-fi crowd-sourced Bloc Party video – via PSFK

Michael Tabtabai — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:09:42 +0000

Bloc Party has gone the way of crowd-sourcing for their latest video. Made up of mostly fan-submitted mobile phone footage, the video for the group’s song Ares (Villains Remix) has a great raw feel, pulling together a colorful cross-section of different perspectives. Watch the results below.

via psfk.com

PSFK has this great bloc party video, which was crowd-sourced from cell phone camera footage, and what appears to be flip cam footage from the band themselves.

The editing really shines here, and the video isn’t afraid to be low-fi. Fun with cheap fx and lots of strobe-style cutting to be found here. Great stuff.

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GenevaSound home theater furniture

Michael Tabtabai — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:16:22 +0000

Via SwissMiss, which is doing a great job covering the ICFF 09

I am loving this all inclusive home theater furniture from Geneva. Looks beautiful, and the specs are even better:

   * Wide, deep virtual surround sound from 7 speakers
    * 7 powerful, extremely efficient, all-digital 100-Watt amplifiers (7×100 = 700Watts)
    * 12-inch subwoofer, for startling film sound effects
    * Each speaker is individually powered and sealed for accurate, balanced acoustics
    * CD player
    * Radio receiver
    * iPod/iPhone dock
    * Ample space for components like a cable box, game console, or DVD player
    * Your TV can be placed on GenevaSound or wall-mounted.

This hybrid of high quality furniture and high-fidelity electronics combines Swiss precision engineering with the Swiss ethos of simplicity and quality. Contact Gordon at GenevaSound for more information on GenevaSound Home Theater.
Specifications

Cabinet: Hand-lacquered wood, in Black or White finish

Processor and Speakers

    * EmbracingSound 2.1 Surround DSP (Digital Signal Processor)
    * Speakers: 2 x 1" tweeters, 4 x 5 1/4" woofers and 12" sub-woofer (7 speakers in all)
    * Power Amplifier: Digital hi-fi amplifier (Class D) with 700 (7 x 100) Watt output
    * Frequency Range: 35hZ to 20kHz (+-2dB)

Built-in Audio

    * iPod Universal Dock: iPod (all models) and iPhone 3G
    * CD-Player: slot-loading CD player supporting CD-Audio, CD-R/RW (MP3 files)
    * FM Radio: digital tuner with 6 presets
    * Connectivity2 analog line-in RCA jacksets for external inputs
    * Digital audio line-in (S/PDIF coaxial) Video out from iPod/iPhone dock
    * Electrical Requirements Line voltage: 120V AC, 60Hz Power consumption: max325W, Standby 0.8W

Included Accessories

    * Universal Remote control
    * iPod Dock Adapters
    * External FM wire antenna

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StealOurIdeas.com. Now here’s a cool idea.

Michael Tabtabai — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:01:19 +0000

Spend a year in the advertising industry and you’ll have a dumpster full of great ideas that just didn’t work for any number of reasons. Sometimes you can hang on to them for another brief, or even another client. But they usually end up dying a slow, painful death in the lonely part of the sketchbook.

Adam and Jon, advertising creatives (not sure where they work, if anyone knows, shout it out), have launched stealourideas.com, a nice little site where they bring those dead ideas to life. I’m really digging the art direction here, simple sketches and hand-written boards that get their ideas across simply and elegantly. No commentary on the work, just a simple idea brought to life purely. Some nice iPhone app stuff here, as well as conceptual print ideas that they are bringing to life for real clients (not their clients, though).

Here’s their manifesto (see if you can spot the typo!):

And now, they are doing it for the rest of us: email them your brief and they’ll give you some ideas so you can take the day off. Not sure if that is a not-so-loosely-veiled attempt at earning freelance gigs, or if they’re down to do it publicly for free (I suspect the former) but either way I am digging their style.

Add it to the reader: http://stealourideas.tumblr.com/

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