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Skwak

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Shin Tanaka

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Michael Salter

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Feel Good Anyway

Bizarre comedic reel from designers Feel Good Anyway.

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Psyop MTVHD spot

"We've done HD work before, but always with the knowledge that the work would also be viewed in NTSC. This time, viewers will only be seeing this in HD. We had the unique opportunity to take advantage of the technology and include detailed elements that would be very problematic to accomplish in NTSC. That's how this spot ended up with so many thin, high-contrast lines that would buzz like crazy on regular television. We were able to actively work with those kinds of elements, knowing the resolution would support it."

Interestingly, the luxury that allowed such intense detail proved to be the project's biggest challenge:

"When working with HD, every frame becomes insanely big," explains Hyon. "That makes for increased render times and much slower processing, especially when you're creating some 120 forest scenes, as we did for this. In many ways, it felt like the way we worked in NTSC five or six years ago. And more than that, HD won't let you hide little errors the way you can in NTSC. With this level of detail, it has got to be flawless."

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Link to article and lots of frames from the original HD version

Serge Seidlitz

This ad by Serge for mobile phone provider Orange resonated for me as I've been in Bangkok the last two weeks and somewhat hard to get hold of.  To all the lovely people that emailed me and I didn't reply yet - I will get around to it.  Soon.

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Laser Etched Powerbooks

Apparently new top plates for powerbooks are only $35 - so if you mess it up no worries...

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Steven Harrington

Charming illustrations and paintings from Steven Harrington.

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TShirtism

Conceptual designers Experimental Jetset designed a shirt five years ago that just said 'John & Paul & Ringo & George',  The idea was to abstract archetypical shirts as far as possible, in an attempt to reach some sort of essence.

The concept of the tshirts has spread like a virus. There's a section at their website showing the various manifestations and variations the design has taken.

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Lost Format Preservation Society

Someone should make a font out of these...

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