10 Things I Have learned About The Sea is a beautiful video by Italian director Lorenzo Fonda. The personal project was cobbled together using footage Lorenzo shot while traveling between Los Angles and Shanghai aboard the vessel “Portland Senator”. The film is slow moving but amazingly beautiful and anyone who has a love for the ocean will appreciate it.
Ok, so earlier this month I was convinced that I wanted to return to France this summer for vacation, but now I’m thinking that Liz and I need to go to Iceland. This video is part of a program created by Inspired By Iceland, a website by the Icelandic office of tourism, that gives people the opportunity to tell the world why they love Iceland so much! Thanks SwissMiss for finding this one!
Here are four amazingly beautiful short videos for EF (Education First) Language School’s “Live The Language” campaign. The shorts feature amazing typography, breathtaking shots and music that will be stuck in your head all day after watching all four. Immediately after viewing these, I found myself checking flights to Paris and Barcelona. Liz, we may have a vacation coming up soon.
Directed by Gustav Johansson
D.P: Niklas Johansson, fsf
Typography: Albin Holmqvist
Music: Magnus Lidehäll
Produced at Camp David
This awesome little video by Jeremy Hugues for Rakiem Skateboards follows France’s only hand-built skateboard manufacturer from the application of the graphics all the way through the molding, finishing, and riding of one of their beautiful hand-built decks. Not only are these decks lovingly crafted by hand, they are about as “green” as a skateboard can be.
Its freezing out this morning so this video is not really meant to warm you up but more to remind you of the beauty of this frigid season. [scattered flurries] was shot in Telluride, Colorado in 2009 by Ben Knight of Felt Soul Media with original music by Palmer Taylor. Additional footage from Travis Rummel.
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Ecoland – Bubble Story, by Denis van Waerebeke, is a cute little video that explains the complex problem of how we got into the economic mess we are in right now.
“To prevent an economic disaster in 2008,
world states spent [2 trillion] dollars to
save a number of banks from bankruptcy.
How did the bankers’ problem turn into
OUR problem?”
By: Denis van Waerebeke
Story Line: David Duhamel
Graphic Design: Laurent Bazart
Animation: Jimmy Audoin
Voice: Rachel Williams
Music: Etienne Charry
© Quark 2010
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This visually stunning short documentary about Linen, by Benoit Millot, traces the life of one of the worlds most versatile fabrics. The movie is beautifully done in the style of Gary Hustwit (of Helvetica & Objectified fame) and follows flax, which is the fiber used to make linen, through the plant, production, garment creation and finally purchase.
Agency: Villadelesia&Co
Client: CELC Masters Of Linen
Director: Benoit Millot
Production: Good Ideas
Images: Benoit Millot & Sébastien Jousse
Story: Sébastien Jousse & Benoit Millot
Montage: Franck Littot
Sound: Arnaud Devillers, Jérôme Pierrot, Christophe Millet, Charles Ludig, Olivier Millo, Louis Boulloche
Translation: Simona Calza
Motion Graphics: Nicolas Lichtlé
Sound Design & Mixing: Pocket Studio
Music: Cezame music agency
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The Gettysburg Address is a speech that was, and is still, pivotal in the history of our nation has faded to the backs of our minds. Through the genius of Adam’ Gault’s animation, this three minute video, Adam brings us back to the speech and shows us that design can revive forgotten history.
Read by: Mitch Rapoport.
Design and animation: Adam Gault & Stefanie Augustine.
Sound design: Chris Villepigue
Additional animation: Carlo Vega.
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These woodblock printed vintage maps by Best Made Company are really awesome! They are currently sold out on there store but another set is on its way. They are all hand printed with giant woodblocks on vintage road maps sourced from flee markets and bazaars.
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Check out this amazing set designed by CASTE for Ryan Dahle’s Shutdown music video. Its made entirely from cut paper!! I can only imagine how may paper cuts and slipped Exacto blade mishaps there were in the making of this.
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