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Logorama
How many brands can you recognize in Logorama? This is a short film that was directed by the French animation collective H5.
“The movie tells the story of two cops (Michelin men) chasing a gun-toting, child-kidnapping, bad-guy (Ronald MacDonald) through — in the words of the filmmakers — “an over-marketed world built only from logos and real trademarks.†As motion graphics writer Mark Webster has noted, the film contains numerous subtleties and in-jokes: “The Quicktime wall clock; the Energizer street lamps; the 007 guns and homage to Maurice Binder’s barrel shot; KFC getting flattened by the beef jerky store, Slim Jim; and Ronald McDonald being taken out by Weight Watchers.” Logorama climaxes in a series of cataclysmic natural disasters engulfing this pixel-built city of a million brands.”
via – Design Observer
Dentsu London and Wallpaper* Magazine
Design magazine Wallpaper* collaborated with Dentsu to create an issue that features a “moving” cover as well as animation within some of the editorial. The animation is created using a technique called ombro cinema. You slide a corrugated sheet of acetate — which is provided in each issue of the magazine to animate it.
After the jump Junichi Harima the designer talks technique and a tutorial that will show you how to create a six-frame analog animation yourself from Paul Overton at Dude Craft.
INFLUENCERS
INFLUENCERS is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment.
The film attempts to understand the essence of influence, what makes a person influential without taking a statistical or metric approach.
Written and Directed by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson, the film is a Polaroid snapshot of New York influential creatives (advertising, design, fashion and entertainment) who are shaping today’s pop culture.
“Influencers” belongs to the new generation of short films, webdocs, which combine the documentary style and the online experience.
The Art of Hermann Zapf
A film on the purpose and techniques of calligraphy. Presented and produced by Hallmark. Filmed at Hallmark cards during a visit by Mr. Zapf. Production manager Noel Gordon. Script outline Peter Seymour. Script editor Richard Rhodes. Camera Direction Frank Robinson. Associate cameraman Heinz Burger. Idea and direction Harald Peter.
The Story of Eames Furniture
“The Story of Eames Furniture”, an exclusive video interview with author Marilyn Neuhart  and her husband John. They both have worked with the Eames Office in various capacities from the 1950s. Having been in close proximity to Charles and Ray Eames as well as the members of the Eames Office and their patron manufacturers for almost 30 years, the Neuharts had the extraordinary opportunity to absorb their stories. At their Los Angeles home, they tell the tale of working with Charles Eames in Gestalten.tv’s latest look behind the Eames. Presented by gestalten.tv.
The Story of Eames Furniture book: shop.gestalten.com/​the-story-of-eames-furniture.html
Pantone
See a rare behind-the-scenes look at Pantone and the development of the new PANTONE PLUS SERIES, the next generation of the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM.