1982 was a great year. Not only was Yours Truly hatched in July of that year, but video games – more specifically Atari video games, were at the peak of their powers. A few months back I posted my favourite video game covers from that long-since-forgotten era. Today I stumbled upon the modern day equivalent. Panic, makers of “Shockingly Good Mac Software”, commissioned artist Lukas Ketner to work in that lost art style. The concept: what if Panic was around in 1982, and their apps were early Atari 2600 games?
I just ordered Between the Folds as an early birthday gift to myself (the best kind of gift in my opinion). It’s an award–winning documentary by Green Fuse Films that chronicles the stories of ten fine artists and intrepid theoretical scientists who have abandoned careers and scoffed at hard–earned graduate degrees—all to forge unconventional lives as modern–day paperfolders. I was completely inspired after watching the trailer and long to go back to the days of Art School and the freedom of being able to create something from nothing for no one in particular.
In a random survey conducted around the office this past Friday we listed our first vehicles. We discovered the following 3 things;
A) everyone drove a beater
B) almost half of the office wrote that same vehicle off
C) this link is amazing for looking at old car brochures, and this one is great for photos
We’d like to now share with you the luxury cars that made us the hard-working team we are today. Unfortunately, some of our vehicles were so unpopular, we couldn’t even find images for them. Bonus points if you can match the car to the lucky owner.
Who here likes motion graphics? If you raised your hand, then count yourselves among us here in the office. Anytime we have the opportunity to make a pixel or two fly across a screen, Tyrone, our resident web/motion graphics expert gets giddy. Of course you wouldn’t realize he’s giddy given that he doesn’t talk much. But you can see it in his eyes. They get this glint in them whenever someone mentions the words “graphics” and “motion” in the same sentence. Unless of course the sentence was “Man, this would be a great project if we could use motion graphics but we can’t so don’t even get your hopes up Tyrone.” Anyhoo, that wasn’t the case with this project. We did use them. And it was fun. And Tyrone was happy.
We first rebranded cityplace around 8 or 9 years ago. Since then, we’ve produced untold numbers of campaigns, promotions, ads, and even a jingle (which we should actually post here sometime, as it is a sweet little ditty.) The latest and greatest project we’ve done for cityplace has been the re-launch of their new site cityplacewinnipeg.com. It’s a simple, straightforward look at what cityplace has to offer. Click on over and give your eyeballs a treat.
Parliament, a studio out of Portland, Oregon, has done just an amazing job with their workspace. I wasn’t familiar with their work, or their existence, until late last night but I’m thrilled that I found them. Although I haven’t been able to find a formal description of the work they put in, I gather there were many hours of blood, sweat and tears put into their creation. Please take a look at their site, it’s very inspiring.
I’m ecstatic to find out that the White Stripes live DVD, “Under Great White Northern Lights” finally has a release date! The film follows their tour through the Canadian provinces and territories on their 2007 tour (come on, you remember their surprise transit appearance in Winnipeg). As owner of their previous live release, “Under The Blackpool Lights”, I’ll be lining up to buy the bookend on March 16, 2010. Circle your calendar.
Two nights ago I finally watched Surfwise, a documentary about the 11-member, surfing, traveling Paskowitz family. The film follows the family from past to present, beginning with their remarkable upbringing in a camper with no fixed address where they were taught to “Surf Clean and Live Clean.” This film certainly tests your perspective of societal structure, as blissful early family existence leads slowly but inevitably toward adult shortcomings. I found the film fascinating and enjoyed the endlessly entertaining philosophies and highly quotable musings of “Doc” and his unique family. I’m not sure I found any closure on the lifestyle they chose, or more accurately was chosen for them, but I did enjoy the intellectual challenge.
We’re working on updating the portfolio section of our website with the latest and greatest projects we’ve been creating. Check back soon to see all the new work. Until then, here’s a little taste of things to come. Oh, and just a tid-bit of useless information (because I know you were all wondering), there was only one printer in town who would even attempt to do a die-cut spinning wheel without a rivet (it’s magical, I know).
