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Video of the Week: Dictaphone Parcel

Thomas — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:30:00 +0000

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Video of the Week: Dictaphone Parcel is a post from: Words About Things This week’s short film caught my eye because it combines a clever, original, idea and great execution. Here is the idea in brief: Dictaphone Parcel is an animation based on a sound recorded with a dictaphone travelling secretly inside a parcel. As [...]

Video of the Week: Milton Glaser Draws

Thomas — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:13:17 +0000

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Video of the Week: Milton Glaser Draws is a post from: Words About Things You might not have heard of Milton Glaser but you will certainly be familiar work his work as a graphic designer. His most famous creation is the I ♥ NY symbol created as part of a campaign to promote New York as [...]

Polaroid Film Back From The Dead

Thomas — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:03:31 +0000

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Polaroid Film Back From The Dead is a post from: Words About Things Polaroid has announced that they will begin producing their iconic instant film once again. The company plans to bring back their digital and analogue ranges including the 600 instant film they are most famous for. The company’s instant film was gradually phased [...]

Solar Powered Wifi Flowers

Thomas — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:32:06 +0000

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Solar Powered Wifi Flowers is a post from: Words About Things When I was younger there were only four television channels so you had to watch whatever rubbish was on if it was raining (which was about 6 out of every 7 days). That is how I found myself watching an old black and white [...]

Saadiyat: The Island of Happiness

Thomas — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:38:29 +0000

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Saadiyat: The Island of Happiness is a post from: Words About Things Saadiyat is a small island just off the coast at Abu Dhabi that until recently was mostly barren and uninhabited. Like the city opposite it Saadiyat is subject to ongoing development at an alarming pace. The UAE’s ecconomy shows no sign of slowing [...]

Woman Attacks Mona Lisa With A Mug

Thomas — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:46:17 +0000

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Woman Attacks Mona Lisa With A Mug is a post from: Words About Things A woman has been arrested after attacking the world’s most famous painting in front of shocked onlookers. The woman threw a mug at the Mona Lisa causing screams from nearby tourists at the Louvre Museum in Paris. The woman who was [...]

Virgile Animation

Thomas — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:49:12 +0000

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Virgile Animation is a post from: Words About Things A nice little animation I found on Vimeo about Virgile who is a very shy guy who’s trying to date a charming girl by turning himself into funny and manly characters. Click through to Vimeo if you want to see it in HD. Virgile from Flying [...]

The ‘Danger Global Warming’ Project.

Thomas — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:31:03 +0000

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The ‘Danger Global Warming’ Project. is a post from: Words About Things The Danger Global Warming Project was set up to draw attention to the problem of Global Warming through the medium or art. It was organized by the multi-media art collective Blacksmoke in collaboration with Greenpeace. Artists were asked to incorporate Greenpeace’s black and [...]