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w.c. 18/03/13

Infographic: A handy infographic to help you decide where to sit at a restaurant or dinner party table http://files.alexcornell.com/alexcornell-musicalchairs.jpg

Photography: Mark Tipple takes amazing photos of people diving under waves. http://www.marktipple.com/summer2012

Music: “80s synth-pop underpinned by the band’s familiar garage-y rock hallmarks.” Stream the Strokes ‘Comedown Machine’ in its entirety. http://pitchfork.com/advance/48-comedown-machine/

Cinema: Lovely animated journey through Stanley Kubrick’s filmography http://vimeo.com/61240065

Product: Lacoste Lab is a project that revives the brand’s tradition of innovation, via collaboration on a range of products. http://www.lacoste.com/lablive/

Animation: ‘Strange Oaks’ is a lovely tourism advert parody that invites witches to enjoy the benefits of small town life.  http://vimeo.com/61818863

Nostalgia: Lovely official Tumblr celebrating 125 years of National Geographic photography http://natgeofound.tumblr.com/

Animation: ‘Circa’ is a serene animated short made up of haunting vistas http://vimeo.com/61677419

Photo series: Pornstars without makeup on (but with clothes) – Fascinating, and sad http://imgur.com/a/ynkv8

Timelapse: A portrait of downtown Vancouver  http://vimeo.com/62177211

Behind the scenes: One of a series of behind the scenes videos showcasing the art and craft of timelapse.  http://vimeo.com/62284732

Credits: Opening titles for the 2013 Semi-Permanent design conference. Really nicely done. http://vimeo.com/61765258

Illustration: Eiko Ojala creates hand drawn landscapes that look as if they’ve been cut from paper. Stunning. http://www.behance.net/gallery/Vertical-landscape/7546467

Stop motion: A city tour of Brooklyn made up of 3000 stills http://vimeo.com/61659572

Slo mo: Stuff getting blown up, filmed at 2500 frames/sec with a super HD camera. http://youtu.be/ntZPeosma2c

Prediction: Read what Los Angeles Times Magazine thought 2013 would be like, back in 1988 http://documents.latimes.com/la-2013/

Music video: Duncan circulated this on Wed, but it’s worth a repeat. Crazy good music video for Biting Elbows - ‘Bad Motherfucker’ http://vimeo.com/62092214

Read: From acid attacks to “fat ballerinas”, this article on the sinister world of ballet is a great read. http://tinyurl.com/bkvh4e6

Stop motion 2: This is bloody clever (stick with it, kicks in half way) http://vimeo.com/14777215

Photography: Love this portrait series by Satoki Nagata, consisting of ethereal shapshots of passers caught by using a flash using a slow shutter speed.  http://www.satoki.com/blog/archives/portfolio/lights-in-chicago

Freestyle: I generally laugh at people on push scooters, not these guys. Bloody hell. http://youtu.be/K6jEzM-I6FA

Data Vis: Foursquare check-ins show the pulse of New York City and Tokyo  http://vimeo.com/62289901

Sculpture: CW Roelle creates incredibly intricate and detailed illustrations using carefully bent wire. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cwroelle/

Provenance: Ever wondered the journey food takes to make it to your table? Be warned, this film could turn you into a vegetarian http://vimeo.com/57126054

Timelapse 2: Watch the world’s largest ship being built in 76 seconds http://vimeo.com/62085613

Profane: (or profound?) The Savage Wit of Mark E Smith http://tinyurl.com/calbo9g

w.c. 08/10/12

Poetry: Marshall Jones provides commentary on our digital culture through an engaging poetry performance http://youtu.be/kFX2LrNE3VI

Bike: This so so impressive. Martyn Ashton pulls off trials riding, but using a carbon fibre road bike (same used as Bradley Wiggins in Tour de France) http://youtu.be/7ZmJtYaUTa0

Pedantry: Penalty cards for pedestrians unfit to walk the pavement. http://www.pedestrianpenaltycards.com/

Micro-documentary: A nostalgic look at the Lamborghini Countach,  perhaps the most outrageous motor ever created, and a time when form didn’t follow function http://vimeo.com/50406912

Dystopic: ‘Plurality’ is a 14-minute concept piece about a futuristic New York where every handrail and wall can read your genetic material http://vimeo.com/50976572

Animation: ‘Dissimilated Vision’ is hand drawn with great precision, and shows what can happen from the free form use of just one line http://vimeo.com/49645156

Music: “An emotionally eclectic, effortlessly engaging collection of songs capable of inducing sighs and swoons in equal measure.” Stream Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab For Cutie) ‘Former Lives’ in its entirety http://youtu.be/BgNUNoZncnM

Longread: Fascinating and terrifying article on the violent, murderous syndicates of the Argentinian football underworld http://shar.es/5QnLg

Motorcycle: The tale of a man building the most beautiful, but most dangerous machine. http://vimeo.com/49920522

Illustration: Rorik Smith creates marvelously disorienting Escher-esque illustrations using polyhedral panoramic perspective http://www.roriksmith.co.uk/#!panoramic/cn5

Music video: ‘True Romance’, by Citizens features a bunch of couples making out in the most inconvenient places. http://vimeo.com/50700292

007: Rundown of the 50 best Bond moments http://tinyurl.com/8bzy5km

Travel: Lovely homemade video by a couple of their honeymoon in the US Virgin Islands http://vimeo.com/50512824

Longread: How internal arguments, drugs, failed feminism, and the exploitation of minority characters, and those who drew them, transformed Marvel Comics http://tinyurl.com/9pz7bpm

Photography: Catharine Nelson creates fantastic miniature worlds, by digitally stitching hundreds of photos together. http://catherinenelson.net/artwork.php

Literature: ‘Oyster’ is Spotify for books http://www.readoyster.com/

TED Talk: John Maeda on how art, technology and design inform creative leaders http://on.ted.com/dBbx

Website: Lovely detail in this mock university site accompanying the release of Monsters University  http://monstersuniversity.com/edu/

Story: Beautifully edited short film of snippets from a journey through Italy  http://vimeo.com/51078732

Music video: The 1889 Universal Exhibition in Paris is invaded by aliens in the video for ’Rock it for me’ by electro-swing kings Caravan Palace http://vimeo.com/50917257

Storytelling: Interesting thoughts on collective, collaborative story telling http://vimeo.com/50773450

Time-lapse: Stunning hyperlapse footage of the Grand Canyon http://vimeo.com/50960672

Physics: How do we see light? http://youtu.be/2dRr-fnPCwM

Celebrity: Famous icons depicted on fingertips http://ditology.blogspot.co.uk/

w.c. 01/10/12

Chain reaction: Apart from some suspect camerawork, I love this combination of free running with a Rube Goldberg machine. http://youtu.be/4MiYtvbK4JY

Photography: Great facial topiary from the 2012 European Beard and Moustache Championships http://soc.li/ul3SMVg

Olé: A mere five month’s after taking a brutal goring and losing an eye, Spain’s greatest matador was back in the bullring. Here’s his remarkable story. http://gqm.ag/UibC1e 

OTT: What’s not to love about a slo-mo BMX tricks with added fireworks? http://vimeo.com/49809057

CGI: Featuring, beautifully executed VFX and character design, ‘Gloam’ is a lovely short film that follows the adventures of a mystical horned wooden creature through a forest. http://vimeo.com/50513691

Create: Ever so relaxing. Weave Silk lets you make very pretty, abstract patterns using symmetry. http://new.weavesilk.com/

Animation: Very short, but very good animation ‘One More Beer’ http://vimeo.com/50522981

Time-lapse: Nice, slightly dizzy hyper-lapse of Berlin http://vimeo.com/50238512

Politics: GIFs from the US Presidential debate http://gifwich.tumblr.com/

Animation: Trippy birthday animation featuring all their Cartoon Network characters since it started 20 years ago http://vimeo.com/50597841

Music video: Really nicely animated video for Darlingside, ‘The Ancestor’ beautifully charts one man’s journey from death into the afterlife and beyond - exploring ideas of love, loss and rebirth. http://vimeo.com/50507428

Science: Why is it dark at night? http://youtu.be/gxJ4M7tyLRE

Music: “Their songs practically glow with multi-part vocal harmonies, banjos, strings, horns and other mad manmade clatter.” Stream Freelance Whales, ‘Diluvia’  in its entirety http://n.pr/U9nhy6

Autumn: Or Fall as they call it stateside, beautifully captured http://vimeo.com/50407085

Travel: Nice homemade GoPro video following a holiday to Hawaii http://vimeo.com/50067628

Economics: Interesting profile of Grizzly Bear and the financial realities of being an indie band in 2012 http://bit.ly/QFYH5Z

Animation: Very impressive CGI animated spot for la poste http://vimeo.com/50338145

Fatherhood: Take Your Daughter To Work Day is problematic when you’re a bomb disposal technician  http://vimeo.com/48853502

Insides: Amazing animated CAT scans of vegetation http://insideinsides.blogspot.co.uk/

Music: “From the first hip hop artist to release a pro- gay marriage track, comes an album full of fresh, intelligent tunes.” Strweam Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, ‘The Heist’ in its entirety. http://n.pr/T1wM27

Science: This is what happens when you mix warm water, liquid Nitrogen + 1500 Ping Pong Balls http://youtu.be/dfiR1Rde7dI

Illustration: Love the sketches by Arobal http://www.flickr.com/photos/arobal/

Symbols: The Noun Project is building a global visual language http://vimeo.com/48846655

w.c. 24/09/12

App: This is such a lovely project. A one-shot digital camera app, that starts a conversation “If you could only take one more photo to share with the world forever, what would you capture?” http://www.onememen.to/ 

Slo-mo: Awesome footage things being smashed with a sledgehammer in slow motion http://vimeo.com/48459576

Photography: These selects from the National Geographic’s annual photo contest are incredible http://tinyurl.com/bmkzesk

Projection: Stunning 3D projection mapping on the Sagrada Familia http://vimeo.com/49960413 

Street Art: Life-sized pictures of people found on Google’s Street View are printed and posted offline, in the actual places they were taken http://streetghosts.net/

Micro-documentary: Superbly shot and really interesting look at the Fitzroy lodge, one of South London’s boxing institutions http://vimeo.com/4979441

Interview: J. K. Rowling is profiled in the New Yorker http://nyr.kr/Sac2Pv 

Music video: Half Moon Run’s new video involves visual trickery with human body parts and forest flora, synced with their track, ‘Call me in the Afternoon’ http://vimeo.com/49587675

Time-lapse: ‘Very little Stars’ is a superb time-lapse compilation, with fantastic long tracking shots and hyper-lapse footage http://vimeo.com/50061391

Photography: Andre Ermolaev takes sublime aerial photos of rivers flowing through Iceland’s endless beds of volcanic ash http://andreabe.fishup.ru/p/spage/photo/oid/2597103 

Music: “A wonky bundle of skittering beats, bass-heavy bottoms and delicate, melodic tops.” Stream Flying Lotus, ‘Until The Quiet Comes’ in its entirety http://n.pr/UfRmaO

Recycling: Carolina Fontoura Alzaga’s chandeliers out of salvaged bicyce parts  http://vimeo.com/49335672

Music video: Supercool video for ‘Dynamics of the Subway’ by Haisuinonasa, in which each note from the instruments is represented by an animated geometric shape  http://vimeo.com/49367868

Surf: Awesome footage of surfers taking on the some of the most powerful waves the Southern Ocean can produce. Some very gritty wipeouts.  http://vimeo.com/49741687

Interact: Clever webcam enabled Google Chrome experiment by Cirque du Soleil, invites users to interact using their voice and movements as they navigate a surreal digital world. http://www.movikantirevo.com/

Space: Super cool dad sent his son’s favorite toy train “Stanley” to space, here’s the footage http://youtu.be/XoMN-zg7r3M

Music video: The tenth installment of Sigur Rós ‘Valtari’ Mystery Film series. The video for Ekki Múkk follows a man lost in the English countryside http://vimeo.com/50053037

Psychology: Nice video about the science of procrastination, and how to manage it http://youtu.be/1nBwfZZvjKo

Music video: ‘Something Good’ by ALT J, beautifully depicts the bloody demise of a matador who messed with a mystical bull http://vimeo.com/49588649

Cinema: Exploring visual rhyme and balance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘There  Will Be Blood’ http://vimeo.com/48028080

Design: The Art of Web Design http://youtu.be/3iVVM_DgWY4

Music: “Songs with  an electrifying, bluesy drive that makes them catchy, endlessly replayable, and totally irresistible.” Stream Dum Dum Girls new EP, ‘End of Daze’ in it’s entirety http://snd.sc/PL4Yg1

Street art: The ‘Grime Writer’ allows you to create your own negative graffiti on dirty surfaces http://www.suck.uk.com/products/grime-writer/

Supercut: Great movie clichés - There are Two Kinds of People http://youtu.be/vLW_OCLzjCY

POTUS: Obama is such a dude, just check out his backstage reel http://youtu.be/FfweZ-mVjQE

Animation: ‘Things You’d Better Not Mix Up‘ is a charming animated short http://vimeo.com/50148883

Music video: Beautiful, breathtaking imagery brilliantly partners the dreamy sounds of  Hammock, in their video for ‘Cold Front’  http://vimeo.com/50202927

Music: Watch Bon Iver’s Radio City gig in full http://youtu.be/qqnb8_w38PQ

Type: Introducing ‘Karloff’, a typeface born of the convergence of beauty and ugliness. Or so the launch video claims http://vimeo.com/50080784

w.c. 17/09/12

Animation 1: Beautifully animated comparison between Paris vs New York http://vimeo.com/49545320

Music: “Melodies are elliptical, drum patterns shift underneath your feet.“ Stream Ricardo Villalobos, ‘Dependent And Happy’ in its entirety http://n.pr/Qhk0Yp

Cinema: Filmmakers and the typefaces they love to use http://tinyurl.com/9el58am

Time-lapse: Stunning amateur-made holiday time-lapse of Iceland’s geological wonders and unpredictable, ever-changing  weather. http://vimeo.com/49643332

POV: Someone rigged a hula cam at Burning Man, with interesting results (features boobs) http://youtu.be/Ea3RAkGqYC8

Bond: The complicated birth of the big-screen 007 http://tinyurl.com/bsdtkt3

Politics: Campaign to get Cameron and Clegg to do Movember – hope this gains momentum https://www.facebook.com/themoalition

Lexicon: Ted McCagg ran a contest on his blog to find the best word ever. Here’s the winner http://bit.ly/QRtCYH

Future: ‘Lost Memories’ is a superb French short film depicting a dystopic digitised future, at the point technology fails. http://vimeo.com/49425975

Art: The 100 Most Iconic Artworks of the Last 5 Years http://tinyurl.com/8wafjpo

Psychology: The truth about dishonesty http://youtu.be/XBmJay_qdNc

Inspiring:  Remember Caine’s Arcade?  5 months later, the film has inspired a wave of cardboard creativity  http://vimeo.com/49332249

Animation 2: Lovely stop-motion animation that cleverly and creatively explains what Integrated Advertising is http://youtu.be/QPr0iRKQ7IM

Lexicon: Improve your vocabulary one word at a time, accompanied by a provoking visual http://victoriousvocabulary.tumblr.com/

Illustration: Timelapse video of artist Patrick Vale drawing the view of the Manhattan skyline from the Empire State Building. http://vimeo.com/42635813

Micro-documentary: Very nice short film documenting the hopes and desires of those who go for a motorcycle road trip http://vimeo.com/49445992

Street art: Really cool footage of live action light graffiti http://vimeo.com/49222355

Road Trip: The antithesis to those polished, professional looking holiday films, yet still awesome. A no-nonsense American road trip video, yo http://vimeo.com/49367712

Recipe: Nicely visualized and titled recipe for apple galette http://vimeo.com/24050863

Music: Inspired by a nine-day session gathering field recordings in an abandoned Russian mining settlement, Efterklang’s new EP, Pyramida is full of strange and mysterious accumulated sounds. Stream it here http://n.pr/P44f9s

Music Video: One to watch out of work. Follow Frank Ocean on a debauched, trippy journey featuring a fair few shows of naughty bits in his video for ‘Pyramids’ http://vimeo.com/49497576

Single use site: What the fuck has Obama done so far? Loads, actually. http://whatthefuckhasobamadonesofar.com/

Animation 3: ‘Destiny’ is a fantastic Ground Hog Day-esque animated short http://vimeo.com/49364409

Typography: The lyrics of Bob Dylan´s Subterranean Homesick Blues, hand drawn on card in illustrated type.  http://vimeo.com/49556689

Sculpture: ‘Cloud’ is an interactive sculpture made up of 6,000 light bulbs http://vimeo.com/49748983

Animation 4: The Renter is a beautifully animated, award winning story of a young boy thrust into the terror of daycare.  http://vimeo.com/49349299

Nature: Incredible footage of Marum Volcano’s famed lava lake http://youtu.be/DceHEBGVfj4

Sport: Nice little animation that explains rugby to Americans http://vimeo.com/49623291

Surprising: Updated to iOS 6? Missing Google maps? Here’s 30 unusual things Google street view picked up http://www.demilked.com/google-street-view-photos/ (via Dan)

Viral: The Popinator is a voice activated popcorn launcher, devised by Popcorn Indiana http://youtu.be/b1cz8IasV4w

Marmite: You’ll either love of hate this. Walt Disnizzle is 77 minutes of Disney songs vs Hip-Hop & Breaks http://www.kleptoergosum.eu/wd.php

w.c. 10/09/12

Profile: An epic profile of Jay- Z expertly penned quite brilliantly by none other than Zadie Smith. http://nyti.ms/P0edXL

Music: “Haunting R&B soundscapes.” Stream How to Dress Well, ‘Total Loss’ in its entirety http://gu.com/p/3ab3p/tw

Literature:  Bad little children’s books http://www.bobstaake.com/badchildrensbooks/

Music video: Gorgeous short film by the great Kahlil Joseph provides the visuals in a promo for Flying Lotus ‘Until the Quiet Comes’ http://youtu.be/-pVHC1DXQ7U

Animation: Very nice short that visuali ses ‘The 12 Rules of Animation’ http://vimeo.com/49092833

Skate: Super footage of street skating on the sidewalks of downtown LA, captured entirely from a moving vehicle http://vimeo.com/47819123

Scoot: Extreme scootering - far cooler in reality than it sounds http://vimeo.com/48787907

Science: Why do boys throw better than girls? http://tinyurl.com/8kggqob

Music: “A marriage of heaviosity with warm, tuneful pop sensibility.” Stream Dinosaur Jr. ‘I Bet On Sky’ in its entirety  http://n.pr/To1MaU

Photography: Beautiful long exposure photographs of fireworks http://www.daveyjphoto.com/tagged/long-exposure

Toys: Custom made soft toys based on children’s drawings, each one as unique as the child who drew it. http://www.childsown.com/

Design: Izhar Gafni has designed a bike that weighs 20 pounds, costs between $9-12 to build, can hold up to a 485 pound person, oh and it’s made out of cardboard http://www.fastcodesign.com/node/1670753

Music: “Smooth, rolling, road trip music.” Stream Grizzly Bear, ‘Shields’ in its entirety http://n.pr/P3Bslr

Animation 2: ‘The Butterfly Effect’ is an explosive, entertaining CGI animated short http://vimeo.com/48952914

Audio: Subtle, yet powerful short. Created and entered for RODE microphone’s ‘Rockumentary’ competition. http://vimeo.com/48581642

Selfless: ‘Give’ is a lovely short film capturing intimate acts that highlight how the word giving goes far further than just money http://vimeo.com/49072781

Cinematography: Stunning footage of LA, shot with the Black Magic Camera. http://vimeo.com/49199056

Time-lapse: Nicely done time-lapse of African landscapes and skies http://vimeo.com/49005786

Music video: Take a trip around Brixton Village market in  the music video for Antonian’s ‘The Ride’ http://vimeo.com/48899429

Micro-documentary: Story of Australian grower, gatherer, hunter and cook, Rohan Anderson, and his ambition to build a pioneer-style cold smokehouse. http://vimeo.com/48864768

Experiment: Who’s better at sound effects? Guys or girls? http://vimeo.com/48955170

Cinema: Epic car chase featuring all the James Bonds there have been http://youtu.be/m2FAWb5Lch8

w.c. 03/09/12

Poetry: Lyrical Wordsmithery by the very talented George the Poet http://youtu.be/XyawsnK9TLQ

Skate: Kilian Martin and his skateboard take on a derelict station hall. Nicely shot. Like the choice of raw audio over music http://vimeo.com/48726610 

Cinematography: This beautifully shot footage of Dungeness has a cinematic quality about it, especially with the orchestral score http://vimeo.com/48904764

Profane: Fucking superb article by Hugo Rifkind on how to swear properly http://tinyurl.com/d4pubgm

Inspiring: This micro-documentary about the rehab and recovery of NFL athlete Chad Jones, after a horrific accident is incredibly inspiring  http://vimeo.com/48857883

Astronomy: Space is freakin cool. Check out this mesmerising footage of a coronal mass ejection from the Sun http://youtu.be/GrnGi-q6iWc?hd=1

Micro-documentary: Part of a series called ‘Made by Hand’, here’s a superb short film celebrating a family run shop that has been practicing their craft of hand rolling cigars for decades.  http://vimeo.com/47940731

Single use Tumblr: http://removieposters.tumblr.com/ 

Animation: Vivid abstract piece using bright colors and a variety of shapes, http://vimeo.com/48563578

Synonyms: 17 euphemisms for sex from the 1800s http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/140163

Olfactory: What famous people smell like http://www.theawl.com/2012/09/what-famous-people-smell-like

Time-lapse: With a title like ‘America’s Finest Time-lapse’ it has a lot to live up to. It does. http://vimeo.com/48502577

Sport: Apparently there is an Olympics in Firefighting. These guys have got skills. http://youtu.be/_osz9tGuRFg

Music video: This dreamlike video for Slowdance ‘Boyfriend’ perfectly compliments their airy synth pop http://vimeo.com/48537506 

Colour: A massive book with every colour in existence. Sounds cool. In reality is even cooler http://tinyurl.com/co2smje

Illusion: Impressive moving optical illusions, created by dragging movable grating over a static image. http://youtu.be/zdW7PvGZ0uM

Music: Handpick your tracks and help The Guardian uncover the music that matters most http://sixsongsof.me

Time-lapse: Stunning time-lapse shot in Joshua Tree National Park during the Perseid meteor shower http://vimeo.com/48544219

Music: The XX have teamed up with Internet Explorer to give a preview of new album ‘Coexist’ (only works in IE, naturally) http://coexist.thexx.info

Illustration: A set of playing cards, brilliantly illustrated by various artists, that educate about some of the main contributing factors in the US to the current recession http://52shadesofgreed.com/

Cinema: A retrospective on the films of David Fincher, master of the opening title sequence http://vimeo.com/44890024

Single use Tumblr: Amazing http://thecatscan.tumblr.com/ 

Music: An incredibly detailed history of dubstep http://tinyurl.com/9448hp6

Stop-motion: Animation made up of thousands of individual images of Edinburgh, combined with a little time-lapse photography. http://vimeo.com/48399336

Time-lapse: Nice little time-lapse trip around the concrete jungle that is Tokyo http://vimeo.com/48659971

Type: Type-o-matic is an After Effects type animation tool for designers and motiongraphers http://vimeo.com/48790180

History: Amazing composite photographs that blend scenes from 1906 San Fran earthquake and present-day captures of the same locations. http://tinyurl.com/8ulonfx

Music video: Kanye West’s monochrome video for ‘Mercy’ is pretty sweet. Love the use of one rotating continuous take  http://vimeo.com/43183234

w.c. 27/08/12

Art: MOMA UnAdulaterated is an unofficial audio tour giving an unfiltered perspective on some of the greatest masterpieces of modern art by “experts aged 3-10.” http://youtu.be/5Q-KcDqgJM4

Photography: ‘Water wigs’ is a series of Incredible laser triggered photographs capturing the moment water balloons burst on bald men’s heads http://www.behance.net/gallery/Water-Wigs/4889175

Cartoon: A brief history of the political cartoonist, whose job is endangered in the digital age http://j.mp/Tykp9t

Mashup: Stanley Kubrick was a master of the art of one point perspective http://vimeo.com/48425421

Animation: The issues around fossil fuels and hydrofracking, brought to life in a brilliant kinetic infographic http://vimeo.com/48379219

Website: Koken is a web site publishing system developed for photographers, designers, artists and creative DIYs http://koken.me/

Travel: Lovely homemade video by a father holidaying with his family in Catalonia http://vimeo.com/48240542

Time-lapse: Gratuitous time-lapse inclusion of the week -  A day in Rio de Janeiro http://vimeo.com/48378823

Animation: ‘Evolution’ is a tapestry of peaceful, poetic scenes http://vimeo.com/48070605

Manifesto ‘The Life and Times of a Remarkable Misfit’ is a brilliantly inspiring collection of essays about changing the world  http://tinyurl.com/9j4ezur

Music: “Propulsive synths, drum machines and urgent, densely layered vocals. It’s a bold, sometimes epic and thrilling sound.” Stream Cat Power, ‘Sun’ in its entirety http://n.pr/NIhOg9

Fashion: Deconstructed outfits of some of the most well-known films in history http://candicemilon.com/editocinema.html

Legend: I do like Bill Murray. Here’s a homage using audio and a paper doll with costumes of his filmography. http://vimeo.com/48133349

Abide: A documentary about Jeff Dowd, the guy who inspired the Coen brothers to do The Big Lebowski http://vimeo.com/23379122

Tangible: ‘The pleasure of’ captures simple moments so cleverly, visually and through audio, that you can almost feel them. http://vimeo.com/48236494

Sculpture: Won Park AKA ‘Money Folder’ is a master of origami http://orudorumagi11.deviantart.com/gallery/

Space 1: Neil Armstrong interviewed by Patrick Moore http://youtu.be/PtdcdxvNI1o

Space: And footage of his first steps on the Moon http://vimeo.com/4999118

Rant: John Finnemore on Fifty things you must do before you’re thirty http://youtu.be/w2mO6KTrSrw

Mixology: Mint Julep is not a Mojito made with bourbon, here’s a recipe to make the perfect one http://vimeo.com/47593999

Flight: Some of the best POV footage of human flight using a wingsuit  I’ve seen http://youtu.be/RsV3bGPMTXo

Music: “Uplifting electro pop with introspective, melancholy undercurrents.” Stream Two Door Cinema Club – Beacon in its entirety http://snd.sc/MQyKzC

Geeky: The Nerdy Derby is a nice miniature car building and racing competition http://vimeo.com/47628478

Music: “Moments that alternately swoon, seethe, swing and paralyze.” Stream the indie pop sounds of Stars – ‘The North’ in its entirety http://n.pr/NIkKZZ

Nature: Russian biologist, Alexander Semenov take some unbelievable pictures of underwater flora and fauna http://www.flickr.com/photos/a_semenov/sets/72157610938575131/show/

History: Fascinating oral history of Burning Man, the annual super-rave in Nevada http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/events/Hot-Mess.html

Music: Stream ten new experimental soul injected bass music adventures by Kings http://kings.bandcamp.com/

Micro-documentary: Fascinating and beautifully shot ‘Searching for West’, reveals a sort of elegance in the pastime of hunting http://vimeo.com/47989207

w.c. 19/08/12

Geography: Album sleeves in their original locations http://tinyurl.com/bm5x3dj

Music: “Rhythms orbit, tease, and contradict each other, while gutted vocals whimper, stutter and spurt” Stream Holy Other’s debut EP, ‘Held’ in it’s entirety. http://snd.sc/NXRfjl (Thx Ant)

Romance: Love (specifically wedding proposals) in the age of digital http://nyr.kr/PcN1nh

Animation: Nice little film about the art of animation and motion graphics http://youtu.be/X0hVEH4se-0

Time-lapse: ‘Existence; is a pretty sweet time-lapse compilation. Full screen. HD. http://vimeo.com/47911018

Music 2: “Underplayed orchestrated strings and synths and the soft percussive beats.” Stream Wild Nothing’s new album Nocturne in its entirety http://ow.ly/d6qrd  (Thx Ant)

Animation: Adam Buxton and the hugely talented Layzell Bros take you on surreal romp through a richly textured cartoon world dreamed up by a hallucinating out-of-work animator http://vimeo.com/47650430

Prank: Interesting social experiment, Brett Cohan fooled New York city into thinking he was a celebrity. Pop culture is so superficial. http://youtu.be/XYU1a0lTTTw

Animation 2: Nice info-visualization for Bloomberg Brasil http://vimeo.com/47717252

Music video: L.A. producer Shlohmo’s fractured, moody take on LOL Boys ‘Changes’, is accompanied by a appropriatelyy haunting visuals http://vimeo.com/47809024

Music 3: ‘Full-throated, open-hearted, redemptive psych-pop, heavily tweaked with electronic rhythms and samples.”  Stream Animal Collective’s new EP ‘Centipede,’ accompanied by visuals, in it’s entirety http://radio.myanimalhome.net/

Time-lapse 2: ‘Nightfall’ is a tour of light as Los Angeles transitions from day to night  http://vimeo.com/47224216 

Bounce: The history of the pogo stick. From classic toy to extreme sport http://tinyurl.com/dyjn79y

Stop-motion: This must have taken a while. Dream Music: Part 2 is a very impressive stop motion compiled from 15,000 stills http://youtu.be/ToPh26T6bgk 

Supercut: 163 Horror Movies in 2 1/2 Minutes http://youtu.be/XJtMpWgE-do

Travel: ‘Big Little World’ is a lovely home made film of a guy’s trip to the Seychelles http://vimeo.com/47767166

Micro- documentary: Fascinating short film documenting the work and philosophy of Huntington Beach surfboard shaper Tim Stamps http://vimeo.com/46727629

Travel: ‘Viva’ documents the travels of six guys, 1 camper, 5 longboards and 10 days meandering across Spain http://vimeo.com/47584510

Timelapse 3: Lovely landscape footage of Ibiza, and not a pillhead in sight http://vimeo.com/47764596

Rant: The brilliant George Carlin on euphemistic language http://youtu.be/25PpmtDGhAw

Music 4:  “Melody and noise, minimalism and excess, harshness and beauty — sometimes all the same time.” Stream Dan Deacon’s ‘America’ in its entirety http://n.pr/OWQQwN

Science: Something beautiful happens when a squid listens to Cypress Hill. http://youtu.be/G-OVrI9x8Zs

Supercut 2: Eclectic Method’s tribute to the legend that is Bill Murray http://youtu.be/p4nH0GsmY14

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Micro-documentary: A beautiful short documentary on nature versus nurture and the triumph of black athletes in the face oppression and racism. http://youtu.be/jmvtwjqYZcY

Remix: New Pogo mashup ‘Wizard of Meh’ http://youtu.be/0Fk2BaM1la0

Sports: Olympic comedown? This’ll cure it, Team GB perform  ‘Don’t stop me now’ http://vimeo.com/47378906

Music: Olly Knights voice is great. Especially like this track‘ If not now, when’ http://vimeo.com/47426015

Time-lapse: Stunning time-lapse of Columbia http://vimeo.com/47360546

Music video: The Neighbourhood – Female Robbery – Hitchcock-esque  monochrome story of a girl caught between a drunk dad and unhappy mum http://vimeo.com/47188739

Music video: Not really a fan of dubstep, but the music video for Knife Party – Centipede is weird and epic http://vimeo.com/47435052

Photography: Gallery showcasing the winners of the National Geographic’s Traveler Photo Contest 2012 http://on.natgeo.com/NuaD7g

Animation: Brilliant animated short detailing the perils of falling unconscious in the woods http://vimeo.com/47115080

Advice: How to read a Victorian novel http://tinyurl.com/d9yrsel

Music: Bloc Party are streaming the new album ‘Four’ in full on their website. Lyrics too, in case you want to sing-a-long http://four.blocparty.com/#exploration

Micro-documentary: The beauty of the irrational follows Ryan Sandes, a South African Ultra-Runner http://vimeo.com/47355798

Photography: Great TED talk on an imaging technique that captures 1,000,000,000,000 frames per second, and it’s fascinating potential. http://youtu.be/SoHeWgLvlXI

CGI: ‘Constellation’ is a visualization of Etude No.12 in C minor http://vimeo.com/47123681

Naming: FBI’s list of gangs active in the USA. Some hilarious names in here http://tinyurl.com/cvufk7n

Psychadelic: Those at risk of epileptic seizures should not view this website http://www.staggeringbeauty.com/ (Thx Emma H)

Space: Amazing panoramic view from Mars rover, ‘Curiosity’ http://www.360pano.eu/show/?id=731 (Thx Jack)

Music: “Pin-sharp, digitised beats live alongside ethereal chillwave synths that all bleed into one another’s halo of reverb.” Stream Teengirl Fantasy, ‘Tracer’ in its entirety http://n.pr/N4YkBR

Profane: A foul mouthed site offering you cool internet things, daily. http://fuckinghomepage.com/

Stop-motion: Mindblowing look at the extraordingary facts and figures, and unparalleled stop-motion innovation, behind featurelength animation ‘ParaNorman’ http://vimeo.com/46106330

Sculpture: Matthew Shlian is a paper engineer http://vimeo.com/4750227 

Cinema: A nice mashup of Coppola/Apocalypse Now/Heart of Darkness footage to celebrate the 33rd anniversary of the film’s launch http://vimeo.com/45985040

Music: A sound that jumps and jitters and skitters around, splattering its sonic canvas with layered rhythms, vocal effects and treated instruments.” Stream Yeasayer ‘Fragrant World’ in its entirety http://n.pr/OWRooG