Link Me Up Scotty

My Friday agency email of interesting digital bric-a-brac. Now accessible to everyone.

w.c. 09/04/12

Anecdotes: George Lois Shares Some Stories on.details.com/HmJcvP

Debut: “And Introducing…” is a collection of film stars in their first roles http://vimeo.com/39315372

Landscape: ‘The Collective Snapshot’ is a stunning photo series by Pep Ventosa, blending dozens of snapshots to create an abstraction of famous places http://tinyurl.com/7vo9wtx

Pronunciation: Short film based on an archival sound recording taken from the 1945 Linguaphone series ‘English Pronunciation - A practical handbook for the foreign learner.’ http://vimeo.com/32830670

Meteorology: Lovely visualisation of wind patterns http://hint.fm/wind/

Music: Like playful electro synth-pop and New Wave? New Build are yet another quality spin-off of Hot Chip and you can stream their new EP ‘Yesterday Was Lived and Lost’ in full http://newbuild.bandcamp.com/album/yesterday-was-lived-and-lost

Gaming: Creating Bone Chilling Video Game Monster Sounds http://youtu.be/udQOi5cgIqo

Smile inducing: 9 yr old creates an entire arcade from cardboard in ‘Caine’s Arcade’ video  http://vimeo.com/40000072

Apple: How iPads are made http://youtu.be/5cL60TYY8oQ

Video essay: The visual style of the wire http://vimeo.com/39768998

Art?: What would childrne’s sketches of mosters look like properly illustrated?   http://www.themonsterengine.com/artwork

Survival: If zombies attack, have this map handy http://www.mapofthedead.com/

Manufactured: New Yorker article explores the business behind churning out hit songs  http://tinyurl.com/6p9j2xd

Food: The world’s first commercial 3D chocolate printer http://youtu.be/MDEdGhE2dUk

Chain reaction: Largest Rube Goldberg machine  http://youtu.be/u7GzApUGJ3o

Music video: Feist’s ‘Bittersweet Melodies’ uses images from the photoset ‘Back To The Future’ by Argentinean photographer Irina Werner  http://bit.ly/HB9ysf

Colour: Pantone & CMYK eggs http://plentyofcolour.com/2012/04/06/pantone-eggs/