Design: Machine Lights

"Machine Lights: Handcrafted Light Objects" by Frank Buchwald

"Each light sculptur is one of a kind and hand crafted at my Studio in Berlin. The Machine Light series comprises 12 different models produced in low volume production. Each object is manually produced from up to 200 individual parts. Each light is therefore unique. Steel and brass parts produced from raw steel and brass, and burnished by hand, creating a black surface structure with a brownish hue. The brass parts are given a fine finish and the steel parts are treated with the silky matt finish. Special models can be designed and produced on request."

 

Short Film: Will

"Will" by Eusong Lee

This graduation animation from CalArts is a spare, powerful 9/11 story.

Video: If You Ever Need Someone

"If You Ever Need Someone" by The Family Bones

This music video feature a combination of live action and stop-motion animation techniques that incorporate over twenty-five thousand carefully positioned Post-It notes. Animator Aaron Kaminar of Image Flux directed the video which was four months in the making.

…All of the post its you see are real and were put up by hand. We used a green screen for the live action elements and utilized a few loops and split screens to make it possible to pull this off without a label or a budget.

Installation: In Order to Control

"In Order to Control" an Interactive Typographic Installation by Nota Bene Visual

Lego Creation: The Voice of Evil

"The Voice of Evil" by Duco Brugman

Photographed by Paul Barendregt

After he planned this imposing castle for over three years, this 20-kilogram monolith took approximately eight months to complete, and with good reason. Every part of this diarama is teaming with story-inspiring details.

Link Round-Up: June 6, 2012

Designed to mimic the 20-sided die created from Dungeons & Dragons, these D20 Cookies from Geeky Cookies are hand-frosted and come in custom colors. A “critical” hit at any geeky wedding these cookies come in 12 packs that sell for $18 and 24 packs that sell for $30.

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Short Film: Stairs To No End

"Stairs To No End" by Daniella Koffler

The stairs of knowledge leads to the light. A curious girl in a dark world tries to reach it, but must face those for whom light is an obstacle.

Koffler explains that she had drew inspiration from Ayan Hirsi Ali’s book Infidel and from Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion when developing the script. The look of the film was achieved by using Maya and After Effects to creates a 2D plane populated by “3D cutouts.” She then used real eyes in place of animated ones. This technique is similar to the Oscar-nominated short Madame Tutli-Putli.