Martin Scorsese for Bleu de Chanel
What happens when you give Scorsese only 1 minute to tell a story?
It comes out just like a Scorsese– a man trying to find himself, flashing camera bulbs and shutter sounds, an opening sequence pulled from another point in the story’s timeline, Rolling Stones, etc. The only thing missing is violence, but you wouldn’t necessarily want that in a cologne ad. Pretty fantastic little film.
Speaking of short films, have you noticed the trend of fashion houses hiring big name directors to shoot “short films” rather than “commercials” these days? I like it! I’d much rather watch a little short than a traditional ad!
The GANT film wasn’t a big name director, but it did definitely have this short film feel. If you missed it, catch it here.
PS – I’m mad for the painted patterned floors at 0:30. Aren’t they amazing??
Masters and Their Crafts >> Tartine
Tartine is one of my absolute favorite bakeries and a must every time I’m in San Francisco. I actually am a little bit worried about what might happen once I move up there… I fear it could be habit-forming.
Their bread is incredible, as are their sandwiches, desserts… pretty much everything. It’s a bakery, cafe, and even wine bar, and I love the vibe that comes from people opening up a bottle of white at lunch on a Saturday. With the line almost always out the door, there’s always a ton of energy, great people watching, and a cool European cafe-meets-San-Francisco,-specifically-the-Mission,-vibe.
Check out this video to see the owner and head baker, Chad Robertson, in his element. Although I’ll warn you, this is dangerous to watch if you’re hungry.
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Must See >> Where Good Ideas Come From
“Chance favors the connected mind.”
Best Made Co. Strikes Again
In my ongoing love-hate relationship with Best Made Co., I present to you a preview of their soon-to-be-released short films, which, based on the clip, seem to prove that their designy axes actually are functional, not just pretty. And of course, the video itself is pretty. Shot at 2000 frames per second, it’s actually pretty stunning.
I still maintain that anyone who is seriously into axes and hard (yard) labor probably doesn’t care if their axe is painted with cool stripes, but, nonetheless, I’m a sucker for everything these guys put out there! From the axes to the maps to the videos! Why! The degree to which this stumps (bahhh axe pun) me is sort of absurd.
I have no problem with functional objects being well-designed; in fact, on the contrary, I’d say I’m borderline obsessive about my functional objects being pretty. My problem is that I don’t think the business model makes sense– I just can’t believe that if you made a Venn diagram of axe-wielders and pretty-functional-object-lovers that the circles would overlap very much.
Hence, I’m dying to know the profile of their customer. If they largely live in Manhattan and Brooklyn, then that proves my point but only furthers my annoyance, as I can just imagine people hanging these things on their wall to look cool and never touching them again.
Must See >> The Power of Music
“A 90-year old man recounts a remarkable experience in WWII.”
Don’t quit in the middle of this one, you need to get to the end.
"A Love Story"
“A Love Story,” a video for Spring/Summer ’11 by GANT by Michael Bastian.
Love Michael Bastian, LOVE the styling of this video. All the class and elegance of an old movie plus the hazy warmth of a wonderful dream.
I’ve watched this about five times now, maybe hoping my dreams tonight will look like this.
Directed by Carl Axel-Wahlstrom.
What Love Is
Just watch it. I know it looks goofy at first glance, but it’ll probably move you to tears.
From StoryCorps:
Danny Perasa and his wife, Annie, came to StoryCorps to recount their twenty-seven-year romance. As they remember their life together from their first date to Danny’s final days with terminal cancer, these remarkable Brooklynites personify the eloquence, grace, and poetry that can be found in the voices of everyday people when we take the time to listen.
Directed by: The Rauch Brothers
Animator: Tim Rauch
Animator: Tim Rauch
Imogene + Willie
Four great things: the classic gospel song “Wade in the Water,” the voice of Patty Griffin, a cool video, and a Southern selvage denim company. This video was made by John Moessner for Imogene + Willie Jeans.
Imogene + Willie is a denim (and more) store housed in a cool old gas station in Nashville and i run by Matt and Carrie Eddmenson, a couple with experience at other industry standbys like RRL and Levi’s. But not only is it a store selling new and vintage denim, they actually make their in-house brand of selvage jeans on the premisis and they’ll customize your pair for you the same day you buy them.
In love with their building… I’d like to move in please.
Mabona Origami
Amazed by the precision and expressiveness of these origami creatures by Sipho Mabona.
And of course loove the stop-motion animation video made from his creations. This video was created as an ad for Asics and won multiple international advertising awards.
Also love these installations of the figures suspended in air…
Click through for more, including a couple of examples of the absurdly intricate 2-d patterns these are made from.
These are what two of her patterns look like unfolded…. !!!
Thanks Monica!
The World’s Largest Work of Art
Remember Jim Denevan, whose work I put up back here (if you didn’t see it, check it out, pretty awesome)? Well apparently back in March, he completed the “world’s largest work of art,” on Lake Baikal in Siberia, and there’s a documentary in the works about the piece (intro below).
Denevan’s large-scale earth works explore the impermanent, carving geometric shapes into element-sensitive areas, like sand and snow, that will eventually be erased by wind and water.
This latest project in Siberia was a 9-square mile spiral of circles, along the fibonacci curve, starting at 18″ and ranging up to miles in diameter.
Jim Denevan site here.
Siberia project as featured on The Anthropologist
