thatssodigital:

Pentagram turns 40, and celebrates with this amazing short. Great copy. Thanks to Wojtek for sharing.

dino ballet via good

curiositycounts:

Trailer for The Universal Language, a new documentary tracing the history of Esperanto, the artificial language created in the late 1800s by a Polish eye doctor with the vision of a global tongue. 

live the language in paris, barcelona, LA… great series. More by Albin Holmqvist

Le balloon. Now you know.

via

Minilogue - Animals

again, via monster-munch

a) simple, visual storytelling  b) you can make a video this size?!

via the fox is black

awesome-ly styled video. great way to visualize the invisible. via monster-munch

turns out you’ve always been a fan of philip glass <mind bends for a moment>

pbsthisdayinhistory:

Love it!

sesamestreet:

Happy birthday to Philip Glass, born today in 1937, and the man behind the music in this classic Sesame Street clip.

“Mogees currently uses two audio synthesis techniques — the first is physical modelling, which consists of generating the sound by simulating the propagation of the sound wave through different physical materials such as strings, membranes, or tubes using a piece of software called Modalys. The second technique is mosaicing, where the user loads a sound folder and then the audio coming form the contact microphone is analysed and the software looks for the closest segment within the sound folder. So if a sound folder of voices is loaded, touching the surface gently would provoke a whispering while scratching it will cause a sound similar to screaming voices.

The idea of using contact microphones comes from the desire to turn ordinary objects into percussive instruments. The goal is to allow musicians and performers to take full advantage of electronic music without losing the feeling of touching a real surface.”

via fast co design

do not loose eye contact

a film aid to first aid

Again, excellent content from PBS. Looking forward to watching the rest,

curiositycounts:

New PBS Off Book episode explores the evolution of music online and the rising importance of curation and collaboration. Previous episodes have covered typography, generative art, product design, papercraft, artist fashion, steampunk,  and visual culture online.

h/t said the king

From their site:

“Ore.e Ref. is challenging designers of the world to NOT design chairs for the rest of the year. It’s that simple.

We believe that the world already has enough chairs. Designing new ones only takes time away from renovating the ones we already have. Consider this the ultimate challenge for you to rethink how sustainable design should be manifested. If not that… Then think about the amount of time you’ll save when you don’t have to design chairs for the rest of the year.”

video for Ribboned Asparagus Salad by Tiger in a Jar.

yum. the pacing can be a little slow, but the jots are nicely done. Tiger in a jar also has several other equally helpful & delicious-looking videos.