Yellow Sticky Notes

Half-Japanese Canadian (they do it to me everytime) Jeff Chiba Stearns is an award-winning independent filmmaker, writer, and artist based out of British Columbia. He’s produced an impressive animated short that grabbed my attention and the attention of a number of award committees and festivals.
Yellow Sticky Notes is made with only a black pen [...]

Penguin Design Award

The shortlist and winners of the Penguin Design Award have been released.
I’ve always been a fan of Penguin’s book design and their return to a classic mid-century style is really impressive. The designs selected here — of On the Road, Shock Doctrine, and On Beauty — are well worth the praise.
(Via kottke.)

RA DIOHEA_D / HOU SE OF_C ARDS

RADIOHEAD continues to assert its position as one of our most innovative artists. Disagree? Well, watch the new music video for House of Cards, which was filmed not with cameras, but with lasers and data.
All the data is available at Google Code, along with a “making of” video and an addictive viewer that allows you [...]

Stop! (motion) Genius!

I assure you, this will be the most incredibly impressive thing you see today.
BLU produced a stop-motion animation creature that criss-crosses Buenos Aires and Baden and, now, the deepest, darkest crevasses of my black and white nightmare lands.
The care and thought that went into this is difficult to comprehend; watching the intricate animation [...]