Wednesday Special Treat: Christine Sun Kim

A brilliant, magical and unique short by cult photographer and filmmaker Todd Selby, "Christine Sun Kim A Selby Film" reveals portrait of performance artist Christine Sun Kim, deaf from birth, who uses sound as a medium : "Listen with your eyes, not just with your ears." A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.

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Mid-week special treat : Go Forth!

Completely, deeply, madly, fell in love with this beautiful Levi's brand spot from Wieden et Kennedy agency and directed by Ralf Schmerberg, and based on Charles Bukowski's "The laughing hearts" poem (see the beautiful poem text below). This sure beats the mid week blues! Powerful!

{via the always inspiring Fubiz}


The Laughing Hearts

"your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you."

- Charles Bukowski

Saturday's Special Treats : Move, learn, eat

If you haven't had the chance to travel this summer, then these one-minute short films by Rick Mereki are just for you. 3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 000 miles, 2 cameras, almost a terabyte of footage and an ultra simple but brilliant concept : move, learn, eat. The trip of a lifetime and a world tour of places, food and humanity. Mesmerizing!

{via Fubiz}

Le Flȃneur

Luke Shepard is a student at the American University of Paris. Equipped with his Nikon D90 camera, he shot monuments and streets in the city of lights. This gem is composed of 2000 photographs presented on time lapse, stop motion video. Makes me fall all over again in love with beautiful Paris and look forward to my May trip there...

{via Fubiz}

Animating Chanel!

Today, I am still feeling arhhh... But I have a treat for you! "Chanel Robot" is an animated feature by ultra talented Peter Philips - Chanel's Global Creative Director of Makeup - that presents the Chanel brand make up and beauty product line, robot style... *swoon*

{via Fubiz}

Saturday's Special Treat : Sampled Room

Ingredients:

Canon EOS 5D mkII
DitoGear™ CrankSlider
Microphone Shure SM 48
2 Wine Glasses
Panties
Bottle Opener
Drier
Tape
Tube Pack From Whiskey
Spring
Old Russian Camera
Spanner
Water

A genius artist : Mateusz Zdziebko

Instructions:
Just sit back, relax and enjoy the show! Xo-

Sunday Treat

I am a big fan of Scott Schuman's work, the man behind the Sartorialist blog - a blog dedicated to showing the real fashion worn by real people around the world - as opposed to glossy paper and "photoshopped" images on fashion magazines... This is a great documentary about Scott and his work. Brilliant!

Growing is forever

I woke up this morning and enjoyed my cup of coffee while watching this beautiful Vimeo video. This ode to nature is an absolute gem made by Jesse Rosten and written by Kallie Markle entitled "Growing is Forever". Just so beautiful... I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.

{discovered via Randomitus}

Is your house clean?

Have you cleaned your carpet today? Are you sure??
This fantastic ad spot from renowned advertising agency Young & Rubicam New York makes you look at vacuuming and invisible germs in a whole new way. This reminds me why I majored in advertising. This is pure genius artwork. That being said, I have to leave you.... on my way to vaccuming my kids' rooms! Xo, Si-

{found via Fubiz}

Saturday's Special Treat

Major crush for the new Hermes ad campaign. The giant luxury brand presents its umbrella collection with an ad film directed by Alexis Milant and entitled "Fingerskate".
I have the greatest respect for top established international luxury brands that constantly reinvent themselves and don't get stuck in their conservative luxury world/ bubble... Here Hermes celebrates street skating as an art expression. And a true art it is indeed. This is simply brilliant!

{via Fubiz}

Words

Beautiful film from Everynone and directed by Daniel Mercadante and Will Hoffman. This gem is called "Words". In 3 short, and magical minutes. Enjoy!

Influencers

Ever heard about or read the book called "The Tipping Point" from author Malcolm Gladwell ? Tipping Point is the biography of an idea, a rather simple idea : ideas, products, messages, and behaviors spread just like viruses do.

Influencers is a documentary film that shows and explains how tendencies and creativity become contagious in fashion, design and music. This 13-minute-long documentary, directed by Paul Rojanthara and Davis Johnson is a pure chef d'oeuvre and highly educational. Concept by Creative R+I.

{via Fubiz}

INFLUENCERS FULL VERSION (FR) from R+I creative on Vimeo.

My Holiday Shopping Black List

While in France, I was so shocked to learn about the Guerlain story. Have you heard? I know this blog is mainly about interior design, but stories like that make me so sick in my stomach, I have to vent...

Here is the pitch for those of you who haven't heard or read about it :
Jean-Paul Guerlain, 73, a descendent of the perfume house's founder, yes, THE famous Guerlain brand, was interviewed on French state TV last week, and asked about the creation of a new perfume, Samsara. He replied: "I worked like a nigger... I don't know if niggers have ever worked that hard, anyway."
:-(

via AFP

Dozens of protesters wearing black crowded the sidewalk Saturday outside the Guerlain boutique in
Paris, France, calling for a boycott of the cosmetics company following racist remarks. The company is even said to be on the verge of a civil law suit.

Mr Guerlain, this one is for ya! I sure know that any Guerlain product will be blacklisted from my Christmas wish/ shopping list! Hell, I am even throwing my fabulous Terracotta powder in the trash can. Peace, Si-

Saturday's Special Treat

Talking Tree

An excellent initiative : Talking Tree is a 100-year-old tree located at Brussels, which is now equipped with various sensors measuring the way in which it feels every day. Through a software, this equipment measures and translates its living conditions into human language. You can follow the life of the talking tree via YouTube, Flickr and Soundcloud. And friend him on Facebook. 
Brilliant!

{via Fubiz}

Talking Tree - Making of on Vimeo.

Bottle by Kirsten Lepore

A beautiful, simple, and elegant stop-motion story by Kirsten Lepore that my heart literally melted for... Enjoy!


Bottle from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

Tape Art

What a fun way to use an everyday item (scotch tape) to create street art! Coup de coeur!

{found via fubiz}



TapeArt - Stella & Rex & Jurij Lozic from Multipraktik on Vimeo.

Made in Japan

Beautiful advertising spot made in Japan that caught my attention! Enjoy!

Nova Artscapes by ROJO®

ROJO® is an open independent creative consortium founded in 2001, dedicated to the promotion and support of the contemporary arts. From September 18 through october 9th, 2010, ROJO® travels to Los Angeles to generate a creative event and art exhibition featuring exclusive collaborated art installations and original artwork by 8 international artists from Spain, USA, Japan, Netherlands, Argentina : Nova Artscapes. If you are in the L.A area, don't miss it!

Check out this video found through Neublack for a taste of what to expect during this art exhibition. 

More info about this event here...

ROJO®NOVA work in progress

Anthropologie

This treasure was directed by Silvia Gallini. Found via unstitched.