10.08.2011

christopher.slaughter

Adapted from an article on the photographer Tim Archibald, good advice for those in the creative business: 

• Learn the history of your craft.
• Tell someone whose work you love why you love it.
• Surround yourself with a community of peers whose work you admire.
• Don’t pay a consultant for advice, listen closely to your friends.
• Call a creative worker on the phone and ask them how they made a project you like.
• Always be honest and generous with your advice to others.
• Learn how to be happy for your fellow creatives when they kick ass.

creative | business | advice | Cool | Media

10.05.2011

christopher.slaughter

Quite cool... and apparently based on a true story.  This video made by Ogilvy Taiwan... for a bank, of all things. 

Taiwan | Cool | video

02.03.2010

christopher.slaughter

In case you haven't seen it already, the pop band OK Go  (they of "treadmills video" fame) have created yet another fantastic music video.

The Rube Goldberg machine was built by Syyn Labs, a group of "...creative engineers who twist together art and technology... (and) build interactive installations that encourage strangers to play together by lowering social barriers."

Rube Goldberg | OK Go | geek | amusing | Cool | funny | master shot | music

20.08.2009

christopher.slaughter

Great music video for the Japanese band Sour, utilising fan's webcams from all over the world.  Shot on literally a zero budget (that's right, $0.00), it's hugely creative and lots of fun.

Article on how director Magico Nakamura put it all together can be found here. 

Cool | music | interesting | fun | art | Japan | video

18.06.2009

christopher.slaughter

Very cool 3-D pixel map of Hong Kong... in case you wondered, APV is located in Telecom House on the corner of Gloucester Road and Fenwick Street.  The building in pixel form is infinitely more attractive than it is in real life, by the way.  

Cool | map | pixel | apv | Hong Kong | Telecom House

04.06.2009

christopher.slaughter

As I was just saying to Mark, something about stop-motion just brings a smile to my face.  Sort of takes me back to film classes in college, and that playfulness, and the joy of discovering how to do cool tricks... I dunno.  Anyway, as you might have noticed, I'm remarkably fond of stop-motion stuff.

This one is a loverly little wedding invitation... enjoy.

YouTube | amusing | stop motion animation | Cool | fun

23.03.2009

christopher.slaughter

Very cool reinterpretation of the classic Brothers Grimm tale...

Cool | art | interesting | video | animation