One Thousand Means of Escape

New work from Berlin-based artist Astrid Bin, described as “one thousand paper airplanes are suspended in flight, like flocking birds, or swarming insects." More photos over on Saatchi.

Typogami is a new animated typeface by Calango out of Amsterdam. Head over to their site to purchase and learn how to use it. Click here to see the animated typeface.

Over It: 14 Miles of String

This stringed typography was an experiment in collaboration between no less than eighteen Portland creatives for a 2010 show called OVER IT. OVER IT was an experiment in creating as a group, letting go, disagreement, misunderstanding and trust.

Beyond Black Mesa

Beyond Black Mesa from Brian Curtin on Vimeo.

Beyond Black Mesa is an independent short film inspired by the Half-Life video game series. The film’s protagonist, Adrian Shephard, stands with just a few allies in his quest to send out a warning about an impending invasion. Shot with a Canon HV20 with a cast of seven friends and a budget of just $1,200 USD, the film is surprisingly well-polished given its very limited resources. Which this was a whole film.

Moving Image / Animation research - Music Videos

I seem to be collecting a huge list of bookmarked videos and not really doing much with them, so I will upload a few of the examples for all to see.

Starting with 'So Me' (Bertrand De Langeron) a Parisian graphic designer/animator. He is the art director for Ed Banger Records and has created videos for Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Justice, and more recently MGMT. He won the 2005 MTV European award for his video for Justice called "We Are Your Friends." He is also the main designer for the clothing company CoolCats. 2010 saw Bertrand direct Duck Sauce's music video for "Barbara Streisand", making a cameo in the process. Here are a few of his videos he's directed, i'm sure you will recognise them!







So Me’s music video for Kid Cudi’s “Day ‘N’ Night” feels homegrown and from the heart. It’s rough around the edges but full of imagination and charming visuals. The melange of daydream imagery is oddly compelling—like a mashup from a coloring book and a smoke-out. Fitting and fun for the subject at hand.

Which leads me to Paris-based 'Mathematic' who deserves a shout-out for their work on the animation and post-production for this project. There work is used for Advertising, TV, Print and Online web content and branding. Here are some recent examples of their work...

Sébastien Tellier - Look from Record Makers on Vimeo.

A music video for French artist Sébastien Tellier. For his acclaimed album Sexuality, Mathematic and UFO took part in a collaborative video with illustrators Mrzyk & Moriceau. You can find out more on the website www.recordmakers.com.

The film was first created in 3D with 2D effects using Flash and After FX and later re-animated on paper by the two illustrators. I love it!


Mathematic played a small but integral part in the motion graphics featured in this music video for rising star Uffie and world reknowned record producer Pharrel.


A collaboration with Jonas et François, Mathematic did all CGI, tracking, compositing and final grading. All real shoes soles were replaced by CGI ones and animated ones.

Click here to read 'The Font Feed's' frame by frame breakdown of how they did it. You wouldn't believe the amount of detail that has been put into this video!

Barbed Type: The Devils Rope

The Devil’s Rope is an experimental type piece by designer Andrew Effendy.

… a series of wires pulled across two wooden posts. They are treated to look like barbed wire, except at the spiny, barbed sections where the wires form letters of the alphabet, A through Z. As a whole, the piece seems like a sinister fence of letters, its menacing script casting peculiar shadows on the walls. The allusion of language as a barricade is unavoidable. Effendy’s piece makes you mull over the role of language and how—especially, in today’s world of information overload—language has the power to encourage progress as well as impede it.

Katie Armstrong: once more, once more

once more, once more from Katie Armstrong on Vimeo.

NYC artist and animator Katie Armstrong just made and premiered this animated cover of Britney Spears at the Leipzig International Art Residency Program in Germany. I love animation and hope you do too!