To appreciate computer graphics now we should also remember the then...
This post includes 1970's retrospective and documentary followed by some 1980's delights! Want more? Visit 'A Critical History of Computer Graphics and Animation' here http://design.osu.edu/carlson/history/lesson6.html
History of Computer Graphics (1972) A computer graphics retrospective
Stan Vanderbeek: The Computer Generation part 1 Documentary from 1972 by John Musilli
Stan Vanderbeek: The Computer Generation part 2 Documentary from 1972 by John Musilli
Panasonic "Glider" 1981 Robert Abel and Associates commercial for panasonic with music tat sounds a lot like the love theme from the Superman movies
1981 Early Computer Graphics Adam Powers, the juggler, from an early III demo reel
The Story of Eames Furniture: Marilyn Neuhart with John Neuhart Exclusive video interview with Marilyn Neuhart, author of "The Story of Eames Furniture", and her husband John. Both have worked with the Eames Office in various capacities from the 1950s. Having been in close proximity to Charles and Ray Eames as well as the members of the Eames Office and their patron manufacturers for almost 30 years, the Neuharts had the extraordinary opportunity to absorb their stories.
The design genius of Charles + Ray Eames - TED Talk The legendary design team Charles and Ray Eames made films, houses, books and classic midcentury modern furniture. Eames Demetrios, their grandson, shows rarely seen films and archival footage in a lively, loving tribute to their creative process.
How to build an Eames shell chair Fascinating film following the industrial design process behind the making of the shell chair
A Gathering of Elephants Animated movie starring the molded plywood elephants of Charles and Ray Eames. Part of the Eames Office (www.eamesoffice.com) celebration of the Charles Eames centennial - also it is just alot of fun. Director Eames Demetrios' contribution to the family festivities, featuring the elephants being manufactured by the Vitra Design Museum (www.vitra.com). To learn about the making of this movie and the elephants (or get it in iPod friendly form), go to http://www.dasfilmfest.com/?id=135.
"Dev Harlan is a multidisciplinary artist whose hybrid practice combines the physical and the virtual with the use of sculpture, light and projection" http://www.devharlan.com
The photographer who shot the Swedish retailer's cookbook 'Homemade is Best', Carl Kleiner, has worked with Eric Severin and Evelina Bratell to make a quirky series of nine videos...
I had a random dream about Take Hart last night and it reminded me about how much I miss everybody's favourite art teacher (...everybody of a certain age that is!). Tony Hart set the Art teacher mould as far as I'm concerned, and has a permanent place in all our hearts, end of. Here's three Tony Hart videos from the archive - an early episode of Take Hart from the first series in 1976 - there are some very hip animation pieces within this video and some great art techniques, a really interesting showreel of Tony Hart's own animation on 16mm, and a rather cool Dalek short from Vision On in 1972...(oh, and no Morph in sight, sorry Morph fans!)
"A brilliant minute-long clip from Vision On, shown first on 1st December 1972. Tony Hart draws the outline of a Dalek using a football-pitch line-marking machine, and then it 'comes to life'. Dalek spods will recognise these as the 1972 BBC Visual Effects wooden Dalek builds, appearing in their gunmetal 'Planet Of The Daleks' livery"
This is a FUNNY, really detailed & insightful review of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace by Plinkett (part serial killer, part film critic) - it's long, but worth it. See also, the other Star Wars reviews and if you've got time watch the Avatar review too.
"The thing that is most interesting to me about the video is that it was nearly entire created with code. I say nearly because I use a couple premade particle images but every other aspect (aside from the music, of course) was made possible with code. And randomness. If I were to recompile the code over and over, the resulting videos would all be unique."
Star Wars has been used to sell a mind boggling array of products (including a hefty tonne of it's own merchandise) and it's a bit of a past-time of mine collecting the ads I find along the way. This post shows some cool (and not so cool) examples including ice lollies, Japanese tuna, trainers, as well as actual Star Wars brand products by Palitoy. Most are pretty old school, but I've also included the Adidas Originals ad as I thought that was slick.
