Squarepusher music video is done by, err, Squarepusher
The song is called Planet Gear, by the very english drum&bass/funk/IDM/jazz/electronic Squarepusher. He’s done his own videoclip here and it looks pretty sweet.
Apparantly the concept of the video revolves around images of imaginary astronomical phenomena. I’m not sure if I get that - but the striking colours and the iTunes visualiser style animations looks pretty. I like pretty. And the track is catchy too.
It’s refreshing to see simple and minimalist clips like this. And it’s a good reminder that music videos don’t always have to be silly overproduced short films.
Beautiful Finnish watches
I’ve got to the stage in my life where I think I deserve a posh watch. I’m as close to being a mature adult as I’ll ever be, and my apsirations to be seen as a respectable businessmen will never be met with bare wrists. You’ll realise that this is a big step for me when my Father has a collection of timepieces he got free in boxes of Cheerios.
To keep my delusions of being a design guru firmly front of mind, the new ‘timepiece of the month’ is Sarpeneva. Made by Finnish designer Stepan Sarpaneva, these are pretty much the hottest wrist watches I’ve found. Every single piece (apart from the face and strap) is carved out of stainless steel. After spending an inordinate amount of time researching ‘posh’ watches, these satisfy my need for something grown-up but still remaining very, very cool.
Currently winning the fight is the Korona K1. Check out that face. It’s hot.
At long last, the creative department at work may show me the respect I’ve been longing for.
NY Times Prank - yes, it was the YES MEN.
Commuters in the US, found out during Wednesday’s morning rush hour that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had ended. Global warming, health care problems were to be solved as well.
Some 1.2 million copies of a spoof of The New York Times, dated July 4, 2009, were handed out by the infamous and awesome pranksters the “Yes Men.”
The 14-page professionally produced, parody newspaper announces the abolition of corporate lobbying, a maximum wage for CEOs and a recall notice for all cars that run on gasoline. Anyone who was fooled by this after reading the whole thing - must have been either freaking stupid or very very optimistic.
Anyway, I take of my hat to these two amazing guys. They did it again.
An online version of the paper here (looks down at the moment, too many hits it seems).
Custom Flip Clock for the iPhone
Okay, so flipclocks are way cool. Every ‘creative’ type I know, seems to be running the uniqlock or fliqlo screensavers on their work computers. Now, you can have this same feeling of creative superiority on your iPhone! Get your artistic props, ON THE GO!
Seriously though, this is pretty cool. What makes this one special (and justifies its price) is that you can replace any of the images of the numbers - with photos from your phone. THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES!
A clock made up of lego men! or peanuts! or beer coasters! or sexual positions!
I’m not being very creative, am I? Anyway - it’s the price of a can of soft drink, and its funner.
Get it from the App Store
And here’s a nice little bonus: Ten of the Most Stylish screensavers here
Analogue Camera Hero from Japan: The Blackbird,fly
In the current world of photography, the old analogue guard are really being crushed by the way of digital. Polaroid ceased production this year, lomo is gettin a little old - it’s not looking great for analogue lovers. Well everywhere, except of course, Japan. Where the awesomely named company called Superheadz - released the blackbird,fly.
It’s an antique styled twin-lens reflex camera, and unlike most of those types - it uses standard 35mm film as opposed to (the relatively hard to come by, and more expensive) 120 film. It can even shoot square images on standard 35mm film. Nice! We love square things. The camera itself also looks pretty cool, we love the retro 1920s styling and the colours.
It’s going to retail for somewhere around USD$100, which is pretty reasonable and priced similarly to lomography cameras.
link blackbird,fly
A bit late, but whatever
Videos after the jump.
via waxy
2009 Calendar from Malota
2009 is closing in, and this years nearly over and its time get organised for the new year. So what’s happening - new gear? events? shows? goals? brirthdays? - damn, you are going to need a good calendar. And if you are a bit of a sucker for sweet graphic design - then look no further than
Malota Projects 2009 Calendar. It’s pretty sweet. 15 euro + shipping.
Designer Coat/Hat Racks
One of our favourite blogs, Weburbanist, has done a nice little post about many novel ways of hanging your coat or hats. Recently I’ve actually been looking for a nice hat rack, as I am a bit of a serial hat wearing kinda person.
Anyway they’ve put together a good collection of designer bits, some we’ve seen before. Other’s we’ve never come accross. We especially like the knife hooks, by tcstudio, pictured above.
Some of our faves, after the jump.
via Weburbanist
Saul Williams: Still Angry, Still Out There, Still Good
With only 2 days left in the longest election campaign the earth has ever seen both sides and their proxies are pulling everything out and hammering home their messages. Step into the fray that wordsmith extrodinaire, Saul Williams.
He has put together this little piece as a call to action extolling voters to step up, face history and take a stand by voting for change. Yes, he wants you to vote for Barack, just like everyone else.
Don’t worry it’ll all be over soon. Come Wednesday you’ll have 2 years of relative bliss, except for Palin’s profile building efforts, before the next round of fear mongering and mud slinging starts all over.
On a side note, read this piece for an interesting take on what becomes of all that nicely designed Obama schwag we’ve all been getting boners over. Should he win, Obama’s position in culture changes dramatically. He will no longer be an image of inspiration and alternative possibilities, he will be the man. And then: “Ubiquitous images of his face take on a creepy Dear Leader quality, implicitly commanding obedience”. What do you do with your $20,000 Shepard Fairy poster then? Put it in storage and sell it off in 25 years time perhaps?
After the jump, the full transcript of Saul’s passion.
If the first black president of the US was… Mos Def
If only this were true. He’s right though, he would make america cool again.
Brought to you by the good people at GOOD MAGAZINE.
Vintage Bicycle / Motorcycle Beauty
You see, I love all things two wheeled. I love bicyles and I love motorcycles. And you’d think, a small engined bicycle would be perfect as a low/no emission transport for the modern urban person. Unfortunately such mopeds are decidedly ugly.
Enter Ridley Motorcycles and their Vintage Bike range. They’ve made a series of beautiful 1930’s vintage motorcycle inspired cruiser bicycles - that sport a 50cc or 70cc engine. They come in 24″ and 26″ varieties and are fully specced out with Shimano Nexus Coaster Brake Hub and solid steel frames. These are real beauties.
They start at USD$1999, so looking at the exchange rate - I’m not getting one anytime soon. But god I want one.
Some videos clips of these babies in action, after the jump.
link Ridley Motorcycles
Casio Calculator Watch Love
How freaking cool are calculator watches? Once upon a time it was only bestowed upon the nerd elite - now its a beaming must-have icon of worldwide hipsterdom. Not that I’m saying we want to be associated with some kind of sheeplike hipster wannabe - we were down with these when we used to argue hypothetical Star Wars battles in the school canteen.
All the current clothing labels have apparently caught on to the trend, even with mainstream companies like Paul Frank making their own ‘Retro 80’s Calculator Watches’.
Whatever cash-in they they may attempt, none of these appropriated toys have the that perfect low-tech unergonomic aesthetic of a vintage calculator watch
Calculator watches first appeared in the mid 70s introduced by Pulsar and Hewlett Packard. Several watch manufacturers have made them over the years but it was Japanese watch and calculator manufacturer Casio that made them famous. The famous Data Bank series are the ones that everyone is after these days.
We came across a goldmine of pictures of these wonderful watches over at Pocket Calculator Show.
We’ve got a heap of out favourite models, after the jump.
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