My friend's Demo Reel

Demo reel of my good friend Vina Vo. She works in the television news industry. These are some examples of sequences that serve as introductions to continuing news stories and often have to be completed, from concept to execution, with very tight deadlines. It's also a good example of what is expected in the profession if one chooses to focus on digital design and animation.

That Flash Site I Was Trying to Find

The original website for the 1983 documentary Style Wars about graffiti and New York hip hop culture. The site has since been restyled. Luckily Code and Theory, the firm that designed the original Flash site, has archived it in video form.

Cool Mix of Live + Stop Motion

Video from Minneapolis rapper P.O.S. incorporates live action along with stop motion animation. Combined with cup stacking, toy cars and additive text and cartoon graphics for an entertaining conceptual music video.

Print Still Matters

Unboxing Bad Time Zoo from Doomtree Records on Vimeo.

Some musical artists still view the process of releasing an album as a comprehensive creative art project and not simply a way to capitalize on easy-to-use digital files. This release from one of my favorite hip-hop collectives out of Minneapolis demonstrates the extent to which print and packaging can still be a creative, interactive experience.

Letterpress from Naomie Ross on Vimeo.

Excellent use of digital technology to highlight an analog technology, and all focused on typography! I found this of particular interest since I am taking a letter press studio this semester.

Projected Nervous Structure

Projected light strips that follow the motion of viewers to create dynamic patterns

The Girl Effect

Many of you have probably seen this by now, but it's a good example of kinetic typography and of communicating a simple and strong message using exclusively text.

Here is their website

Data Materialized

This short follows the 24 Hour City Project which happened a couple months ago at the National Building Museum in Washington DC. It is a series of exhibits that tries to ask what makes a city successful and probe into different urban issues. My friend Kash worked on the second project shown, which uses parametric data and digital fabrication techniques to create a physical data model.....It makes more sense when you watch the video.

More on that project here

Financial Literacy and Information Design

This video was linked on a Freakonomics blog post. An interesting look into how better (or at least more honest) visual communication could improve the overall financial literacy of the world.