Beautiful music from grizzly Bear with amazing claymation work by Los Angeles artist Allison Schulnik.

It’s always fun to look at visions of the future from previous generations. Magic Highway USA is an excerpt from a 1958 Disneyland TV Show that’s particularly well illustrated and an excellent reference for those that dig the 50’s-ish retro-futuristic style. It would seem our infrastructure is still lagging a bit by the standards of the Jetson’s era visionaries. But at least there’s a good sound track to get your imagination working on how to build a hover car.

via Kanye

Speaking of action painting, performance art duo Bruno Levy and Blake Shaw ( aka Sweatshoppe ) have taken it to the next level by coming up with a way to “paint with video”.
From what we understand there is no actual paint involved. Instead the rollers have LEDs which are motion tracked by a projector yielding the results seen in the video above. This is a very cool idea and we wouldn’t be surprised to see a lot more of this in the future. Sweatshoppe developed the software that drives this themselves and are said to be releasing it to the public as they work out some of the bugs.

via Wooster Collective

It’s amazing to look at the height of analog technology back in the 1970s. While the graphic styles of this 1972 election coverage video are a bit kitschy by todays standards, they are extremely well done.
Our guess is this work was done largely by the late great Lou Dorfsman who was Creative Director at CBS through the seventies. We wonder if the graphics produced by CBS today will hold up as well in forty years. If you are looking for good retro inspiration, look no further.

Very entertaining little piece on the creative process of Hunter Gatherer. This looks like a super fun place to work.

In case you missed the first sold out screening, Objectified is doing a second one this wednesday Aug 12th- 8pm at the Laemmle Theater on Santa Monica with an appearance by Director Gary Hustwit. Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.

Get your tix here before hand, they will not be selling them at the door.

Rarely can a film penetrate the glamorous surface of rock legends. It Might Get Loud tells the personal stories, in their own words, of three generations of electric guitar virtuosos – The Edge (U2), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), and Jack White (The White Stripes). It reveals how each developed his unique sound and style of playing favorite instruments, guitars both found and invented. Concentrating on the artist’s musical rebellion, traveling with him to influential locations, provoking rare discussion as to how and why he writes and plays, this film lets you witness intimate moments and hear new music from each artist. The movie revolve around a day when Jimmy Page, Jack White, and The Edge first met and sat down together to share their stories, teach and play.

The film is reportedly opening in Los Angeles (and other select cities) August 14th, but still no word as to exactly where it’s opening. We will be sure and let you know as soon as a venue is announced. If you have any inside tips you want to leak be sure and let us know.

Super fun stop motion animated video made with the humble post-it note was made by Bang-yao Liu as a senior project at Savannah College of Art and Design. Somebody give this kid some work before he gets sucked into doing Wal Mart commercials.

Special one night only screening in Los Angeles of Objectified

Special screening in Los Angeles of Objectified – A Documentary by Gary Hustwit.

Join Gary Hustwit, director of Helvetica, for a special one-night screening and discussion, presented in conjunction with AIGA Los Angeles and IDSA Los Angeles.

Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It’s about the designers who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily basis. It’s about personal expression, identity, consumerism, and sustainability.

Thursday, July 9, 7:30pm
Laemmle’s Royal Theatre
11523 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Los Angeles CA, 90025
Post-film Q&A with Gary Hustwit

Tickets are $15 for AIGA, IDSA members and students, and $20 for non-members.

One showing only. Space is limited.

Reserve your seat today!

Sartorialists everywhere will be lining up like Star Wars fans for the forth coming release of  Coco Avant Chanel (Coco, Before Chanel) on April 22, 2009. Audrey Tautou (Alemie, The Da Vinci Code) plays fashion icon Coco Chanel as the film explores the early days of a name synonymous with style and her rise to fame in Paris.