|
|
Something very cool arrived in the mail a few days ago.
Thanks to Michael’s wife (she discovered it), our office has been privy to perhaps the coolest gadget on this side of Water St.
Ken's hooked up retro-style!
Introducing, the POP Phone!
Designed by David Turpin for Native Union, this awesome handset makes the contemporary retro. You can plug the POP handset into any mobile phone or device, and while it saves you from radiation, it also makes VOIP calls really fun – and not to mention, nostalgic (at least for some of us).
(And don’t worry: It’s available in a bunch of different colours so it’ll match your couch.)
Now why does this belong in our #GMretrospective?
Well, because it really made me think about how we’re living in a paradoxical time:
Technology is racing forward – changing communication, media, and entertainment, while it’s also increasingly bringing back elements of the past.
Simply google “vintage” and you’ll [...]
Recently, our Associate Editor, Ally, sent me a lovely link that her dad forwarded to her (oh how information trickles down to me!)
Edge.org was inspired by intellectual clubs like the Invisible College of the 17th century, the Royal Society, The Lunar Society and The Reality Club, which consisted of leading intellectuals from a wide array of disciplines. Scientists like Robert Boyle and John Wallis, cultural figures like James Watt, Benjamin Franklin, and Erasmus Darwin, would come together to build on their knowledge through conversation and experimental investigation.
Some of the clubs were informal gatherings, with members meeting in random locations, from Chinese restaurants and artist lofts to investment firms and board rooms at world renown universities.
Today, that venue is the web.
A living document 16 years in the making, Edge.org is comprised of discussions on hot-button issues between many of the world’s smartest people. Every year, the best question is chosen and [...]
The making of The Art of Pho.
Bruce’s friend from London, Jeremy Southgate, just sent us a neat link about the making of a particularly cool motion comic, The Art of Pho, based on the graphic novel by Julian Hanshaw.
You see, we’ve been brainstorming ideas for the My Robot, an ebook for kids we’re developing with Jem. Jem’s going to be producing the “book” and we’ll be contributing the “e” to the project.
Motion comics, or graphic novels whose images have been somehow animated or moved onto a digital platform, have been a great point of reference during our creative process. Seeing how others have approached this medium will help us eventually make decisions about how to stylize our own technique for My Robot. We’ll keep you posted on the project’s status!
Tidbit: See some of our kid-friendly projects!
Jimmy Rigger + XBox Kinect come together. (That's Philip, one of our animators, moving the smiling Mr. Jimmy)
We recently got a sweet 47″ 3D (flicker-free!) TV in our office, along with an XBox Kinect and a Playstation 3.But it’s not all for just fun and games. Sure, we went through some melee training and fought some gladiators in Medieval Moves, but it’s all part of the artistic process (really!)
You see, we’re about to start production for Impromptu, a 3D short that Global Mechanic is co-producing with the NFB. We posted some preliminary character sketches a while ago – stay tuned for more next week- to give you a sneak peek at what the movie is going to look like (you’ll notice Matisse and Javier Mariscal are a huge inspiration).
It’s funny though, ever since 3D made its way into our office on a more physical level, I’ve been noticing all [...]
Vegas wows once again – but this time with an interactive experience paying homage to Chuck Jones, a renown artist and animation pioneer.
The Chuck Jones Experience opened its doors Thursday morning at Circus Circus in Las Vegas. Visitors of the 10,000 square-food destination will get a chance to learn more about the animator and his characters by, watching a short film in a 1930s-style theatre, discovering a wide collection of his work in the Animation Alley, as well as have an opportunity to play with sound effects, do voice-overs, and learn to ink and paint real animation cels in the Acme Workshop.
For $20, you get to spend the entire day exploring the fascinating worlds that Chuck Jones created in the span of his 60-year career. I know what I’ll be doing next time I’m on the strip!
Tidbit: Jones is known for his famed Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts, Tom [...]
|
|
