The USB edition of Objectified arrived in the post the other day. Haven’t had a chance to watch it yet, but I enjoyed Helvetica so I’m hoping this new one from Gary Hustwit will be just as good. Anyway, the packaging by Build is lovely in itself – it comes with 5 little letterpress posters, a C-print still, a tote bag, a badge, and a cute little 16gb USB key containing the film. Limited to 500 copies, they’re available to order from here.
One of the classics. Animation by Roger Mainwood, who later went on to direct the kids TV series of Meg & Mog, based on the books of another personal hero of mine Jan Pienkowski (more on him later).
UPDATE: Many thanks to DJ Food for hooking us up with this link to an interview he did with Roger Mainwood last year. +Excited to hear the video could yet make it on to DVD!
I passed by the opening of the new Adam Neate show at the Elms Lester Gallery last night. Really great stuff – highly recommend.
The work of Charles Swan III, including a couple of nice clips from an erotic film compilation titled Sex City (we think!) and some samples of the very few images available of his work online!. Many thanks to the Cox-Dorée Institure for these.
Ron Hays was a video artist way ahead of his time. He unfortunately passed away from AIDS in 1991 when he was only 45, but he left us a legacy of amazing visuals produced in the late 70s/early 80s.
The amazing work of Robert Abel & Associates from the late 70s/early 80s. Perhaps best known for creating special effects on Tron, The Andromeda Strain and The Black Hole, they also produced an impressive catalogue of TV ads and idents.
More after the link below – but I could’ve easily put 20 or more clips of their work here!
I recently picked up one of these ashtrays designed by Alan Fletcher for Mebel in Italy in around 1970 (I think). I don’t smoke, so I’m not exactly sure what I’m gonna do with it yet, but it’s a very beautiful object so maybe that’s reason enough to have one.
Here’s a nice lecture by Storm Thorgerson from Hypnogsis. Thanks to the Cox-Dorée Institure.