This year has been a year of great challenges and great obstacles – all of which have instilled a great sense of purpose, ambition and direction for me. Technology has been cited as the single fastest growing phenomenon in the shortest time span this century (want more incite check out “The Next 5000 days of the WEB“), however even with all these technological advancements the world still managed to fall into another economic dark age.

I could go into a 2008 retrospective but I think there have been more dark moments that shining moments – so all I have to say is this:

WE all have the power and ability to steer our own course in this life. It might be small compared to schematics of the universe. But the beauty of this world is not what we accomplish as individuals but what we’re able to change together. Sounds pretty tacky I know – but take a step back for once and see the world for what it is – just one big bubble. A bubble we’re all inside of, a bubble that is fragile, but also a bubble that is majestic and everlasting, giving us life. A bubble that surely can live without us if it were sentient enough to just wipe us all out tomorrow, but a bubble WE can’t live without.

May 2009 bring you all joy, peace and power. Power to live life. Power to live it well!

On Thursday I came across a piece created by Andrew Zuckerman. It wasn’t about him or about a product he wanted to promote or sell. To me – it personified the idea that the greatest gift one generation can pass onto another is wisdom, pure and simple.

Visit wisdombook.org and watch the video, watch the Making of interviews and just listen. Aside from the simple approach to shooting an interview and photography – Andrew goes into detail of why he used the mediums he used, and the method behind the scenes.

Enjoy.

Growing up in South Africa, our version of Oreo cookies was Bakers Biscuits cookies, and while doing my usual perusing for cool motion graphic video’s I stumbled over this little nostalgic throwback.

Most of the talent recruited by Agency Ogilvy in Johannesburg included Shy the Sun (direction) and Blackginger (production coordination) and Cab Films (live action).

With an obvious pull from popular fairy tales – I think they’ve definitely exposed some of South Africa’s burgeoning talent.

A combination of stellar special effects – Munich based design firm Velvet Mediendesign and Black Mountain Studios VFX teamed up to create this spot for Mattoni Spring Water. (more…)

An interesting technique that takes wide angle and high angle shots from a high plane – and adds a depth of field to it – giving a very cool illusion that you’re focusing on the subject matter. It’s almost surreal because everything looks miniature in a way. (more…)

As Mediakik begins to slowly grow I’m hoping to “recruit” some publishers. The purpose of Mediakik is to share inspiration, for and from artists and designers in pretty much any community. So if you think you have some great pieces on a designer, a photographer, a motion graphics designer, or if you have some nail-biting, holy-cow news on technology then feel free to let me know if you’re interested in contributing.

Just as a caveat to all this – you should also have some presence by way of a portfolio online, demonstrating your “want” to contribute and also have some good writing chops.

That’s all folks.

Okay so after a little absence I have to say that I have some pretty cool stuff on the way. Okay so – King & Country – ring any bells with you hardcore design freaks? Well these California Crazies have some sick Motion Graphic/3D skills and their latest pet speaks volumes of there talent.

Take the time to view the rest of the work – it’s worth it – Don’t believe me – check it out!

Took me a while to find this gem, but now I’ve at least plugged it here for other short film enthusiasts. Haven’t been able to find much info on the artist known only as Blu (more…)

Wild Beasts – Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants. Dir: OneInThree from OneInThree on Vimeo.

FUEL has put out some hard hitting work in the last little while. What’s surprising, is they seem to fly under the radar enough to keep guys like me excited every time I visit their site. (more…)

Okay, so it’s finally up! Almost a year of research, learning, indecision, countless design iterations and the minor crash course in jQuery – talk about anal-retentive-perfectionism! However, I have triumphed! (more…)