The ultra talented & unassuming guys at Logan have been busy putting together tantalizing visuals for Apple iPod, Kohler and sponsoring a UK film Premiere of Joy Division. As part of the launch of their new satellite office in London Alex and Ben splurged and invited the top creative minds in London to see the new Joy Division documentary directed by Grant Gee. Our friends at Flux orchestrated the whole thing from their Venice, CA office. I got swept into the excitement to provide some design and found myself pleasantly surprised by all sides involved. Logan has always been the place to go if you want to keep it artful, in part because they haven't let all this success go to their heads and stay close to their roots. I could go on but you get the point. I know they have a few more projects they will be rolling out soon. If your in London give them a ring. Cheers!

The fine folks at QOOB have commissioned 10 folks to create original short films on the topics of speed and freedom promoting Alfa Romeo's new Mi.To car, kicking off a serious promotion spree that involves a film-making contest. So far, films by Trey Hock and myself have been released on the QOOB site, with more to hit soon...

Animator, Director Norman McLaren b.1914 - d.1987. New 7 disc box set from the National Film Board of Canada is out now. He is best known for this oscar award winning short documentary Neighbors.

flickr has the cleanest most non-invasive viewer. I was pleasantly surprised when I got this link from Andy Dixon. A great and free way to get your stuff out there in the ether. Also, if your still reading the embedding page is great too.

 
Getty Museum Exhibition Showcases 40 Years Of Groundbreaking Video By California Artists. GO GO GO and I need to actually GO again..  The Getty has posted a very comprehensive site on all the artists and videos in the exhibition... if you can't make it west then buy the book designed by a  CalArts alum Stuart Smith.

One of my favorite labels these days is Creation Centre, an experimental electronic label run by Trevor Sias of Music Related. About the label in his own words:

 "Creation Centre was created as a platform to get music to people faster than traditional record pressing and distribution. Creation Centre believes that artists' creativity can be held back by slow release schedules, distribution delays and other hassles. Plus, Creation Centre is an exploration of a new distribution idea, already in use by software manufacturers. All releases on creation centre are free. Though if you like, you can give the artist a donation, as much or as little as you choose. If anything at all. Creation Centre keeps none of the money. All of the donation goes completely to the artist. Please tell your friends, post links, and enjoy Creation Centre."

There is some really amazing music available. In particular, the Marxy EP, Mesomeso EP, and Sias' alter-ego Pandatone's EP. All are worth checking out. 

Sias moonlights as a motion graphics designer and animator. To he and those who create content outside of the workplace, I salute you!

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Tentacles, Horns, and Scales
April 19th Thrash Out in Koenji, Tokyo.
Artshow, toy release, sneak  attack.
Featuring all new works by Koji Harmon , Bwana Spoons, and Martin Ontiveros.
Sponsored by Dekline footwear.

 Come join us for good times, art, toys, prizes, and a few big suprises.
Thrash Out is the Flagship store and gallery of mind bending vinyl pioneers Gargamel.

Gargamel makes toys that look like Jolly Rancher coated diamonds.

Koji, Bwana, and Martin make art and toys that explode with color, depth, and endless imagination.

Collector and fan Takaomi Fujiki put it best when he said “Happy Beam Discharge!”

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The seventh annual Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Festival (PDX Fest, for short!) is just two short weeks away! This year the festival will be taking place at the historic Hollywood Theatre from April 30 – May 4, 2008.  We will also be hosting an exciting sidebar program of video installation work and multi-media performances at galleryHomeland. This year's festival is easily our biggest yet featuring five jam-packed days of provocative, artistic and firmly uncompromising films and videos from around the globe.  The full schedule is now up for your eager eyes at www.peripheralproduce.com. Check it out!

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Brian = H3 = Hand Held Heart

Brian and I attended school together. Now we just write to each other on a GUI. On a serious note Brian can teach you a thing or two about design and is among a few rare people I would recomend you work with before he costs too much.

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I usually don't go in for design contests, but the guys at Underware have a pretty rad one going on. They designed a custom incised version of Fakir for the design public to use to try their hand at designing a 7" record cover for the band Orange Sunshine, a proto-metal band (a la Witchcraft/Blue Cheer/Sleep).

Winner gets 2000 Euros wirth of typefaces. With Underware, that is nothign to sleep on! Even if you don't win, you still get a copy of the record. Win-win situation. Get on it! 

Flickr Adds Video Sharing for 'Pro' Members

And edit your Flickr photos online.

This month over at Néojaponisme: a micro/macro look at Harajuku's place in the fashion landscape globally and locally; two analyses of what it really means to be an otaku; and Tokyo's first contemporary art fair. All this and our editor-in-chief is also having a kid!

On April 8th (Tuesday), Tokyo super-designer Chris Palmieri will be hosting the next TAB Talks, featuring a presentation and Q&A with type designer Christian Schwartz. Christian has created custom typefaces for publications and companies like Esquire, Wallpaper*, The New York Times, Bosch and Deutsche Bahn. His typefaces for the Guardian were an integral part of the newspaper’s acclaimed redesign in 2005.

The talk will be held in English with Japanese translation, at Gotanda Sonic in Gotanda. Hope to see you there!

This video has only been seen in its full HD 3d glory twice. Once in NY and again at the Flux Screening Series March 25th. Read more about the difference in 3D presentations here. The San Franscico based directors also gave a brief talk at the Flux/Hammer event. Today the video premiered on the world wide web and I have to say that the yahoo viewer does the picture no justice. Im sure the directors will be posting a cleaner quicktime version for their fans and bjork fans to drool at. More on the video making process here.

A little video featuring Evan Hecox from Arkitip's new Chronicles section.