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D-Fuse

D-Fuse have been around for a while, but that's no reason not to sing the praises of this collective of London based artists. Their explorations of live audiovisual performance, mobile media, web, print, art and architecture, TV and film, have been shown all over the world. A good place to start is with the stunning 'Data Flow' (see projects area.)

Music Almighty

Motion director Tokyoplastic in conjunction with Wieiden+Kennedy unleashes Nokia's Music Almighty global TV campaign.
Stop by Picasso Pictures and view both rocking spots.

Some interesting film updates can be found at Tokyoplastic's website

Nervo VS Zune

Nando Costa and Nervo's team just released this stunning branding package for Zune, very in the feeling of experimental animation exploring diverse techniques but all CG generated, they also created the music. So beautiful pieces you can dig here.
Check also some early and making off material in their Flickr.

Hue Visualab

Congratulations to our buddy Julian and the rest of HueVisualab for grabbing their first Promax/BDA gold for their music video work with SPE/Animax theme song "Set Me Apart" featuring Filipino band Pupil. Check out Hue's new site (packed with outstanding work).

R.E.M. Man-Sized Wreath

Man-Sized Wreath is the latest from Crush Toronto and is the follow-up to their Hollow Man video. To find out how Crush hooked-up with Michael Stipe and R.E.M., read the story here. Full credits and the scoop behind the Man-Sized Wreath video are here.

my toner weighs a ton

Gathered no wave and punk flyer miscellania.

Midnight Juggernauts - Into the Galaxy

New Video Clip from Midnight Juggernauts by Surface 2 Air

crazy smiles: beijing 08 bmx

The Nike SB crew threw a party at the Brooklyn Project shop on Melrose. The show marked the 20th anniversary of BMX's all time great, Freestylin' mag. Which also served as the breeding ground for the creative power trio, The Master Cluster.

Mark Lewman, Spike Jonze, Matt Hoffman, Eddie Fiola were all on hand to sign special limited edition books of Freestylin’ as well as exclusive boxes filled with custom goodness. Plates from the Lightning Bolts show were also on display.

Andy Jenkins designed an amazing retrospective on the Freestylin' publication. Produced by Portland's best kept secret (for now), NEMO.

video here

via: Bend / Nemo

ONcovered

Submit your sleeve designs with ONcovered, the latest project by Productiehuis ON and design agency Ontwerpatelier .

You are invited to create a record cover that is free of restrictions and other people's wishes and needs. After finishing your design, it is up to you who you think should be in the band and what the music should sound like. The style, atmosphere and attitude of the music is dictated by yourself as well. With this concept ONcovered reveals the sound and power of graphic design. It also means a radical new approach in the process of creating new music.

read more on ONcovered

New Radiohead Video - Shot with Lasers, Not Cameras

Radiohead new music video for House of Cards is shot without using cameras at all. Directed by James Frost, the video use two new technologies to capture detailed 3D images 900 times per minutes. More info about the technology can be found here. Thanks to Miguex for the video link !

Psyop uses 9,580 paper dolls in Converse music video

To celebrate its 100th anniversary Converse has released a music video for My Drive-Thru featuring Pharrell Williams, N.E.R.D., Santogold, and Julian Casablancas. The video was created by Converse with partners including Anomaly, Cornerstone and the directing and animation talents of Psyop. Converse's press release is posted here, an interview with Psyop directors Marie Hyon & Marco Spier along with a selection of stills is posted here. and full credits are posted here.

Vintage Brazilian Cover Art

Nice collection of old brazilian cover art. By the way, in 2008 we're celebrating 50 years of bossa nova.