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Eames: The Architect and the Painter
Eames: The Architect and the Painter documentary film will open at the IFC theater in NYC on November 18th, 2011 and will continue with playdates around the country. The film is narrated by James Franco.
“The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America’s most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during World War II, to photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life – from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age – has been less widely understood…” —synopsis
An HD version of the trailer is available to watch in Apple’s iTunes Movie Trailers site.
“On October 20, 1951, the American public got its first look at the CBS Eye logo.” —CBS Eye Commemerative Video
As the Creative Director, William “Bill” Golden is credited with designing the iconic on-air “Eye” identity symbol for CBS Television (with the help of designer Kurt Weihs). William Golden was awarded an AIGA Medal back in 1998.
Interactive Google Doodle remembering Art Clokey with Gumby characters
Google celebrates the 90th birthday anniversary of Arthur “Art” Clokey with an adorable, animated, interactive Gumby themed Google Doodle logo design (including Pokey and friends).
October 12, 2011, we celebrate Gumby creator Art Clokey’s 90th birthday, and Google is honoring this stop motion pioneer with a doodle. Google’s home page will feature a unique interactive stop motion clay doodle created by the Clokey Productions Premavision studios. Coinciding with the birthday fanfare is the premiere of the new http://www.Gumby.com website—Gumby’s new home!
“The Google Doodle is the perfect tribute to my fathers work,” says Joe Clokey, Art Clokey’s son and creator of Gumby’s new website. “Art’s life and film career were ahead of their time. My dad would have been thrilled to be connected with Google in this way.”
A true visionary and pioneer, Art Clokey touched millions around the world with his creations. Art’s clay animation short Gumbasia expressed an exciting kinesthetic brand of film making that has influenced many of our current leading directors…” —press release about Google Doodle for Gumby’s creator and the launch of new Gumby World site for classic film clips, history, products, and biographical information
“G” and “J” Blockhead, “Square Thinkers” (Gumby’s nemeses)
Prickle without Goo (dragon of dinosaur?)
Pokey pony (best friend and sidekick)
Aside from honoring the birthday of the late Art Clokey, the new Google Doodle is a fun way to reintroduce the characters made of clay from the stop-motion animated television classic. There’s plenty to read and watch about innovation in animation with Gumby.com as the base—only wish there were larger, archival images and photographs. Below is one of the old video gems:
Art Clokey’s early Gumby action / Montage of Clips from 50′s Episodes
On September 24th, 2011, Google celebrates what would’ve been Jim Henson’s 75th birthday with an interactive Google Doodle with digital puppets.
Moleskine® Star Wars™ : the origami battle
Moleskine has been branching out with paperless products in the past year, but they haven’t left out their notebooks in their attempts to draw in a new audience. To promote the new line of Moleskine + Star Wars branded limited edition notebooks, Moleskine creates a promo video of a galaxy battle with folded paper.
“The Classic Saga has furnished us with fantastic material to commemorate both sides of the Force. The Rebel Alliance and the Dark Side are portrayed in two dramatic designs, with the concept consisting of 4 notebooks divided between the Rebel Alliance and the Dark Side: 2 formats (Pocket & Large, both ruled pages) with the Rebel Alliance design, and 2 formats (Pocket & Large, both plain pages) with the Dark Side design. The striking covers have special metallic text, while the opening pages include quotes and space-scapes. Plus, a free full color poster is tucked inside the back pocket!”—Moleskine
“There’s No Place Like Here: Brazenhead Books”
(via etsy, more info via Michael Seidenberg)
“It was frowned upon by the constabulary and disapproving adults, but the skateboard gave the youngsters who mastered its technique a thrilling sensation of speed unexcelled by any other pavement sport. Filmed in 1966 on Montréal streets before the elongated roller skate was banned, this film captures the exuberance of boys and girls having the time of their lives in free-wheeling downhill locomotion.”
—National Film Board of Canada
(first discovered via Huck, film directed by Claude Jutra)
On August 6th, 2011, Google Doodle commemorates the 100th birthday anniversary of comedic actress Lucille Ball with a sweet “I Love Lucy” video homage.
Osiris Mountain by Hollis Brown Thornton
(via 20x200)
“620 Dunnys and Counting,” a collection unboxed and organized in time-lapse video
