Design and Wonder in the Everyday

One in 8 Million

Friday, June 12th, 2009

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The New York Times’ series “One in 8 Million” features a story of a New Yorker every week. This multimedia gallery of photos supplemented by audio clips of the subject could easily qualify as a museum quality installation on your personal desktop. This utilizes the most intimate forms of media (audio and photography) in delving behind the facade of these people’s public lives. Highly recommended. Link

“It’s Amazing” flip book style video

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

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In an attempt to keep things upbeat in this often downbeat state of current affairs, I submit to you the “It’s Amazing” video by Jem. Made from 25,632 photos, this video takes advantage of depth of field and the “flip book look” of a high quality digital camera (and large memory card). (I’m assuming this is a digital camera because using film would be just mad.) Get your groove on.