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Friday Edition
What are you Jewelboxing? (pdf)
RIP Ed Grothus who we met while we were in Los Alamos, New Mexico. We were looking for locations for one film project and we discovered a lot more about the town and its people than we bargained for. So we made a different film and called it Laboratory Conditions. It's being shown here in five pieces and is also available on DVD.
We have word that recently two readers in New York, who followed our guidelines for updating their vehicle identification systems, pulled up alongside each other at a traffic light and celebrated their common bond by honking and pointing. Excellent. Our plot is beginning to take hold. Write for yours free today, but hurry, we only have tens of thousands left.
Enjoy these lessons in life from Slowtron, How To BBQ a Man. Lots more CP films are available on our video wall. If we were a 70's television network, you might see a promo for us like this one.
Michele posted a link to a video produced by agency.com as a way to promote themselves in pursuit of landing the coveted "agency of record" status on the Subway fast-food account. We thought it was pretty much asking for someone to respond in kind. You ought to watch as much of theirs as you can stand before checking out our unsolicited response.
It's often lost in the candy-coated, super-styled proceedings of the holiday, but Halloween is really all about departed souls and dealing with loss.
As a public service, Steve and our pals from Schadenfreude present a new series of handy tips for Surviving The New Depression. Get happy.
In case you missed it, we're proud to be hosting Scott's stylish short film Ten, in which a man breaks all ten commandments before breakfast.
After stumbling into a lifetime-dream-fulfilling chance to direct a music video for indie-rock legends The Breeders, SD and BB came up with a concept for the song "Walk It Off" from the band's fantastic new album Mountain Battles. But wanting to make things extra-complicated, they decided to turn a fairly simple plot into an interactive, multiple-perspective, experimental experience.
Flip the switch above. Billy Davis is back to Orlando after spending a couple days with us overseeing the final production on his "Judgment" series and signing and numbering the prints. It's a set of four limited-edition screen prints that feature a real, glow-in-the-dark ghost in ill-advised situations. They'll look great in your kitchen, studio, gun range, or bear habitat. Check out our other Swap Meat exclusives.
Selections from the hundreds of entries we received to our Cover Me contest that was part of last month's Infrequent Mailing. Our readers demonstrate their ability to find fab stuff once again. Enjoy.
DW, now your cat can look like Lady Gaga.
Museum of Calculators: Rockwell (USA). Lovely. Via Things.
Really hope this lives up to the trailer The Informant!.
It's been fun, and real, and real delightful, but I'm Audi 5000 y'all. Thanks to everyone at Coudal for having me for the month. I'll be on Twitter saying short things and at FuzzyCo saying longer things. Come see me do a show sometime if you're in Chicago or I tour to your town. PushButt.com remains one of the classiest sites that has "butt" in the domain name. Tip your wait staff and get home safely.
A fun audio toy. Via Making Light.
"It doesn't care that you have an iPhone or an RSS feed. It lights up, it's delightfully analog." Kevin Byrd's Not*A*Clock. More info on the project here.
Mentioned only because it's pretty nifty: Erica Reid Gerdes (disclosure: my wife) recently completed a project to type up and share her grandfather's WWII handwritten memoirs
and scan in 1400 family photos.
My Robot Made This.
"My grandfather told my dad, 'You'll never get your money out.' The whole family thought my parents were crazy." The Stahl childrens' memories of growing up in Pierre Koenig's Case Study House No. 22 and about who exactly deserves credit for its design.
America's Most Endangered Malls. Expect this to be a couple of red letter years for Dead Malls.
Photographer Raul Gutierrez's Travels Without Maps series, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. Via Andy Rutledge.
"I don't want to admit to being so superficial as to structure an entire Internet-wide event around a catchy title ... so I won't."
Matthew chats with the LA Times about the Infinite Summer project.
Another season, another limited Field Notes Colors edition.
A nice response to the Grand Prix winning campaign for Wrangler.
Related to the last. The Kinski clip is from My Best Fiend. Thanks Richard.
Burden of Dreams is Les Blank's documentary on the making of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo. Here's a bit of Herr Kinski going totally nuts. Via The Daily.
A face only a mother could love.
Trailer for the movie Assassination of a High School President.
Michael Rubin's excellent Droidmaker: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution is now available as a free pdf download. Here's a bit more on the book from The Binary Bonsai.
Our favorite url for a link about Field Notes, from Halogen Life. Thanks for that.
Markus Hofko's Cartoon Particles, Disney characters deconstructed in 3D. Fab.
From an occasional series, Great Moments in Fresh Signals History, Grant Hamilton's awesome Polaroid portfolio, an obsessional on Polaroid Land Cameras, the branding of Polaroid 1957-77, Phil Patton's Gone in Sixty Seconds and a tutorial on Polaroid Transfers.
Glastonbury 2009.
"It is believed to be built in 1845 by Henry Horner, the son of the Late Illinois Gov. The Building maybe the only surviving South Loop property of the Fire of 1871. Throughout the years it has been many things: Red Path Inn, Pickwick Cafe and during Prohibition a secret speakeasy. It's also the smallest Building in the Loop." 22 East Jackson is for sale. Via Neil Arsenty.
Get your very own Mid-century modern ranch dollhouse.
So you know, the Hall of Mascots.
"Now we are incorporating the world of art into this stunning machine with the DeLonghi Artista Series. Artists from around the globe have had their art laser-etched onto an extremely limited run of Perfectas." The Artista Series.
Nice work from photographer Marleen Sleeuwits.
Sure we have all had mornings like this, Alarm.
IFC's 50 greatest trailers of all time.
Fantastic, Web Site Story. Via Slashfilm.
A famous person has died.
Get the Hint stickies. So great.
Stunning modern cabin in the woods.
Trailer for the documentary The Way We Get By.
Back to the Cover Page.
What all those little square icons in Fresh Signals mean.
A post from our monthly guest editor. The complete
listing af all the people we owe favors can be found here.
We love these products so much we even paid for them.
A post with this icon may well end up in our Museum of Online Museums.
About Depth of Field.
Not to be missed.
A Friday Drink Link. Hic.
Film feed. Short attention span video theater.
Having to do with our Field Notes Brand.
What we just talked about at lunch.
We hated the options available for custom packaging DVDs and CDs so we created a brand that gives creative professionals and hobbyists the tools to make great stuff. Here's a bit from the latest Jewelboxing weblog entry:
"I have to say I am more than happy with them! My favorite part is they just send the templates and the cases and then I get to customize it for each bride & groom." Read the entire post.
Field Notes Brand "I'm not writing it down to remember it later. I'm writing it down to remember it now." A CP/DDC joint.
Pinsetter: Spell with buttons.
Limited-edition, professionally mixed and mastered, custom-designed live performances on CD. That's The Show. With partners like The Pixies and Dead Can Dance. More news soon.
Lowercase Tee: For politically and otherwise active kids.