[ gobblynne ] stay in my memory by bim

the crisp fall (winter?) air was sucha relief today after the rainy&humid 60-something weather we had yesterday. i drove with my window down and the heater on. on my way somewhere, i stopped at a red light next to someone smoking a cigarette. and the smell of that + the fall air + tablo's new album = nostalgia. college... freshman...sophomore year. bam.

happened upon this designer/animator today. intrigued by her illustration style from the start. but this MV for bim's "stay in my memory" is so...great!!!! and i love the song now so gg!

[ links ]

stay in my memory by bim: click
gobblynne: click

[ antónio silva ] vampire bash

getting ready to go to work but had to share this first! antónio silva created this 5 second short animation for greyscale gorilla's 5 second project and won. woke up all groggy and i literally chuckled while watching this. so cute! and amazing to be able to succesfully integrate a story into 5 seconds of animation like that. love it!

[ links ]

vampire bash: click
antónio silva: click
via design taxi: click

[ dean fleischer-camp & jenny-slate ] marcel the shell with shoes on, two

WHAT OMG. MY DONGSENG LOIS JUST EMAILED THIS TO ME AND I'M DYING. there is a part two to our favourite shell's debut video. im so excited i wanna type in all caps right now....AHHH!

dean and jenny (acting like i'm on a first name basis with them now) need to make this into a webseries. I WANT MORE MARCEL.

also, note the suzzy-dog at 2:25!

"guess why i smile a lot? cus it's worth it." dammit.... AWW <3

[ links ]

marcel the shell with shoes on, two: click
marcel the shell: click

[ alexei alexeev ] log jam

as you know, i've ALREADY shared some of the episodes of alexei alexeev's short animations. formerly titled "kjfg," the mini-sodes are now known as "log jam." i stumbled upon a new episode and then realized there were a few new ones! my favourite is probably the duck one out of these. can we get this on a DVD box set (not kidding) so i can watch them all the time?!

wondering about the name change? in an interview, alexeev stated that he came up with the title "kjfg" out of thin air so as to avoid any preconceived notions about the animated shorts. but after a couple companies with the same name contacted him, he decided on "log jam" with help from nickelodeon UK producer peter drake. either way, the mystery of kjfg was fun and log jam is fitting!

log jam - the duck

log jam - snow

log jam - the beaver

[ links ]
alexei alexeev interview: click
studio baestarts: click

[ spike jonze & olympia le-tan ] mourir auprès de toi

only 6 more days until halloween. moohahahahaaaaaaa. i wake up this morning to a tweet by design taxi featuring this AMAZING animated short by spike jonze, olympia le-tan, and simon cahn. they cut up and animated 3,000 pieces of felt for this project! fantastic concept and stellar execution!

{ i recommend watching the short film --> HERE }

plus, here's a making-of video featuring the whole team that helped make this story a reality!

[ links ]

mourir auprès de toi: click
spike jonze: click
olympia le-tan: click
simon cahn: click

[ hyein lee ] twinkling stars above

the weather has been getting chilly lately, which i absolutely love. fall and winter are my favourite seasons! (why do i always wanna say "favourite holidays" when thats not what they are?) i was in ny this past weekend and the weather was absolutely perfect. sunny. barely 60 degrees. 45 at night. brrr. i got to wear my tall leather and suede boots. and various other fall fashions that i love. oh, autumn, how i love thee. (this goes for this autumn too.)

i can feel the winter when i watch this opening sequence to a video game prototype that hyein lee is working on. I WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME. like... REALLY WANT TO PLAY IT. in any case, gotta love her style - its very.... cute, but w/ this edginess to it. the video above, and even some of her sketches, are kind of like reality slapping you in the face. juxtaposition between the cute illustration style vs. the subject matter. i like!

[ links ]

twinkling stars above: click
hyein lee: click

[ reed + radar ] the green box project

i've been neglecting my video gaming the past couple weeks because i've started watching mad men and i cant stop. so the wii has been primarily all about the netflix. but i really need to beat this one level on donkey kong country returns because im SO over the cave world and i wanna move on to the next world. hate those stupid moles.

i've shared reed+radar's work before but i am loving this new video project they've done. they usually do photo manipulation in the form of gif's but this is an actual video. check it out and ALSO check out their interview video below. i love when they talk about their inspiration (the internet + fashion) and their genre (fashion + art). very cool to hear where they're coming from!

[ links ]

the green box project: click
reed+radar: click

[ 6 picks ] bearly therely

been working on this 6 picks for a few days, trying to find the perfect pieces to showcase. and, by golly, i think i've done it! after this, i really need to finish up the chinese zodiac 6 picks series w/ the goat, the snake, the ox~ but had to detour for this because HELLO - bear rug coasters?! 

bear rug coaster: felt

by dandyrions

[ been dying to share this w/ u all! i absolutely love/want these ]

howard: animated film, 2010
by julia pott
[ her style is great + the narration reminds me of a childrens show ]

pierrot lunaire: illustration
by leslie tychsem
[ is it a bear? quite possibly... or barely... but either way ]

bear brooch: polymer clay and hand painted
by handymaiden
[ too fun, i'd wear this on the lapel of my blazer for sure ]

bear rock: illustration
by sandra dieckmann
[ so texturally rich... and the cat woman is cleverly done as well ]

neckline polar bear: sweater
by   D by D
[ i'd so wear this in the wintertime ]

[ links ] 

bear rug coaster: click

howard: click

pierrot lunaire: click

bear brooch: click

bear rock: click

neckline polar bear: click

[ 6 picks ] chinese zodiac - the dragon

and here we go, with the second 6 picks from the chinese zodiac. the dragon! i tried to stray away from the cliche dragon thang. so hopefully i got it right!

time to scare some tourists: photograph

by miss ness monster

[ supposed to be nessie but looks like a dragon w/ wings to me! ]

trogdor the burninator: video
by strongbad
[ WHO ELSE LOVED STRONG BADS EMAILS?! i love trogdor ]

poe dragon: 14" plushie
by uglydolls
[ bat-like a bit, isnt he? ]

dragon: pen and ink illustration
by cloudery
[ very intricate and steady pen work! ]

the guy in the dragon suit always brings flowers: acrylic on white board
by flying girl
[ hahaha this is awesome! ]

sea dragon pendant: sterling silver
by jewelry by north
[ its an endangered species in real life ]

[ links ]

time to scare some tourists: click
trogdor the burninator: click
poe dragon: click
dragon: click
the guy in the dragon suit always brings flowers: click
silver sea dragon pendant: click

[ reed + rader ] untitled

surgery went well! feeling stiff and (ew) itchy at the incision sites. some pain when i try to sleep but i've been avoiding pain meds - except this morning when i absolutely hadn't slept all night and needed it. in any case, whilst laying about bored out of my mind, i decided to go on a what-to-blog-quest. it's my very fluid way of finding awesome stuff to share with you guys!

which is when i happened upon reed + rader (pamela reed and matthew rader) -- a dynamic duo with dynamic work. i LOVE their style. its like.... video photography. it makes me think of haunted houses and mad circuses and all things creepy. something to cheer me up while i'm stuck at home post-surgery. cus we all know how much i love the offbeat and odd.

random but this style would make for such FUN wedding "photos" dont you think?? (and notice me and wifey choi in the first picture below performing our newest DDA dance.)

[ links ]

reed + rader: click

[ 6 picks ] for the birds

it's been some time since i've done a 6 picks. a bird pooped on my driver's side window somehow, though, so what a perfect jumping-off point for a blog entry. dontcha think? lovely. enjoy the birdies... sans poop!

a moment: lighting

by paranmun (파란문)

[ this is so delicate and sweet ] 

flying kites: watercolour and pencil

by cake with giants

[ quaint. i love that their kites are so ridiculous~ ] 

shake-a-leg: salt and pepper shakers

by perch! design

[ hahaha totally adorable/funny ] 

sparrow bird head: ring

by rock n rose

[ weirdly awesome, no? ] 

 exquisite bird printed rug: 60", round

by urban outfitters

[ i like how fuge it is! and interesting vintagey color combo ]

scare up the bird: stop motion animation

by phoebe eason

[ her first ever animation, it's oldschool in the best of ways ] 

[ links ]

a moment: click
flying kites: click
shake-a-leg: click
sparrow bird head ring: click
exquisite bird printed rug: click
scare up the bird: click

[ vera brosgol & jenn kluska ] snow-bo

it's starting to get suuuuper cold out. in fact, it was 30 degrees last night or something! if the weather had been a bit different, we could've had a flurry or two. apparently, however, it's already snowed in seoul!!! can't believe i still haven't had a proper seoul winter. sigh, i want to go experience all the cutesy-ness! ice sculptures and christmas decorations and coupley things that i wouldn't be able to enjoy since i'm not in a couple but i'd make jen unnz go with me so it'd be fun anyway. then again, from what i remember in feb 2008, the days it snowed meant days you were likely to fall on your bum --- they don't ice down sidewalks in seoul. argh.

this is a video i tweeted about awhile back but wanted to wait to share until the weather got a bit colder. and today's the day! it's so.... delightfully shocking. and the music is so happy-go-lucky... making the ending that much more effective.

[ links]

snow-bo: click
vera brosgol: click

[ 6 picks ] what's yo name, delicate?

anyone remember the "can i have your number?" mad tv sketch?? darrell asks for this girl yvonne's phone number at a movie theater. and he calls her "delicate" - among other nicknames such as grace kelly, gene shalit, "my lil cwoissant," and "my lil brie." hahaha. unnz showed me and sharonian this when we got to korea in 2008 and it still makes it's way into random convos. too funny~

so today's 6 picks is featuring things of a delicate nature ~ whether it be because of color or construction or form or 느낌/neu-kkim (aka the feeling you get from something).

and then i dove in swan lake: ballerina illustration & animation

by igor+andré

[ omgggg, its just so damn delightful!!! *inspired* ]

grace kelly capelet: smoky grey

by starpompon

[ hahaha GRACE KELLY! anyway, this is claaaassy! i want! ]

untitled: painting

by ramis kim

[ two little girls are caught up in this dreamily undefined world ]

cord-chair: made of wood

collaboration by nendo x maruni

[ each leg is only 15mm in diameter!!! CRAZY! ]

arianna lace necklace: nude pink lace

by whiteowl

[ awesome cus it can be dressed up or dressed down ]

roza: floor lamp

by dan piršč

[ the colors/shapes are so classic, w/ a modern twist ]

[ links ]

and then i dove in swan lake: click
grace kelly capelet: click
untitled by ramis kim: click
cord-chair: click
arianna lace necklace: click
roza floor lamp: click