Collection of Australian Google logos

I arrived in Australia in March 2008. It now seems like ages ago and this post confirms this feeling! With time I have seen the google logo change in many diverse forms, often to represent a national holiday, some invention or famous person's anniversary.
What started as a little folder with 3 or 4 logos quickly grew bigger! Obviously, I haven't been on Google EVERY SINGLE day for over a year so it is likely that I have missed several of them! Also, I am not 100% sure of the description/date behind each and every logo (you are welcome to comment to rectify any mistakes I may have made!).

Anyway, this is my Friday afternoon post that will bring back some memories to some of you geeks :)
Enjoy!

10/11/2009
Sesame Street Birthday

07/11/2009
Sesame Street Birthday

05/11/2009
Sesame Street Birthday

31/10/2009
Halloween 2009

07/10/2009
Barcode

27/09/2009
Confucius' Birthday

28/09/2009
Google's 11th Birthday

21/09/2009
H.G. Wells Birthday (Google blog post)

15/09/2009
Google UFO Mystery

05/09/2009
Google UFO Not quite sure of the reason behind this one

25/08/2009
400th anniversary of Galileo's telescope

14/08/2009
Hans Christian Ørsted discovers electromagnetism

12/08/2009
Perseid Meteor Shower

21/07/2009
Moon landing 40th Anniversary

10/07/2009
Tesla Coil (anniversary?)

07/07/2009
Marc Chagall's birthday

22/05/2009
Mary Cassatt's birthday

10/05/2009
Mother's Day in Australia


25/04/2009
ANZAC Day 2009


22/04/2009
Earth Day 2009


17/03/2009
St Patrick's Day


12/02/2009
Chinese New Year

12/02/2009 (?)
Charles Darwin

22/12/2008
Christmas!

21/11/2008
Magritte

27/09/2008
Google's 10th Birthday

10/09/2008
Large Hadrien Hadron Collider

07/09/2009
Father's Day

08/08/2008
Beijing Olympics opening

17/06/2008
Igor Stravinsky


06/06/2008
Diego Velasquez birthday

04/06/2008
First hot air balloon in 1783 (in France :)

29/05/2008
First ascent of the Everest

18/05/2008
Walter Gropius birthday

16/05/2008
First laser birthday

11/05/2008
Mother's Day

30/09/2008
Design by Jeff Koons

27/04/2008
Morse code anniversary

25/04/2008
Anzac day

22/04/2008
Earth day 2008

03/03/2008
Graham Bell birthday

My Australia

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Great animation videos from Tomek Baginski

Tomek Bagiński is a Polish artist and animator who has produced several beautiful computer generated videos. Several years ago, I have discovered his work through his award winning short film Fallen art and Oscar nominated short movie The Cathedral. This last video had struck me by its quality (don't forget it was made in 2002!).
He has also worked on the game cinematics of The Witcher which according to my previous flatmate (Polish as well!), is great in terms of graphics. You can view the two short films below, as well as a 3rd one entitled Undo made by Marcin Wasko. The two artists may have worked together on previous projects but my inexistant skills in Polish made it impossible for me to understand their biography and past work so I apologise if I misinformed you!

Fallen art (2004)


The Cathedral (2002)

Undo
by Marcin Wasko

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The Hyde Tube, or how to sell your video

The Hyde Tube is a great place to spend some quality time. The name, of course, reminds us of Youtube and this is for the simple reason that it gathers a great collection of short movies, artistic clips, viral videos or just advertisements.

The concept is interesting: Film makers which are mostly amateurs, submit their videos as an idea, project or concept to the site. Then one of the film directors from the Mr. Hyde agency reviews it and if interested, goes further in developing the project.

This is what describes the concept on the website: "The commercials you will discover have all been directed by directors who had never made commercials before. You will note quality is present. Our directors are not beginners, they have all made one or more very good short film.

With the advice of Hervé Lopez, former Art Director at TBWA Paris, they are able to adapt rapidly to commissionned work."

There is also a user guide for both the directors and the clients on the website for further information. The agency is present in Paris, London and New York.

The videos are all viewable (for free of course) here.
You can also learn more about the Mr. Hyde agency on their website.

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"static : pulse" A visit of Tokyo in HD

I don't post videos very often on this blog but this one has caught my attention.
With the new generation of DSLR cameras able to film in High Definition, we see an increasing number of videos such as the one below.

The following video was shot in Tokyo with two Canon DSLRs... and the rendering is beautiful. I also really enjoyed the music. You can view the video below, visit Samuel Cockedey's website or his vimeo profile.

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Murmur - A piece of art 2.0

The artist Christopher Baker has come up with an original idea for his new art piece.
He installed 30 small thermal printers that continuously print Facebook and Twitter statuses. The printed messages all contain onomatopies, or small words such as ohhh, argh, eww, grrrr and so on.


You'll read more information about the artist's motivations on his website. Below is a video to give you a better idea of what the final installation looks like. Yes! Art has evolved!


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