Colorcubic: Experimental Motion Video

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Colorcubic: Experimental Motion Video

We finally found some time to wrap an experimental motion video we've been working on for several months now. With all of our projects underway, it was hard to find time to give enough attention to detail that this piece required [...]

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August 16, 2008

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Animation, Design, Motion Graphics

24 Hours in the Emerald City

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24 Hours in the Emerald City

Christy and I decided to take a day trip to Seattle with our friends Liz and Angie. While we were there we decided to drop in on the Seattle Central Library. [...]

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August 12, 2008

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Culture, Photography, Travel

Le Studio

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Le Studio

Apparently this studio was one of the first sophisticated, wold-class, environmentally friendly, audio / visual studios started by Andre Perry in 1974 (a 1962 Grand Prix du Disque award winning studio musician).

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June 11, 2008

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Design, Music, Sustainability

I Met A Girl With Butterfly Wings

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I Met A Girl With Butterfly Wings

Here is another one of our Colorcubic Helios Mix tracks. This one in particular is very much at the top of our list as far as emotional sound content is concerned. This track is a remix by Planet Boelex.

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June 5, 2008

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Entertainment, Music, Reviews

Xtal

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Xtal

I decided that our office needed a mix to hail the coming of this beautiful Portland summer weather. Aphex Twin's Xtal wound up on our mix. Originally featured on Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works 85-92, this is an amazing song, and an even more am [...]

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May 20, 2008

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Curated, Music, Reviews

Have some salt with your Funkstörung

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Have some salt with your Funkstörung

Salt by: Funkstorung. What can I say about this track that hasn't already been said? It's a dope beat, and a collaborative effort by Michael Fakesch and Chris De Luca who made up Funkstörung [...]

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April 22, 2008

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The Silver Chair

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The Silver Chair

"Design needs to make an emotional connection with the character of materials and their use; layer by layer must be peeled away in order to reach the heart of meaning and discover a new context. It was our aim to make the technical complexity in Silv [...]

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April 6, 2008

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Design, Furniture, Sustainability

Takenobu Igarashi

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Takenobu Igarashi

Like many influential creatives of the past and present, I find Takenobu Igarashi's use of three-dimensional type & geometry to be a serious influence in my growth as a designer [...]

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March 27, 2008

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Design, Inspiration, Layout

Early mornings with Organ-O-Rounge

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Early mornings with Organ-O-Rounge

It's 2005. I had just caught the end of summer with a week to spare. Luckily my flight wasn't delayed too long. As soon as I landed, I could already feel the change in climate. The humidity was definitely a relief for my allergies. Toyo & Yuri we [...]

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March 26, 2008

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Curated, Music, Travel

Centro de ensayos no destructivos

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Centro de ensayos no destructivos

Centro De Ensayos No Destructivos from the 1985 /86 Graphis Annual. The design was produced by Rubên Fontana, and was the cover of a brochure for a non-destructive test center. The treatment is very minimal, and simultaneously abstract [...]

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March 25, 2008

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Design, Illustrations, Print

Not a Celle-out with the Celle chair

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Not a Celle-out with the Celle chair

After browsing through Design Within Reach, I came upon the Celle Chair (pronounced cella) designed by Jerome Caruso for Herman Miller. Made from 33% recycled content and 99% recyclable, this product immediately caught my eye.

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March 25, 2008

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One foot under

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One foot under

First off let me say, this record is a MUST HAVE in any music library. Secondly, if you don't know who Charles Atlas is, then you're doing something incredibly wrong [...]

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March 24, 2008

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