You Are Not Special

If you haven't seen it yet, this was a great speech. And while you're at it, so was this, from my alma mater.

mediaPro brochure by SAWDUST

Great paper choice by SAWDUST in their brochure for mediaPro—not just because it looks pretty, but also because it furthers the meaning they're trying to convey.

We Want Steve (Nash)

The Time My Dad Started All of US Airways Center in a Chant of "We Want Steve":
a.k.a. his proudest accomplishment. 



(Backstory: Amid rumors that the two-time MVP and much beloved Sun won't be returning to Phoenix next season, the fans—especially my dad, a diehard Suns fan—have been disappointed, to say the least.  With 5 minutes left in the Suns' last game of the season [no playoffs for them...sad], Steve Nash wasn't on the court. My dad stood up and started chanting, "We want Steve!" Soon, all 18,000+ fans were on their feet chanting for Nash, and eventually, he was put back in the game to uproarious applause. Articles surfaced covering the possible goodbye. Steve Nash commented,

"It was obviously amazing to get that type of reception and support," Nash said. "It's very special because it's not something I asked for or imagined. To get that kind of reaction means it's authentic, the relationship I thought we had. It really feels special. The fans have been phenomenal and it's meant a lot to me to play in a city like this as long as I have and to feel important to the fans and community. I just feel like a very lucky guy."

I'm fairly sure this event pleased my dad and evoked more pride in him than my college graduation, grad school degree, future wedding, or impending children did/will. I kid, I kid...)

Planet Earth, narrated by kids

I love this promo for BBC's Planet Earth, narrated by kids. Especially the part where the kid can't seem to put on her earphones correctly.



("Planet Earth - Narrated by Kids!" by Joe Sabia, Josh Ruben, Vincent Peone, and Matt McCorkle)

Obsession has its place

Great ads for the 2012 Dallas Addys by TM Advertising.

Weather or not...

Ladies and gentlemen: the prettiest weather site you ever did see.

This site uses images of weather crafted out of paper and lightbulbs when providing your forecast. Yes, please!

Luminaris

I'm admittedly a bit tired of how trendy stop-motion has become, but this video by Juan Pablo Zaramella is very well done.

Zoe Williams - letterhead

Clever and well-designed letterhead for a writer and journalist, Zoe Williams, designed by Maddison Graphic.



(via Lovely Stationery)

Voice Your Opinions

I wrote about the Girl Effect here and here, and now I'm loving the ads that DDB, Lagos created for their newest project, Girl Hub. Girl Hub is the environment that drives the Girl Effect by communicating with girls and educating society about relevant issues. The ads combine girls with speech bubbles for faces combined with the captions, "Give them your voice" and "Speechless, no longer."

Find out more here.




(via The Daily Heller)

Exposed

Florian Imgrund's series of photographs, entitled In Thoughts, is beautiful.

Off the Wall

Fun times: Yuksek's video for Off the Wall.

BIG ❤s for V-Day

I love the concept behind BIG Design's Valentine's heart sculpture. From the description:

For four years, Times Square has hosted an annual heart sculpture to celebrate Valentine’s Day, selecting a special architect to design a romantic public art installation in Times Square for all to enjoy.

This year’s 2012 Times Square Valentine heart sculpture is “BIG ❤ NYC” by BIG Design, which utilizes the flow of people, air and movement to bring its heart to life. More people = more love. A BIG red heart pulses with glowing light in a grove of glass rods. Bigger crowds make the heart burn brighter.

A single person can activate the beating heart, but joining hands with others will make the heart beat even faster to create a brightly burning heart.

The 10-foot tall glowing sculpture consists of 400 transparent, LED lit, acrylic tubes that form a cube around a suspended red heart. The transparent tubes refract the lights of Times Square, creating a cluster of condensed city lights around the heart.

(Photos by christiNYCa)

Tissue Series

Lisa Nilsson uses paper and the gilded edges of old books to create these beautiful anatomical illustrations in her Tissue Series. Stunning...and must be very time-consuming.

On Repeat

Currently on repeat:

Paula Scher MAPS exhibit

Paula Scher's amazing map paintings are currently on view at the Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery in New York. Though I've loved them for a long time, I had never seen one of the paintings in person, so I ventured to the gallery last weekend to see them firsthand. I highly recommend you do the same if you're in the NY area (and hurry, because the exhibit is only up until February 18th!) If I happen to win the lottery or miraculously come across a large sum of money, I'd like to buy one of these and hang it on my wall. Until then, I'll just stare longingly at the iPhone photos I took (which hardly begin to do them justice).

Let there be Light

I'm loving the landscapes of Michael Light. First two available as prints on 20x200, and the third of my hometown.

Somebody That I Used to Know

A good cover, here.

Happy holidays!

Happy Holidays! from callie on Vimeo.

Sound + image

This video is pretty fun to watch.

New Jackson 'The Night Mail' from Fergal Brennan on Vimeo.

This $*@% is Bananas...

The making of Chiquita's Banana font.

Chiquita - Making of Banana font from Erik Post on Vimeo.