Some Stills From The Weekend

Absurd Theory #29

Featuring: Capture It (free font!)

Mrs Eaves & Her Dapper Companion

My all time favourite font has found her companion. It does sound cheesy that it is named Mr Eaves, but its based on the proportions of the classic Mrs Eaves. Created by Zuzana Licko, it comes in two attractive editions, Mr Eaves Sans, and Mr Eaves Modern.

 

Absurd Theory #28

Featuring: Adobe Garamond Pro (Regular & Bold Italic)

Sato Shintaro

Awesome photographs taken by Japanese photographer Sato Shintaro. These shots make me really miss Japan now. Go check out his gallery here..

While the majority of photographers today are engaged in documentary photography with catchy themes (sexuality, violence etc), your projects always focused on street and lights photography. Where does your interest in these themes come from?

I am fascinated by the power of unconsciousness of town when looking down from a little higher point. The town is constructed by necessity in fact, not for the purpose of beauty, but I find it transforms beautiful shape and rhythm of which we are not aware when on the ground. I see colors in twilight, that are mixture of artificial light and natural light, emphasize the beauty of town.

Can you write to us about your project Twilight Zone? Where were the pictures taken? How did you manage to get such panoramic pictures? How do you find your locations? Are they building terraces? How do you get permission to have access to them? Do you work the whole night?

Pictures were taken by a large format camera (4×5-inch) at the area of mixture of residential compound with commercial neighborhood in Tokyo. I take pictures from emergency staircase of office buildings or apartment houses. Photographs are made not from the top of the buildings, but from the halfway height such as on the 14th floor degree from the 10th floor. I find the places by location hunting in the daytime. I don’t get permission to go up the emergency staircases. I work in twilight. The beautiful time that artificial light and natural light are mixed is very short. That is about only 15 minutes. So, I can take only 3 or 4 shoots a day.

Your technique: How do you usually work (with digital camera or with an analogical one?). Do you “manipulate digitally” the result?

The most important thing to tell you is that I make my photographs with a large format camera (4×5-inch) by color negative film. Exposure time is from 2 to 8 minutes. I print color photographs by myself.  It takes more than one day for me to finish printing. I do not manipulate digitally the result at all. It is interesting that finished analog works appear to be digitally made.

Absurd Theory #27

 

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Absurd Theory #26

Featuring: Democratica (Bold)

2/3 Of An Awesome Weekend

I woke up late after Friday night’s Shisha/chill session. Met Marc to go get some things then Steph for Sushi birthday dinner and Shisha again at Haji, followed by Dim Sum at 2am, and we roamed around Little India till 6+am. Go to Marc’s blog for his more detailed pictorial version of the night.

1/3 Of An Awesome Weekend

The first night of the awesome/fully-utilized-to-the-maxXxx weekend..

Terror

Haven’t been putting enough effort to put up things here for the past two weeks. I do have several posts to make, going by chronological order, this shall be first.

The first big project of V/y

BKK!

Pictures taken exactly one week ago.. Starting with our awesome hotel.

The most awesome view to wake up to every morning.

Favourite hangout spot before dinner.

Thai people damn budget, straws also make shorter to cut cost.

Stray dogs > Stray cats

Most gangster cab driver.

These are some of the things I bought from day one and two (girl not included)

and what Le bought…

..and finally displaying what our dear Dylan bought   |||

Check out the row of buses.

and the colours of the cars! The coloured ones are the cabs by the way.
The ratio of cars : cabs = 3 : 7

Signing off with the most awesome view of BKK.

Null

Hello.. I had a terribly long and dreadful week.. Bangkok wasn’t too bad, it was good in fact, apart from the fact that we missed our flight back and had to waste much bucks for a new ticket. Our hotel was splendidly superb, it is one of my most awesome hotel stays, I’ll put up pictures soon. I’m extremely exhausted from camp and project work. Can’t wait for this year to come to an end instantly. I feel like I need to take a good break and sit down by the pool and talk to somebody I know for a long time, and to keep me sane by assuring me that things will be okay and the time will come soon.

I feel that there’s an empty space in all of us, and it grows as we grow and become more conscious of the world. It’s so glaringly white that blinds to stare straight at, and so silent that it’s deafening. Sometimes people you meet or things you see/hear can fill up that space with some splashes of colours, but when you’re alone it’ll turn white again.

Be back on Monday

Hecq Vs Exillion – Spheres Of Fury

Tim Brown (Colonel Blimp) & Christopher Hewitt (Knucklehead) team up for the the new release from Hecq Vs Exillion, ttitled “Spheres Of Fury”.

Most awe-inspiring art direction and magnificent colour treatment. Synchronized with the fucking awesome music, this video is the closest thing to perfection.

Supermodels Take It Off For Climate Change

The concept is damn cheesy, but heck, it’s still absofuckinglutely yummy.

Absurd Theory #25

Featuring: Accapo (Free font by Happyloverstown)

P R A G U E

I should have posted this up a long time ago, my pictures taken in Prague. If you like Rome but hate it being too touristy, Prague, the capital of Czech Republic is the best alternative. In fact, I prefer it than Rome. Gothic, baroque, renaissance, adjoins cubism, and yet with an additional splash of socialist, realism, and post modern kitsch, Prague is indeed one of the most charming cities in Europe. Walking on the streets really feels like Mozart still lives here. Unlike over hyped cities like Rome & Paris, Prague is exactly what most exaggerating guidebooks illustrates. Taking a breath taking view from the Petřín Tower (I got up for free!), Prague Castle stands majestically among a charismatic sea of red roofs.

Drop by my livejournal for the entire set.

Absurd Theory #24

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I miss you.

Absurd Theory #23

Featuring: Verdana Bold

Taken from a conversation with my friend Linus on
the topic of Ikea sacking its classic Futura for Verdana.
Click here for the article.

Integrated Campaign Idea for Element Skateboards

An integrated campaign for Element Skateboards done by Morten Halvorsen and Hallvard Fjeldbraaten from Westerdals School of Communication.

Winner – Future Lions 2009
Gold – Interactive – Clio 2009
Silver – Integrated – Clio 2009
Winner – Young Gun of the Month – February 2009
Gold – Gulltaggen 2009
Gold – Interactive – Gullkalven 2009
Gold – Outdoors – Gullkalven 2009
Gold – Viral Marketing – Gullkalven 2009
Silver – Integrated Campaign – Gullkalven 2009

Whoa…!

Print medium is really getting outdated..