A Little Printer for a Little Paper

BERG, a London design consultancy, is looking to rethink the Daily paper. Little Printer works like a receipt printer, using heat to print out crossword puzzles, foursquare updates, and birthday reminders. 

While it looks like for now all that’s on the schedule is pre-orders 2012 will be the year of the Little Printer. Check out this site for joining their mailing list and reading other press coverage on this revolutionary little sidekick. 

I am just keeping my fingers crossed hoping LP will have a little price tag!

- J

Talk About Dedication

“In Your Arms” by Kina Grannis is a music video of talent, time and collaboration. Emphasis on the element of TIME. This whimsical and brilliant video is made entirely of stop motion photography and 288,000 jelly beans and 1357 HOURS. The man behind it all is director Greg Jardin. 

To truly understand the focus this intricate process took, be sure to check out the link here. In the end, what an amazing production - well done Greg and Kina!

Now I’m hungry for some jelly beans…

Anonymous

The Pet Shelter Project’s new ad campaign lets us in on what our pets are really thinking about ‘their’ humans.

What I like most about this series of clips is that they aren’t over-animated. The cat’s mouth isn’t moving nor is he acting any different than he would in real life. This is proof that you don’t have to spend tons of money on green screens to have a clever commercial - some whitty, humorous dialogue will do the trick. Kudos to good writing! Well, that and a talking animal. Who doesn’t love a cat that says, “Poop already!”

Marcel is BACK! Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Part 2.

These stop motion animated short films were created by Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp. The first film came out in 2010 and you can check it out here!

Above - An older Google Chrome animation/advertisement by fantastic illustrator, graphic designer, and author of Abstract Sunday, a column for the New York Times Magazine, Christoph Niemann. 

His work is so purposeful yet somewhat whimsical it fits this warm beginning of the holiday season perfectly. 

The image below reminded me of how magical the city is in the Winter and makes me want to book a trip to New York immediately to see the sights and sounds in December. Titled “World Changers.”

Recently, Niemann illustrated and tweeted while running the NYC marathon. You can see more of his tweets on his twitter account here.

Another one of my favorites. Titled “S.O.S.” Pretty incredible how an image so powerful and expressive of current events can also be such a work of art.

-Pld

Craftedspoon | Wishard Slow Food Garden - Indianapolis

A fantastic program bringing urban gardening to Indy meant to create an environment of community and education. I can’t do it justice with my words, so check out the above video or their site here. Even their website is clean, beautiful and refreshing. See, things are alive and growing here in Indianapolis!

Remember these little guys? Good ol’ Little People toys. This is the story of how a green little people man ended up on my balcony. Or the story of how I met Pima’s dad. Either way - let me begin, at the beginning.

Pima - (pee-muh) an acronym that to me originated from a friend in Germany referencing a small child living above them in an apartment who makes a lot of noise. Hence, the Pain In My A— acronym - Pima!

Turns out I have my own little Pima living above me. I hear him daily as he charges back and forth across what I believe is a roughly 600 sq. ft apt. Get this kid some playroom! :) 

Two days ago Pima’s father introduced himself to me and mentioned that Pima had dropped one of his toy on my balcony. Pima had been quite distraught so I rescued the little green man and returned him to Pima’s father, much to his delight. Maybe now Pima will stop crying and throwing people off the balcony.

And that is what got me thinking about little people. I’m glad to see that kids are still playing with the miniature armless, legless colorful peg people.

This is a clip of John Doyle (JD) who plays one of the characters in a feature length music video/film “Girl Walk All Day” all to the sounds of Girl Talk, Gregg Gillis. JD plays ‘the creep’ in the film chasing the main character aka ‘The Girl’ around New York City.

There are a lot more videos if you’re interested on their site and some have been floating around for months now on Vimeo. The full length film is currently having screenings in select cities but will be released in chapters starting in November.

Regardless of your take on the movie, the way John Doyle moves is absolutely amazing. You can just FEEL the passion these dancers have for their craft.

Mahatma Gandhi

Johan, all the way from Nuremberg, now sits on my desk in his fashionable corrugated armchair guarding my post-it’s and Exacto knife. The chair was actually packing material from my battery backup for the computer. They were corner protectors! I’ll post a better picture of the chair later, this doesn’t do it justice.

Yesterday, Sashimi passed. He was trying to walk, I’m convinced. He hopped outta the tank and I didn’t return until he realized he’s only a swimmer. He was a good little spoiled fish. That’s what I get for boosting his ego so much. :\

One of the best parts of visiting my parents in Germany was one of the simplest - my mum makes one heck of a milchkaffee.

Ah, the little things that can start the day off right.