Film and Photography

I saw these at one my favorite new design sites called This is Paper. Ruined Polaroids by William Miller were taken from a broken Polaroid SX-70 camera rescued from a yard sale. The project looks at the character of Polaroids and what constitutes photography. It’s a beautiful example of how a zoomed-in view of something broken reveals hidden treasure.

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This month’s Limited Edition designer, Rory Panagotopulos has an eye for animation. Among many other short, funny animations that can be found on his website Gum Drops Go, his most recent work is this hilarious animated horror story about a trip on the subway gone terribly awry. The piece was created for the Upright Citizens Brigade theater show Animated Stories hosted and produced by Todd Bieber. The true story is written and told by Anthony Atamanuik.

Charles and Ray Eames made this film for their friend Eero Saarinen so that he could concisely tell the history of his breakthrough idea for Dulles Airport in Washington DC. Saarinen had only two hours to meet with the heads of the major airlines and he had found in rehearsals of his presentation he used most of that time setting up the history. Charles and Ray did it in less than ten minutes, and lacked nothing in charm and appeal.

Silestone Slab Vases by Form Us With Love for Cosentino. Don’t you just love seeing a design, wondering how it was made, and then finding a great behind-the-scenes piece that answers your questions? We do too… (hint hint hint hint).