Archive for 'Vivid LIVE 2011'
vivid creative sydney 2011: Etsy
Etsy By Dee Jefferson When we asked Etsy’s European Director Matthew Stinchcomb to explain the company’s vision, we received an intimidating list of principles that were geared towards nothing less than changing the way the global economy works – ambitious, to say the least, for what is basically an e-commerce site focused on handmade goods. [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2011 under Arts, Arts - Interview, Swag 413 (May 23), Vivid LIVE 2011.
Tags: Dee Jefferson, Etsy, The Swag, Vivid LIVE 2011
vivid creative sydney 2011: Ben Briand
Ben Briand By Dee Jefferson Ben Briand leapt into the public consciousness in May 2010, when traffic and comments on his Vimeo profile suddenly started spiking – all because of a short film he had made for Nespresso, called Apricot. Commissioned by the coffee brand, Briand brushed off an old script and played around with [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2011 under Arts, Swag 413 (May 23), Vivid LIVE 2011.
Tags: Ben Briand, Dee Jefferson, The Swag, Vivid LIVE 2011
vivid creative sydney 2011: Future Shorts
Founded in 2003 by the same fella who started London’s Secret Cinema project, Future Shorts is a distribution ‘label’ that celebrates the short film format in its own right – as opposed to seeing it as merely a calling card for filmmakers looking to make their first feature. Rejecting the idea that shorts are purely [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2011 under Arts, Arts - Interview, Swag 413 (May 23), Vivid LIVE 2011.
Tags: Future Shorts, The Swag, Vivid LIVE 2011
vivid LIVE 2011: La Boca
La Boca London design studio La Boca is best known for its psychedelic use of colour, and bold, often geometric designs. They specialise in album artwork design and limited edition vinyl sleeves – most notably for Muse – but their diverse client list also includes CASIO, boutique publishing house Granta Books, WIRED magazine, DVD label [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2011 under Arts, Swag 413 (May 23), Vivid LIVE 2011.
Tags: La Boca, The Swag, vivd LIVE 2011
vivid LIVE 2011: Tom Kuntz
Tom Kuntz This Is The Artist Your Artist Could Smell Like By Alasdair Duncan You may not know who Tom Kuntz is, but it’s likely you’re familiar with his work, whether it’s his surreal and frightening Skittles commercials, the music videos he’s directed for MGMT and LCD Soundsystem, or his most famous recent accomplishment, the [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2011 under Arts, Arts - Interview, Swag 413 (May 23), Vivid LIVE 2011.
Tags: Alasdair Duncan, The Swag, Tom Kuntz, Vivid LIVE 2011