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    Pixar     animation     characters     design     movies     Toy Story    
    new Toy Story 3 image of The Daycare(discovered via pixarplanet.com)

    new Toy Story 3 image of The Daycare
    (discovered via pixarplanet.com)

    books     covers     design     film     movies     illustration     lettering    
    “Warner Bros. to give Little Brown’s “Beautiful Creatures” book series the big screen treatment” (article via Examiner)
side note: the above book jacket is designed by David Caplan, hand-lettering by artist Si Scott (the use of silver foil makes this looks extra great in person—can’t get the full effect on screen)
The cover design for Beautiful Creatures is also a nominee for Amazon’s Best Book Covers of 2009.

    “Warner Bros. to give Little Brown’s “Beautiful Creatures” book series the big screen treatment” (article via Examiner)

    side note: the above book jacket is designed by David Caplan, hand-lettering by artist Si Scott (the use of silver foil makes this looks extra great in person—can’t get the full effect on screen)

    The cover design for Beautiful Creatures is also a nominee for Amazon’s Best Book Covers of 2009.

    Alice in Wonderland     Disney     Tim Burton     art     design     movies     posters    
    “Disney Posts Alice in Wonderland Posters on Facebook” (discovered via Mashable)
click here for “The Disloyal Subjects of the Mad Hatter” profile on facebook & larger poster images on Disney Pictures’ flickr page

    “Disney Posts Alice in Wonderland Posters on Facebook” (discovered via Mashable)

    click here for “The Disloyal Subjects of the Mad Hatter” profile on facebook & larger poster images on Disney Pictures’ flickr page

    Pixar     Toy Story     animation     characters     design     movies     posters    
    film     motion     title sequences     movies     vintage     design     typography    
    posters     design     flickr     movies     film    
    Film the Blanks (discovered via ISO50)

    Film the Blanks (discovered via ISO50)

    pixar     up     disney     illustration     retro     design     posters     movies     animation    
    Eric Tan has posted more retro-style posters for Pixar’s UP.

    Eric Tan has posted more retro-style posters for Pixar’s UP.

    toys     trailer     film     movies     animation     pixar    

    Pixar’s Toy Story 3 teaser trailer is now posted in HD on the Apple site. Now that the wait for UP is over, we have a new date to look forward to: June 18, 2010. (via d:r)

    pixar     animation     art     design     books     illustration     film     movies    
    The Art of UP by Tim Hauser, with forword by Pete Docter(published by Chronicle Books)

    The Art of UP by Tim Hauser, with forword by Pete Docter
    (published by Chronicle Books)

    design     games     interactive     movies     film     fun     magazines    
    The Cryptic Canvas: an interesting (and potentially addictive) new interactive online game where the viewer tries to identify the 50 films (all from the last 20 years) incorporated into one painting.

    The Cryptic Canvas: an interesting (and potentially addictive) new interactive online game where the viewer tries to identify the 50 films (all from the last 20 years) incorporated into one painting.

    design     business     magazines     movies     books     art     culture     creativity    
    Fast Company magazine releases their list of “100 Most Creative People in Business” online (but is also in the printed June 2009 issue). JJ Abrams, Neil Gaiman, Hayao Miyazaki, Kyle Cooper, Gary Hustwit, Maurice Sendak, Hussein Chalayan, just to name a few…

    Fast Company magazine releases their list of “100 Most Creative People in Business” online (but is also in the printed June 2009 issue). JJ Abrams, Neil Gaiman, Hayao Miyazaki, Kyle Cooper, Gary Hustwit, Maurice Sendak, Hussein Chalayan, just to name a few…

    animation     art     design     film     movies     pixar     reviews    
    Up, ‘Up’ and away we go with Pixar at Cannes
“…In the 10th Pixar feature since “Toy Story” in 1995, director Pete Docter (“Monsters, Inc.”) has created one of the medium’s most powerfully emotional pieces of commercial animation. Michael Giacchino’s score equals his work on “Ratatouille,” which means he’s now officially the finest film composer of his generation…” —via PopMatters

    Up, ‘Up’ and away we go with Pixar at Cannes

    “…In the 10th Pixar feature since “Toy Story” in 1995, director Pete Docter (“Monsters, Inc.”) has created one of the medium’s most powerfully emotional pieces of commercial animation. Michael Giacchino’s score equals his work on “Ratatouille,” which means he’s now officially the finest film composer of his generation…”
    —via PopMatters


    film     trailer     food     movies     books    

    The Julie & Julia film trailer has been officially released (based on the book by the same name by Julie Powell published by Little, Brown and Company)

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    cinema     design     film     movies     opinion     oscars     title sequences     academy awards     wall-e     slumdog     slumdog millioinaire     film     motion     design    
    Credit Where Credits Are Due: A look at the art of title sequences(via NYTimes.com)
Emily Oberman and Bonnie Siegler (Number 17) highlight some of their favorite title sequences from the past, as well as cast their vote for their favorites for the current Oscars season in a great Op-Ed article.



    Credit Where Credits Are Due: A look at the art of title sequences
    (via NYTimes.com)

    Emily Oberman and Bonnie Siegler (Number 17) highlight some of their favorite title sequences from the past, as well as cast their vote for their favorites for the current Oscars season in a great Op-Ed article.

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