... a video presentation from johnmoore of the BRAND AUTOPSY MARKETING PRACTICE
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When "small businesses" dream, they usually dream of becoming a bigger business. When you think about it, nearly every big business began as a small business. However, a bigger business doesn't always equate to being a better business. At some point, big becomes bad. Big becomes a matter of being convenient rather than being unique (McDonald's). Big becomes a game of market share not customer care (Wal-Mart). Big becomes ubiquitous (Microsoft).
It seems by the time a small business gets big, it's time for it to act small again. Paradoxical? Yes. Impractical? No. There are countless businesses which have managed to get bigger, but still retain their semblance of smallness. They get bigger by acting smaller. In essence, these businesses are like Jumbo Shrimp—big, yet small.
In this presentation, attendees will learn actionable methods for how small businesses can look bigger and conversely, how big businesses can get smaller.
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The students of Gobelins never fail to impress. “Blind Spot” isn’t new, but it has been nominated as a Best Student Piece for SIGGRAPH 2008. And with good reason. The technical and artistic strengths of the film’s creators all dovetail brilliantly, making for a tightly packed narrative that’s full of detail and comedic irony.
“Blind Spot” was created by Johanna Bessiere, Nicolas Chauvelot, Olivier Clert, Cecile Dubois Herry, Yvon Jardel and Simon Rouby.
I spent a bit of time in Hong Kong on the trip, with the group and then a couple days by myself. Great time.. really enjoyed it. It is like beijing plus tokyo plus london.. very clean, more expensive than mainland china, and very techy/modern in parts, and in other parts pretty and classic
Inside Gecko is a visualization program created by Satoshi Ueyama, made with Processing which shoes the reflow process of a browser while it translates the HTML code so as to present the page to the user.
5 of us from the group went into town to get a drink, and the bars were closed. that was the first bad sign. then we walked around and found what could be described as a "Shanty town"
Here is the video for "Pork and Beans" from Weezer starring some familiar YouTube faces. Weezer has been doing sick music videos for a while- remember spike jones produced buddy holly?
so im here in Xi'an - people here think that they are going to have another quake and are all sleeping in the streets. its the one week anniv of the quake, and its a full moon, and people are talking about this everywhere in xian.
its like a shanty town
and today they had a 3 minute moment of silence, and EVERYone was in the streets, they turned off the tv stations and closed businesses.. CRAZY
I was just in Tokyo for a few nights, I did this 30km bike tour of tokyo.. which was intense! The bike ride was with a reporter from the Guardian. He is doing an article about the bike tour in Tokyo, and will be using my pictures- ill update everyone on that.
Japanese are great people.. I made alot of new friends!
sushi at the tokyo fish wholesale market.. that red thing is TORO.. all of this stuff comes preseasonsed with soy and wasabi, perfect bites!!!!
My name's Takeshi Murata. I live Los Angeles with my girlfriend Francine Spiegel and a terrier. I've been here for about a year making experimental and psychedelic animations. Before moving to LA, I lived in Brooklyn for 5 years, and graduated from art school in Providence in 1997.
What do you do as a freelance designer?
Most of my freelance work is animation, illustration, or character design, and I often collaborate with other artists. I've had a bunch of different kinds of work with a really wide array of clients. For the last couple years I've been fortunate to work with Karl Ackermann. He's one of the three awesome artists that make Milky Elephant. He's included me in some great jobs, and has thereby saved me from eviction more then once. Super-Jam with Karl and Human Face was one of my favorites.
Could you tell me about Human Face website? What kind of website is it?
Human Face was a site I started with two other friends Jon Brzyski and Paul Kim in 1998. We used it as place to experiment with art and animation. As we started to get more freelance work together, we also used Human Face as a business name. This made things pretty confusing. Clients would go to our site looking for a resume or something, and would instead find a drawing of a werewolf or a 3D modeled man watching TV in his underwear. Since then our personal work has gone in different directions, and we've stopped updating the site. We still work together and use the Human Face as our collaborative business name.
It's a great honor. I entered the festival because I like a lot of the artists that SHIFT shows, and to be selected by one is the best. I think Ian Anderson's short description of my animation is better than what I can do.
Also, what was the concept for the work and what did you try to express in it?
I want to create new kinds space with my animation. I want to be able to transport the viewer is some way. I like to start with forms that are vaguely recognizable so there's an initial point of reference. Then through the animation, I can shift the emphasis from form to movement. It's at this point that I feel most expressive. I'm also inspired by psychedelic art and music because it reaches for something transcendental, but it's also absurd and playful at the same time. I hope my animation is this way.
Where do you get ideas and inspirations for your work?
I get most of my ideas when I'm sketching or producing artwork. I'm not the kind of person that gets their ideas from walking around or driving or something. My inspiration comes from listening to music and seeing other artists work. I love the work of Yoshi Sodeoka from c404, who was a regular contirubutor for Shift. It is my favorite art on the internet since a friend showed me word.com in 1997. Dearraindrop, whose paintings and videos often look like they're coming straight from thought in real time. And Ara Peterson, Jim Drain, and Eamon Brown. They're in Providence making insane experimental animation installations. One final artist whose work has continued to inspire me for years is Gary Panter. His work and process has really inspired me and a huge number of people I know.
Could you tell me the concept of the cover design for this issue?
This is a new experiment from my Melter series. It's a single flat animation that I hand drew into Flash, then manipulated and multiplied. I wanted the animation to float on the cover without a set vertical framing, and to be scalable depending on the shape of your browser window.
Is there currently an interesting trend in Los Angels?
I'm still pretty new to LA, and a lot of the time that I've lived here has been spent inside working on animation. One cool show that I'm excited to be a part of is called "Tedious Limbs" and it's going to open on January 3, 2004 at the Flynn Farm - 3765 Legion Lane in Los Angeles. Otherwise there's always the La Brea tar pits.
Could you tell me your vision for the future?
I want to continue freelancing to support my psychedelic animation habit, and hopefully meet a lot more likeminded artists in the process.
Please leave a message for our readers.
Thanks for reading. Please email me if you'd like a tape of Melter 2, or have any experimental animation/music/art to share.
Takeshi Murata Address: 2449 Hidalgo Ave. Los Angeles, CA, 90039, USA Tel: 323-666-5145 t@takeshimurata.com http://www.takeshimurata.com
I found this site that looks like it just went live http://bfmb.org/
leslie and I were driving to artomatic in NE DC, and we saw this and I got out and talked to the guys, they do a bunch of punk and hard core shows.. my old friend from Arlington had tagged the roof with his Rezist tag..
this is the trailer for the birds. It is unmistakable how sophisticated hitchcock is.. why is it that no other director in the history of film making has used the technique of starring in his films and being his own biggest salesman? he is so gangster! he just starts talking and owns the stage. I wonder if its because of his stature as a large tall man.. or if it is because he is english? id love to see spike lee get up in front of his audience more.
