A friend tweeted this the other day. Pretty hilarious. It’s good to see Toyota swinging back with some great adverts after its big safety debacle. It also doesn’t hurt that the mother is on the attractive side. I love Toyota’s new 1930′s era Avalon commercials and then this is thrown on the orgasmic pile.

Was at one of the best shows I’ve been to in awhile last night. Metavari was holding their vinyl release party in downtown Fort Wayne last night. They played alongside The Sight Below and Svarte Greiner. All three bands’ music is just great to relax to and let it simply take you over. If you get the chance to see any of these guys live, do it.

Odd name, beautiful music. Pomplamoose is made up of couple Nataly Dawn and Jack Conte. Her voice is incredibly soothing. Love the originality that comes out of every song. They’ve created some great videos of most of their covers showing Nataly’s different harmonizations simultaneously. Great stuff. Check out their website for more music and their YouTube for those good videos.

Mister Sandman was actually just used by Toyota in the most recent Avalon commercial.

An oldie but a goodie. Stumbled across this video the other day and just had to post it. Its pretty much perfect in every aspect. Music and direction by Oren Lavie.

Just found some incredibly blatant copies of the video done in Spain. Check them out here and here.

Stumbled across this last night although it’s been out for awhile. I’m constantly amazed of the abilities and integration technology can have with art. Here we have an example of some very talented individuals who have captured the movements of graffiti artists. These animations/motions can now be customized, altered, and displayed at an infinite scale on any wall. The open source program is also available for free download so you too can play with it. The project, created by Evan Roth, is titled Graffiti Analysis 2.0. Check out the website for more information on the project.

Playing with and experimenting with typography always makes me happy and today I was happy. I came across an old post from September on Typophile. The man from Bangkok used what looks like a mixture of corn starch, dye, and water and then placed that inside a speaker. With the speaker turned up he let the substance engulf the letters producing some great typography in motion. Smart and creative.

via: Typophile

Love the simplistic black and white animation created for the spot of BBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics. The spot was done by Jon Klassen (co-designer) and Marc Craste (director) of Studio AKA. Both guys create some stunningly beautiful work. Be sure to check them out.

via: Drawn

Usually, I don’t like posting many videos but recently there have been some really great ones. I just have to share another one a friend forwarded to me. VW has launched a new viral campaign focused around the creator of the “Slug Bug” phrase/game played while on the road. The actor hired for the spot is perfect — the classic crotchety yet hilarious old man. They even set him up with a pseudo-blog so you can talk to the hilarious guy.

A very adorable and simple video for Dutch children’s education charity, Kinderpostzegels. The simple innocent character design along with the quirky music will bring a smile to anyone’s face. Partnered with the Dutch postal service, the charity project involves selling stamps branded with these cute guys. Christian Borstlap is responsible for this great project.

via: Swiss Miss

I‘m a sucker for most industrial art or anything that contains a mechanism of sorts. And I must say this kinetic sculpture is just plain sexy. The piece is comprised of 714 metal spheres hanging from thin steel wires attached to individually controlled stepper motors. The forms are quite chaotic at first but soon organize and hint at the outlines of BMW automobiles such as the 327, the 1500, the Z4 coupé and the Mille Miglia 2006. The cycle is synchronized with projected texts and audio quotes on BMW’s values and design aims. If you haven’t already guessed the piece is part of the BMW Museum in Munich, Germany.

Check out a great “making of” video and some more stills here.

via: luckyshirt