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Lens Rentals celebrated Halloween by testing its rental gear for ghosts and good vibes
In the spirit of Halloween, the team over at Lens Rentals decided to do a little experiment to see if any of their gear was haunted. However just one item in, the plan took a very Roger-esque turn, pivoting from a ghost-hunting endeavor to tearing down the very pieces of gear he was originally using to look for paranormal activity.
After someone had remark that some of its photography gear was used to record various paranormal shows and another individual showed concern of whether or not any of Lens Rental’s gear was haunted, Cicala and his trusty sidekick Aaron decided to put their gear to the test unlike they’ve ever done before.
The array of paranormal-detecting devices Roger and Aaron purchased.
After hunting down an array of various paranormal-detecting devices (and purchasing a dozen 9-volt batteries), Roger and Aaron got to work setting up their testing area. At the suggestion of those more familiar with the paranormal, the duo set up what was supposed to be a pentagram (looks more like a random geometric shape in our book) with multiple ‘Ghost Detector’ modules around the perimeter and burned a candle in the middle to get the paranormal juju flowing.
Clearly someone used that mic pack under sketchy circumstances.
After letting the candle work its magic, the pair put a Sennheiser microphone in the center and used both the ‘Ghost Detectors’ and the EMF detectors to see which how it reacted. Sure enough, the wireless mic pack was haunted (according to the two detectors, at least). The pair also tested their microwave (definitely haunted), as well as their coffee maker (which was thankfully spared by the spirits). It was even discovered that Aaron was haunted too. As a result, it turned out their previous testings couldn’t hold up, as there’s the chance Aaron himself was causing the bad vibes.
So, Roger and Aaron decided to instead direct the various paranormal-detecting devices they purchased to test out the Lens Rentals gear. We’ll let you see the full teardown of the gadgets over on Lens Rentals’ blog post, but suffice to say the Ghost Detector Array, EMF Meter and Ghost Magnet were all relatively cheap pieces of tech that mostly consisted of random PCBs and (in the case of the Ghost Magnet) motors.
The inside of one of the EMF detectors Roger and Aaron purchased.
Considering all of the paranormal devices are now torn down, it’s safe to say Lens Rentals will no longer be offering a spirit-cleansing add-on for future rentals. So you might want to be careful and bring a Shaman along with you on your next photo shoot just in case.
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In the spirit of Halloween, the team over at Lens Rentals decided to do a little experiment to see if any of their gear was haunted. However just one item in, the plan took a very Roger-esque turn, pivoting from a ghost-hunting endeavor to tearing down the very pieces of gear he was originally using to look for paranormal activity.
In the spirit of Halloween, the team over at Lens Rentals decided to do a little
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Christmas greetings to you my friends! I have been enjoying the last few days so much, sharing meals with friends and family and driving around looking at all the holiday lights! I love Christmas Eve it’s the most magical feeling anticipating all the fun that awaits!
Our tradition is to open gifts on Christmas morning, then we go to the movies, then instead of me cooking, we go to a restaurant owned by a family friend for dinner. I consider that one of my presents. :)
I’m going to take a few more days off to enjoy the season. I’ll return this weekend with a roundup of favorite links from around the web, then I’ll be taking time off next week as well.
The week after Christmas is always so strange but I welcome it. I get really lazy, sleep in, live in pajamas, and lose track of what day it is. The best way to end the year! Sending wishes to you for the same level of relaxation.
May you have the happiest of holidays and a very Merry Christmas!
xoxo
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Every week we share modern design we love to look at and hope to possibly have one day, but it’s one thing to just look at it and another thing to see all of the work that went into making it. Most of us don’t realize just how much time, skill, and labor goes into making each design out there and when you do, you appreciate it that much more. Throughout 2019 in our monthly Deconstruction column, we asked designers and brands to break down the design process that led to their creations and now we’re taking you back through in case you missed any of them.
For this installment of Deconstruction, Design Milk checked in with Eindhoven-based Bogaerts Label to hear more about the Siren Chair designed by Jacob Nitz.
Startup company Brooklyn SolarWorks took us behind the scenes to learn more about the process of creating the Solar Canopy, which replaces those massive roof panels of the past with a design-focused solution.
For the last Deconstruction of 2019, we tapped German-based manufacturer Wilkhahn to share the design process behind their AT task chair and how it came to fruition.
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Déguste: A New Short Film Showing the Beauty and Brutality of Commercial Kitchen Work
Alternating between sensual, almost biological macro shots of raw ingredients and the harsh, dully-lit environs of a commercial kitchen, Déguste captures the dual reality of working as a professional chef. The majesty, beauty, and limitless potential of natural ingredients—mushrooms, red meat, fresh greens—are right at hand for the commercial cook. But the unrelenting pace of orders in, orders up, dishing out multiple copies of the same meal at once, and juggling the dangers of sharp and hot tools cuts in again and again. Déguste gives viewers a glimpse at how the sausage gets made, so to speak, in the restaurant world, with an electrifying soundtrack of atmospheric sounds. Created by Paris-based studio Insolence Productions, the short has been lauded at multiple film festivals. See more from Insolence on Vimeo.
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Alternating between sensual, almost biological macro shots of raw ingredients and the harsh, dully-lit environs of a commercial kitchen, Déguste captures the dual reality of working as a professional chef. The majesty, beauty, and limitless potential of natural ingredients—mushrooms, red meat, fresh greens—are right at hand for the commercial cook.
Alternating between sensual, almost biological macro shots of raw ingredients and the
Jaén Cartonería’s Massive Día de Muertos Sculptures
To mark the Mexican holiday of Día de Muertos, artist Raymundo Medina of the Jaén Cartonería family collective dreamed up enormous skeletons that appear to be emerging from the pavement. The massive cardboard works can be found in Santa Cecilia Tláhuac, Mexico. The artist often works with Yaocalli Indians in erecting these creations, Miguel Angel Luna says. The annual holiday runs through tomorrow.
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To mark the Mexican holiday of Día de Muertos, artist Raymundo Medina of the Jaén Cartonería family collective dreamed up enormous skeletons that appear to be emerging from the pavement. The massive cardboard works can be found in Santa Cecilia Tláhuac, Mexico. The artist often works with Yaocalli Indians in erecting these creations, Miguel Angel Luna says. To mark the Mexican holiday of Día de Muertos, artist Raymundo Medina of the Jaén
Photography. An art form invented in 1830s, becoming publicly
recognised ten years later.
Today, photography is the largest growing
hobby in the world, with the hardware alone creating a multi-billion
dollar industry. Not everyone knows what camera obscura or even shutter speed is, nor have many heard of Henri Cartier-Bresson or even Annie
Leibovitz.
In this article, we take a step back and take a look at how this
fascinating technique was created and developed.
Before Photography: Camera Obscura
Before
photography was created, people had figured out the basic principles of lenses and the camera. They could project the image on the wall or
piece of paper, however no printing was possible at the time: recording light turned out to be a lot harder than projecting it. The
instrument that people used for processing pictures was called the
Camera Obscura (which is Latin for the dark room) and it was around for a
few centuries before photography came along.
It is believed that
Camera Obscura was invented around 13-14th centuries, however there is a
manuscript by an Arabian scholar Hassan ibn Hassan dated 10th century
that describes the principles on which camera obscura works and on which
analogue photography is based today.
An illustration of camera obscura. Image: Public domain via Wikipedia
Camera
Obscura is essentially a dark, closed space in the shape of a box with a
hole on one side of it. The hole has to be small enough in proportion
to the box to make the camera obscura work properly. Light coming in
through a tiny hole transforms and creates an image on the surface that
it meets, like the wall of the box. The image is flipped and upside
down, however, which is why modern analogue cameras have made use of
mirrors.
In the mid
16th century, Giovanni Battista della Porta, an Italian scholar, wrote
an essay on how to use camera obscura to make the drawing process
easier. He projected the image of people outside the camera obscura on
the canvas inside of it (camera obscura was a rather big room in this
case) and then drew over the image or tried to copy it.
Giovanni Battista della Porta. Image: Public domain via Wikipedia
The
process of using camera obscura looked very strange and frightening for
the people at those times. Giovanni Battista had to drop the idea
after he was arrested and prosecuted on a charge of sorcery.
Even
though only few of the Renaissance artists admitted they used camera
obscura as an aid in drawing, it is believed most of them did. The
reason for not openly admitting it was the fear of being charged of
association with occultism or simply not wanting to admit something many
artists called cheating.
Today we can state that camera obscura
was a prototype of the modern photo camera. Many people still find it amusing and use it for artistic
reasons or simply for fun.
The First Photograph
Installing film and permanently capturing an
image was a logical progression.
The
first photo picture—as we know it—was taken in 1825 by a French
inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. It records a view from the window at
Le Gras.
The first photograph, taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. Image: public domain via Wikipedia
The
exposure had to last for eight hours, so the sun in the picture had
time to move from east to west appearing to shine on both sides of the
building in the picture.
Niepce came up with the idea of using a petroleum
derivative called "Bitumen of Judea" to record the camera's projection. Bitumen hardens with exposure to
light, and the unhardened material could then be washed away. The metal
plate, which was used by Niepce, was then polished, rendering a negative
image that could be coated with ink to produce a print. One of the
problems with this method was that the metal plate was heavy,
expensive to produce, and took a lot of time to polish.
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce 1765-1833. Image: public domain via Wikipedia
Photography Takes Off
In
1839, Sir John Herschel came up with a way of making the first glass
negative. The same year he coined the term photography, deriving from the Greek "fos" meaning light and "grafo"—to
write. Even though the process became easier and the result was better,
it was still a long time until photography was publicly recognized.
At
first, photography was either used as an aid in the work of an painter or followed the same principles the painters followed. The first publicly
recognized portraits were usually portraits of one person, or family
portraits. Finally, after decades of refinements and improvements, the
mass use of cameras began in earnest with Eastman's Kodak's simple-but-relatively-reliable cameras. Kodak's camera went on to
the market in 1888 with the slogan "You press the button, we do the
rest".
In 1900 the Kodak Brownie was introduced, becoming the
first commercial camera in the market available for middle-class buyers. The
camera only took black and white shots, but still was very popular due
to its efficiency and ease of use.
The first color photograph, a tartan ribbon, taken by James Clerk Maxwell
Color Photography
Color
photography was explored throughout the 19th century, but didn't
become truly commercially viable until the middle of the 20th century. Prior
to this, color could not preserved for long; the images quickly degraded. Several methods of color
photography were patented from 1862 by two French inventors: Louis Ducos
du Hauron and Charlec Cros, working independently.
The first
practical color plate reached the market in 1907. The method it used was
based on a screen of filters. The screen let filtered red, green and/or
blue light through and then developed to a negative, later reversed to a
positive. Applying the same screen later on in the process of the print
resulted in a color photo that would be preserved. The technology, even
though slightly altered, is the one that is still used in the
processing. Red, green and blue are the primary colors for television
and computer screens, hence the RGB modes in numerous imaging
applications.
The first color photo, an image of a tartan ribbon
(above), was taken in 1861 by the famous Scottish physicist James Clerk
Maxwell, who was famous for his work with electromagnetism. Despite the
great influence his photograph had on the photo industry, Maxwell is
rarely remembered for this as his inventions in the field of physics
simply overshadowed this accomplishment.
The
first ever picture to have a human in it was Boulevard du Temple by
Louis Daguerre, taken in 1838. The exposure lasted for about 10 minutes
at the time, so it was barely possible for the camera to capture a
person on the busy street, however it did capture a man who had his
shoes polished for long enough to appear in the photo.
Boulevard du Temple is by Louis Daguerre
Notables in Photography
At
one time, photography was an unusual and perhaps even controversial
practice. If not for the enthusiasts who persevered and indeed,
pioneered, many techniques, we might not have the photographic styles,
artists, and practitioners we have today. Here are just a few of the
most influential people we can thank for many of the advances in
photography.
Photography
became a part of day-to-day life and an art movement. One of the people
behind photography as art was Alfred Stieglitz, an American
photographer and a promoter of modern art.
Alfred Stieglitz in 1902
Stieglitz said that photographers are artists. He, along with F. Holland Day, led the Photo-Secession, the
first photography art movement whose primary task was to show that
photography was not only about the subject of the picture but also the
manipulation by the photographer that led to the subject being
portrayed.
Stieglitz set up various exhibitions where photos
were judged by photographers. Stieglitz also promoted photography
through newly established journals such "Camera Notes" and "Camera
Work".
Examples of Stieglitz's Work
The Terminal—Alfred SteiglitzSongs of the Sky—Alfred Steiglitz
Felix
Nadar (a pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon) was a French
caricaturist, journalist and—once photography emerged—a
photographer. He is most famous for pioneering the use of artificial
lightning in photography. Nadar was a good friend of Jules Verne and is
said to have inspired Five Weeks in a Balloon after
creating a 60 metre high balloon named Le Géant (The Giant). Nadar was
credited for having published the first ever photo interview in 1886.
Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (Felix Nadar)
Nadar's
portraits followed the same principles of a fine art portrait. He was
known for depicting many famous people including Jules Verne, Alexander
Dumas, Peter Kropotkin and George Sand.
Henri
Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer who is most famous for creating the "street
photography" style of photojournalism, using the new compact 35mm format (which we still use today). Around the age of 23, he became
very interested in photography and abandoned painting for it. "I
suddenly understood that a photograph could fix eternity in an instant,"
he would later explain. Strangely enough, he would take his first
pictures all around the world but avoided his native France. His first
exhibition took place in New York's Julien Levy Gallery
in 1932. Cartier-Bresson's first journalistic photos were taken at the
George VI coronation in London however none of those portrayed the King
himself.
The Frenchman's works have influenced generations of photo
artists and journalists around the world. Despite being narrative in
style, his works can also be seen as iconic artworks. Despite all the fame
and impact, there are very few pictures of the man. He hated being
photographed, as he was embarrassed of his fame.
The
next article in this series will look at the 1940s-80s, covering the
invention of multi-layer color negatives through to the introduction of
Polaroid and Fujifilm instant cameras. We'll also investigate the how
photography became a tool of propaganda and why it came to be used in
advertising products and promotion.
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recognised ten years later. Today, photography is the largest growing
hobby in the world, with the hardware alone creating a multi-billion
dollar industry. Not everyone knows what camera obscura or even shutter speed is, nor have many heard of Henri Cartier-Bresson or even Annie
Leibovitz. Photography. An art form invented in 1830s, becoming publicly
recognised ten years
Sony's semiconductor business is working around the clock to keep up with image sensor demand
Sony is working around the clock to keep up with the demand for its image sensors, Bloomberg reported on Monday, but it's still not enough. According to the report, Sony is running its image sensor manufacturing business 24/7 straight through the holidays in an effort to keep on top of demand. As well, Sony is building a new facility in Nagasaki to expand its production capacity.
The Nagasaki manufacturing plant won't go live until April 2021, meaning Sony's current operations will remain strained for the foreseeable future. Sony Semiconductor head Terushi Shimizu recently said in an interview that the company is having to apologize to customers for its inability to keep up with image sensor demand.
As well, Shimizu said during the interview, the company has seen such huge growth in demand for its image sensors that the new Nagasaki facility may not be adequate enough once it goes online in 2021.
The rise of double- and triple-camera modules on flagship smartphones is driving this demand, the report claims. Whereas smartphone manufacturers previously needed one image sensor per handset, these same companies are now ordering two or more sensors for each unit (of select models), meaning that Sony has seen demand for its sensors increase even as the overall smartphone market's growth begins to falter.
Falling only behind the PlayStation, Sony's semiconductor business has become its most profitable business with image sensors accounting for the majority of the revenue. The company is investing in the semiconductor business to expand capacity, also eyeing new generations of image sensors for budding technologies, including ones involving AR and 3D sensing.
Sony remains in competition with Samsung, which has seen demand for its own image sensors likewise increase. In 2018, Korean publication ETnews reported that Samsung Electronics had announced a plan to increase its image sensor production capacity with the goal of overtaking Sony in this market. Whether it will be able to do that remains to be seen.
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Sony is working around the clock to keep up with the demand for its image sensors, Bloomberg reported on Monday, but it's still not enough. According to the report, Sony is running its image sensor manufacturing business 24/7 straight through the holidays in an effort to keep on top of demand. As well, Sony is building a new facility in Nagasaki to expand its production capacity.
Sony is working around the clock to keep up with the demand for its image sensors,
Kent Monkman Introduces Candid Indigenous Narratives to the Metropolitan Museum’s Great Hall
Installation view of “Welcoming the Newcomers” (2019) for The Great Hall Commission: Kent Monkman, mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People), 2019 (image courtesy of the artist and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, photo by Anna-Marie Kellen)
In mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People), Kent Monkman’s commission for the Great Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art now open to the public, the First Nations artist of Cree heritage challenges the narrow vision of Western art history by appropriating its very language. Monkman renders the past injustices and contemporary challenges endured by Indigenous people in the style of academic history painting — a genre whose imposing presence and institutional prestige he simultaneously channels and critiques. Many of the characters in his two 11-by-22-foot canvases borrow the guise, postures, or expressions from protagonists of European and North American works in the Met’s collection, in particular ethnographic and romantic portrayals of Native American subjects by non-Native artists.
Installation view of “Resurgence of the People” (2019) for The Great Hall Commission: Kent Monkman, mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People), 2019 (image courtesy of the artist and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, photo by Anna-Marie Kellen)
“Kent really wanted to tackle the images and objects we have on view about the so-called ‘vanishing race,’” Randy Griffey, a curator in the Met’s department of modern and contemporary art, told Hyperallergic. Viewers are encouraged to experience Monkman’s source material firsthand, aided by didactic wall labels that indicate the cited works’ locations in the museum galleries, but Griffey emphasized that the two paintings stand on their own. “Despite all the art historical references, Kent wants his work to be as accessible as possible,” he said, noting that the Great Hall is located at the museum’s entrance and does not require an admission fee to visit. “The reason he’s adhered to a figurative style is a commitment to communication.”
Kent Monkman, “Welcoming The Newcomers” (2019), acrylic on canvas (image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, photo by Joseph Hartman)
The first painting in the diptych “Welcoming The Newcomers” (2019) recreates early encounters between First Peoples and colonial settlers. Some locals pull shipwrecked European explorersonto the rocky shores in a gesture of altruism; others draw weapons in defense of their lands. Monkman’s nonbinary alter-ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, who emerges in both works as a symbol of the fluid gender identities embraced by the Cree, extends their muscular arms toward three men in the ocean. One of them is a figure wearing an intricate turban reminiscent of Jean-Léon Gérôme’s “Bashi-Bazouk” (1868-69), an oil on canvas work in the Met collection titled after the Turkish name for mercenary soldiers fighting for the Ottoman Empire. The French artist, who has been heavily criticized for his exoticizing and orientalizing interpretations of the Near East.
Jean-Léon Gérôme, “Bashi-Bazouk” (1868–69), oil on canvas, 31 3/4 x 26 in. Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2008 (image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
A reclining woman visible amidst the tangle of bodies on land, hand clutching her abdomen, is modeled after Thomas Crawford’s sculpture “Mexican Girl Dying” (1846; carved 1848) on view in the American Wing. Inspired by historian William H. Prescott’s “History of the Conquest of Mexico,” which advanced the theory that Spanish colonizers of Mexico sought to convert Native communities to Christianity, the work nevertheless appeased Western viewers by depicting the young woman with a cross, suggesting her eventual acceptance of and adherence to the imposed religion.
Thomas Crawford, “Mexican Girl Dying” (1846; carved 1848), marble, 20 1/4 x 54 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, bequest of Annette W. W. Hicks-Lord, 1896 (image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
In the second gargantuan canvas, “Resurgence of the People” (2019), Monkman imagines the contemporary aftermath of colonization. The composition references Emmanuel Leutze’s “Washington Crossing the Delaware” (1851). The boat in the foreground in Monkman’s version, however, roils in the high tides exacerbated by climate change, invoking images of migrant vessels. A band of white, armed figures from settler nations looms threateningly in the background.
Kent Monkman, “Resurgence of the People” (2019), acrylic on canvas (image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, photo by Joseph Hartman)
Two women holding a baby evoke the Indigenous parents in Eugène Delacroix’s painting “The Natchez” (1823-24 and 1835), whose child was born during their escape from French forces massacring the Natchez people in the 1730s. Griffey notes that the work is quoted in both “Welcoming the Newcomers” and “Resurgence of the People,” but in the latter, Monkman reinterprets the man and woman painted by Delacroix as a lesbian couple.
Eugène Delacroix, The Natchez (1823–24 and 1835), oil on canvas, 35 1/2 x 46 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Gifts of George N. and Helen M. Richard and Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh and Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, by exchange, 1989 (image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
“My people are heroes deserving of great history paintings,” declared Monkman during a recent performance at the Met in which his alter-ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, delivered a lecture titled “A True and Exact Account of the History of North America.” The power of Monkman’s paintings lies in their specificity: rather than advancinga sweeping statement against reductive representations of Indigenous people in Western art history, he draws from its canon pointedly and deliberately to offer a productive counter-narrative. The new commission at the Met suggests the museum’s willingness to self-reflect and consider its own collection with a critical eye, and represents an acknowledgment of institutions’ complicity in perpetuating colonial discourses, in art and beyond.
Bite Me: Packaging Insults Chewers as They Grab a Piece of Tooth-Shaped Gum
“Your breath is horrendous.” Pink and red packaging by Zoe Schneider resembles a mouth and taunts users each time they yank out a tooth-shaped piece of gum. With flavors like Black and Blueberry, Citrus Smash, and Pummelmint, the antagonistic product is aptly titled “Bite Me.” Schneider is a recent graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. You can follow her humorous designs on Instagram and Behance.
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“Your breath is horrendous.” Pink and red packaging by Zoe Schneider resembles a mouth and taunts users each time they yank out a tooth-shaped piece of gum. With flavors like Black and Blueberry, Citrus Smash, and Pummelmint, the antagonistic product is aptly titled “Bite Me.” Schneider is a recent graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design.
“Your breath is horrendous.” Pink and red packaging by Zoe Schneider resembles a
Joao Ruas brings his striking, ghostly paintings to Thinkspace Projects with the new show “Knots.” The show, running through Jan. 4 at the space, collects both new mixed-media and acylic paintings, as well as drawings from the artist. The artist was featured on our site here and was last seen in print with Hi-Fructose Vol. 23.
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Joao Ruas brings his striking, ghostly paintings to Thinkspace Projects with the new show “Knots.” The show, running through Jan. 4 at the space, collects both new mixed-media and acylic paintings, as well as drawings from the artist. The artist was featured on our site here and was last seen in print with Hi-Fructose Vol. 23. More Joao Ruas brings his striking, ghostly paintings to Thinkspace Projects with the new
Every month we roundup the best new portfolios released in the previous four weeks. This month we’re looking back at the whole of 2019, and picking out 19 of our favorites from the last 12 months. There’s a mixture here of colorful and restrained, experimental and expected; the one thing they all have in common is an attention to details that creates an exceptional UX. Enjoy!
WTF Studio
If you’re going to name your business WTF Studio, you need a suitably WTF site. Able Parris is a NY-based creative director who’s more than happy to slap you in the face with colour and motion. What we really loved about this site is that once you’ve scrolled past the anarchic introduction, it’s actually very safe, very clear. Attitude doesn’t have to mean sacrificing UX.
Stereo
Stereo features smooth animation, a beautiful palette, and some really gorgeous type. What makes it stand out is the unusual navigation menu — it scrolls across the center of the screen like an old-style marquee. We also loved its sweeping animation as it transitions from state to state.
Eva Garcia
We weren’t just impressed with the portfolios of design agencies this year. Eva Garcia’s portfolio is a classic example of how to build a portfolio site. It’s brand-appropriate, intuitive to use, and lets the work come to the fore.
Kévin Chassagne
Kévin Chassagne’s site is a great example of a site that delivers excellent layout, and awesome animation, without relying on JavaScript. The JavaScript here is used for a few details, but you really lose nothing without it. Everything from the typography, to the colour scheme, to the simple UX are great for a portfolio when you’re potentially browsing hundreds of sites at once.
Nicky Tesla
Nicky Tesla’s portfolio is one of the most original of 2019. It’s a spreadsheet; it doesn’t just look like a spreadsheet, it actually is one; it’s a publicly available spreadsheet on Google, with a domain attached. It’s not the most beautiful portfolio you’ll ever see, but it is daringly committed to its core concept.
Florian Wacker
Florian Wacker’s portfolio features absolutely beautiful typography. This site wowed us back at the start of the year, when minimalism was still de rigueur. As a pitch to design agencies that value good typography, this is almost faultless.
Adam Brandon
More minimalism from the start of 2019 in the form of Adam Brandon’s portfolio. His client list is fairly formidable, with Netflix, Apple, Nike, and Ford in there. The site sensibly takes a step back and lets the work promote itself.
EVOXLAB
Evoxlab is an unusual site for us, in that it has gone out of its way to mimic powerpoint slides, which is bordering on skeuomorphism. Well, kinda. It certainly feels like a slideshow. We’ve included it because it’s really committed to the concept, and in this case it works.
Plug & Play
The agency site for Plug & Play is one of the least challenging sites we’ve seen in 2019. In many ways it verges on cliché, but that’s all intentional, because this site is about a simplified user experience. What’s more we love the way it transitions from dark mode to light, as you scroll.
Athletics
Athletics jumps right into fullscreen video case studies of work for clients like IBM. At that point, if you have the budget, you’re probably sold, but Athletics follows up with a grid of lower-profile, but equally exciting design work.
Revolve Studio
Revolve Studio’s site really stands out not because of the presentation-style user experience, but because it’s built in ASP.NET. It also stands out by not showing any work, which is an unusual approach that has been surprisingly popular over the last year.
Florian Monfrini
Florian Monfrini’s portfolio is an expanded, full screen, collage approach. It fills the space well, and was one of the sites that adopted this approach long before it became fashionable.
Angle2
We love the typography of Angle2. It’s another slideshow-style site, but it’s brought to life by the angles and skew of the typography. Despite the energetic feeling text, and the variety of designs — one per page — it always remains usable.
Florent Biffi
If 2019 was the year of a single effect, it was the year of rippling, liquid-style effects. One of the first we saw was Florent Biffi’s site, with huge, bold typography and a subtle rippling effect over the design.
Bethany Heck
We really loved the semi-brutalist approach of Bethany Heck’s portfolio. It’s just a collection of project titles, and in places the accompanying logos, that lead either to the site being referenced, or to an internal link with delightful typography.
Bold
Bold’s portfolio is a simple presentation with some exceptionally sophisticated details. We loved the way the border expands from the images as you scroll, creating the sense of zooming into a project. It’s a confident and understated portfolio that sells to big names, with big budgets.
Transatlantic Film Orchestra
The Transatlantic Film Orchestra make music for video. Its website opens with calm, dark, monochromatic visuals, and absolutely no auto-play audio, which is exactly the right approach. When we actually chose to play the audio, we loved the UI.
Nick Losacco
Nick Losacco’s site highlights a lot of different skills, not least his typeface design. The whole site relies heavily on bold typography and an acidic red background for its personality.
Versett
Versett’s portfolio is a clean, modern site, that leans towards a one-page approach without ever fully embracing it. It’s easy to scan if you’re a business comparing potential agencies, and we loved the “More+” menu option that herds you towards different options like product design, or launching a new company.
http://weboffers.atspace.co.uk Every month we roundup the best new portfolios released in the previous four weeks. This month we’re looking back at the whole of 2019, and picking out 19 of our favorites from the last 12 months. There’s a mixture here of colorful and restrained, experimental and expected; the one thing they all have in common is an attention to details that creates an exceptional UX. Every month we roundup the best new portfolios released in the previous four weeks. This
“Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?” – Ebenezer Scrooge on the 2016 election.
It has been noted that “Trump sucks all the oxygen out of a room”. Poul Lange says he can attest that “this fact is very true when it comes to my studio.” Early in the morning of after Congress voted on the impeachment Lange sent me the images and his thoughts below.
“I consider myself a calm and mostly positive minded person. But since Trump became president I have been obsessed with politics, and negative thoughts have invaded my brain. Trump’s obnoxious behavior and deplorable politics won’t leave me alone, and where I would usually find inspiration for an uplifting collage or a useful graphic, my hand is now forced to make a comment about the monster in the White House.
“When I find a yellow gingko leaf, I now see Trump’s bizarre pompadour, where I would usually see a beautiful collage element.
“When I come across a whimsical vintage fruit-crate label; instead of enjoying the quirky typography I feel an urge to turn it into a political bumper sticker.
“When I consider the genius of (my old boss) Milton Glaser’s I heart NY logo, I just want to make a cheap knock-off expressing the need of political cleansing. (Sorry Milton, hope you don’t mind.)
“And when I think back on the “Jesus Saves” cross-shaped neon sign on the facade of a storefront church in my old Bed-Stuy neighborhood, I get inspired to make a vulgar Christmas ornament” The one above he is planning to turn into an air-freshener for your car (by adding a drop of Peach oil) once the holiday is over.
Lange further wrote: “I can’t wait for this to be over, so I can get back to making my pretty botanical collages and Edel Rodriguez can revisit Cuba to make more beautiful portraits of his family and friends.” But in the meantime, he admits he will probably continue to obsess about Trump and “get it out of my system by cutting and pasting nasty little memes.” Amen!
http://weboffers.atspace.co.uk “Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?” – Ebenezer Scrooge on the 2016 election.
It has been noted that “Trump sucks all the oxygen out of a room”. Poul Lange says he can attest that “this fact is very true when it comes to my studio. “Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that
Every month we roundup the best new portfolios released in the previous four weeks. This month we’re looking back at the whole of 2019, and picking out 19 of our favorites from the last 12 months. There’s a mixture here of colorful and restrained, experimental and expected; the one thing they all have in common is an attention to details that creates an exceptional UX. Enjoy!
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