ThinkVein

If you haven’t come across Stebs form Paper Fortress yet, you have got to check out some of his amazing work. He works with some really creative people and aims to capture nuances of their passion and skill through video. The above video is a reflection of the past year and a half of work – taking footage from multiple projects culminating in a single message.

Including two of my favorites below:

A beautifully captured and edited interview with Josh Vogel – a wood craftsman with a deep and insightful appreciation of wood. His perspective extends beyond beauty and reflection of time gone by – through a connection of absolute commitment and care.

It is the ultimate achievement to have found your passion and worked on it throughout your life – I believe it is the greatest challenge. Everything else will follow.

Shortly after the Fukushima disaster an opening came up in work to travel to the Google office in Tokyo for 3 months. Although I would absolutely love to visit Tokyo and it was 100km+ away from the disaster – nuclear radiation scares the hell out of me.

This video by Yukihiro Shoda flirts between a fictional environment and a very real reality. The constant denial of the Japanese government about the level of radiation leaked does nothing to inspire confidence in their honesty. Nor the delays and refusal to force people to move outside the declared unsafe zone. Such decisions will be carried forward for generations.

However, out of disaster came some of the most humbling stories. In particular, the selfless sacrifice of the elderly people who offered to help clean up the nuclear waste around Fukushima provided a chilling reflection of our own priorities and values. Their reasoning was that cancer may take 10 to 15 years to develop – at which point they may already be dead.

There are two reason’s I’m buzzing off this video at the moment – the animation is pretty wicked and it’s made me think about something in an entirely different way. I never though about my perception of time and how it affects everything I do – work, relationships and behaviour. Further to this, I fully agree with Zimbardo’s point about kids brains being rewired. We develop, evolve and learn based on our experiences. The experiences of today’s kids are entirely different to our grand parents up bringing and as such their brains work entirely different. This has huge ramifications for educational institutions as old learning methods may no longer be relevant. There is so much in this video – not that I agree with everything – but it’s well worth a watch.

Produced by Davis Silis, this is a pretty funny retro skit entitled ‘Thinking is Fun…’.

Adam Kimmel presents: Claremont HD on Vimeo

May favourite part of this video is the split second reaction after they’re asked the question. It’s a cold feeling of exposure or threat of exposure. We all have a secret inside that we hold close to our chest.

There is a follow up blog listing pictures and letters posted in from people around the world. I find it a little closer to the bone to be honest. It’s basically a long list of sexual abuse, suicide and depressions stories.

This is a really impressive video outlining the process of creating letterpress coasters.

Coasters by repeatpress.com
Video by iloveqp.com
Music by The White Stripes (Youtube Video)

Last Day Dream by Chris Milk (via Vimeo)