A FUTURE LOVE STORY.

I guess you've already heard about the new Spike Jonze movie Her. I was really excited about it from the time i saw the first trailer, couldn't wait to see it.
Well, it's basically a love story from the future, about a lonely, introverted guy who falls in love with its operating sistem. Set in a stunning futuristic Los Angeles, the movie is spectacular, with a lot of visual appeal: great settings, with a care attention for interiors (loved the office), accurate photography, attention to colors and an unique soundtrack. With the amazing performance by Joaquin Phoenix, melancholic yet very sweet, and Scarlett Johansson, partecipating only with her soft warm voice, the movie came out unique, intimate and fascinatic. You HAVE to see it!

THE WES ANDERSON COLLECTION.

What a find: today i stumbled on this amazing book The Wes Anderson Collection.
Being a HUGE fan of his work i was of course pretty excited about this guided tour of the director world, full of unpublished photos, artwork and ephemera.

“The interview and images are woven together in a meticulously designed book that captures the spirit of his films: melancholy and playful, wise and childish—and thoroughly original.” - Abrams Books.

Not being able to put my hands on the material object yet i was really happy with how the author Matt Zoller Seitz expands the book into the website, with a series of video essays guiding us through the  seven chapters based on Anderson's movies Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, The Darjeeling Limites, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Moonrise Kingdom, you should have a look!

(images via here, here and here)

XMAS AT MEGAPHONE.

Our friends at down at Megaphone delivered their yearly christmas present, and what's a better gift than some good music?
This year's idea is an orgy of collaboration between all the label's artists, a great way for new listeners to discover them all! And of course everything's put together in a crazy fun packaging designed by A spectacular machine, a red and green embroidered interactive web page, in wich you can play and crate your own x-mas orgy with reindeers, snowflakes, christmas trees and something more! You should try it it's lots of fun!

You can have a listen and download the compilation here.

(image © Megaphone)

TYPE'S GOOD OLD DAYS.

Canadian graphic designer and animator Ben Barrett-Forrest has created this instructive little animation about the history of fonts. A stop-motion video made with 291 paper letters and 2,454 photographs, showing the evolution of typography starting from Gutenburg's blackletter, explaining the roots of Roman, Caslon, Baskerville, getting towards the end to sans serifs types and the transformations of fonts with new tecnologies and computers. Pretty useful isn't it?

ILLUSTRATORI, A DOCUMENTARY.

Here's something pretty cool i saw yesterday: a documentary about four illustrators, the "big" names of the italian scene, exporting their work abroad and collaborating with some of the most important international magazines and brands.

I found it very interesting, yet really inspiring, with the way they they speak through these interviews about their careers (why is it necessary to work abroad?), inspirations and highs-and-lows about their job (the loneliness of being a freelance, for instance, balanced by the passion and love for what they're doing).

You can "meet" the four characters below, Olimpia Zagnoli, Alessandro "Shout" Gottardo, Emiliano Ponzi and Francesco Poroli, with a selection of some of their works and have a look at the full documentary, at the end.

(images above © Olimpia Zagnoli)

(images above © Alessandro Gottardo)

(images above © Emiliano Ponzi)

 (images above © Francesco Poroli)