Archive for February, 2010
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Thanks again to all the organizers, sponsors and attendees to the HUSH-sponsored Digital Dumbo event @ Galapagos Art Space. While our comments were brief (in favor of the open bar) we wanted to emphasize our desire to help bring together a cross-discipline digital community. I’ve never seen a better mix of talents – directors, designers, digital strategist, producers of many feathers, and even a finance guy.
We are amazed at how this event has grown. From day one Digital Dumbo has been about the community. It has been By Dumbo For Dumbo, and as our budding community has grown so has Digital Dumbo flourished. As professionals all pushing the limits of our industry, and putting in an astonishing amount of time and effort into client projects, pitches (uggh) and maintaining our own businesses, it is totally awesome how we can peel off some time and dedicate it to the idea of giving back to the place we all love, live, and work in.
Of course, in typical HUSH fashion, we shot a ton of photos and video. Lots still coming and will be disseminated over the Twitterness in the following days. For now, check the Flickr set:
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February 26th, 2010
david
April 25th – 27th, The Design & Technology Festival, Toronto Canada
Our very own Director of Interactive has been invited to join the the panel of judges for FITC Toronto 2010. Now in its 9th year, FITC Toronto is one of the largest and longest running events of its kind in the world. With some of the most unique and engaging presenters from around the globe, FITC Toronto is an information blitz of presentations, demonstrations, and panel discussions, sandwiched between our legendary FITC parties and abundant networking opportunities. Topped off with the FITC Award Show, it’s three days and nights that will leave you inspired, energized and awed. FITC is rad. Go Canada. SideNote: We love the awesome site creative direction James Paterson.
February 26th, 2010
tim
Ok. You get KBIT by now. Stuff that’s dead and in need of resurrection. At this point, we can use more time to dive into the deceased, mourn its death, craft the obituary. So, a few kind words, by those team members closest to the work, should offer some insights into a budding life ended all too soon.
KBIT: Hi David… Love your work btw… So… When was the last time you remember seeing these boards… and what would you tell them if they were still around today?
DS: I guess I would say that your death was tragic. You were ripped from our lives prematurely. We loved you for your super-lo-fi approach, your abstract vision of the iconic MSN butterfly, your use of restrained CG, for your ability NOT to do a camera fly-through. Yes, you were unique.
KBIT: I really like the idea behind the construction of the brand mark from the many different physical elements in the earlier frames. It must be difficult to see so many lovely design elements, with bright futures in animation, get taken away from you at such an early age? How you do persevere?
DS: Their memory lives on in the minds of our team, our production company and the agency (Taxi, Montreal). Perhaps our collective memory will resurrect the idea and it will be reincarnated in another form, another brand, another campaign. Inshallah. Kudos to Umeric.
MSN.ca we will miss you. R.I.P. 2009.
February 24th, 2010
tim
Welcome to the first installment of, KBIT, Killed Before Its Time. If you have spent any time in the creative world, you know ideas are media and ideas are currency. But as strong as design ideas can be, they often meet an untimely death. Like the dull thud of taxi hitting bike messenger, the idea you’ve been building can suddenly die – whether by the client’s axe or some unseen force in the wacky world of advertising.
So without further adieu, we present to you our first installment of KBIT. Why? To prove that there’s life after death, to give things that should have succeeded another chance. Or, just to show the world all the goodies quietly sitting on our servers.
We begin with a resurrected pair of style frames for Nike. They were to become a piece in motion demonstrating the cross-training capabilities of these kicks. Designer: Graham Hill.
Frame One was brutally murdered, during a divine act of selflessness by stepping in front of his friend Frame Two, pictured below.
Note: The (.jpg) file names have been changed at the family’s request.
February 21st, 2010
tim
OFFICIAL RELEASE:
An Evening of Audio/Video Indulgence – Multi-disciplinary design studio, HUSH, invites you to shake a leg at the upcoming Digital DUMBO event @ Galapagos Art Space. Conceived in DUMBO, birthed in DUMBO, operating daily in DUMBO, (as well as Montreal, Canada), HUSH focuses on telling stories with moving images as they pertain to all things digital. We promise: no long speeches, no bombastic proclamations, just good times.
We’ve got DJ and VJ performances to stimulate the senses, camera flashes to help you get your 15 minutes of fame, and of course, an open bar to make your night worth while. Mark your calendar. Come get a drink. Drop a card. It’s nice to meet you. Now, smile.
RSVP FOR FREE TICKETS HERE
Location:
Galapagos Art Space
16 Main Street
DUMBO Brooklyn
February 25th, 2010
6:30-9:00pm
Event Sponsor
Dewey’s Candy – The Sweetest spot in Dumbo
February 10th, 2010
tim