The Force Star Wars Kinect: Image Shock 
Credit:From Star Wars Kinect Published on 3 Apr 2012 The image of Han Solo, dancing the night away in the new Star Wars Kinect has fans reaching for their light sabres...read more. | |
| | Fashion Film Fash Mash: Louis Vuitton vs Saul Bass 
Credit:Louis Vuitton Published on 30 Mar 2012 Maybe its just a bit of Saul Bass homage, maybe its the slow-burning influence of Imaginary Forces and their Mad Men title sequence. Whatever it is, Louis Vuitton have a stylishly 1950s animation selling their belts...read more. | |
| | Cute Images Cute Image Of The Day: Parakeets Chat 
Credit:Too cute for words. Published on 27 Mar 2012 A deep apology to our readers. Our ISM Briefing, Cute 22, missed out on one significant cute image trend - birds chatting to each other then giving each other a little peck on the cheek...read more. | |
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| | Music to Watch Top 5 Music Promos: SXSW Shorts Festival 
Credit:Camino by Hyperpotamus. Directed by Lucas Borras Published on 16 Mar 2012 A selection of great promos from SXSW, that feature singing trees, singing crotches and….Shock Horror!!! Singing…. singers…....read more. | |
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What is it good for? War Games 
Credit:Still from Turtle Beach: Mission Iraq trailer Published on 14 Dec 2011 The New Zealand branch of Turtle Beach, maker of gaming audio headsets, have teamed up with advertising agency Droga5 to send an experienced Kiwi gamer to a real war zone in Iraq. The project ostensibly has something to do with Turtle Beach’s headsets offering a ‘real’ audio experience...read more. | |
| | spoof The Art of the Consumer Test Video 
Credit:Still from Canon EOS C300 = Awesome Published on 8 Dec 2011 If you’ve ever bought a digital camcorder or DSLR with video capabilities, chances are you looked at test videos on Youtube or Vimeo. This funny and playful video-review of the Canon EOS C300 by Jonathan Yi pokes fun at their conventions....read more. | |
| | Year in Review Five Viral Hits 2011 
Credit:Levi's Fake Viral Published on 7 Dec 2011 Five Viral Hits in 2011, including photos of people scared out of their wits, babies playing at being adults, and an 'ass-cam'....read more. | |
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Relationships Trend Image Hug Grabs Internet 
Credit:thenicestplaceontheinter.net Published on 6 Dec 2011 The ISM Report, ‘Noo Emotions’, tracks the evolution of our emotional life in the age of social networking, which includes the new kinds of hugging visible everywhere. Just like thenicestplaceontheinter.net which will give you a virtual hug…a vlug...read more. | |
| | Victorian Technology Modern Zoetropes 
Credit:Still from Katy Beveridge's bicycle zoetrope video Published on 25 Nov 2011 The zoetrope is a piece of pre-cinema technology that produces the illusion of movement by presenting static images in quick succession. Invented in 1834, the zoetrope is getting an update for 2011....read more. | |
| | Fenton! Oh Deer! Five Hilarious Fenton / Benton Spoofs 
Credit:Still of Original Benton/Fenton Video Published on 24 Nov 2011 The hilarious clip of a Labrador starting a stampede of deer in a London park, as his hapless owner gives chase, has become an internet sensation and spawned a series of parody videos....read more. | |
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Trending Trend: Primal Dreamers 
Credit:Still from Promo for Summer Camp's single Better Off Without You Published on 8 Nov 2011 From Instagram to Music Promos to car ads, there's a visual styling expressing a deeply felt nostalgia for a past we only ever experienced through pictures. There's a group of people who are busily inventing a rich backstory for themselves through imagery. Welcome to the age of Primal Dreamers...read more. | |
| | Ad Auteurs Top Five French New Wave Inspired Ads
Credit:Jean-Luc Godard's 'Contempt' (1963) Published on 28 Oct 2011 A cinematic movement in the 1960s celebrated for its rejection of traditional narrative techniques and spirit of youthful iconoclasm, the French New Wave is proving inspirational for ad creatives....read more. | |
| | Street Poses Voguing In Everyday Life 
Credit:Artist Yolanda Domínguez, Poses, 2011 Published on 26 Aug 2011 Ordinary woman strike fashion poses outside supermarkets, in cafes and in the street. As Madonna said, don't just stand there, let's get to it, strike a pose, there's nothing to it...read more. | |
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| | Adult Babies Top 5 Baby Playing Adults - Babults! 
Credit:Rocksmith Published on 29 Jul 2011 Babies mimicking adults is a surefire viral YouTube hit. Creepy cool. Could this genre of baby videos have inspired the Rocksmith Guitar Baby viral?...read more. | |
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