I love Base. I love Pantone colors. I love the Cool Hunting video series. Doesn’t get any better than this. Oh, yeah…and if all else fails throw in some cameos by John Maeda and Tina Roth Eisenberg (Swiss Miss).

“To celebrate the release of The Plus Series, the next generation of the classic Pantone Matching System, Base worked with director Greg Mitnick and producer/Cool Hunting editor Ami Kealoha to give a rare look into the behind-the-scenes of the design world’s color standard.”

Via KN:

“Back in 2001 DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist got together for a little session/album where they only spun 45′s, calling the end result Product Placement.”

This video is so good I had to post it after seeing Bobby had it up at Kitsune Noir. Thanks to Karl who also gave me a heads up on it. This is helping me set the mood for Cinco de Mayo.

-NAME
Tim Nolan, Director of Interactive at Hush Studios

-WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
Brooklyn, New York. Hush Studios is in DUMBO, and I live near the Brooklyn Museum.

-WHAT DOES YOUR WORK CONSIST OF?
I am the Director of Interactive at HUSH. Hush Studios is a New York-based creative studio conceiving and developing powerful brand-driven stories, award winning design, animation, and film for TV, Internet, and Mobile. In other words, the work takes the on form of live action, flash applications, and animation.

-HOW DID YOU GET STARTED?
I started working in the interactive field during the mid-nineties, and have had the honor of working at a handful of the best studios around. David & Erik (partners at Hush) have their roots in motion, 3D, and live action production. Together we make HUSH what it is today.

-WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT WHAT YOU DO?
The best thing about what I do is having the opportunity to work with so many talented people.

-WHAT IS THE WORST THING ABOUT WHAT YOU DO?
There just are not enough hours in the day to do everything!

-IF YOU WEREN’T IN DIGITAL, WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING?
If I wasn’t working in Digital I would be creating analog works of art. I miss painting and mixed media artwork. I will use this interview to remind myself to “make” more physical stuff!

-WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
I am inspired by Technology, Art, Design, Television, and Nature.

-WHERE DOES CREATIVITY COME FROM?
Creativity comes from so many places. Some days it is observations everyday life, some days it comes from seeing work around the web. Part of my job at Hush Studios is to stay one step ahead of the curve. I scour the web via twitter, and a collection of blogs that focus on technology, emerging platforms, as well as art & design.

-WHO’S WORK DO YOU LOOK UP TO? (Either currently or in the past)
There are a few filmmakers like Spike Jonze, Terri Timely, and Wes Anderson whom I look up to as narrative storytellers, and on the interactive front I have always respected on the work of Yugo Nakamura

-WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE FOR YOUR INDUSTRY?
I am so excited for the future. Everyday we (as an industry) make progress, everyday someone takes an existing model and improves it. “Life moves pretty fast, if you do not stop an look around once and a while, you might miss it.” – Ferris Bueller

-WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM YOU NEXT?
Big things are coming from HUSH Studios in 2010. We love prototyping out new things like this: http://vimeo.com/8846944 and hope to have a few more internal projects launching soon. Stay tuned.

-WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR FIELD ASPIRING TO GET TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY?
My advice would be to do what you love.

-ONE DEFINING MOMENT OF YOUR CAREER SO FAR.
In 2008 I started directing live-action specifically for the internet. The idea of combining live action and 3D was always something I pushed for, and it was awesome to be involved in the whole process of pre-production; Script and Character development, Wardrobe, props, and styling are all very interesting to me. I love crafting narrative, and having so much control over what is on the screen is very rewarding. (See: http://vimeo.com/7195348) I truly believe we have that magic formula of balancing these disciplines working for us here at HUSH. The future looks bright.

-WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Miike Snow

13th witness has been on my radar for some time now. Besides his work being consistent and constantly evolving the passion that he evokes is that of greatness. To see someone who enjoys their work and dedicated to making it great is always inspiring. be sure to check out not only his photography but video projects as well. keep it up senor 13!

Creative  Control is an interesting collection of videos.. check it out…

“Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which was not before possessed.” – Joseph Addision

I have been doing nothing but watching these as of late. What a great idea, we have started a new Good Folk series of interviews along the same lines and we can’t wait to sure them with you all.

Dreamers Ink Aesthetics is the online portfolio of Mitchell Paone. Paone’s creative work crosses the disciplines of design, fine art, music and film. Beautiful stuff, check out his reel above.

Dieter Rams has to be one of my favorite designers.

Via Original Linkage

A new site by Jonathan Harris was just launched today, The Sputnik Observatory. Go check it out now!

From the site: Sputnik Observatory is a New York not-for-profit educational organization dedicated to the study of contemporary culture. We fulfill this mission by documenting, archiving, and disseminating ideas that are shaping modern thought by interviewing leading thinkers in the arts, sciences and technology from around the world. Our philosophy is that ideas are NOT selfish, ideas are NOT viruses. Ideas survive because they fit in with the rest of life. Our position is that ideas are energy, and should interconnect and re-connect continuously because by linking ideas together we learn, and new ideas emerge.

Our goal is to encourage life-long learning, and we have created this website as a portal of possibilities. A democratic space where people can listen and engage with ideas that inform contemporary history. Ideas that we believe will empower everyone to be a part of today’s cultural conversation.

Sputnik Observatory was established in 2003 by the principals of Sputnik Inc. who dedicated their own resources to self-fund the launch of this website. We hope your experience ignites discussion and you join us in the effort to collectively imagine and re-imagine our world. Please visit often, discover new avenues of exploration, and share what you want, when you want.

The word “Sputnik” means fellow traveler. We look forward to venturing on this voyage together.

Ideas are energy.
Your brain is a satellite.
Out there is your mind.

I don’t know why, but I really love these Urban Camouflage videos.

Animal Collective “My Girls” /// The song is infectious and the video is ridiculous. I can’t get enough, thanks to Karl for the heads up.

These were a staple of my design “diet” when I was in school. I find it amazing that such things can continue to have great impact even years later. Go check out these Hillman Curtis videos on designers like Paula Scher, Stefan Sagmeister, David Carson and more.

Thanks to Lou for sending this in…good stuff

Keith Loutit is a photographer based in Sydney, Australia (one of my favorite cities in the world). He makes these remarkable short films that incorporate tilt-shift and time-lapse photography. I don’t know what to say about these miniature worlds he creates, they’re just awesome. Check them all out on Vimeo.

We Love Our Work is dedicated to the collaboration between director/writer Lernert Engelberts & Sander Plug, a graphic designer and artist. The two collaborate on a variety of amazing projects for music videos, children’s television and even some performance video. They are based in the Netherlands.

Congrats to Aerosyn Lex and the feature in Complex Magazine. One of today’s true typographic innovators.

Via Visao Media

BIGGGGG UPs to the guys from broccolicity for doing this little profile on me and taking the time to pick my brain a bit..  much love to the BC fam!

Thanks to Marilyn Jones for sending me this! It’s hilarious, check out the website.