Little giants

I recently judged the OMO entries of the Mofilm Contest. Twelve iconic brands asked people to create user-generated adverts. The twelve finalists will be judged by Spike Lee for a chance to win an apprenticeship on his next movie. The winner will be announced at Cannes Lions 2009. In the meantime, you can see the charming OMO entry by Diana Triana here.

See more videos on MOFILM Cannes, a MOFILM competition.

Skeletons of steel scrapping the sky

'What happened in the city of New York when the skyscrapers was born is that buildings turned from crustaceans, which are supported by their walls to vertebrates supported by their skeleton. But the skeleton had to be made of steel. It's one of the great transforming moments of how we live on earth as human beings.' David McCullough

In Frankfurt we walked past an enormous skyscrapper whose sides were unfinished in patches, revealing a rough coating of concrete the same texture and colour of a nearby church. For a moment, I thought it was deliberate, but the beautiful symmetry was accidental and temporary. Much like life.

And it's spicy too

I'm a great fan of chili sauces. None more so than Sriracha. There is a charming little article about a brand grown famous not through marketing, but reputation.

Make a splash

Move your cursor to create beautiful, inky calligraphic lines and explore hidden experiences.

Formative

Today, standing on the pavements during a fire alarm, we talked about movies from our childhood that we felt were the most formative. I mentioned the Red Balloon, a wordless, but dramatic, short film from 1956 that played repeatedly on television in the 70s. The films mixes solitude, joy, bravery and folly and it probably helped form both my melancholic nature and my love of Paris. And you can watch it online here.

Stop and go

A Night in Hong Kong, stunning stop motion video.

I hate Comic Sans

A short film about the font Comic Sans, in response to Gary Hustwit's film, Helvetica.