Daphni – Yes, I know

Massive Attack vs Burial – Four Walls

Stunning landscapes here from Dustin Farrel, this is number two of a planned trilogy, watch one here.

Switch to full screen and enjoy.

Loving these awesome animated gifs from Jamie Beck. Taking the old favourite in to new territories. Think this might catch on.

This post has it all: cycling, electronica and a great video. Some cool edits and great colour treatment for Figures.

Video by Chris Tirrell & ENTWURF

Only 2 weeks until the Tour starts, think this should get a few plays.

Skateboarding in the rain reminds me how quickly Vans get soggy. Great camera angles on this short and brilliant choice of music directed by Eli Stoneberg.

Great video for Memory Tapes by Najork using some very eerie effects. Watch at the end for a nice touch sampling Peder Norrby‘s Starlings.

Some beautifully filmed portraits in this series by Etsy. Particularly liking this one. More here.

Awesome animation by David Wilson at Blink for The Japanese Popstars.

Stunning video for Four Tet‘s killer remix of John Hopkins fantastic “Vessel”. Fantastic combination of sound and visuals by Bison, using an old 3D technique called “Anaglyph“, which is the familiar red and cyan version of 3d that you used to get on the back of cereal boxes.

Lovely.

Just came across this video of Jon Kolko, Associate Creative Director at Frog talking at a recent TEDx CreativeCoast about some of the design methodologies Frog use and how they can be implemented. It is an interesting presentation and has a lot of synergy with some of the methods I have been introducing at BBC Sport – I have just never seen them explained so well.

The Frog technique is based on 1 of the 3 types of applied logic, [roughly] according to Wikipedia, these are:
Deductive – ‘Arguments that attempt to show that a conclusion necessarily follows from a set of premises’
Inductive – ‘Arguments indicate some degree of support for the conclusion but do not entail it’.
Abductive – ‘Arguments that arrive at an explanatory hypothesis’

The [new] method Jon is championing is ‘Abductive’ and works on the premise that peoples life experiences and opinions are valid when looking for insight and innovation and not necessarily adversely biased [as deemed by the other two]. This hypothesis then becomes a simple formula: I saw this + I know this = Insight. In another stage of the process Frog then apply this insight against existing design patterns to quickly find innovative solutions.

I really like this as it allows for best use of available data and research but also includes expert opinion and the experience and wisdom of the design team. We have been employing a very similar method at BBC Sport recently where we have been mapping best practice design patterns against researched audience feedback and product aspirations resulting in the generation of some great insights and innovative solutions.

More about Jon’s talk here.