“Bembo’s Zoo”
In an updated twist on the alphabet-as-animals tradition,
this animation shows each letter recombining with itself
to create animated counterparts, with appropriate sounds.
Our favorites: the letters “O” becoming
an octopus and the letter “U” becoming
a unicorn.
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National Geographic’s
“Crittercam”
The animal point-of-view revealed by Crittercam represents
not only a new chapter in natural sciences but also
a new era in programming. From now on, any nature series
that is only from the POV of the camera crew will seem
lacking.
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Leo Burnett’s “Big Ideas Come Out of Big Pencils”
The Leo Burnett ad agency’s Canadian site embodies
their position that sketching can create great ideas.
Although the pencil cannot be lifted up, and all lines
are connected, this online realization captures the
idea.
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After making each week’s
Net selections, we select some
related books, games, DVDs, etc.
This issue: “Pencil Pastimes,” traffic cones & more in... The
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Hybridworks’
“The iCorn Project”
From the Japanese design studio Hybridworks comes
this athletic
adventure of agile traffic cones and their corn-on-the-cob
relatives. (Really.)
Watching this, you may believe you have found the next
big Olympic event.
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