Thornberg & Forester’s “Holiday Jam” is the award-winning NYC-based studio’s one-of-a-kind holiday character generator for the iPhone and iPad, offering more than 20,000 unique combinations. T&F’s factory elves have developed the advanced-yet-childishly intuitive functionality which allows you to shake to shuffle, swipe to build and easily email and share your creations with Facebook friends to your heart’s content. Download it for free from iTunes: http://bit.ly/tAsaIj
Bank of America “Feeding America” Cinema Spot from Hill Holliday and Brand New School.
“One in six Americans struggles with hunger. That’s why Feeding America offers the support they need to thrive. And you can help.”
Unfortunately this 2011 holiday promotion has ended but I do still encourage you to explore http://environment.bankofamerica.com and http://feedingamerica.org.
I am very proud to announce that my book “Ewasko: Days and Lights” — which was nominated for Blurb’s “People’s Choice Award” — is now available as an instant ebook download for Apple iBooks (iPad/iPhone). Thank you for your interest in this project — Tommy and I look forward to receiving your feedback.
Thank you welovestopmotion for sharing SODA by Crankbunny
SODA is a dark animated fable that features the use of stopmotion paper cutout silhouettes, animated shadow puppets, plus live action back projection. SODA is inspired by Day of the Dead paper cuttings that have used for to illustrate the why & how of mortality.
Source: welovestopmotion
Not brand new but I’m blown away by The History Channel’s Top Shot directed by King and Country:
“We had a great time blowing up everything on site during the filming of this spot for The History Channel’s Top Shot. A .44 Magnum, a high powered 308 sniper rifle, knives, and a bow and arrow were used while shooting on the high speed Phantom camera to catch some amazing Top Shots.”
Source: vimeo.com
Ars Tobin
jamesholloway wrote this wee article about Amon Tobin’s ISAM tour for Ars. Well done!
NYC-based design and production company Thornberg & Forester (T&F) for the 2011 Hamptons International Film Festival.
“Our team continues to be incredibly passionate about what we do and is growing in inspiring ways,” says T&F partner and director Scott Matz. “Our work for the HIFF is yet another testament to the fact that we never compromise great creative vision, and we firmly believe in only the highest production value.”
Source: thornbergandforester.com
Classic image “Andreas Feininger - The Photojournalist, 1951” via mastergram. View original version here.
Source: mastergram
We Make It Good is a group of writers, curators, dreamers, and thinkers telling stories through the varied mediums of film, music, art, and experience. This WMIG blog item presents some of Anton Corbijn’s Cultural Icons.
Source: wemakeitgood.com



