Saul Bass, Ant Enthusiast

It makes perfect sense that the world reknown master of cinema titles, Saul Bass [saulbass.tv] should have made a film. It makes even more sense that said film is more visually stunning than especially well written or acted. What is surprising is the subject matter: Mutant Killer Ants. Two mad scientists locked in a bucky ball [wikipedia.org/fullerene] with a particularly useless token female character wage war against hyper intelligent ants. Cue amazing super close-ups of ants communicating with each other, spooky ant hill sculptures, kooky 70s computer technology and loads of lab equipment smashing in slo-mo. A mini masterclass in technique if not a mildly diverting b-movie [iMDB].

Abbott, No Costello

I hope she won’t be too upset with me posting this but it’s a great little interview with ace illustrator, Chrissie Abbott [chrissieabbott.co.uk]. You get to poke around her studio too. Ace!

Boicotube Gold

YouTube channel design is bit shonky, isn’t it. I only say this cause I’ve just set up the boicotube [youtube.com/boicotube] channel for all the moving picture flotsam and jetsam that comes floating through this here blog (as well as stuff I’m too lazy to post about but have added to the various boicotube playlists anyhow). It’s a shame it’s not as good looking and easy to navigate as Vimeo [vimeo.com], which is steadily gaining popularity with designers and image makers alike. YouTube only allows 3 playlists to be displayed on yer homepage at a time for some bonkers reason but please check them all out. It’s all gold (particularly the Crunchie ad featuring Naomi Watts). Here’s a music video that used to give me nightmares when I was a kid. Thanks Godley & Creme [wikipedia].

Grace is Gonna Get You

Grace Jones is releasing her first album, in like… forever, and launching it with this eerie, eye-bending video by Nick Hooker [nickhooker.com]. Nice to see an artist who hasn’t decided to go all mellow on us over the years. The album should be out around October.