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Michel Gondry's Dream for Motorola didn't fly. Care to submit yours?



In early 2007, Motorola hired visionary artist Michel Gondry (as well as some other directors) to produce a film based on the experience of their new phone, the Motorola Razr2.

Here's Gondry's esoteric film, The Dream.
I've posted it as a low res file so it doesn't take forever to view. To see the hi-res versions, click here.


Not without its controversy, Motorola and Gondry didn't exactly see eye to eye (read article here). The ad never ran and instead, the bizarre spot with the couple on the subway platform throwing their phones like ninja death stars ran (seen below).



But back to Gondry's film and the chance to make your own...

The site includes stills as well as a video of the making of the film.





You can even view Gondry's sketches for the spot here.



In addition to films by Gondry, Tarsem and more, they invite you to make and submit your own film.
Here are the requirements:



They supply you with images and script formats.
So, have at it! And good luck...

Click here to learn more.

NYC TAXI logo design debacle update.

David Dunlap's engaging and controversial series about the NYC Taxicab Logo design debacle has come to an end. Final reader's submissions were posted on the 23rd. For those who didn't get to see them, they can be seen here.

See What's Been Stirring At WOK






New versions of WOKmedia's ‘Made in China’ series of furniture.

The work, featuring traditional Chinese furniture embedded with hand-carved wooden toys and finished in white lacquer, is a result of their extended stay in China as part of a collaboration with Contrasts Gallery of Shanghai.

This series of work debuted at Design Miami last December.


They describe it as "Seemingly innocent children toys act as a kind of space invaders emerging from a world hidden inside our childhood memories. Specifically invading antique Chinese furniture, starting to threaten their traditional past."


and as "Revealing a surreal and terrifying landscape of derailed trains, drowning babies, crashing planes and wild dinosaurs."
 


The most recent additions to the above installation are the following :


Limited edition series of WOKmedia's ‘Made in China’ collection.
Each piece is unique, featuring traditional Chinese furniture embedded with hand-carved wooden toys and finished in white lacquer.

 above: ‘GRR’


above: ‘BOW-WOW’


above: ‘BOO-HOO’


above: ‘CLANK’

Who is WOKmedia?

Julie Mathias and Wolfgang Kaeppner established WOKmedia in 2004.
They are based in London with a production studio in Shanghai.

Wokmedia’s work is primarily concerned with the emotional dimension, an archetypal memory or a physical sensation. Often they survey a state of in between where chaos is showing structure and confusion is beginning to make sense. Where out of devastation and destruction emerges a new world. A world embedded in their childhood memories when emotions were not expected to be filtered, when make-believe was not equated with lunacy.

Julie Mathias
julie@wokmedia.com

Wolfgang Kaeppner
wok@wokmedia.com

London
Studio
WOKmedia
2 Leswin Place, Unit HQ
London N16 7NJ

Shanghai Production
WOKmedia
Rujin Road 500 (South)
Shanghai


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