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I have always loved Rube Goldberg machines (and marble runs and Heath Robinson illustrations) so I was delighted when a Canadian family won the 2020 Rube Goldberg Bar of Soap Video Challenge. Here is their winning entry.     Perhaps … Continue reading →

I began this week by finishing the folding of all the outer locking panels. The image above shows the set of panels for Memory Bank V.

Tomorrow is Pi Day, and in celebration here’s a flick about a machine that produces the number π. The machine was created by Florian Born and David Friedrich for the Digitale Klasse – University of the Arts Berlin 2014, and … Continue reading →

Given the State of The World currently, you might want to consider becoming a pessimist. Philosopher Alain de Botton , with the assistance of Claudio Salas and a team of animators, describes the advantages of pessimism in tonight’s flick.   … Continue reading →

With a bit of witchery lingering from Hallowe’en, tonight’s flick is a pop-up book with a difference. The video features Macbeth by Davy and Kristin McGuire, and demonstrates the book’s built-in miniature projection mapping that operates automatically as the ‘reader’ … Continue reading →

Tonight’s flick by Matthew Rogers is longer than the usual kinetic typography videos I post, but worth it. The text, being by Stephen Fry, is clear and eloquent. Since the narration is also by Fry it is, of course, excellent. … Continue reading →

Today’s flick was directed and animated by Emily Downe. From the accompanying text on Vimeo: What does it mean to be conscious in a world that is becoming increasingly artificially intelligent? Can machines really see? Based on an interview with … Continue reading →

Tonight’s flick is a simple animated short. It was made as a graduation film by Hanna Rybak, and the text is an up-dated version of a quotation from Winston Churchill.     Perhaps we should all try being more like … Continue reading →