Canstruction is a fundraising event for the Food Bank where teams compete by building 10′X 10′X 8′ sculptures out of cans and non-perishable goods. The two day competition ended this afternoon with our team (Industrial Brand Creative and Legends Memorabilia) taking the top prize of Juror’s Choice for the third year in a row with our entry PiniCantics. More photos and our usual timelapse QT of the build are soon to follow in the days ahead. But in the meantime, if you are in the Vancouver area, I encourage you …

• As a follow-up to my review of Vidfest, I met up with Ben Burden Smith, the producer of Tony Hawk and the Boom Boom Sabotage after its world premiere screening and got his take on what is was like working with the Hawk, the local pros, and the challenges of capturing all of the action for 3D. The interview has been posted on the Industrial Brand Blog.
• Also, it seems that the Industrial Brand Blog has won another award. Well, two in fact from Portfolios.com. We received a Bronze …

For the next couple of days (June 15 – 16), Ben and I are covering Vidfest for the TAXI Design Network out of Singapore. Our review will be posted on their site later next week but in the meantime, for images and a few infrequent postings check us out at Industrial Brand Creative.

Just over a year ago I posted an entry about my experience acquiring a fotologue.jp account for Industrial Brand Creative. As I reported, at that time there was no English whatsoever on the site and one required an invitation in order to join. Almost immediately after our success with acquiring an account, I began receiving emails from people from all over the world asking me how I had done it and could I help them in securing one of their own. Unfortunately, I could not offer them an easy answer.
Recently …

Okay, so “phenomenon” might be a little overstated, but there has been a pronounced trend online lately towards using or replicating a tilt-shift lens effect to make a normal photograph look like a miniature. Sam Javanrouh over at daily dose has produced some really interesting results with it here, here and, with a slight twist, here. So has his friend Shahin. And this morning, PingMag featured images of a “Tiny Tokyo” inspired by the work of Olivo Barbieri.
Very cool effect. You can learn how to do this to your own …

Mike Goedecke, Founder and Executive Creative Director of the California motion graphics company belief was recently in Vancouver for the Canadian premiere of his short film “Embryo” at a SIGGRAPH event. The next day, Mark and I met up with him and his lovely wife Lisa at Cassis for a brilliant lunch and an interview on his process and passion.

The Adventures in the Blogosphere continue over at Industrial Brand Creative as our blog gets named one of How Magazine’s Top Ten Websites.

These past couple of weeks over at Industrial Brand Creative have seen us scrambling to put together the creative for the GDC’s holiday event titled “The Colours of Cuba” this Wednesday night. Along with invitations and posters, we have designed a cool little website to promote the event. Considering the weather that we’ve been stuck with lately in Vancouver, this event is sure to be the hottest ticket in town.

The Industrial Brand Blog has been getting quite a lot of attention as of late. In less than a year, the number of visitors has risen steadily to about 30,000 per month. We suddenly find ourselves using terms like “blogroll” and “trackback” a lot. We’ve made contact with other bloggers and web pioneers from around the world. We’ve sat on blog panels. And just this past month, we have been recognized by Applied Arts for Best Blog and on Wednesday with a Lotus Award of Merit for Best Interactive Miscellaneous. …

This past weekend, Industrial Brand Creative along with Legends Memorabilia teamed up once again to participate in Canstruction Vancouver, a charity event in which teams build large sculptures out of non-perishable goods that are judged, exhibited and then later disassembled and donated to the Food Bank. Our sculpture this year, Snoopy on his doghouse took top prize of Juror’s Choice and all signs point to it going on to win the People’s Choice award as well.
We just launched the site for it this afternoon. Check out the time lapse video …