Mark Forscher » brilliant http://markforscher.com Mark Forscher is a designer and musician living in Brooklyn, NY. Wed, 23 May 2012 22:16:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Ushttp://markforscher.com/notes/video/2010/11/the-surprising-truth-about-what-motivates-us/ http://markforscher.com/notes/video/2010/11/the-surprising-truth-about-what-motivates-us/#comments Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:44:44 +0000 mark http://markforscher.com/?p=4091

“This lively RSA Animate, adapted from Dan Pink’s talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace.” Thanks Ann!

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A great interview with Joey Roth on the creation of the beautifully-designed Sorapot, “a unique, modern teapot. Its architectural shape and simple functionality bring tea’s quiet beauty into sharp focus.”

Joey also designed these insanely cool ceramic speakers:

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Pay attention.

]]> http://markforscher.com/notes/video/2010/08/words/feed/ 1 Alexis Gideon Video Musics II: Sun Wu-Konghttp://markforscher.com/notes/video/2010/06/alexis-gideon-video-musics-ii-sun-wu-kong/ http://markforscher.com/notes/video/2010/06/alexis-gideon-video-musics-ii-sun-wu-kong/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:30:11 +0000 mark http://markforscher.com/?p=3409

The follow-up to Alexis’s brilliant animated/claymation Video Musics is coming soon:

“Video Musics II: Sun Wu-Kong” is a one hour multimedia video opera based on the 16th century Chinese novel “The Journey to the West”. The project combines line drawing and watercolor animation as well as stop motion and claymation.

It has musical contributions from Rachel Blumberg (M Ward, Arch Cape), Cory Gray (Norfolk & Western, Carcrashlander), Shelley Short (Hush) as well as visual contributions from Cynthia Star (Coraline, Moral Orel, Robot Chicken), Becca Taylor (Punk Planet, Arthur) and Ezra Claytan Daniels (Darkhorse Comics, Top Shelf Comics).

The DVD/Vinyl release is on Africantape(EU) / Slowtrain(US) scheduled for fall 2010.

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Epic.

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This is true vision. Thanks for the link S!

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In case you don’t know, Reggie Watts is insanely talented.

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