http://soup.c3o.org/ http://soup.c3o.org/ http://e.asset.soup.io/asset/0005/0254_0d41.png 128 128 Tumblelog by Christopher Clay, founder of Soup.io . hello@c3o.org / Twitter: c3o wonder / marvel / learn motivate / laugh Timeless posts Why I tumblelog A ShouldDo list Freiräume in Wien Was ist los in Wien? My favorite posts  (outdated) Output so far Heftling (2012?) Luminous Flux  (2012–) ♥ Mixtapes (2011) 27  (2010) ♥ Team Armin Soyka (2010) 26 (2009) ♥ Startupwiki (2009–) LIF (2008) Soup  (2007–) ♥ Netznetz (2007–2008) Metalab (2006–) ♥ CanvasPaint (2006) Design portfolio (2005) Textcounter.org (2003) PS: If I write about events, that's cause I'm inviting you to come along. Get in touch! {"tags":["marvel","animation","books"],"type":"video","source":"http://vimeo.com/27969381","body":"\u003Cb\u003E Penguin Books\u003C/b\u003E makes a series of really well-done book promo vids. This one is for \u003Ci\u003EIs That A Fish In Your Ear?\u003C/i\u003E by David Bellos, but \u003Ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/23968190\"\u003Esee their Vimeo\u003C/a\u003E for more.","embedcode_or_url":"http://vimeo.com/27969381"} <embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=27969381&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;video_info=1" allowfullscreen="true" height="345" width="460" /><b> Penguin Books</b> makes a series of really well-done book promo vids. This one is for <i>Is That A Fish In Your Ear?</i> by David Bellos, but <a href="http://vimeo.com/23968190">see their Vimeo</a> for more.<p>[Reposted from <span class="user_container user470569" ><a class="" href="http://viirus.ohai.su/post/159725330/Animation-Is-That-A-Fish-In-Your"><span class="name">viirus</span></a></span>]</p>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:48:12 GMThttp://soup.c3o.org/post/159857785/Penguin-Books-makes-a-series-of-reallyurn:www-soup-io:1:159857785videomarvelanimationbooks {"tags":["marvel","art","photography","animation","video","bestposts"],"type":"image","source":"http://fromme-toyou.tumblr.com/tagged/gif/","body":"\u003Ca href=\"http://fromme-toyou.tumblr.com/tagged/gif/\"\u003EAnimated photos by\u00a0\u003Cb\u003EJamie Beck\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EA while back I thought to myself that we need a new online media format for short-form videos: No play button, no loading indicator and no progress bar, audioless or muted until you hover/click, etc \u2013 this comes really close, testing the limits of the GIF format (few colors, huge file size).\u003Cdiv\u003EIt's a joy to see such creative uses of common-place technology. Amazingly well done!\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EUnfortunately, Soup's resizing algorithm completely destroys it!\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://fromme-toyou.tumblr.com/tagged/gif/\"\u003EPlease zoom in or click through.\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","url":"http://2.asset.soup.io/asset/1816/7778_b8a8.gif"} <p><a href="http://fromme-toyou.tumblr.com/tagged/gif/"><img alt="7778_b8a8_400" height="225" src="http://2.asset.soup.io/asset/1816/7778_b8a8_400.gif" width="400" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://fromme-toyou.tumblr.com/tagged/gif/">Animated photos by <b>Jamie Beck</b></a><br />A while back I thought to myself that we need a new online media format for short-form videos: No play button, no loading indicator and no progress bar, audioless or muted until you hover/click, etc – this comes really close, testing the limits of the GIF format (few colors, huge file size).<div>It's a joy to see such creative uses of common-place technology. Amazingly well done!</div><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately, Soup's resizing algorithm completely destroys it!</div><div><a href="http://fromme-toyou.tumblr.com/tagged/gif/">Please zoom in or click through.</a></div></p>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 03:15:46 GMThttp://soup.c3o.org/post/125384378/Animated-photos-by-Jamie-Beckurn:www-soup-io:1:125384378imagemarvelartphotographyanimationvideobestposts {"tags":["marvel","animation"],"type":"video","source":null,"body":"Evil 8-Bit Forces Destroy New York","embedcode_or_url":"\u003Cembed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/rcXtT3rZcqg\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;fs=1\u0026amp;fmt=22\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"412\" width=\"500\" /\u003E"} <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rcXtT3rZcqg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;fmt=22" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" height="412" width="500" />Evil 8-Bit Forces Destroy New York<p>[Reposted from <span class="user_container user187682" ><a class="" href="http://mendel.soup.io/post/52303140/Evil-8-Bit-Forces-Destroy-New-York"><span class="name">mendel</span></a></span>]</p>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:38:52 GMThttp://soup.c3o.org/post/52312277/Evil-8-Bit-Forces-Destroy-New-Yorkurn:www-soup-io:1:52312277videomarvelanimation {"tags":["laugh","animation"],"type":"video","source":null,"body":"Don Hertzfeldt - Genre","embedcode_or_url":"\u003Cobject data=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/z1n3JBQdN84\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"365\" flashvars=\"fs=1\u0026amp;rel=0\u0026amp;color1=0xFFFFFF\u0026amp;color2=0xFFFFFF\u0026amp;showinfo=0\u0026amp;showsearch=0\" width=\"600\"\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cparam name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cparam name=\"AllowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" /\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cparam name=\"scale\" value=\"showAll\" /\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cparam name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" /\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/z1n3JBQdN84\" /\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cparam name=\"flashvars\" value=\"fs=1\u0026amp;rel=0\u0026amp;color1=0xFFFFFF\u0026amp;color2=0xFFFFFF\u0026amp;showinfo=0\u0026amp;showsearch=0\" /\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C/object\u003E"} <object data="http://www.youtube.com/v/z1n3JBQdN84" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="365" flashvars="fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xFFFFFF&amp;color2=0xFFFFFF&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" width="600"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always" /> <param name="scale" value="showAll" /> <param name="wmode" value="opaque" /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z1n3JBQdN84" /> <param name="flashvars" value="fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xFFFFFF&amp;color2=0xFFFFFF&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" /> </object>Don Hertzfeldt - Genre<p>[Reposted from <span class="user_container user170389" ><a class="" href="http://jaerk.soup.io/post/40588634/Don-Hertzfeldt-Genre"><span class="name">jaerk</span></a></span> via <span class="user_container user8" ><a class="" href="http://mublag.boinkor.net/post/41138163/Don-Hertzfeldt-Genre"><span class="name">antifuchs</span></a></span>]</p>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:34:50 GMThttp://soup.c3o.org/post/41203076/Don-Hertzfeldt-Genreurn:www-soup-io:1:41203076videolaughanimation {"tags":["marvel","science","animation"],"type":"video","source":"http://www.vimeo.com/1166968","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003EMagnetic Movie\u003C/strong\u003E: The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields at NASA's Space Sciences Laboratories. So awesome. (Narrated by the scientists, animation by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.semiconductorfilms.com/index.html\"\u003ESemiconductor\u003C/a\u003E, via \u003Ca href=\"http://www.scq.ubc.ca/filter\"\u003EThe Filter\u003C/a\u003E) bestposts","embedcode_or_url":"http://www.vimeo.com/1166968"} <embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1166968&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;video_info=1" allowfullscreen="true" height="345" width="460" /><strong>Magnetic Movie</strong>: The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields at NASA's Space Sciences Laboratories. So awesome. (Narrated by the scientists, animation by <a href="http://www.semiconductorfilms.com/index.html">Semiconductor</a>, via <a href="http://www.scq.ubc.ca/filter">The Filter</a>) bestpostsWed, 25 Jun 2008 18:05:31 GMThttp://soup.c3o.org/post/3628467/Magnetic-Movie-The-secret-lives-of-invisibleurn:www-soup-io:1:3628467videomarvelscienceanimation {"tags":["marvel","music","animation"],"type":"video","source":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAVey47punA","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003EMusic is a balloon\u003C/strong\u003E (See also: \u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvZ0z76jQ2g\u0026amp;feature=related\"\u003Etherapy\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEwAyRTmtDo\u0026amp;feature=related\"\u003Eyour soulmate\u003C/a\u003E)\u003Cbr /\u003EAnimation by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pistachios.se/\"\u003EPistachios\u003C/a\u003E, music by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vBgidE8rLg\"\u003ERogue Wave\u003C/a\u003E bestposts","embedcode_or_url":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAVey47punA"} <object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hAVey47punA" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hAVey47punA" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425" /></object><strong>Music is a balloon</strong> (See also: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvZ0z76jQ2g&amp;feature=related">therapy</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEwAyRTmtDo&amp;feature=related">your soulmate</a>)<br />Animation by <a href="http://www.pistachios.se/">Pistachios</a>, music by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vBgidE8rLg">Rogue Wave</a> bestpostsSun, 22 Jun 2008 20:44:09 GMThttp://soup.c3o.org/post/3564611/Music-is-a-balloon-See-also-therapyurn:www-soup-io:1:3564611videomarvelmusicanimation {"tags":["marvel","animation","mtv","downtown"],"type":"video","source":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGABbUJ7RAY","body":"\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_%28TV_series%29\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDowntown\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/a\u003E is a little-known animated series that ran on MTV for a single season in 1999. Yeah, MTV \u2013 but don't expect superficial bubblegum entertainment here. Like on the more popular \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daria\"\u003EDaria\u003C/a\u003E, the main sympathetic characters are eccentric outcasts. Whereas Daria was all about a suburban high school, this series revolves around the daily lives of a diverse group of friends in their early twenties in New York. \u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EThe episodes are full of anecdotes gathered in real interviews conducted on the streets of NYC, lending a very realistic feel to the series, and especially the dialogues. While the storylines can get a little juvenile at times, the truly great animation more than makes up for that. The medium is used to full effect here, frequently mixing dream/imagination/storytelling sequences into everyday scenes with clever transitions. The great color schemes, likable lead characters and innovative electronic soundtrack are additional bonuses.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EAbove: Four minutes from the \u003Cem\u003EInsomnia\u003C/em\u003E episode.\u003Cbr /\u003EMore clips on YouTube:\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTCYHw_KnQA\"\u003EGun In The Subway\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQnqYVh5pgI\"\u003ESpice Girls Dolls\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG1UOCriNHY\u0026amp;feature=related\"\u003ELoser\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E bestposts","embedcode_or_url":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGABbUJ7RAY"} <object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QGABbUJ7RAY" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QGABbUJ7RAY" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425" /></object><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_%28TV_series%29"><strong>Downtown</strong></a> is a little-known animated series that ran on MTV for a single season in 1999. Yeah, MTV – but don't expect superficial bubblegum entertainment here. Like on the more popular <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daria">Daria</a>, the main sympathetic characters are eccentric outcasts. Whereas Daria was all about a suburban high school, this series revolves around the daily lives of a diverse group of friends in their early twenties in New York. <br /><br />The episodes are full of anecdotes gathered in real interviews conducted on the streets of NYC, lending a very realistic feel to the series, and especially the dialogues. While the storylines can get a little juvenile at times, the truly great animation more than makes up for that. The medium is used to full effect here, frequently mixing dream/imagination/storytelling sequences into everyday scenes with clever transitions. The great color schemes, likable lead characters and innovative electronic soundtrack are additional bonuses.<br /><br />Above: Four minutes from the <em>Insomnia</em> episode.<br />More clips on YouTube:<br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTCYHw_KnQA">Gun In The Subway</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQnqYVh5pgI">Spice Girls Dolls</a></li><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG1UOCriNHY&amp;feature=related">Loser</a></li> </ul> bestpostsMon, 19 May 2008 14:44:55 GMThttp://soup.c3o.org/post/2893331/Downtown-is-a-little-known-animated-seriesurn:www-soup-io:1:2893331videomarvelanimationmtvdowntown