Ünnecessary Ümlaut

Trippy couple of days. First multiplying sheep. Now bar graphs and pie charts exploding off the page into something like a Pink Floyd LP cover on peyote.

Created by design and live-action  production company Süperfad and directed by Nando Costa,
this video “explores the connections between science, mathematics and music“. Music is by World Gang, a side-project of Modest Mouse‘s Jeremiah Green and Plastiq Phantom Darrin Wiener. Nando and Jeremiah have a previous relationship, as he shot Modest Mouse “Whale Song” video.

The unnecessarily umlauted Süperfad is on a roll as of late. Just the other day they released their HTML5 and WebGL -powered Global Traffic Visualizer. Check out the vid:

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For me, after a long day at Amoeba, this is what you see when you blink. And it is beautiful. We need more square format videos.

Vanishing Point is AfterEffects goodness from Bonsajo. (via WorkForFood)

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Turns out if you drill holes in a pipe, seal the ends, run gas and music through it, then light it on fire, the flames will visualize the sound waves. These guys show how they just made one for $11. But local fav’s the Myth Busters explained it best a couple years back.

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