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Logorama, French Agency H5‘s film that we reported on previously, won an oscar this year. Congratulations!

Logorama is 17 minutes of Hollywood blockbuster action, rife with car chases, natural disasters, and hostage-taking, but created entirely out of real world logotypes and brand characters.  In it, you’ll see the Michelin Man, the Haribo kid, Bob’s Big Boy, Mr. Pringle and Ronald McDonald, but in some very unfamiliar roles playing the classic movie archetypes of good guys, bad guys and foils. Ultimately, Ronald’s antics bring the city to a state of chaos, but nothing like what Mother Nature herself can do – proven by the film’s climax.

Nicholas Felton has released his newest Feltron Annual Report for 2009 which outlines all of the activities he participated in last year.

Normally it’s a very personal log of the year’s activities that documents things like distance travelled and by what means, animals eaten, books read, plants killed etc (see reports for 2008, 2007, 2006)… but for 2009 he decided to change things up a bit and asked people he met to log their encounters through an online survey he set up.

In an interview with Mike Arauz, Mr. Felton speaks about the benefits of opening up his data collection to social input:

There have always been questions about my behavior that I have felt unqualified to track. My mood is one of those qualitative traits that I would rather not judge for myself, and the reporting system I devised provided a less biased way of recording it. Overall I was interested in how others see me, and what is memorable about an encounter with me. Ultimately, we all have our own self-image, but your public persona is how other people see you, and what they remember and tell others. This was what I hoped to record, evaluate and communicate. Of course, it has it’s limitations. I didn’t find that anyone recorded their dissatisfaction. I presume that if we had a negative encounter, that person was not interested in telling me my faults.

Check out Information Is Beautiful for similar genius.

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there are quite a lot of companies springing up to cater for the new cool side of cycling, but these guys have been around for years (no diss). they race track, road, cx, mtb, even hill-climbs and they’re doing some really cool tees and some very desirable cycling kit too. is lycra getting cool now!? maybe not, but this is probably the coolest team kit i know of… good work guys, and i look forward to the restock!! check the morvelo website here, and their online store here. btw – these guys put on the excellent Big Dog race in Brighton back in August, probably the most fun race i’ve done this year!

I reckon Postman’s book would go nicely on your reading list with “Everything Bad Is Good For You” by Steven Johnson.

more here

super super slow posting this. saw it a while back but totally forgots to post it.

from the official Stages wesbite:

Lance Armstrong and Nike unite to launch STAGES, a global art exhibition to raise funds and awareness for the fight against cancer.

Over twenty renowned artists have donated their time and creativity to express the LIVESTRONG message and raise funds for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which is committed to inspiring and empowering people affected by cancer.

STAGES is more than an event. It is a unique celebration of human potential inspired by Lance and dedicated to the fight against cancer.

It unites the world of art, philanthropy, and sport by bringing together some of the most renowned figures in art to produce work inspired by Lance and his fight against cancer. All work is available for purchase with proceeds directly benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Join the fight. LIVESTRONG.

Henry sent me a link to his new site today, and it’s full of lovely work. Go check it out. He also designed the t-shirt design above for LFGSS t-shirt design competition. Nice work, didn’t realise it was yours until i saw the site, i’ve voted it for it over on the forum.

Check Henry’s blog here

Schweppes and MotherLondon are bringing back the dying art of political satire. Their blog captures the mood of the nation as viewed by Schweppes by collaborating creative, PR, and media agencies to create William Hogarth inspired ads every two weeks. Read an interview with the creatives from MotherLondon at It’s Nice That to learn more.

See if you can spot the hidden Gin and Tonic in each image!