Future Forever

Future apps.

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2010-06-25T11:27:48+01:00

We're currently working on a few new apps for iPhone & iPad. Here's a look at the first in development, which includes an information film directed and animated by FutureDeluxe - 'Perfct Me'.

Future idents.

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2010-06-25T11:22:11+01:00

We've neglected our blog recently. So over the next few days we'll be getting back up and running with current projects, work in progress, collaborations and new faces. Here's a sneak preview of one of two new FutureDeluxe idents currently in progress.

In progress..

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2010-06-25T11:20:48+01:00

New ident for the London Sci-Fi Film Festival is under way...more details very soon.

New Work #1

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2010-06-25T11:19:49+01:00

We will be posting up a whole heap of new work on our site soon, but until then here’s a quick look at whats been keeping us busy for the last couple of months. Working with digital agency Saint we created advertising and a short film to promote both the new V&A exhibition - Decode, and the campaign they created along side it with Karsten Schmidt - Recode.

New Work #2

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2010-06-25T11:18:31+01:00

...a new identity, site and motion piece for new sound design and licensing company - Demon Sounds.

New Work #3

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2010-06-25T11:17:05+01:00

...a new motion piece for M&S and a new ident for Radio 1...

Shhhh....new motion piece

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-11-19T12:47:42+00:00

A few test renders and a sneak preview of a new motion piece coming very shortly from FutureDeluxe. Shhh....

221b

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-11-06T10:07:35+00:00

The game is afoot! It's been along time since I spent over an hour interacting with one website. And it looks like I'll be spending a whole lot more over the next eight weeks. The new Warner Brothers teaser site 221b created by AKQA for the soon to be released Sherlock Holmes staring Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. The site not only looks amazing but has a huge amount of interactive content and gameplay. Big shout to Nick & James and the team for an amazing job. This is what AKQA does best! Watch the trailer for the site here, and take part in the adventure here.

New studio

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-10-22T15:38:19+01:00

After sweating away in a loft for the last 6 weeks, it didn't take much persuasion for us all to move into a new studio. Stripped brick, Aeron chairs...space....light......and a random wild stuffed deer. Oh did I mention its a 2 minute walk to Brighton beach....aaaaaaaaaahhhh.

HypeforType Ident Update

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-10-21T10:05:15+01:00

It's been up for over 6 days now and in that time managed to notch up over 8,000 hits on two combined Vimeo pages. The new HypeforType Neuforma ident. Stay tuned for part two, in the meantime let's see if we can hit 10k!

Wonderwall

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-10-10T10:15:35+01:00

There are many things that grab your attention on your first trip to Tokyo, in fact pretty much everything is an assault on your senses from the word go. On my initial visit years ago, I was instantly taken back by Tokyo's amazing futuristic retail spaces. Shopping in Tokyo takes on a whole new experience like no other city in the world, especially in the central districts of Aoyama, Shibuya and Harajuku. Many of these amazing interior design experiences can be traced back to one man - Masamichi Katayama, owner and founder of the design firm Wonderwall. They have just recently released this slick update to their website showcasing some of the finest retail and interior designs on the planet.

HypeForType + FutureDeluxe Ident #1

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-09-30T21:21:42+01:00

It’s been a mad first few weeks here at FutureDeluxe, however a few projects are coming to an end and slowly seeing the light of day. First up is an ident for new Type Foundry Hype for Type. The first in a series, here’s a sneak peak at some screenshots for Neuforma. Full edit to follow very shortly.

Becks Interactive Ad's

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-09-23T09:15:06+01:00

Becks have launched a new campaign ‘Music Inspired Art’ based on interactive screens located at various points around London, encouraging users to plug in their ipods and create generative art on and around their iconic bottle. Once the track is over the stills are uploaded in to a Flickr set here.

FOTB Highlight #1 Rob Chiu

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-09-21T20:20:46+01:00

This years Flash on the Beach has drawn in a variety of creative speakers from around the world, however on day one there was only one person I was heading straight to see - Rob Chiu. Rob has been working under his alias Ronin for over 9 years now and in that time shown us some amazing motion graphic pieces, stunning photography and more recently some of the most powerful short films and film titles around. At FOTB he revealed secrets of his new film project Fear/Love. A story of Identity, love and self destruction amongst young people in Inner City London. Portrayed by an amazing, young and gritty cast, the film is written and directed by Rob himself. Shot on beautiful Red One cameras with The Mill providing grading and post duties. This is most definitely one to look out for when its released, and will very likely see Rob get the cinematic recognition he certainly deserves.

Toxiclibs

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-09-21T08:36:33+01:00

Man of the moment Karsten Schimdt has posted up a showreel of work based on his open source library collection for Java and Processing. Computational design and animation at its finest.......watch the toxiclibs reel here. Also catch Karsten down at Flash on the Beach this week.

FutureDeluxe Identity Part 1

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-09-18T16:46:09+01:00

First part of our new FutureDeluxe stationery arrived yesterday. Heavy recycled matte business cards with beautiful mirror foil detailing.......more to follow.

No Keyframes

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-09-08T08:33:21+01:00

Beautiful new showcase animation for Maxons Cinema 4D package created by German studio AixSponza. Watch the full version here.

Buro Knapzak

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-09-03T09:29:23+01:00

Dutch motion design team Buro Knapzak have created this amazing new abstract identity for Universiteit Twente. Watch it here.

Karsten Schmidt + OneDotZero

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-09-03T09:22:04+01:00

Karsten Schmidt has created the new ident for this years One Dot Zero exhibition commissioned by Wieden & Kennedy. The ‘live’ logo takes feeds from various Twitter, Vimeo, Facebook and social network sources to create an ever changing identity. What is interesting is Karsten’s development work which he has posted up on Flickr here.

Let Yourself Feel

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-08-13T09:36:48+01:00

Beautiful new audio reactive piece from Argentinian motion graphics designer Esteban Dianco. Watch the full animation here.

ThinkDust + HypeForType

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-07-25T12:38:01+01:00

Alex Haigh is the man behind design studio ThinkDust and the recently launched HypeforType font foundry. Recent recognition this month from Creative Review (also watch for the guest font issue in September) is seeing him get the spotlight he deserves. Watch out for FutureDeluxe + ThinkDust colabs very shortly. Big things soon come.

Man Vs Machine Idents

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-07-17T15:32:02+01:00

Man vs Machine have created some of my favorite motion graphic pieces over the last few years. And this new collection for the SyFy channel are no exception. View them all here.

Universal Everything + MTV

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-07-03T13:15:28+01:00

MTV Sweetheart from zeitguised on Vimeo.

MTV International / Mad Drummer from Universal Everything on Vimeo.

MTV International / Mister Furry from Universal Everything on Vimeo.

MTV International / Windkiss from Universal Everything on Vimeo.

MTV International / Chocolate Gold Sunset from Universal Everything on Vimeo.

Imaginary Forces - Google Chrome

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-06-12T22:01:48+01:00

Warp20

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-06-12T21:48:33+01:00

Warp hits 20 this year. As part of the anniversary celebrations they are releasing a limited deluxe special edition box set. Featuring a 192 page book, showcasing the complete back catalogue with over 400 sleeve designs, some of which have become iconic, designed by the likes of The Designer Republic, Julian House, Build and Universal Everything amongst others. The set is beautifully packaged in a 10” slip case. Check Warps Bleep site for pre-order details and release date.

AKQA + Nike Sportswear Part 2

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-06-12T13:32:37+01:00

More from colleagues at AKQA. This time its for Nike Sportswear new Livestrong range - Lunar Everday. Shot on a 1000fps Phantom camera, with amazing results. See for yourself.

Project Natal

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-06-05T09:29:11+01:00

The gaming world has made huge advances recently and never before has it been so relevant in the digital world. At the forefront of technology and with the potential to become a huge marketing platform. So it was no surprise that at the annual E3 expo the big industry names have been giving us a look at not only their latest software but at future interfaces or interface(less) demos. The idea of gestural interfaces has advanced a lot over the last couple of years. After countless future demos were revealed on YouTube, they started to become more common place within our everyday lives, with the likes of touch screen technology from Microsoft Surface and then more commonly the iPhone & iPod Touch, and not forgetting the huge impact the Wii has had on reinventing the games market with its gestural interface and wireless controllers. Microsoft stepped up this week with the new Project Natal from XBOX. Taking the concept of the Wii to the next level and removing the need for a controller at all. Check the video after the jump. (Back...)

Clouds - An Te Liu

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-05-27T13:47:43+01:00

‘Cloud’ installation made from air purifiers, ionizers, sterilizers and humidifiers running continuously. By artist An Te Lieu.

Korb - The Balance

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-05-26T21:48:57+01:00

New animation from Lithuanian director Rimantas Lukavicius. Watch Balance here.

Water Sound Figures

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-05-26T21:43:22+01:00

Crazy new set of Flickr images entitled Water Sound Figures. Motion captured water based paints triggered by sound from a speaker.

AKQA + Nike Sportswear

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-05-08T17:26:03+01:00

Great new 360˚ stop motion animations created for Nike Sportswear by colleagues at AKQA. Play with them all here.

Who is Cherry Girl?

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-04-27T16:06:01+01:00

If only we knew...... One thing is for sure, this new short promo for MTV is the work of the one and only.... Johnny Hardstaff. See the video here.

Nike + Jarvis + Kenworthy

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-04-24T16:25:41+01:00

Great new animation created for Nike from famed illustrator and model maker James Jarvis & Shynola’s Richard Kenworthy - Onwards. (Back...)

Puma Lift Site

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-04-21T13:43:02+01:00

Following on from the beautiful video from Droga 5. Puma release the website to support the L.I.F.T campaign. Weigh up the everyday objects against the 173g Puma L.I.F.T.

Adidas Originals

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-04-14T18:51:21+01:00

More noise from the Adidas camp. The second part of the the ‘House Party’ film has been floating around for a few weeks now. Directed by Nima Nourizadeh, the spot comes close to capturing the ‘original’ house party vibe. featuring guest appearances from Adidas’s long list of sponsors - Mark Gonzales, Method Man, Missy & Run DMC amongst others. It looks like a big year for Adidas Originals. Their recently released and highly sought after Originals by Original range has turned many heads. Designed by Kazuki, one part of the legendary japanese Fragment design team. There are also whispers of part three of the now infamous collaboration with Tokyo’s premium street wear label - Neighborhood. They’ve also just launched a new site to celebrate all things Original.

Akqa - Ferrari.com Launch

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-03-27T16:11:48+00:00

It’s not often I get to write about websites on here. Partly because I work on them all day long and also, the things I want to write about are usually the projects I’m currently working on, which for obvious reasons I can’t until they are launched. On Monday, here at AKQA we finally get to launch www.ferrari.com. A project which has been a whole year of blood, sweat, tears & tantrums! Part Art Directed by myself the site includes a video interactive walkthrough of the Maranello factory and a complete 3d experience of all of the GT range allowing you to explore every customizable option possible. Hit the link on Monday 30th March. Launch update - Explore the GT Range here.

Honda - Let it Shine

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-03-27T08:09:54+00:00

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Spike Jonze - Unkle

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-03-24T07:28:47+00:00

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Where The Wild Things Are

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-03-22T18:10:29+00:00
Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are has been rumored about for some time now. It seems there may have been problems with the original test screenings, and how they were seen to be too dark & scary for kids, and therefore requiring scripts to be re-written. Warner Brothers have since released these images and an official release date of October this year. Update - Apple has released the trailer today, here.

YouTube a day: #4 Ting Tings - Adidas Originals

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-03-18T08:27:37+00:00
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Puma - Lift

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-03-16T22:01:14+00:00
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YouTube a day: #3 Mistabishi- Printer Jam

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-03-15T19:22:23+00:00
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YouTube a day: #2 Micachu - Lips

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-03-15T18:48:03+00:00
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YouTube a day: #1 The Maccabees - No Kind Words

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-03-14T17:41:16+00:00
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Noise 5 Launch

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-03-12T18:34:03+00:00
Attik’s Noise 5 finally gets to see the light of day from 26th March. Limited to only 3,000 copies. Expect hundreds of lavish inks, varnishes and advanced print techniques from which the Noise series has gained its reputation.

ThruYOU

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-03-12T09:32:19+00:00

Forever Heavenly

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-03-03T22:04:30+00:00
After over 10 years, Londons legendary club night the Heavenly Social is back in action. Forever Heavenly is the new night from Heavenly Records and takes place at new London Bridge based club Cable on May 1st. Trevor Jackson, Bullion & the Raf Daddy are at the controls.

Addikt - FITC Ident

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-02-24T19:32:53+00:00
New trailer for Amsterdam based digital creative festival FITC 2009. Created by local outfit Addikt. Bikes, cows, lamps and whores.....! See the full animation here.

Scintillation

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-02-24T19:22:11+00:00
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Nike 1948

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-02-24T19:02:04+00:00
With the closure last year of Nike’s only London based Tier ‘zero’ account at Foot Patrol, it has left a huge hole in the market. Enter Nike’s own 1948 concept store on Batemans Row, Shoreditch. The space itself features a neon football pitch suspended from the ceiling, and a rubber floor made from over 15,000 recycled sneaker soles. More in depth images and info to follow later this week....

Coraline

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-02-09T19:18:11+00:00
From the director of The Nightmare Before Christmas - Henry Selick, and animation studio Laika. The stop motion animated feature film of the childrens classic book Coraline. An exciting mysterious fairy-tale nightmare created in stereoscopic 3d. There are some doors that should never be opened! (Back...)

Beyond the Wizards Sleeve

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-02-09T18:58:06+00:00
Beyond the Wizards Sleeve, the side project of Erol Alkan and Richard Norris is nothing new, they’ve been floating around in mysterious ways for nearly two years now. Apart from their own releases, they have been in big demand for their remixing skills. Re-animations Vol 1, due to be released at the beginning of March compiles the best of these remixes, for the likes of Chemical Brothers, Tracey Thorn, Late of the Pier & Simian Mobile Disco amongst others.

The Heineken Experience

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-02-09T18:33:27+00:00
Here at AKQA we recently won the global pitch for all things digital at Heineken. Whilst on our first trip to Amsterdam to meet the Heineken team, we were given a tour around the recently launched Heineken Experience - an interactive journey through the history of the brand and the brewing process, created by the experiential marketing specialists BRC Imagination Arts. (Back...)

Harmonic 313

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-02-04T13:36:51+00:00
Finally.....the new album from Mark Pritchard’s latest project Harmonic 313 has landed. When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence - classic analogue synths and filthy dirtbox basslines.

Tiago La is losing the plot

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-02-01T22:17:30+00:00
New Lex Records signing - Tiago La is losing the plot releases a self-titled six track EP. Retro psychadelic folk anyone?

Gold teeth

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-28T23:24:57+00:00
New South Wimbledon based, 5 piece band - Gold teeth create tropical, afro beat based electronic niceness. New single ‘Everybody’ is on maximum rotation, go listen.

Parks on fire

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-28T22:08:01+00:00
Digital filmmaker Scott Pagano has teamed up with San Fransisco based Trifonic to produce this short graphic film Parks on Fire. Watch it in full HD on Apple’s gallery.

Cadbury's & Fallon

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-23T10:32:25+00:00
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Shepard Fairy, David Byrne & Chuck D

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-21T18:55:13+00:00
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Warp re-launch Bleep

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-21T18:40:02+00:00
Sheffield’s legendary electronic label Warp has relaunched its digital download site Bleep.

UK Invasion - Kid Robot

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-20T22:08:17+00:00
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Rainer Spehl

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-20T21:18:45+00:00
From a practical point of view, I’m not sure how well this would cope in my rucksack on a daily basis. However sometimes good looks are all that counts. Created by Berlin based product and interior designer Rainer Spehl is this Wooden Laptop Case with leather lining and magnetic closing device for Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro.

Roger Borg - 419 Neon

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-20T18:58:18+00:00
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T-Mobile - Lifes for sharing

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-18T22:05:15+00:00
The whole ‘flash mob’ thing is hardly new by any means. However T-Mobile seem to breath new life in to it for this new Ad filmed at Liverpool Street Station. (Back...)

Air Jordan 2009

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-15T13:41:26+00:00
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Spotify - Everyone Loves Music

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-15T09:18:54+00:00
A lot has changed in the way we listen and consume music over the last 7 years, fact. We all know how the story goes. Shortly after Napster launched the peer to peer mp3 file sharing phenomenon, Apple launched the first 5Gb iPod along with their groundbreaking music application iTunes, the rest as they say is history. It definitely shaped the way we approach music in many ways and tipped the music industry itself upside down. Since then, plenty of applications have been and gone, some making more noise than others. iTunes is still by far the Daddy. But others have tried to fill the gaps iTunes has purposely left. These have been filled by the likes of Pandora and Last FM. Both applications allowing you access to massive databases of music based on your choice, all the while learning more about the users music tastes and then offering up new alternatives and suggestions. The key being that all of this is free. The user doesn't physically own the mp3's, but can simply stream them through their mac or pc. Yesterday I came across Spotify. Thankfully the application itself has been given more love than the brand name itself and after a days usage turned out to be a quality music player, similar to iTunes in design and layout, it allows you to search and listen to a massive database of music and save playlists, searches and favorites. The amount of music I found was pretty impressive. So much so it starts to beg the question, as these databases grow and grow and if somebody can make this type of application also available for mobile/iPhone, will there ever be a need to buy music??? www.spotify.com (Back...)

Durex Gets It On

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-14T23:46:04+00:00
Recently at AKQA we pitched some digital ideas for Durex. Unfortunately due to the obvious, I can't show you any of that, hopefully it will surface some time very soon. But whilst 'researching' over the last couple of weeks I came across this from Süperfad. Coming up with great ideas for selling safe sex is in fact harder than you think. But this animation is spot on its simplicity & humor...guaranteed to get a snigger every time..... Get it on! (Back...)

The Mill - New Showreel

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-14T23:15:01+00:00
With studios now in London, New York and LA they have grown into a huge force in the ever changing visual effects and advertising industries. Earlier in 2008, The Mill visited our studio at AKQA to show us the then soon to be released promo for Nike Football - 'Next Level', directed by Guy Ritchie. The Adrenalin fueled two minute spot featuring the likes of Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabregas, Ronaldo and Arsene Wenger, to name but a few - blew me and everyone around me away, and went onto become a hugely successful Ad both online and on TV...next level indeed. They continued churning out quality work throughout the year with the likes of the Britvic Drench Water campaign featuring Brains from Thunderbirds throwing some shapes amongst many many others. Where do they go from here? Bring on 2009. Nike - Next Level Britvic - Brains & Drench www.the-mill.com (back...)

Lost and Found

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-13T10:39:08+00:00
Over three years ago a friend bought my daughter a book, bearing in mind at that point she was only 2 years old, it was only going to be read by one person...me. If you have kids, bedtime reading can get repetitive, so when a decent book comes along like Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers, things get a bit easier. Simple but beautiful contemporary illustration and a heart-warming tale made this award winning book an instant favourite. Recently it has been lovingly recreated by Studio AKA into a short animated film, see the trailer above and watch for the full DVD release shortly. (Back...)

Beastie Boys:Under the Influence

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-13T09:50:49+00:00
Last week saw the official launch party for Under the Influence - The Official Art Tribute to the Beastie Boys. Held at Gallery 1988 in LA between January 8th - 29th, it features over 100 artists remixing the style & visuals of their audio history. All of the artwork is for sale, with a portion of the proceeds going to charity. An online exhibition of the artwork is running at the same time and can be viewed and purchased here. (Back...)

Kaws for Kanye

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-12T18:19:17+00:00
Never a huge fan of Mr West but always loving everything the New York based artist Kaws has to offer. This time he steps up to deliver the cover artwork and promotional illustrations for Kanye’s new 808’s and Heartbreaks. www.kawsone.com

Beautiful Connections

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-12T17:14:17+00:00
Directed by Matt Pyke of Universal Everything fame. An operatic film for Nokia commissioned by Wieden & Kennedy & Hi-Res - ‘Beautiful Connections’. 3d animation by Maxim Zhestkov, sound design as always by Matt’s brother Simon at Freefarm featuring opera singer Jenny Kosmowsky. See the film here.

New Skins Promo

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-12T16:23:13+00:00
The new director’s cut promo film for E4’s thirds series of Skin’s. Shot by Neil Gorrindge of Moxie Pictures. It’s a shame the actual series never quite live up to the cinematography of the promo’s themselves.

Into the Wild

andrew@futuredeluxe.co.uk — 2009-01-12T11:50:38+00:00
Very slow on this one I know...however.... One of the most beautifully shot films I have seen in a while. After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, he encounters a series of characters that shape his life. www.intothewild.com If like me your slack, go get the DVD.