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The video title is “why america is fucked”. I don’t geographically agree because the issue is not only american, alas. In France (for example), I can’t stand those ads using Comic Sans. No, really. The solution is obviously not to use Helvetica of course (btw, watch the movie), but please think about the future vintage !! Will we have to send a terminator to erase Vincent Connare’s mother ?

Even if I’m a developer, I like art. Particularly Pop Art, Surrealism, and impossible structure from M. C. Escher.

These paintings are great. But for us, living behind a computer screen, we’d like to see animation and arts in many different ways.

This morning I discovered 3 videos that I’d like to share with you.

First, a 3D exploration of Guernica, Picasso’s painting:

Then, a short film animating a character from Guernica in other artists’ paintings:

Finally, maybe not the most artistic but the funniest:

I like to see these types of videos where old art takes life on screen.

via Stuff That Happens

Take some seconds to answer 10 questions about your prefered interface.

Then you can see the answer.

The 50-50 answer for this question is weird…

My first thouht is because the change between Windows and Linux/Mac in the confirmation box.

The solution is easy: Use small video for each products.

We can see a great exemple here:

http://www.davidsbridal.com/woman_return_bridal_online.jsp

It’s very interessant but maybe cost very much to realize all the video.

Then when you see the product page, you can see the video in a bigger size.

No text, No comments, just screenshots.

http://www.smileycat.com/design_elements/flash_video_players/index.php?page=1

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