A video for the end of the work week.Tumblr (3.0; @fridayvideo)http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/66116612" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>The latest ad for Oreo is a delightful addition to the <a href="http://youtu.be/IJNR2EpS0jw">catchy tune/cute 2D animation</a> category.</p> <p>There’s also a <a href="https://vimeo.com/66101347">longer version</a>.</p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/51221848993http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/51221848993Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:32 -0400animationadvertising<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IzX9IFS732g?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><em>This Is Water</em> is based on an excerpt from David Foster Wallace’s iconic commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College.</p> <p>It’s the ultimate anti-commencement speech and the best life advice I’ve heard. </p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/50649339456http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/50649339456Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 -0400real life<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/63653873" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Mesmerizing.</p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/47777856821http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/47777856821Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:00:41 -0400googletimelapse<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/43038579" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Two Swedish design students decide to <a href="http://bigthink.com/design-for-good/yes-for-real-its-an-invisible-bicycle-helmet-and-it-is-awesome">re-invent the bicycle helmet</a>. And what they come up with is nothing short of ingenious.</p> <p>Can you spot the helmet?</p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/46590017418http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/46590017418Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:34:16 -0400bicycledesignhelmet<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HnnO8DwqaYk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>What would Vincent Van Gogh’s self-portrait look like if it was a photograph?</p> <p>(Recreation by <a href="http://www.tadaocern.com/">Tadao Cern</a>.)</p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/45987766981http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/45987766981Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:00:17 -0400<iframe width="400" height="310" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" id="nyt_video_player" title="New York Times Video - Embed Player" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000002087758&playerType=embed"></iframe><br/><br/><p>This is totally mind-blowing.</p> <p>A team of scientists at MIT has developed a computer program that reveals colors and motions in video that are otherwise invisible to the naked eye.</p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/44300428470http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/44300428470Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:58:25 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/13768695" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Can you spot all the connections?</p> <p>Made by Everynone (in Collaboration with WNYC’s Radiolab & NPR). For more of Everynone’s amazing creations, visit their <a href="http://www.everynone.com/">website</a>.</p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/43721859179http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/43721859179Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:00:27 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/l-gQLqv9f4o?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>A much-needed pep talk from Kid President.</p> <p>“Not cool, Robert Frost!”</p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/42020959100http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/42020959100Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:00:16 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/54658957" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Very clever visual trickery.</p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/40255734264http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/40255734264Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:58:42 -0500planes<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/52559830" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>The self-professed “Demon Chef” Alvin Leung reveals a wicked palate and a penchant for carnal creations in this Gastronomy short film by filmmaker Ryan Hopkinson. </p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/39655449443http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/39655449443Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:00:31 -0500foodie<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/53978551" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Happy Holidays!</p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/38467558818http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/38467558818Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:41:32 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/54808760" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://biobeats.com/">BioBeats</a> - an iPhone app that feels the pulse of your heart… <em>and turns it into music for you.</em></p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/37916416732http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/37916416732Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:39:00 -0500biobeatsiPhoneapps<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/54763818" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Gorgeous experimental animation about understanding music, by <a href="https://vimeo.com/finallystudio">finally.</a> Worth watching fullscreen.</p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/37409989222http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/37409989222Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:04:30 -0500musicanimation<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/50892862" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://imageoscillite.com/post/36830569214/lennons-poster-a-short-film-following-the">imageoscillite</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://vimeo.com/channels/imageoscillite/50892862">Lennon’s Poster</a></p> <p>A short film following the recreation of the Pablo Fanque circus poster that inspired John Lennon to write ‘Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite’ for ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’. Using the traditional methods of wood engraving and letterpress printing, Peter Dean and his team of experts bring Lennon’s poster to life.</p> </blockquote>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/36879243315http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/36879243315Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:17:30 -0500LennonSgt. PepperBeatles<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/47049144" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>What if Ph.D. research becomes too complex for words? Dozens of candidates turned to the language of dance in the <a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/10/dance-your-phd-and-the-winner-is.html" target="_self">fifth annual national contest</a> sponsored by <em>Science Magazine</em>. <a href="http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2012/10/phddance" target="_self">Diana Davis</a>, a graduate student in mathematics, won the first-ever “Dance Your Ph.D.” prize in pure mathematics.</p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/34356389237http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/34356389237Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:00:15 -0400dancemathematicsdance your phd<iframe src="http://embed.ted.com/talks/john_maeda_how_art_technology_and_design_inform_creative_leaders.html" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/><br/><p>John Maeda, President of RISD and an MIT and art school grad, delivers a creative and insightful talk on technology and art. (Love his slides!)</p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/33442870678http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/33442870678Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:23:20 -0400TEDtechnologyartJohn Maeda<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7syWPIZt9B4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Google Maps goes underwater.</p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/32464577113http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/32464577113Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:36:00 -0400oceangoogle<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PR_UYx4vSPs?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This goes on my “things to watch when I’m having a bad day” list.</p> <p>(On a side note, how often do you see a commercial for a car company that doesn’t feature a car? : )</p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/31936460455http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/31936460455Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:04:46 -0400vwlaugh<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/48864768" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>“The Smokehouse” is a short film by Melbourne-based production studio Commoner that shows the hand-building of a pioneer-style smokehouse by Australian grower, gatherer, hunter and cook, Rohan Anderson. More info about the project is available <a href="http://bit.ly/NV2g9e%20">here</a>.</p> <p>Thanks to Tim for the video!</p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/31936454980http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/31936454980Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:04:41 -0400<p>Friday Video will be on hiatus during the summer. Enjoy the sunshine and see you in September!</p>http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/24194388542http://fridayvideo.tumblr.com/post/24194388542Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:03:48 -0400