HP – invent from Tom and Matt on Vimeo.

An innovative short film shot by two Kingston University graduates in response to a callout from HP to “Present an idea which promotes HP workstations ability to bring to life anything the creative mind can conceive.” Not only is it a great advertising piece for HP but also a solid piece of portfolio work for the graduates. A win/win for both the individuals and the corporation.

Inspired by the thought behind the video “Art” I posted earlier today, I decided to take a little time with a good friend and work together on a abstract art piece. It reminded me that it is often easy as web designers to get lost in our digital medium and forget the ties that bind us to real things. Things where we have to be prepared to get our hands dirty, covered in paint, mixing mediums, playing with type, using charcoal. The result: a plethora of visual creativity, laughter, collaboration and something Photoshop can only dream of emulating.

Short and sweet video with a great style from the folks over at London Squared Productions in NYC.

The Lost Tribes of New York City from Carolyn London on Vimeo.

Finally a site for serious aspiring foodies! The finesse applied to their logo in both the typography choices and the illustration is very inspiring. I’ve been waiting quite some time for a cuisine site that appeals as finely to my design aesthetic as it does to my palette. Looking forward to launch (and lunch) day.

It’s not every day I run across a clip on YouTube like this one so I decided to share. It’s probably old news for a lot of steady YouTube fanatics but I just loved the theme and the stunning locations so much I just couldn’t avoid posting it on the Simple Station blog.

The title is “Where the hell is Matt” and it’s basically one man’s quest to dance everywhere on the entire globe. He does a pretty good job. One question though – where on earth does he get his funding!?!

The large number of small businesses in Victoria that are operated from a home office always surprises me. Hopefully this entry will help those of you who are working from home. Recently A List Apart had a great article on working from home. They asked their readers to write in the best tips and tricks for working in a home office environment and they responded with some excellent tips.

Here are your secrets—how to balance work and family, maintain energy and focus, get things done, and above all, how to remember the love.

There’s a solid 20-30 tips in the article so be sure to give it a good read if it apply’s to you. While I can’t say I’m a huge fan of the printable CEO series (I find it too much paperwork for my liking) I do find their tip on using GrandCentral catching my eye as I’ve been thinking for a while that it would be nice just to be able to give out one number to clients instead of both office and cell numbers.

A List Apart has also ran a similar article on the home work environment theme titled “Walking the line when you work from home” which is also a good read.

Enjoy!

When the benefits of teleworking are discussed, one of the major points raised is that teleworking is better for the environment. One of the more obvious causes of this is that if more people work from home, lesser people drive to work, reducing petrol consumption and the emissions that result from it.

A recent survey by the US Consumer Electronics Association found that although the carbon emissions from home offices increased because of telecommuting, the saved petrol consumption more than makes up for it:

The report states that there are 3.9 million people in the U.S. who work from home at least one day a week. By avoiding an average 22-mile commute to the place of work, and taking into account the increased power use in the home, this practice saves about 840 million (U.S.) gallons of petrol, equivalent to taking two million cars off the road for a year.
Source: PC World, Telecommuting Saves Carbon Emissions

Despite these claims, there are still some skeptics. Read more at WebWorkerDaily.

So it looks like if you work from home you’re doing the environment a favor. Hooray for web workers!

Continuing on the track of posting unrelated videos, here’s another great one titled “I love the whole world.” One of the best commercials I have seen this year.

It isn’t often that we post videos that are not related to web design, marketing or technology in any way, but this particular video caught my attention as it is quite artistic from a human motion perspective. Imagine walking into a train station where everyone was frozen in time but you.