“A short film on the great Japanese artist Hokusai. This won the 1978 British Academy Award for Best Short Factual Film, and was written, directed, and animated by Tony White.”

This is a really nice old school piece of animation with a narration that reminds us of those of our childhood.

And for those that are inclined, an interview with Tony White can be [found here].

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East Sydney saw the invasion of the T today as various new T-shirts on hangers were spotted placed high in trees and light posts on Oxford street.

Several people were busy trying to nab a T for themselves but there seemed to be no clear message being conveyed (though the above T WAS a Virgin Mobile T). Clever viral marketing? Or maybe something to do with the new American Apparel store being opened down the road?

….just because.

In lieu of more design/media/newsworthy content (not a lot of interesting stuff going down this week it seems) we bring you Mr Ozio, with Flat Eric for your viewing (and listening) pleasure:

This is neat. If you don’t get it, you need to watch more 60’s films…. (Saul Bass)

“In the beginning were harmless computer viruses. Viruses born out of the wit of early computer adopters, viruses whose sole purpose was to surprise and amuse. A non-destructive form of artificial life.

We wanted to revive this golden era, and went on to create our first computer virus. We chose to do it for mac as the platform is still a virgin territory
Spice up your colleagues’ day with our Newton Virus, the first virus to introduce gravity to your laptop, causing the desktop icons to fall down as if subject to the gravitational pull from the real world.

Newton Virus comes on a USB key for manual infection. Simply plug the key into a computer and the virus will automatically copy itself on the hard drive.

The virus will then hit at random, but only once. It will not replicate itself, mail itself to your friends or destroy any of your files, but instead provides you with moments of blissful surprise and magic.”

[Brilliant]