Brian Heater
‘Tesla’, A New They Might Be Giants Music Video Featuring Nine Remixes, Skateboarding, and Burning Teddy Bears
Directed by New York City graphic designer Paul Sahre, the new music video for “Tesla” by They Might Be Giants arrives with nine different audio/video…
‘Baba’, An Animated Interview With a Grandfather Who Immigrated to New Zealand from Turkey in 1951
“Baba” is an animated short by music video director Joel Kefali based on interviews with his grandfather, Sol, who immigrated to New Zealand from Turkey…
‘The Beast Inside’, A Short Animated Documentary About the Struggles of a Homeless Teenager
“The Beast Inside” is a short animated documentary directed by Drew Christie and Amy Enser for the Seattle University Project on Family Homelessness that follows…
‘Octopuses of the Night’, A Short Film Featuring Close Up Shots of Octopi Playfully Exploring the Seafloor
“Octopuses of the Night” is a short film by Utah-based filmmaker Dustin Adamson that features fascinating footage of octopi playfully exploring with the seafloor. The…
‘How I Started Writing Songs Again’, A TED Talk by Sting About How He Overcame Writer’s Block by Returning Home
In his TED Talk, “How I Started Writing Songs Again,” former Police frontman Sting discusses how returning to his hometown of Wallsend in the Northeast…
A Series of Intricate Woodcuts Featuring Contemporary Characters Like Batman and Grumpy Cat
Miami-based artist Brian Reedy has created WoodcutEmporium, an Etsy shop featuring intricate woodcuts based on characters from comics, science fiction, and popular Internet memes. Included…
Castor, A Line of Gourmet Toothpicks That Combine Two Gastronomic Flavor Pairings on a Single Stick
Castor is a new line of “gourmet” toothpicks by Montreal food lab PhoodStation that combine two flavors on single stick for a more complex experience…
eCool Hand-Cranked Cooler Uses the Earth to Chill Beer Cans Underground
Created by four inventors from a Mors, a small island in Northern Denmark, the eCool is a hand-cranked beer cooler that resides largely underground, using…
‘Giant Sloth’, An Animated Short About a Museum Curator Losing His Grip on Reality Featuring Paul Giamatti
Fantagraphics cartoonist Paul Hornschemeier has taken to Kickstarter to raise funding for an animated short called “Giant Sloth,” which will feature the voice talent of…
‘Ultra-Small’ Bonsai Plants That Only Grow to Around an Inch High
A recent trend known in the world of bonsai has growers creating plants even smaller than bonsai’s traditionally diminutive size. The “cho-mini” (“ultra-small”) bonsai maintain…