Cool Hunting Video Presents: DL Skateboards

Handmade cruisers from the streets of Brooklyn

It’s well known that hiding behind the facades of many buildings in Brooklyn, NY are an endless array of companies producing artisanal pickles and locally designed clothes but rarely can you wander down a street to find a product being made out on the concrete. DL Skateboards is a unique young company that makes custom, handmade skate decks on the sidewalk outside a Greenpoint apartment building and in a retrofitted box truck acquired in New Hampshire. The couple behind the brand, Lauren Andino and Derek Mabra, have been skateboarding most of their lives and their passion and love for the sport drive their small business forward, producing fantastic cruisers modeled after 60’s classics. In our latest video we found the couple out on the street shaping decks for one of their final runs before moving to California.


Astro

A panning companion for time-lapse photography
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The past year has seen the kickstarting of heaps of useful camera tools for photographers and videographers, and the hits just keep on coming. Astro joins the pack as an intervalometer and motion control device for time-lapse photography. Three stacked aluminum disks control the range, duration and interval for your shot with a design as clean as an egg timer. Astro promises to take time-lapse footage to the next level with panning for a more dynamic effect.

The usability of the device is the real clincher. Virtually any camera with a remote output can pair with Astro to control shutter release intervals if the time-lapse function isn’t built in to the camera’s software. The panning functions—range and duration—are run independently of the camera. Two buttons below the disk are used to determine the direction of Astro’s rotation and speed while mounted to a tripod. Astro is also developing an app for Android and iOS that will allow users to program a full time-lapse plan and upload it to the device directly—expanding Astro’s capability from simple panning to include accelerated and slowed movements to ease in or out of a scene.

On our recent trip to Zambia, we had plenty of chances to take in Africa’s luminous night sky, and a panning option would have helped to take in a broader landscape. While Astro has already blown its $50,000 goal out of the water after a few short days, the device has 31 more days to fill pre-order slots for an initial run of production. Currently, people can pledge to receive Astro in silver and limited edition black for $180 and $200 with delivery expected in December 2012.


Olympic Vermin

Leo Bridle uno dei registi di Beakus e Amael Isnard si è divertito a reinterpretare la corsa della torcia olimpica fatta dalla fauna locale londinese: ratti, piccioni, pesci e scoiattoli! Grazie a Machas per la dritta.

The cushion of the MEM chair

Il cuscino della MEM chair torna sempre a posto.

Disform 2012

Dani Wolf a crée cette vidéo pour son projet de fin d’études au Bezalel Academy of Design and Arts. Illustrant un faux festival de musique alternatif appelé « Disform 2012″, il nous propose de découvrir cette vidéo d’animation 3D de qualité présentant le festival comme une expérience. A découvrir dans la suite.

The Future is Ours

The Future is Ours est un vidéo d’images montées par Michael Marantz. Excité et enthousiaste concernant notre futur, ce dernier a compilé des images des progrès de l’humanité en rappelant les possibilités immenses qu’offre l’avenir, utilisant le Launchgram Manifesto pour illustrer son propos. A découvrir dans la suite.

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Anchorage by Winter

Le créatif Zan Butler nous propose de découvrir « Anchorage by Winter », une vidéo en time-lapse prise l’hiver dernier dans cette partie magnifique de l’Alaska. Des images d’une beauté envoutante tournée entre octobre 2011 et avril 2012, sur une reprise de Florence & The Machine. A découvrir dans la suite de l’article.

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MTV Days 2012

« MTV Days Festival & Conference » est un festival unique organisé en Italie à Turin pendant 3 jours. Afin d’en faire la promotion, la chaîne nous propose cette vidéo d’animation 3D signée Cristian Acquaro pour l’animation et Luca Dusio pour la direction artistique. Un rendu frais et coloré à découvrir dans la suite.

Le Miroir

Coup de coeur pour le court-métrage intitulé « Le Miroir », un excellent film des réalisateurs suisses Ramon and Pedro dans laquelle un homme passe de l’enfance au statut de personne âgé. Le tout est filmé dans le même plan fixe, dans la salle de bain. Une création réussie à découvrir dans la suite en vidéo.

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Universal Motion Control

Genie is a must-have motion control camera device that makes time lapse capturing extremely easy, portable, and best of all… affordable. The device merges with a variety of existing camera equipment like the tripod or linear slider to effortlessly record panning or linear motion time lapses. With super-simple controls, handy preset recording options, and iPhone/Android app syncing, it’s a great peripheral that anyone can own and operate. Check out the vid to see it in action!

Designer: Ben Ryan

Genie – Motion Control Time Lapse Device [Spanish Subtitles] from Syrp on Vimeo.


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