Hayden Hunter

The debut performance of The National’s Terrible Love, the...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:36:02 +1300

The debut performance of The National’s Terrible Love, the first song off their upcoming album High Violet.

May is going to be madness with new material from Ratatat, The National, Band of Horses, The New Pornographers, Broken Social Scene, LCD Soundsystem and probably a shit tonne of other’s too.

Alpes by Tata Vislevskaya. (via Benjamin Fritz: TSA)

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:38:33 +1300

Alpes by Tata Vislevskaya. (via Benjamin Fritz: TSA)

So apparently a website called Thinking For A Living relaunched....

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:37:58 +1300

So apparently a website called Thinking For A Living relaunched. Crazy!

Various photographs taken by Jeff Bridges on a 35mm Widelux...

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:48:47 +1300

Various photographs taken by Jeff Bridges on a 35mm Widelux swing-lens panoramic camera. The wide frames are created by a pivoting lens; as it pans it exposes the film through a slit instead of a traditional shutter.

Bridges explains:

The first time I came across one was in high school. We had been gathered together to take our class photo. The photographer had a Wide-Lux. He explained how it worked. Some kids figured if they ran very quickly, they could beat the panning lens and be in the picture twice. They were right. Years later, I started using this technique to take pictures of actors creating the theatrical masks of Tragedy and Comedy. The result was someone frowning and smiling at himself - all on one negative.

He’s also published a book Pictures which showcases his photos taken on various movie sets since the 1980s. If his website is anything to go by, the included handwritten captions and commentary should be good. Very good. (via Original Linkage).

The Rest — Modern Time Travel (Necessities) I’m seriously...

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:30:00 +1300

The Rest — Modern Time Travel (Necessities)

I’m seriously liking The Rest at the moment. They’ve got a 4 track EP The Cried Wolf available for free which includes an awesome cover of Robyn’s With Every Heartbeat.

Nuit Blanche explores a fleeting moment between two strangers,...

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +1300

Nuit Blanche explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy.

Directed by Arev Manoukian with visual effects by Marc-André Gray. There’s a Making Of video available that shows how the shots were composed. Totally wowsome. (via Benjamin Fritz)

Messing with attractors makes me want to learn Processing. You...

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:54:19 +1300

Messing with attractors makes me want to learn Processing.

You can make your own by downloading Tom Beddard’s SimpleAttractor. Requires the Adobe Air runtime.

Segal — Whitecap Widow Now available for download.

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:57:00 +1300

Segal — Whitecap Widow

Now available for download.

"The opening sequence was a metaphor. The show just flew over the shark at 20,000 feet."

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +1300

“The opening sequence was a metaphor. The show just flew over the shark at 20,000 feet.”

- GAF member scola on the Lost season 6 premiere.

Re:collection An online archive of Australian graphic design:...

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:16:32 +1300

Re:collection
An online archive of Australian graphic design: 1960–1980

New favourite blog.

Tokyo Sky Drive - Night ver.- 01 Surreal and oh so good. The...

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:11:00 +1300

Tokyo Sky Drive - Night ver.- 01

Surreal and oh so good. The covered sections are amazing. (via Peter Nidzgorski)

Nicholas Felton’s 2009 Annual Report: Each day in 2009, I...

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:27:00 +1300

Nicholas Felton’s 2009 Annual Report:

Each day in 2009, I asked every person with whom I had a meaningful encounter to submit a record of this meeting through an online survey. These reports form the heart of the 2009 Annual Report. From parents to old friends, to people I met for the first time, to my dentist… any time I felt that someone had discerned enough of my personality and activities, they were given a card with a URL and unique number to record their experience.

Dear PayPal, thank you for saving my credit card details and making impulse purchases all the more easier.

Just Moved

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:30:26 +1300

I’ve changed this blog’s URL to bring it under the haydenhunter.me network of sites, which currently totals one, this one. I’ve put redirects in place so that the old links (including RSS feeds) will redirect to their new locations. Gravy.

My blog’s also testing a still in progress update to my Prologue Theme. I’ve included heaps of customisation options, for example: endless scrolling (well until you run out of posts), an optional fixed second column, custom icon and text colours, widescreen and more pretty YouTube embeds, easier Disqus setup, and better integration with Tumblr to add links to external profiles on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc., and yes, the photo overlays are gone.

So if you have anything you’d like improved in the updated version spam my Ask form. If you’re after a response please leave some contact info.

When will it be ready? I haven’t a clue.

"I want everything we do, that I do personally or that our office does to be beautiful. I..."

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +1300

“

I want everything we do, that I do personally or that our office does to be beautiful.

I don’t give a damn whether the client understands that that’s worth anything, […] or whether it is worth anything.

It’s worth it to me.

”

- Saul Bass on Making Money vs Quality Work. (via Draplin Design Co.)

The Guardian Romantic Poets, a typographic piece by super...

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:00:00 +1300

The Guardian Romantic Poets, a typographic piece by super talented Sean Freeman, advertising a series of guides to romantic poems by The Guardian

Central Avenue is a revival of Victorian hand drawn signage,...

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:20:00 +1300

Central Avenue is a revival of Victorian hand drawn signage, created for graphics celebrating Birmingham’s 1886 Exhibition of Local Manufacturers and Natural History.

StudioMakgill:

What was important was to not lose the essence of the original designs through digitising. We wanted to make sure that we managed to retain some of the awkwardness and personality that the man-made letter forms had. We also created a set of word logos to keep its Victorian roots evident.

Brand posters for Fossil designed by Brent Couchman. (via Grain...

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:35:00 +1300

Brand posters for Fossil designed by Brent Couchman. (via Grain Edit)

LOST season premier invites designed by Ty Mattson. Not long to...

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:10:18 +1300

LOST season premier invites designed by Ty Mattson. Not long to go now!

Coming Home is the latest Pictory showcase, this time guest...

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:05:00 +1300

Coming Home is the latest Pictory showcase, this time guest designed by Matthew Buchanan.

I’m in love with the cross stitch embellishments—the manual anti-aliasing in the title is superb. Bonus points for using Eric Olson’s FIG. Seriously nice.

300&65 Ampersands

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:47:10 +1300

300&65 Ampersands:

Showcasing a gorgeous new ampersand everyday.

Also worth following is the similar post-a-new-type-each-day tumblelog Specimenism.