Archive for Films
August 5, 2009 · Filed under Advertising, Artificial Landscapes, Films, Information Design, Pollution, Visualization

logorama is a short film by the french collective H5, which visualizes and explores the way that logos are increasingly embedded in our existence. after winning the kodak prix at the cannes film festival this year logorama is being screened at various international locations in the coming months.
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Popularity: 56% [?]
June 16, 2009 · Filed under Artificial Landscapes, Films, Suburbs

In many TV shows and films (think “American Beauty” and “Weeds”), suburbia is symbolized as a prison of surface homogeneity, over-fertilized green lawns, gas-guzzling SUVs and kids on swing sets.
CBS is about to shoot a reality show tentatively called “Block Party” in Kennesaw that literally turns suburbia… into a prison.
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Popularity: 16% [?]
February 5, 2009 · Filed under Artificial Landscapes, Films, Multi-Level Urbanism, Visualization

A rough and ready sort of mini-essay about theme parks and artificial environments. Specifically it is about the anxieties and fears of such worlds explored through science fiction. It is also looks at the spatial/architectural characteristics of such places.
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Popularity: 24% [?]