Enviro Art & Design
We’re pretty sure you’ve–at the very least–seen the trailer of 23 Feet. If not, click play above and watch!
The filmmakers’ run-down of it goes like this:
Three women set out across the west in their 23 foot, 1970 Airstream to search for the stories of people who have turned … Read the rest
An open water channel crossing of the Hawaii Islands will always make for good cinema. And Destination 3 Degrees… Read the rest, a film by Chris Aguilar and Soul Surf Media Productions, does not disappoint. Though hardly a triumph of movie-making, the film pulls together the key components of a complex recipe
Some people are naturally better at certain things than other people. Danny Macaskill is better at maneuvering his BMX bike around than anyone we’ve ever seen. In fact, he just may be better on his bike than he is on his own two feet. (See minute 2:28 through 2:41 and… Read the rest
“It seemed like a good idea at the time,” says Polar Explorer Eric Larsen in the trailer for his film, COLDER… Read the rest, which chronicles his Save the Poles expedition–a journey to raise awareness about the effects of global climate change on the frozen landscapes of our planet.
Then, somewhere during
With a record number of attendees and exhibitors, there are several things you likely missed at this year’s Outdoor Retailer Summer Market. Among them were several unique expressions of art collected and curated by the creative connector Devaki Murch. Apart from all the cool equipment clothing and footwear on display… Read the rest
We came across this fantastic animated short thanks to The Telegraph and its article World’s largest stop-motion animation set created on Welsh beach. The film, Gulp, was created by Sumo Science at Aardman, the animation studio that brought the characters Wallace and Gromit… Read the rest to life through stop-motion photography.
Industrial design student Alexander Vittouris of Monash University in Australia conceptualized and executed the creation of this bicycle, and won a prestigious design award for his innovative efforts. The bike above is created from sustainable bamboo, a material many consider an idyllic eco-friendly option. But it’s not just the raw… Read the rest
Shot on location in Chile, Argentina, Peru and Bolivia, Sweetgrass Productions‘ new film, Solitaire… Read the rest, takes the story line of a traditional American Western film and sets within it a backcountry skiing, snowboarding and telemark production. This creates a unique juxtaposition that balances the contrast of powder with the feel
This video is totally self-explanatory and we love the way it’s played out so that it takes about 1:23 to realize what the purpose might be, with a good two minutes thereafter that quite eloquently clear any questions right up.
Let’s just say if you’ve ever wondered what happens to… Read the rest
If you’re somewhere in the world experiencing the heat of long summer days, this video might be just what you need to cool off.
The video comes to us from star photographer Ben Canales (by ‘star’ we do, in fact, mean ‘fixed luminous point in the sky’) and friend Chip… Read the rest
You may have never heard of the artist, Christo, by name. But you’ve likely seen his unique artwork in images or in person somewhere in the past decade or two. Perhaps his most famously recognized piece of work was ‘The Gates‘, an installation of bright orange fabric panels set among… Read the rest
A couple months ago, we featured Musicwood the documentary on the Wend blog. If you need a reminder, here’s the lowdown on the film:
Musicwood is a documentary film that follows a group of the world’s finest guitar makers as they attempt to save the largest National Forest in the … Read the rest
Sure, you’ve seen photos from space. You’ve seen Earth’s prominent landscapes from a satellite image–and thought, “cool.” But if you haven’t seen this HD video taken from the digital cameras of NASA astronauts, you haven’t seen anything.
In addition to spanning across the planet–showing outstanding geographical spots such as the… Read the rest
Upon entering the Pink Coconut, a swanky oceanfront restaurant at the end of the dock in Marina Taina, Tahiti, several hundred yards from where the Sea Dragon is anchored, one might think she stepped into an Apple computer commercial being filmed. But this is not a commercial, this real life… Read the rest
Penguins and seals and albatross, oh my… Read the rest! OK. All silliness aside, these were some of the wildlife being examined by a crew of scientists who spent seventeen months of travel for the sole purpose of documenting the effects of global climate change on the southern ocean ecosystem.
On a
