Mercedes-Benz is in a process of reinventing its design language, going from the sharp edged and relatively boxy designs at present to a much more fluid form for its next-generation of cars. Last month Mercedes-Benz design chief Gordon Wagener revealed that the automaker was keen to raise the design credentials of its cars and to emphasize the point a “pure design concept” was unveiled in Detroit to preview the new look.

[Source: MotorAuthority]

The Mvrdv company designs the house and this cube of water for the World Fair 2012 to Yeosu, in Korea. The topic “the life of the ocean” presents the representation of oceans in the world in the shape of a chart. A structure entirely made up of basins filled with water.

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TECHNICAL EXPLANATION FOR GEEKS LIKE US: We changed shirts over 100 times each, taking individual pictures of each unique shirt. The designs on the shirts are not photoshopped. They are real shirts for each frame of animation. The video was exported at 30fps, while the T-shirt animation moves at 6fps (with a few exceptions where it moves faster) So, for each shirt, we took 5 pictures, so the animation of us (Rhett&Link) moves at 30fps, but the T-shirt animations move a bit slower. There are a few places where the motion seems so smooth that it looks like video. That’s because, in those parts, there was no changing in T-shirts, and Joe used burst mode to capture the frames, making it look very smooth.

“Coming soon” pages are a great way for websites to engage and connect with visitors, even before the actual site is published. A well designed “coming soon” page is a great teaser to grab the attention of potential visitors and make them look forward to the website’s launch.

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Visa has just launched this countryside “Football Evolution” in order to celebrate its partnership with World cup FIFA. “Life Flows Better hangs” is illustrated by a man running after his destiny. A work of Saatchi & Saatchi London, produced by the Gorgeous studio.

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Record Tripping is an immersive gaming experience that begins with the scratch of a record.

Whether you’re a designer, developer, animator, or blogger, your workstation plays a major role in how you get things done. Some of us like a neat, clean, and inspiring workspace, while others require a crazy over-the-top hardware configuration.

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Set in that magic hour, just before sunrise, the film captures an unexpected moment in the shoe’s existence. Filmed by us on location at the Amsterdamse bos, we then performed some CG trickery back at PostPanic.

“Let it all out. Talk for free on friday.”

Advertising Agency: FP7, Bahrain

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Joji Tsuruga’s demo reel for spring 2010. Music: Xploding Plastix – Tintinnamputation

The architects of the Lava laboratory currently develop a simple and economic method to transform the old buildings of the town of Sydney: it is about one second skin. A transparent cocoon which acts and generates energy with photovoltaic cells.

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Complexity amongst simplicity, and technology behind raw beauty are the building blocks for Motion Theory’s latest hit for Buick and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

Choiceness, class, style. I’d like to think that the work of Slovakian Rado Javor could be resumed to these 3 words but that’s not possible. We find out that this digital painter from UK has an apetite for classic, for moments and scenes from the past and what’s extraordinary is that he succeeds in imortalizing those superb sceneries with his Wacom and Photoshop. He almost leaps you back in time to see closely with your eyes the world in those times. Although some of the images found in this digital art gallery have a dark hue most people will like them. You’ll see images of conflicts, envolving machinery and technology from different ages and an infusion of quality detail.

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As chief organs for physically manipulating the environment, hands are vital for all of us. Because of hands, we can smoothly deal with both gross motor skills and fine motor skills. We can properly have our work, study and our life. Besides, hands are necessary for advertisers too. They use hands to express their idea and to talk with viewers. Here, the hands become the bridge between promoted products and audiences.

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David Lanham has always had a fascination with the contrasts of nature and technology. With an active imagination, it’s let him to love both traditional and digital arts. He had the luck of learning from some amazing teachers growing up and followed it through college where he studied drawing and design at the University of Central Florida, graduating in 2004. Since then, he has been making all sorts of icons for all sorts of software at the Iconfactory while keeping up with his personal work in the off time.

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“Better Together” is the melancholic tale of a Pea and a Carrot. Welcome to our magical little world where all things that are supposed to be together are. From strawberries and cream, to a fork and knife, to a rabbit and a hat, we watch as these duos make their love connection all over town. The only ones that haven’t yet found each other are our main characters, but once they do meet its going to be great. After all, what goes better together than peas and carrots? Enjoy our new spot for Match.Com. Love FWYstudios

A new insane project by architects MAD entitled “Island Phoenix”. On the place of the town of Sanya in Chinese province, here this artificial island including/understanding for the moment a hotel 7 stars, 5 buildings, shops and a port. The end of work is planned for 2014.

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Mothership is the brainchild of Ed Ulbrich, Digital Domain’s President of its Commercial Division and Corporate Executive Vice President since the company’s birth.

The idea is to gather visionary filmmakers and turbo-charge their talent using Mothership’s resources—the same resources enjoyed by sister company Digital Domain (which they’ve used to win a mantel full of Oscars).

[Source: MotionOgrapher]