Awesome funky accessory!

Timex80 multicolour watches, the ultimate electro/ funky/ groove/ minimal accessory, just like this, so that it fits to nowadays situation. It has rubber strap in a vast variety of colours, in order for one to choose the one that fits better to their mood. It’s water resistant  to remind us summer is coming, it also has daily alarm so that we won’t miss a moment of our summer time holidays and last but not at all least, there is INDIGLO® night-light. It’s a stylish and very handy gadget, hope you enjoy it!

Ρολόγια timex80, το απόλυτο electro/funky/groove/minimal accessory, έτσι, για να ταιριάζει στον καιρό της εποχής μας. Το λουράκι τους είναι λαστιχένιο και υπάρχει σε ποικιλία χρωμάτων, ώστε να έχει κανείς τη δυνατότητα να επιλέξει εκείνο που αποδίδει καλύτερα τη διάθεση του. Είναι αδιάβροχο απλώς για να μας θυμίσει ότι έρχεται καλοκαίρι, διαθέτει ξυπνητήρι για να μη χάσουμε ούτε λεπτό παραπάνω από τις καλοκαιρινές μας διακοπές και τέλος, έχει φωτάκι που φέγγει την ώρα στο σκοτάδι. Είναι ένα μοδάτο gadget που θα φανεί χρήσιμο σε όλους.

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“Remake” is a particular branch of cinema. No other art can boast about remaking a previous artwork. No one would dare to “remake” a novel of Tolstoy, or a painting of Picasso, or a  music of Bach. All of these arts transcend time and space, and belong in the collective cultural psyche to a single author. Not cinema. Probably because there is no other art so mercantile than cinema, and that,in the eye of Hollywood (where 99% of all remakes are made), movies have a best before date

Let’s get it straight : the unashamed purpose of a remake is to make money. And this goal is reached by two means :

- the first one is the adapt a story to a new market of customers who are too lazy/prejudiced to watch movies from another country or from another time. That comes from the presupposition that no new generation can really enjoy what the previous generation enjoyed, and that an American viewer cannot enjoy an European movie, let alone an Asian, or  an African one. That’s unfortunately true for the biggest part of the mainstream audience. How could the lambda Kansas pop-corn muncher sympathise with Tony Leung in Infernal Affairs ? Better have Di Caprio in The Departed !

- the second one is to give the old movies all the benefits of the technological arsenal of the time being, in order to make it more believable and/or more entertaining.

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From the box-office point of view, the alpha and omega of Hollywood, the new version of Clash of the Titans directed by Louis Leterrier is already a success. Does it make of the movie a great movie ? Certainly not. However, the thing with this new version is not that the original was really such an awesome piece of art that it provoked any outcry in the mind of the public. After all, who remember anyway the Desmond Davis’s version, and… who remember Desmond Davis anyway !

Truly, the only reason why Clash of the Titans is remembered, cherished, and revered, is because of the Ray Harryhausen stop motions effects : Pegasus, the Kraken, the giant scorpions and vulture, and Medusa. Actually, all these old-fashioned effects rendered the Greek mythology much more appealing and credible than all the CGI effects of the new movie. For example, Harryhausen’s clay and stop motions made of Medusa the ugliest and scarriest opponent of Perseus, a kind of disgusting slug, evil embodied, making of the scene a piece of suspense and horror you wouldn’t even dream of in your most horrible nightmares. While, with Louis Leterrier, the Medusa has been given the face of a Russian model, and the body of sleek CGI snake. Basically, it’s an action scene, and there is no more horror and suspense.

The poetry and eerie atmosphere of the first one is also lost in translation. For example, the fight with the scorpions emerged from the blood of Medusa. There were three scorpions. Why three ? Simply because Calibos pierced the Medusa’s head with a trident, making three wounds, and therefore three creatures. Simple as that. Louis Leterrier, on the contrary, have the scorpions pop-up on the screen like pop-corn in the micro-oven : bigger, stronger, and faster ! The result is you have to keep your eyes on the screen all along, because if you miss one frame, you are lost in the middle of the battle and there is few chance to catch up with it thereafter.

The only creature who benefits the new technological improvements is Pegasus, who is curiously under-used.

The new script follows the line of the first : Perseus has to save Andromeda and for this he fights the Scorpions, the Stygean Witches and the Medusa in order to crush the Kraken. The major change is that the focus has shifted from the duo Perseus-Andromeda. The new movie is not anymore so much about delivering Andromeda, who is as passive as a princess can be in a knight movie. Andromeda is seen at the beginning, and saved of course at the end, but that’s all. She is not even deemed important enough to marry by Perseus. Or rather : Perseus doesn’t deem himself important enough to marry her. This is the most drastic change in the story : it’s all about Perseus and his relations with Gods and Humans. Perseus has a (wannabe) huge dilemma because he has no less than 3 fathers : Zeus, Acrisus the king of Argos, and a fisherman who saved him as a baby from the sea and raised him until manhood. This awkward dysfunctional family status puts Perseus at the forefront of the fight between Gods and Humans. Guess which side he will choose in the end ? Yes, exactly, you’re right. It might actually be moving, if only Worthington would be a more convincing actor. Not that Harry Hamlin was particulary such a great Perseus, but at least… he had a more Greeklish haircut than the Marine-haircut of Worthington, who looks like he jumped on the set as soon as he has left the Avatar shooting !

To finish with, yes, comparing the two movies is like comparing David with Goliath. The Louis Leterrier movie provides much more action, and delivers convincing special effects and action packed sequences, and even tries to wrap the plot up with a farfetched psychological (not to say Freudian) subtext. Will it convey more thrills ? Probably. Will it endear kids to Greek mythology like the first one ? I doubt it. Of course, i may be wrong… because i belong to another generation and I am prejudiced against anyone messing up with my childhood fantasies !

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Animation paranoia!

Θα σας φανεί περίπλοκο, πολύπλοκο και πολυδιάστατο, γιατί το site συντίθεται από πολλά animations που αργούν ίσως να φορτώσουν. Αξίζει τον κόπο, όμως, να περιμένετε και να απολαύσετε το περιεχόμενο του. Όλες τις animated δημιουργίες τις έχουν επιμεληθεί καθηγητές της σχολής σχεδίου ELISAVA στη Βαρκελώνη αλλά και φοιτητές – μελλοντικοί καλλιτέχνες. Ωστόσο, το όνομα της ιστοσελίδας πασχίζει να μας πείσει για το αντίθετο. Σκοπός των σχεδιαστών είναι η έκθεση των δημιουργιών τους (πάντοτε σε μορφή .gif) αλλά και η προσέλκυση άλλων νέων σχεδιαστών απ’όλο τον κόσμο.

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Happy Easter to all and be well

As demanded ,the playlist of yesterdays show!!!

Njoy

Parov Stelar-Shine

Grace Jones-Williams Blood(aeroplane remix)

Editors-You don’t know Love

Pet Shop Boys-More Than A Dream

Alex Gopher-Handguns

Zoot Wooman-Memory

Cinnamon Chasers-Luv Deluxe

Baby D-So pure

Ladyhawke- My delirium

Goldfrapp-Oh lala

Phoenix-1901

Delphic-Halcyon

Metric-Sympathy

Interpol-Who do you think

White Lies-Death

Lullabies in the Dark-Song for Marie and Elis(Aeroplane remix)

Sebastien Telier-Kilometer(Aeroplane Italo 84 remix)

Lullabies in the Dark- code 7429b

CSS-Move(Cut Copy remix)

Thome Yorke-Hearing Damage

Superpitcher-Heroin

Alex Gopher-Ash Sync

Air-La femme d’argent

The “Brand Apple Tree” radio show every Monday-Wednesday at 22.00 and every Saturday at 20.00

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Νομίζω πως είναι ένα εξαίσιο φιλμάκι μικρού μήκους ,που μας αντικατοπτρίζει την αλήθεια για την Μαύρη Τρύπα: “Μαγική και ύπουλη ”

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OSCAR 2010 BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM AWARD

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We live in a brand (not so new) world.

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Hilarious!!!!!

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Forgive me for the missing 2 other playlists of the previous shows!!! As soon as they will be  recovered they will be posted !!!

Enjoy yesterday’s playlist

Fenech-Soler – Lies

Cut Copy – Lights and music

Yelle -  A cause de Garcons (Tepr remix)

Justice vs Simian – We are your friends

Groove Armada – Paper Romance

Goldfrapp  -  Rocket (Grum remix)

Van She – Strangers

Anoraak- Nightdrive with you (Grum remix)

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads will roll

Gooseflesh – Still wild

The Kooks – Do you wanna

Ghosts – The world is outside

The Pigeon Detectives – Im not sorry

Zoot Woman – Memory

Interpol – Rest my chemistry

Arctic Monkeys – 505

The Airborne Toxic Event-  Sometime around midnight

The Sunshine Underground – In your arms

The Temper Trap – Fader

Razorlight – America

The Strokes – You only live once

British India-  I said Im sorry

White Lies – Farewell to fairground

Pearl Jam – Insignificance

Nirvana – Lithium

Nneka-Heartbeat (Chase & Status remix)

Brand Apple Tree radio show live on air every : Monday,Wednesday at 22.00 and Saturday at 20.00 on Apple Fm 98 www.applefm.gr

Be well

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Hysteric (acoustic)

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Το projection mapping στα καλύτερα του!

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Φοβερό!

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It’s absolutely on my next playlist and its not only for the music style but also for the story on the video!!!

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Όσοι έχουν Iphone είναι σίγουρο,πως το συγκεκριμένο gadget αποτελεί must !

Η απλότητα του και η χρηστικότητα βρίσκουν την τομή ,σε αυτό που ονομάζουμε value for money!!!

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Οπως τα βρήκα στο Tutorart σας τα παραθέτω!

ΝJOY!

Millions of Years B.C. by tr1umph

Pillars of Hope by phoenix-06

Are You Receiving by rahll.deviantart

Harvest by sphereuk

Escape from Paradise by joejesus

Point Of Honour by gucken

Cradle by pr3t3nd3r

Excidium by taenaron

In The Circle by joejesus

Lost In Space by thiagochackal

The Gathering by thiagochackal

P-a-r-t-i-s-F-o-r-t-u-n-a by primalace

Western Hemisphere by gucken

Serenity by artush

Loca Infernorum by taenaron

FISSURE by nameless-designer

SHield World Construction by phoenix-06

The Heat of Love by gucken

Havona by antifan-real

Grand Universe by antifan-real

Abstract Planet

Lateralis by joejesus

Goodnight Tale by joejesus

Spectrum by joejesus

Somewhere in Space by krzyzowiec

Dead Space Ishimaru by mcchaz

Relativitas by joejesus

Colony by artush

Decampment by taenaron

Space Lunar by fishbot1337

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Tα vintage poster είναι αντικείμενα αισθητικής παρατήρησης,όχι μόνο για το σχεδιαστικό τους ύφος ,άλλα και για το να αναλογιστούμε πως πριν πολλά χρόνια και με την έλλειψη της τεχνολογίας , οι σχεδιαστές δημιουργούσαν πραγματικά καλαίσθητα έργα!

Η παρακάτω συλλογή έρχεται να μας αποδείξει όλα τα παραπάνω

Link: Abduzeedo

Bayerischer Ski (1923) | Artist : Engelhard

Winter in Bayern (1905) | Artist : Erich Erler (German, 1870-1946)

Berwang-Tyrol (1940) | Artist : Werbung

Spaten Bräu München (c.1920) | Artist : Ludwig Hohlwein (Germany 1874-1949)

Winter sports equipment (1907) | Artist : Martin Lehmann-Steglitz

The war in word & image (1915) | Julius Klinger (1876 – 1942)

Torpedo Typwriter (1926) | Artist : Ludwig Hohlwein (Germany 1874-1949)

Wintergarten Variety Theater (1902) | Artist: Maurice Biais (1875 – 1926)

Munich Carnival (1938) | Artist : Koli

Dutch Art Exhibition in Krefeld (1903) | Artist : Johann Thorn-Prikker (1868-1932)

Ludwig Hohlwein Anniversary Exhibition (1934) | Artist : Franz Hinklein

Great Exhibition Munich (1954) | Artist : Ernst Klinger (1900 – 1962)

TV shows Munich (1954) | Artist : Ernst Klinger (1900 – 1962)

Geneva International Motor Exhibition (1930) | Artist : Noel Fontanet (1898 – 1982)

VIS Motorcycle (1924) | Artist : Julius Ussy Engelhard (1883 – 1964)

Huy Motorcycle (1926) | Artist : Josef Franz Huber

MOTOR COUNTER (1932) | Artist : OTTO BAUMBERGER (1889-1961)

Pneusan, tube defects impossible! (1920´s) | Artist : Rudolf Bayerl & Willy Herzig (Viena)

International Automobile & motorcycle exhibition, Vienna (1930) | Artist : Hermann Kosel

Telephonic transmission of the Munich Opera (1930) | Artist : LUDWIG HOHLWEIN (1874 – 1949)

Restaurant City of Vienna, Munich (1915) | Artist : Max Schwarzer (Germany 1882-1955)

Cottage-Bar (1913) | Artist : Franz Griessler (Austria 1897 – 1970)

Carnival at the Odeon Casino, Munich (1938) | Artist : Julius Ussy Engelhard (1883 – 1964)

Carnival in Wintergarten (1926) | Artist : Hermann Keimel (1889 – 1948 )

To Gallop, Carnival Festival in Munich (1935) | Artist : Lehmann, Martin und Walter Sarrasani

Maria Cafelmayer Clothing for Women, Munich (1927) | Artist : J.KIRSCHNER

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Είναι να παθαίνεις με το που το βλέπεις!

Η εταιρία  “Clive Wilkinson” κατάφερε να επαναπροσδιορίσει το σύγχρονο χώρο εργασίας !

Στο παρακάτω σύνδεσμο ,δώστε βάση στο βίντεο που εξηγήται το παρόν εγχείρημα!!

Future workplace?  Definitely Yeah!

Link: Clive Wilkinson

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Αν για οποιοδήποτε λόγο έχετε σπάσει στο παρελθόν την σανίδα σας ή οτιδήποτε άλλο και με δεδομένη την κρυμμένη δημιουργικότητα που έχετε διοχετευμένη μέσα σας… τότε το παρών παράδειγμα παρουσιάζεται σαν οιωνός  για να ξεκινήσετε να φτιάχνετε καινούργια  αντικείμενα όπως αυτά τα υπέροχα σκαμπό!!!

Link : Desktool by Jason Podlaski

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