September 27, 2011

Better Living through Cell Biology

September 27, 2011/ peterdurand

Research/Narration by Amro Hamdoun
Images by Perrin Ireland

There are many persistent industrial chemicals that accumulate in marine life and in our bodies. For many years we have had problems predicting which industrial chemicals will be persistent in the environment.

Artist Perrin Ireland worked with Amro Hamdoun to explain how current research in cell biology might be used to to prevent this problem from happening in the future. Click the link below to watch Perrin’s beautiful watercolor art unfold.

September 14, 2011

Cholesterol: Friend Before Foe

September 14, 2011/ peterdurand

Scientific American: Cholesterol from Alphachimp Studio Inc. on Vimeo.
Text by Jeanne Garbarino. Images by Perrin Ireland. Video by Nick Navatta

Yes, when in excess, cholesterol can be very detrimental to your health and is often the culprit behind heart attacks and strokes. However, behind the seemingly dangerous exterior lies a molecule that is essential for human life.

April 28, 2011

New Work: Animated Infographics

April 28, 2011/ peterdurand

In preparation for a major industry convention, Nashville-based start-up Management Signals needed a short, clean explaination of their business.

The resulting animation, created in collaboration with their management team, quickly describes the value of their services: leveraging mobile devices, gaming, and cloud computing for business intelligence.

February 06, 2011

Video: The History of Graphic Facilitation

February 06, 2011/ peterdurand

Click to Play Video: The History of Graphic Facilitation

Our latest Doodle in Motion project, an homage to the brilliant RSA Animate videos, shows that the challenge of information design started on the cave wall.

August 09, 2008

I Want You to Want Me

August 09, 2008/ peterdurand

Massive touchscreens. Three-dimensional animation. Realistic interaction. Real-time synthesis of expressions of love, longing and loss by real humans looking for love in the ether of the net by interactive designers of rich-media storytelling platforms, Jonathan Harris.

May 16, 2008

MUTO: An Ambiguous Animation Painted on Public Walls

May 16, 2008/ peterdurand

Imagine creating a 7 minute short animated film using hand drawn black-and-white line drawings. At 12 frames per second, you would have to create 5040 individual drawings.

Now image creating the same number of sequential images but with spray paint on public buildings. That is what this trippy video created in Argentina presents. It is hypnotizing. (Thanks to Matt Andrews)

clipped from blublu.org

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

October 31, 2007

JibJab Animations Starring You!

October 31, 2007/ peterdurand

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!The masters of pixel-based puppeteering have made it easy for us to insert unsuspecting loved ones into hilarious productions.

(This is my wife and myself dancing very similarly to how we perform at weddings!)

October 25, 2007

Animator vs. Animation

October 25, 2007/ peterdurand

Artist's Comments:

An animator faces his own animation in deadly combat. The battlefield? The Flash interface itself. A stick figure is created by an animator with the intent to torture. The stick figure drawn by the animator will be using everything he can find - the brush tool, the eraser tool - to get back at his tormentor. It's resourcefulness versus power. Who will win? You can find out yourself. -- This took three long months.. i think it's worth it.

Animator vs. Animation by *alanbecker on deviant ART