The wind in her hair

Impossible is nothing

He's Chen Guangchen, a blind chinese civil rights activist and a pioneering attorney on behalf of women subjected to forced abortions and sterilizations under the one-child policy.

Sometime in the last few days, Chen achieved (again) the impossible: he managed to deceive his 60+ guards and slipped out of the stone farmhouse on the rural plains of Shandong province where he has been held under house arrest, with his family, on and off  since 2005.

If Chen’s captors had been readers of history, they might have predicted that he would not acclimate to limitations: he once ventured four hundred miles to Beijing, when he was in his early twenties, to file a tax complaint. This time he escaped at night once again, and made his way to Beijing with the help of accomplices. He is now believed to be under the protection of U.S. diplomats.

So what does Nike have to do with it? In a mildly frustrating move for Wieden+Kennedy, the advertising company working for the brand, Google exploded with pictures of him wearing a Nike sweater. While this great brand storytelling opportunity is there, it can't be used: sales to its Greater China market went up 18% in volume and 21% in revenue last year, reaching USD 564 million; Unfortunately, there's only one thing that W+K cand do right now: enjoy a moment of silent jubilation.

Meanwhile, thumbs up and fingers crossed for Chen.

Some brands have it

On how VW is taking care of its brand heritage.

Great

... project from Google: The Nelson Mandela Digital Archives;

A short lesson in perspective

Here (via Laur, the smartest kid in the building).

Checked

Check out both the Kickstarter and one of the projects it hosts: the TrekPak.

What to have (X)

An electric Morgan, to save the planet in style.

Sequentially yours

A short movie on Elliott Erwitt's sequential pictures.
You can buy the book here.

I know...

...what am I going to talk about at TEDxIasi. It all came to me this morning. Don't peek! :) You'll know when the time is right. It's not ground breaking, it's just some sort of poetic justice.

What to have (IX)

A jacket from the Acronymjutsu collection. Just play the video, you'll understand.

What to have (VIII)

The world smallest M mount lens ever made, Sadoyasu Miazaki's custom made Super Triplet Perar 28mm f4. Or the 35mm f3.5 of the same maker, which is the smallest M mount 35mm lens.

Cinci proiecte pentru anul asta

1. Sa dau oamenilor idei la TEDxIasi;
2. Sa organizez primul concert Fingathing in Romania.
3. Sa fac cel mai scurt film scurt din lume.
4. Sa fac un proiect care sa ajunga pe short list la Golden Drum pe digital sau pe FWA.
5. Sa fac o fotografie care sa ajunga pe fwaphoto.com.

How's this for a short list?

Povestea unui buhusean

         via GSP.

What to have (VII)

An A5 Icon aircraft. More here.

Consensus

Here's a funny blog about Kim (the Jong Il, not the Kardashian).

Ever heard of a cinemagraph?

It's a GIF that presents itself as a photo but shows only some subtle details in motion. Few seconds, frozen in time, waiting for the right director to transform them into the shortest short movie in history. Which, btw, is going to be my next art project.

Until then, this is next best thing: I took some of Kevin Burgs' cinematographs, added one, and rearranged them in order to make a short story out of it. It's called "The fastest man"...

Together play now for you... jazz!