A few weeks ago one of the many semi-organized bike rides in grand rapids banded together and visited Blanford Nature Center. We were followed by a local “digital storyteller”, Andy Dragt.
Monthly Archive for July, 2009
I thought this was a great video, almost satirical in its approach. It is quite a clever short film. These are some of the concepts that often are ruminating in my head. It baffles me the ammount of energy that we wast without even thinking of its implications.
Mainframe’s film is a lighthearted take on the future of environmentalism, focusing on ideas about the recycling and reclamation of energy. As science strives to harness the power of nature in order to derive cleaner sources of power, the short animation highlights the idea that society already produces enormous quantities of energy merely as a by-product of everyday life.
About the artist:
Mainframe is a creative production studio, specialising in motion graphics and animation for ads, promos and branded creative content. Most of the work is for broadcast but output includes projects for cinema, online and mobile media. Mainframe comprises 20ish highly tuned creative minds in peak physical and mental condition and quite a lot of expensive kit.
This week I had the honor of working with the Grand Rapids Public Schools Athletics department. They are unveiling a new program and are kicking it off with a coaches retreat. With the new program I designed a logo and flier for them. Time was short, so the design was pulled together in a matter of two days.
At my job I am surrounded with Youth Leadership Development programs. We hire trainers from these programs that come from all over the United States to help deliver our curriculum. Lina Thompson recently joined our staff as a trainer of Community Capacity Building. Below is a video from the Fuller Youth Institute that I think was done well and shows a little bit about what I do every day.
Lina Thompson, a faculty member with the Fuller Youth Institute, shares her passion for training urban youth workers through the Urban Youth Ministry Certificate Program.