This interactive web banner allows the viewer to imagine encountering a blue whale by navigating an approximately one-to-one scale image. The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) launched the banner as part of its Stop Bloody Whaling campaign.
Shift Happens is an eclectic collection of facts and figures that demonstrate how globalization trends are evolving the landscape of human society. Among the many notable points of interest in the slideshow: "We are currently preparing students for jobs that don't yet exist, using technologies that haven't been invented, in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet." The original presentation was created by Arapahoe High School Director of Technology Karl Fisch. Other versions, as well as other educational ruminations, can be found in his blog.
Laith Bahrani's new trailer is a beautiful sneak peek into his upcoming animated music video set to Moby's "Everloving". The animation tells a poignant story of a firefly and a prisoner who explore a world together, ultimately drawing upon raw human emotion. Torchlight Gallery is a collection of Laith's illustrations made in 2006 leading to the development of this project.
MediaStorm collaborated again with the Council on Foreign Relations to produce, design, and implement Crisis Guide: Darfur. The Darfur guide is the second in a series of interactive guides to the most complex issues and conflicts on the planet. The six-chapter project includes a multimedia narrative, interactive maps and timelines, and extensive information on the situation in Darfur. Featured in Chapter 1: The Grim Reality is the work of photojournalists Lynsey Addario, Marcus Bleasdale, Stanley Greene, Olivier Jobard, Benjamin Lowy, Kadir van Lohuizen, and Paolo Pellegrin.
Gene Weingarten's article in the Washington Post on Joshua Bell's subway performance incited numerous conversations about the impact of context on the way we evaluate art. In a live discussion the next day, Weingarten starts by saying, "This story got the largest and most global response of anything I have ever written, for any publication. I think the enthusiastic classical-music blogosphere helped give it a viral life, as did the availability of quality video."