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Olive – first full length feature film shot completely on a phone

Linus — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:05:41 +0000

Olive is the first full length feature film shot completely on a smart phone. A 35 mm lens adapter was fabricated to fit the smart phone in order to achieve a shallow depth of field. The film stars two time Academy Award nominated actress Gena Rowlands (the Notebook, A Woman Under the Influence, Gloria). The film simply put is about a little girl that goes into the lives of three people — an old lonely woman, a foreigner having a hard time acclimating in the United States, and an obese man — and transforms their lives without saying one word!

The financing of Olive was done independently of any corporation. The goal now is to be the first film to not only be shot on a cell phone but to also be the first independently financed feature film on 2,000+ theaters across the United States without the backing of a Major Studio.

The Film also stars John Scurti, Chris Maher, and Ruby Alexander. Other names affiliated with the project include Ben Lear, Randi Zuckerberg, and Skywalker Sound did the sound design.

Check out the kickstarter project.

eager to write.

Linus — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:18:07 +0000

So this is not my last post and not my first. this blog, column, magazine have seen many different shades of white. When I started back in 2006 i was not sure if I even where able to make it thru 1 week. But here I’am 5 years later, 1000 articles plus.

There are so many things that i’ve missed during the years but there are also so many things that i covered. So where do I want this little baby to go in the future? Frankly I don’t know. There are still a good bunch of you readers comming back every week, and there are still no new posts…

A couple of months ago Me and a friend started http://copygr.am a great service that lets you enjoy Instagram on your computer or iPad. My friend also runs the blog http://www.thecubetheory.com – and we also started http://danjan.se

So what are we doing right now? Well we are planning our move on version 2 of Copygram, it’s going to be awesome. We are also working some state of the art concepts for new online services.

Bare with me… I don’t know where we are going but I know one thing, I’ll always love design, architecture, music, videos, photography and cultural awareness.

see you soon / Linus

Marlowe, Short Film About a Man & the Car He’s Driven For 40 Years

Linus — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:47:24 +0000

“Marlowe” is a short film about Marlowe Boyd and his pristine Dodge Charger muscle car, which he bought new in 1971. The film was produced by ALCHEMYcreative, a San Francisco video production company.

Dribbble Invitation – submit your best shot!

Linus — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:48:27 +0000

What Is Dribbble?
Dribbble is show and tell for creatives. Designers, developers and other creatives shareshots — small screenshots of the designs and applications they are working on.

How?
We got 1 Dribbble invitation. If you are a passionate graphics/web/UI/UX designer, you can earn this invitation by submitting your best shot ( 400px X 300px ) to me via mail or in the comments and I will post it on Dribbble to get some feedbacks from the pro(s). The community will decide whether you deserve a place on dribbble.

Ya, it sounds crazy to get through all this madness just to get an invitation. But the thing is, we respect what we do as a designer and we hope that dribbble only for people who have the same passion.

If you know a great designer friend, kindly let him/her know or RT about this and we really love to see some great talents to join this community.

When?!
This will be open until this Friday – 12 August 2011.

Frozen Wave in Madrid, skating in a ditch by Juan Rayos

Linus — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:32:19 +0000

We have to admit it, on WASF, we love skate. And since we also love motion, we can’t resist what the video editor Juan Rayos have been doing for a couple of months and years now. He just released Frozen Wave. A video where a couple of longboarders & skateboarders enjoy a sunny day in a ditch near Madrid. It’s pretty much about Sun, Good Music and a Skating arena.

Fake Apple store in Kumming, China – Steve Jobs must act

Linus — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:19:50 +0000

Are you listening, Steve Jobs?

From Birdabroad.

“The Western news media is replete with pithy descriptions of the rapid changes taking place in China: China has the world’s fastest growing economy. China is undergoing remarkable and rapid change. This represents a unique moment for a society changing as quickly as China.

You probably read such things in the paper every day – but if you have never been to China, I’m not sure you know quite what this means on a mundane level. As I’ve mentioned elsewhere on this blog, in the 2+ years that RP and I have been in our apartment, much of the area around us has been torn down, rebuilt, or gutted and renovated – in some cases, several times over. I had the thought, only half-jokingly, that when we returned from a couple months abroad, we might not be able to recognize our apartment building. Or that it might not be there at all.

As it turns out, my fears were baseless – our scrappy little home remains. The neighborhood, however, has definitely kicked it up a notch or seven. Starbucks has opened not one, but THREE branches (that I encountered) within a 10 minute walk of one another. An H&M has opened across from our apartment building. These are the kinds of major Western brands that were previously only represented in Kunming by fast food chains like McDonald’s and KFC. Our neighborhood has quickly become the swanky shopping center of the city.

So when we strolled down a street a few blocks from our house a couple weeks ago, I was only sort of surprised to see this new place, one that any American of my generation can probably recognize instantaneously:”

It’s an Apple store!

Or is it?

RP and I went inside and poked around. They looked like Apple products. It looked like an Apple store. It had the classic Apple store winding staircase and weird upstairs sitting area. The employees were even wearing those blue t-shirts with the chunky Apple name tags around their necks.

Mumford & Sons new song “Lover’s Eyes” and “Home/Untitled”

Linus — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:24:03 +0000

Well it’s nothing to deny I’ve been in love with Mumford & Sons ever since I heard, “little lion man” long before they got this famous. So here is one of their new tunes (with video and one new song that I found on Sound Cloud). Enjoy. I did.

Mumford & Sons new song – “Home/Untitled” (Live on KBCO)

Copygram – Instagram for everyone, download + vanity urls

Linus — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:44:39 +0000

So we just launched an awesome site for the iPhone App Instagram, we call it Copygram. The service lets you download all your Instagram photos to your local hardrive and then makes it really easy for you to order analog prints. What many haven’t noticed is that Copygram also provides an view over the entire public network of Instagram, just type any username after the http://copygr.am and you can view his or hers photos, just try out mine copygr.am/linusekenstam now try your own.

In the first 6 days a total of 106.000 photos have been downloaded. And way over 28.000 pageviews. We are so happy for making this project into reality. In an attempt to give everyone a chance and glimps of the Instagram community we wanted to build a way for everyone to be able to see what users on the instagram network are doing. So now you can share your copygram link to anyone, and anyone will be able to view your photos, with our without an Instagram account. To be able to find stuff, we built a search, you can search for users and tags.

We hope you’ll enjoy the service, its me ( Linus Ekenstam ) and TheCubeTheory ( Magnus Janson ) that is behind the project.

Foundation 1 – Interview with Jack Dorsey

Linus — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:25:25 +0000

Here is an awesome interview on Jack Dorsey co-founder of Twitter and now the iPhone payment App Square. Interviewed by Kevin Rose, co-founder of Milk Inc and Digg.com

Bon Iver – Bon Iver / New album out now June 21th

Linus — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:06:44 +0000

Get the large album cover here, (2000x2000px)

OUR THOUGHTS
Wow, i’m not really good at playing any instrument, I guess if I where any good I would love to play the piano. So I’m not the guy judge. I love “For Emma, Forever Ago”. It’s warmth and pureness, the new album has the same soul, way better sound ( can’t say if its better or worse when it comes the the overall feeling ). The songs are very Bon Iverish… And that I love, all respect to artists that tries to evolve and do new stuff, over and over, but sometimes, the audience just want more in the same genre. And that’s something thats been accomplished here, same wonderful sound with some new and unexpected melodies and shapes. So the verdict… Buy, listen and enjoy.

TRACK LIST
Bon Iver – Bon Iver

“Perth” 4:22
“Minnesota, WI” 3:52
“Holocene” 5:37
“Towers” 3:08
“Michicant” 3:42
“Hinnom, TX” 2:45
“Wash.” 4:59
“Calgary” 4:10
“Lisbon, OH” 1:33
“Beth/Rest” 5:17

GET THE ALBUM
If you have Spotify you can find the album here, if you don’t have Spotify you can buy the Album at iTunes here.

Organize your stuff like this, weekend in London

Linus — Fri, 27 May 2011 09:13:11 +0000

So today I’m off to London over the weekend, going to see if there is anyone thats upp for a cup of coffee, we’ll be trying to make a couple of interviews with one or two readers from London on sunday, so make a comment if you want to get featured. Going to be super awesome to hook up for a block cup of Java… or Tea.. Now I need to organize my weekend bag.

James Blake – Wilhelm Scream

Follow us on Facebook.

Linus — Fri, 27 May 2011 08:18:28 +0000

We have been on facebook for ever it seems like, but I never made a push for it, if you want the latest stuff directly in your feed, just “like” and thats done. Thank you for reading.

www.facebook.com/wearesuperfamous

{Music} Listen to Phantogram,

Linus — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:29:08 +0000

We hope to make an Interview soon. We love aweditorium.com.
Right now you’ll find Phantogram here, myspace.com/phantogram

Inside the Daft’s Pyramid. Insane geometric Love.

Linus — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:26:51 +0000

Where is the one place on earth you wanna go but can’t get to? Except the Moon… of course. In my case that would be the triangular shaped heaven where the Daft Punk performs there acts. Let’s be completely honest with ourselves, this might be one of the most impressive setups on the globe. Then take it to the next level, picture thousands of people in front of you, screaming, jumping, shouting, being all happy on life or drugs…. Then you just press play on tape… BOOOM! Magic happens.

STOPPA SMASH – By Geniart Pictures

Linus — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:36:21 +0000

Quick Facts.

Official site: StoppaSmash.se
Official Facebook page: Stoppa Smash
Written by: Carl-Oscar Andersson och Joakim Carlsson
Production: Geniart
Red carpet: 17 june, 7:00pm
Venue: Stadsbion, Falkenberg
Entry: 50 SEK

This is Stoppa Smash.

An ambitious film production that portray the insane volley ball culture in Falkenberg. The movie star is the super popular soccer dude Joakim Carlsson, he is high life, and everyone wants to be him. The best girlfriend, worlds best friend and his life is generally perfect.
But one day, everything changes…

So make sure you watch the trailer, send it to your swedish or un-swedish friends. Like it one here and on Facebook. Because we want them to to be Super Famous.

Kickstarter – Olloclip for iPhone 4

Linus — Tue, 17 May 2011 11:40:10 +0000

Straight from kickstarter.com
Hello Kickstarters! Thanks for having a look at our project. We are very excited about the olloclip and we hope you can help make it a reality.

olloclip, a simple and elegant solution to a problem that has until today not been solved, “how do I get extra lenses on my iPhone?”

The olloclip is a quick-connect lens solution for the iPhone 4 that includes a fisheye, wide-angle and macro lenses in one small, convenient package that easily fits in your pocket. Nestled in the palm of your hand, the olloclip connects to the iPhone within 2 seconds so you’ll be sure to capture the image you want…if you don’t see the picture you’re looking for just flip it over to switch the lens.

Endeavour final flight to space launch in 5 minutes.

Linus — Mon, 16 May 2011 12:08:27 +0000

LIVE VIDEO STREAM

Just looking at the space shuttle makes me full of respect, watch the final flight here. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

The Node {visual impression on singularity}

Linus — Wed, 04 May 2011 12:28:34 +0000

There are alot of blog posts right now containing video, not due to latency, more due to the fact that I watch a lot of videos right now, and find my inspiration in all those motion designers out there.
So here is one that I browsed yesterday, The Node by Murat Pak. Enjoy.

NIVA – The Boy from the Sun. {music}

Linus — Wed, 04 May 2011 08:11:02 +0000

Wooah! Like a good song I know, the morning sun will take the pain away. This song will be going on repeat for at least a couple of weeks. NIVA is also available on Spotify, so make no mistake, this song will become something that my speakers will enjoy for quite a while.

Happy Birthday Linus Ekenstam + We’re looking for a Contributer

Linus — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:53:48 +0000

I’m not too excited over this blogish stop I got going right now. I’m working really hard on some projects I got going, and work takes up a lot of the time. And the WASF™ team is also divided into smaller projects and doings. So I’m looking for one or two talented and internet trendy faces. It dosen’t matter if you are in China or in Argentina. If you feel like you would suite for this please contact me at Linus.Ekenstam@kreativt.se, you’ll be able to write about what ever you like that fits under the already nisch we got going, your words will reach 30/45000 readers a month. Together we can make a better platform for WASF™. There is no pay right now, if we get the ad’s going there will of course be payment based on the articles you write and deploy.

So don’t hesitate to send me some articles and link to something you written before, or if you got a blog or similar with reference work.

The moment you turn of the tube television.

Linus — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:44:57 +0000

Photographs of tube televisions the moment they are switched off by Stephan Tillmans {sorry no link}
Title: Max Frisch

ALOHA Sion Milosky

Linus — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:32:30 +0000

Tragedy struck the surfing world last month with the news that Hawaiian big-wave surfer Sion Milosky has passed away. According to reports, Milosky lost his life while surfing 25-foot waves at Mavericks late afternoon March 16th 2011. Our hearts go out to the family and friends of the big-wave legend. We salute you Sion Milosky, thank you for lifting the sport, you will always be remembered.

Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed by Frederic Chaubin

Linus — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:43:08 +0000

Druzhba sanatorium (I. Vasilevsky, Y. Stefanchuk) Yalta, Ukraine, 1985

Institute of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics (S. Savin, B. Artiushin) Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1987

Inspired by the finest Suprematist utopias, the Georgian Ministry of Highways with its reduced anchorage. (G. Chakhava, Z. Dzhalaganiya, T. Tkhilava, V. Klinberg) Tbilisi, Georgia, 1974

Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed by Frederic Chaubin, £34.99, is published by TASCHEN and is available to purchase at www.taschen.com

We like bikes. {bike friday}

Linus — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:47:33 +0000

Most striking Tsunami 2011 video yet.

Linus — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:15:17 +0000

All our love goes to the families in Japan, that are in shelters and struggle for everyday survival. Our hearths are with those who lost friends and family members. We will always look back at Japan as a warning to the rest of us, that mother nature is violent and has no respect, as we have no respect for her.

Spring Perfection {inspired to inspire}

Linus — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:20:10 +0000

Good morning, so it’s time for that glass of juice, cup of coffee or tea. I wanna have a bagel so bad, and strawberries with some Champagne. So with that vibe here are some morning photos from editorials mainly from Vouge.

Right now if i look out, it’s foggy, calm and i’m about to say good bye to a friend who is off to San Francisco to night. He is my room mate, you can listen to his work here,
{ Johan Örjansson }

I-Need-To-Kill-The-Photographer. {inspired by unknown}

Linus — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:27:39 +0000

Everyday i have a quick look at some different blogs and inspiration sites… I spend my evenings looking at some amazing stuff online, and every now and then i drag-n-drop a photo into a little folder on my desktop names “inspired by unknown”. So first of i thought i name this section just that due to the lack of source control and ability to give cred to the creator. I know this sounds unfair and that there are loads of she creatives and he creatives that stands behind this work, I understand how you feel, but there is something in me that just want to share all this goodie bits and pieces.

Listen to this {Noah and the Whale} and browse the photos.

Anatomy of change Rick Genest for MUGLER

Linus — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:47:21 +0000

Rick Genest, the Canadian born ”Zombie boy’‘ as he is most commonly known, is the new face of MUGLER’s premier men’s collection and the Muse of creative director Nicola Formichetti. Chris Roome from London based creative company Happy Finish has retouched these black and white images by top fashion photographer Mariano Vivanco, which are running as part of a larger campaign that include an online video launch featuring an exclusive new track from Lady Gaga’s new Album ‘Born this Way’. The new MUGLER campaign images are the brainchild of Nicola Formichetti who is also the stylist of Lady Gaga.

Japan Earthquake, Makes us feel alive

Linus — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:00:12 +0000

This is so sad, and our thoughts lies with the Japanese people and we hope that the death toll wont grow larger…

NAVIS Los Angeles

Linus — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:38:46 +0000

Welcome to the new wearesuperfamous.com, the site where we will try to deliver inspiration to you. In forms that you already understand and that flourish all over the web, the online media has never been as big as it is today. We are not a giant, we are not a big company, but we do think that we have soul, a soul that we would love to keep.

So we will try our best, to simply be what we are, SuperFamous. And with those small words we give you NAVIS from Los Angeles, our own personal favorite photographer right now. Head over to Navis own site for more beautiful photos.