murakami at versaille
i went to see versailles latest contemporary art installation at the weekend. with much controversy over the show with some claiming that Takashi Murakami's work detracts from the overall château de versailles experience, but it was a carefully considered exhibition, and indisputably adds provocative excitement and a fresh perspective. With many of the pieces included in the collection inspired by the historic site.

dot - the worlds smallest stop-motion animation character shot on a nokia n8
the world smallest stop motion film created by w&k to highlight the brilliance of the new nokia n8. one of the gems discovered was the cellscope. the brainchild of professor fletcher, it's a microscope attached to a nokia mobile phone. fantastically simple, yet it's helping to diagnose malaria and save lives in third world countries. a nurse can take a blood sample in a remote village, capture the magnified cell image, then send it anywhere in the world for instant diagnosis. the film was all shot using the using cellscope technology and all on the nokia n8.

and the making of

little people in the city : the street art of slinkachu