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September 8, 2017
9 Most Anticipated Films in TIFF 2017’s Edgy Lineup
Here are the films we’re most excited to see at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
The 10-day Toronto International Film Festival, fondly known as TIFF, has grown from a subcultural gathering for Canadian cinephiles to one of the largest and most internationally renowned film festivals on the circuit. With a projected 500,000 attendees and over 300 films being screened this year, TIFF is a reliable pit stop for Oscar hopefuls and buzz-generator for international indie gems. This year, TIFF programmers cut the lineup by 20%; as a result, the lineup is more refined—and edgier—than ever. The selected films represent a world embroiled in complex issues, from the migration crisis to the definition of modern masculinity to the geopolitical and interpersonal conflicts in which all of us are implicated in some way or another.
Below, we’ve selected nine movies we can’t wait to see.
Source: NoFilmSchool
September 8, 2017
The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, September 8
The Daily Chord collects the most relevant music industry news each weekday and delivers it into your inbox. This week featured stories on the passing of iconic musicians Holger Czukay and Walter Becker, discussions over how streaming services will distribute royalties, the announcement of the cancellation of the Apple Music Festival, and much more. Subscribe to the SXSW Daily Chord, and stay in the know!
Tuesday, September 5
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Walter Becker, Steely Dan guitarist, dies at 67
Obituary from Variety -
Major YouTube audio ripping site agrees to shut down after getting sued by labels
Post from The Verge -
Now on stage: The countdown to a new Taylor Swift album
Story from NY Times -
‘When you’re black, you have to fight’: Tinashe, Kehlani and other female R&B artists struggle for attention
Post from LA Times -
Apple Music Festival cancelled after ten years
Post from BBC News -
The Pitchfork guide to upcoming releases: Fall 2017
List from Pitchfork
Wednesday, September 6
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Women are making the best rock music today
Feature from NY Times -
Holger Czukay, bassist with Can, dies aged 79
Obituary from The Guardian -
Facebook is offering the music industry millions to let its users upload songs in videos
Post from The Verge -
X look back on 40 years of punk iconoclasm
Feature from Rolling Stone -
The hippie-capitalist CEO who wants to win a Nobel Prize with sober raves
Post from Noisey -
The 2017 streaming cash bonanza: How the major labels stack up
Post from Music Business Worldwide
Thursday, September 7
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How St. Vincent Battled Anxiety and Made Her Best Album Yet
Feature from Rolling Stone -
Splintered minds and broken worlds: Gary Numan talks Asperger’s, depression, climate change
Profile from Yahoo Music -
The Guide to Getting into Jawbreaker
Post from Noisey -
BMI Distributes More Than $1 Billion in Music Royalties
Post from NY Times -
KCSN-KSBR FM merger aims to create new Southland public radio powerhouse
Post from LA Times -
How Hip-Hop Found a Home on Daytime TV
Feature from Variety
Friday, September 8
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Spotify Hosting Playlist-Minded Concert Featuring Dizzee Rascal, Bugzy Malone
Post from Billboard -
MC Hammer is headlining Staples Center — in 2017. How did this happen?
Post from LA Times -
Give My Regards to E Street: Imagining a Springsteen Musical
Post from NY Times -
Lost Edge: LCD Soundsystem’s Road To Sincerity
Profile from Stereogum -
U2 Blast Donald Trump in Fiery Appearance on ‘Jimmy Fallon’
Post from Variety -
An Appreciation for Can’s ‘Future Days’
Feature from Noisey
The post The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, September 8 appeared first on SXSW.
Source: SxSW Music
September 8, 2017
Unsplash Awards: A little sit down with Founder Mikael Cho
Unsplash Awards: A little sit down with Founder Mikael Cho
Exactly one week ago, we have introduced the Unsplash Awards on Abduzeedo. A celebration made just for you, to recognize the open photography movement. Have you started submitting your photos yet? There is still plenty of time, please do check out Awards.Unsplash.com In the meantime, we would like to take the opportunity also to share a little interview/sit down we had with the founder of Unsplash – Mikael Cho. Get his insights on what motivates him from the Unsplash community.
Doing a yearly ‘awards’ type event was something we always wanted to do. But it was a challenge to do it in the right way.
Tell us about what is the Unsplash Awards?
The Unsplash Awards is a celebration of the people powering the open source photography movement. On Unsplash, millions of people every month are inspired by photography they can openly use to create. We felt it was important to create a moment that acknowledges the contributors who’ve made this possible by generously gifting their photography.
We’ve created 10 photography categories where we’ll feature the photos from Unsplash contributors: Aerial, Animals & Wildlife, Astrophotography, Food & Drink, Interiors & Architecture, Nature & Landscapes, People & Portraits, Sports, Street Photography and Unsplash community.
For each category, we’re inviting a guest curator to help select the photos to feature. Guest curators include Airbnb, Ultralinx, Squarespace, Imgix, Kodak, DJI, and Lonely Planet.
How did you (and team) come up with the Unsplash Awards?
Without our community, Unsplash would be nothing.
Doing a yearly ‘awards’ type event was something we always wanted to do. But it was a challenge to do it in the right way.
Unsplash originally started as a side project inside of our company Crew. So we didn’t have the team to put together an ‘awards’ event the way we wanted.
Earlier this year though, we spun Unsplash out into its own company. This allowed us to expand our team and execute on Unsplash Awards the way we wanted to.
What is going to be the whole process of the Unsplash Awards?
Sept. 1 – Sept. 30 – Photo submissions open at awards.unsplash.com
Oct. 1 – Oct. 10 – Guest judges make selections
Oct 15 – Announcement of featured photos
How did you (and team) come up with the categories of the Unsplash Awards? Is it relevant to what is being shared on the platform?
The Unsplash Awards photography categories were definitely inspired by the photos we see everyday on Unsplash. There’s over 250,000 photos on Unsplash now and most fit into these 10 categories.
The Unsplash Awards is a celebration of the people powering the open source photography movement. On Unsplash, millions of people every month are inspired by photography they can openly use to create. We felt it was important to create a moment that acknowledges the contributors who’ve made this possible by generously gifting their photography.
Links
- Learn more about the Unsplash Awards at awards.unsplash.com
- Follow Unsplash on Instagram
- Cover Picture by Julie Macey
AoiroStudio
Sep 08, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo Interviews
September 8, 2017
Unsplash Awards: A little sat down with Founder Mikael Cho
Unsplash Awards: A little sat down with Founder Mikael Cho
Exactly one week ago, we have introduced the Unsplash Awards on Abduzeedo. A celebration made just for you, to recognize the open photography movement. Did you start submitting your photos yet? There is still plenty of time, please do check out Awards.Unsplash.com By the meantime, we would like to take the opportunity also to share a little interview/sat down we had with the founder of Unsplash – Mikael Cho. Get his insights on what motivates him from the Unsplash community.
Doing a yearly ‘awards’ type event was something we always wanted to do. But it was a challenge to do it in the right way.
Tell us about what is the Unsplash Awards?
The Unsplash Awards is a celebration of the people powering the open source photography movement. On Unsplash, millions of people every month are inspired by photography they can openly use to create. We felt it was important to create a moment that acknowledges the contributors who’ve made this possible by generously gifting their photography.
We’ve created 10 photography categories where we’ll feature the photos from Unsplash contributors: Aerial, Animals & Wildlife, Astrophotography, Food & Drink, Interiors & Architecture, Nature & Landscapes, People & Portraits, Sports, Street Photography and Unsplash community.
For each category, we’re inviting a guest curator to help select the photos to feature. Guest curators include Airbnb, Ultralinx, Squarespace, Imgix, Kodak, DJI, and Lonely Planet.
How did you (and team) come up with the Unsplash Awards?
Without our community, Unsplash would be nothing.
Doing a yearly ‘awards’ type event was something we always wanted to do. But it was a challenge to do it in the right way.
Unsplash originally started as a side project inside of our company Crew. So we didn’t have the team to put together an ‘awards’ event the way we wanted.
Earlier this year though, we spun Unsplash out into its own company. This allowed us to expand our team and execute on Unsplash Awards the way we wanted to.
What is going to be the whole process of the Unsplash Awards?
Sept. 1 – Sept. 30 – Photo submissions open at awards.unsplash.com
Oct. 1 – Oct. 10 – Guest judges make selections
Oct 15 – Announcement of featured photos
How did you (and team) come up with the categories of the Unsplash Awards? Is it relevant to what is being shared on the platform?
The Unsplash Awards photography categories were definitely inspired by the photos we see everyday on Unsplash. There’s over 250,000 photos on Unsplash now and most fit into these 10 categories.
The Unsplash Awards is a celebration of the people powering the open source photography movement. On Unsplash, millions of people every month are inspired by photography they can openly use to create. We felt it was important to create a moment that acknowledges the contributors who’ve made this possible by generously gifting their photography.
Links
- Learn more about the Unsplash Awards at awards.unsplash.com
- Follow Unsplash on Instagram
- Cover Picture by Julie Macey
AoiroStudio
Sep 08, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo Interviews
September 7, 2017
‘L.A. Noire’ comes to HTC Vive, Nintendo Switch, and more this November
Team Bondi and Rockstar’s L.A. Noire will release for all three current-gen consoles this November, and a VR version is in the works for Vive. The game originally released back in 2011.
The post ‘L.A. Noire’ comes to HTC Vive, Nintendo Switch, and more this November appeared first on Digital Trends.
Source: Digital Trends VR
September 6, 2017
Lowe’s prints comic books imagining sci-fi futures — then makes them real
Lowe’s isn’t just a lumberyard, it’s an incubator building our sci-fi future — thanks to Kyle Nel and the Lowe’s Innovation Lab, which is merging 3D modeling, AR, VR, and even additive manufacturing with retail.
The post Lowe’s prints comic books imagining sci-fi futures — then makes them real appeared first on Digital Trends.
Source: Digital Trends VR
September 6, 2017
Beautiful Vector Illustration by FUGSTRATOR
Beautiful Vector Illustration by FUGSTRATOR
Michael Fugoso is a San Diego based designers and illustrator with some incredible illustration work. Fugstrator as he is also known on Instagram, where he posts some of his most recent work. The cool thing about Michael’s illustration in my opinion is the style. It brings back some of the skeuomorphic elements but it also blends with some beautiful cutout paper effects. He also has a series of illustrations on aircrafts and spaceships, all with a bit of a retro mood. Like the Paper Shuttle Launch project.
Fugoso’s process starts always with hand-drawn and then he moves on to rendering, usually on a vector tool like Adobe Illustrator or Autodesk Graphic. Most of the time he gets commissioned to do fan art or about popular icons of the past. He is very proud to say that all of his work starts from drawings, done by hand. Another one of his passions is photography, it helps him to find inspiration because he loves taking photos he mentions on his site.
For more information about Michael visit:
Illustration
abduzeedo
Sep 06, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo Illustration
September 6, 2017
Web Design & Branding: Heartbeat Agency
Web Design & Branding: Heartbeat Agency
We’ve featured the work of MindStudios in collaboration Heartbeat Agency for the Unight App. Now, let’s take a closer look at the web design and branding of the Heartbeat Agency. Coming from a background of interaction design, UI/UX, and motion; the folks over Heartbeat Agency has the elegance to work it out by building a simple but engaging digital experience.
Heartbeat Agency is a digital startup in design consultance that reign in the field of work of interaction design, UI/UX, motion and branding. Based in Odessa, Ukraine, you should definitely check out their work on Behance and Dribbble.
The story of how a digital agency had updated their visual identity
Project Gallery
Credits
- Art Director: Stan Yakusevich
- Product Manager: Dmitry Lepokhin
- Designer: Vladimir Gruev
More Links
- Learn more Heartbeat Agency at heartbeat.ua
- Follow Heartbeat Agency on Behance
- Heartbeat Agency on Dribbble
AoiroStudio
Sep 06, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo UI/UX
September 5, 2017
Apply to Showcase at the 2018 SXSW Music Festival Before the September 8 Early Deadline [Video]
It’s time for artists to begin making plans for showcasing at the 2018 SXSW Music Festival. The early deadline to apply is Friday, September 8 at 11:59 PM PT. Apply before September 8 to get the lowest application fee of $35, and to be considered by our Music Festival programming team for an official performance at the leading music industry event of the year. The final application deadline is Friday, October 20.
Considering applying? Read 5 reasons to apply to be a SXSW Showcasing Artist. The SXSW Music Festival presents a great opportunity to network with industry pros and perform with thousands of artists from all over the world. More than 2,000 Showcasing Artists performed at SXSW this past March, with 544 of those acts representing 63 countries outside of the U.S. As a leading industry event, there will be reps from record labels, booking agencies, management and PR firms, publishers, and media outlets in attendance, as well as up-and-coming musicians and potential future fans. Showcasing Artists can also attend SXSW Conference sessions to learn from music icons and industry veterans about their craft.
How to Apply to Showcase
- Go to https://cart.sxsw.com/products/bandapp
- Click “Sign In” at the top right of the page, then either log in or create an account. You MUST have a SXSW authorized account to fill out an application.
- When you are logged in, click “Apply Now” to open the application.
- Fill out all relevant information. Required fields are indicated with an asterisk.
- Click “Submit Application”
- On the next page, click “Checkout Now” to lead to the payment page.
- Enter your payment information, read and agree to the terms and conditions, and click “Confirm Purchase”
- On the next page, you must click “Complete Your Purchase” to finish the transaction.
- A confirmation email will be sent to the person listed as primary contact.
Please read the Showcase FAQ for more information about performing at the 2018 SXSW Music Festival, and visit the showcase applications page to apply. The SXSW Music Festival team has also supplied artists with a set of tips for the making the most of the showcase application.
Register to attend SXSW 2018 by September 8 to get the lowest rate, and book your hotel today.
The post Apply to Showcase at the 2018 SXSW Music Festival Before the September 8 Early Deadline [Video] appeared first on SXSW.
Source: SxSW Music
September 5, 2017
Stylish UI Design for Nike SB Concept Project
Stylish UI Design for Nike SB Concept Project
We have featured Side B projects in the past here on Abduzeedo. We like to diversify but they really got me by creating an beautiful UI Design concept project for Nike SB. If you didn’t know, I am a huge skateboarding fan. I used to skateboard when I was younger, I still do from time to time. For some reason I stopped but I keep up with the sport by following skaters as well as watching the Street League. If there’s one thing that got me into design was skateboarding. The culture, the style and the focus on creativity are very important for a skateboarder in a very similar way it’s for designers. Anyway, enough of me talking, check out this super stylish UI design for Nike SB.
UI Design Concept
abduzeedo
Sep 05, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo UI/UX