Crave (2012): re-blog from Art of Title





“His imagination is a dangerous place to be.”

The main-on-end titles for Charles de Lauzirika’s psychological noir Crave take what is at root a basic child’s toy to grim extremes. Wind-driven, humanoid whirligigs are torn apart and re-purposed into disturbing wooden mechanisms acting out vigilante fantasies from the film – images from a nightmare. The angular type stands out from the grit and grain as the camera transitions from grisly scene to grisly scene, each segment part of a larger, interconnected machine which could only be stopped by its own friction.
Director CHARLES DE LAUZIRIKA and main title designer RALEIGH STEWART discuss the creation of the sequence with us.
Can you give us a little background on yourselves?
CL: I was born and raised in LA and I was obsessed with cinema. I went to USC Film School, where I met a lot of great, talented friends, and landed a series of internships and low-level jobs at production companies which got me in the door. The most important relationship to emerge was with Ridley and Tony Scott and their company Scott Free. I started as an intern, became a script reader,...

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Buck for Gud

Buck for Gud:

Buck delivers with a beautiful piece for the launch of Gud.
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Airside London 1998-2012

Airside London 1998-2012:

Stay Another Day- Frank Eddie RMX from Airside on Vimeo.

It’s a sad day when one of your favourite studios decides to call it a day.

When I was studying my degree, Airside were one of the studios I really looked up to. With their bold use of colour and simple design, I saw them as a shining beacon of light within the ocean of the British creative industry.

Airside, it’s been a pleasure.

If you are in London you can see what looks to be one of Airside’s final talks on December 6th at See No Evil.

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Airside to close in March

Airside to close in March:re-blog from CRBlog


Airside is to close its doors in March 2012 after 14 years in business. The studio, which made its name originally for website design and animation, says the decision is a 'voluntary' one reached jointly by the founders Alex Maclean, Nat Hunter and Fred Deakin

Airside opened in 1998. In a joint statement issued today, Maclean, Hunter and Deakin say "For the record, we aren't going bust, in fact we're currently thriving. We haven't fallen out with each other, in fact we're as close as we ever were. What has happened is that after 14 years of working together, we have grown into different people with different goals. Despite all of our best efforts we can't see a way for Airside to move forward and accommodate all of our individual ambitions. You could put it down to musical differences if you like!"



Airside founders (from left) Deakin, Maclean and Hunter when they started in 1998 (left) and now

The statement goes on to say that "We feel that it is completely true to the unique spirit of Airside to end the company as friends and to end it on a high. We'll be making an announcement as to our individual future plans nearer to March 2012 when we close, and there will of course be a party to mark our closing. Between now and then we'll be focused as always creating amazing work for our clients and ourselves - this is the last chance for us to work together as Airside. Although we definitely plan to collaborate in future."

During Airside's 14 years it has won many awards, including a Cannes Grand Prix and two Best in Books in the CR Annual. It was one of the first significant digital studios to emerge following the dot com crash of the late 90s and quickly gained a reputation for creative excellence. The company currently has nine staff. Its Tokyo branch, Airside Nippon, "will continue to trade as normal," the company says.







From Airside by Airside, a book celebrating the studio's tenth anniversary

Read our feature on the company's tenth anniversary here

Our sister title Design Week has more on the story here

Mothership

Mothership: from ComputerLove

In case you missed it, Mothership is the creative studio created by Digital Domain. Some of the directors in the roster made these videos for its launch.

Happycamper:

Sil Van Der Woerd:

David Rosenbaum:

Pierre Michel:

Brent Bonacorso:

Nathan Love: