Tag: travel

Vienna is Like… by Fernando Livschitz

https://vimeo.com/417000220 Vienna is like… from Black Sheep Films on Vimeo. Statues and buildings float, Slinkys connect articulated buses, and carnival rides get supersized in Vienna, Austria with help from Argentine director Fernando Livschitz of Black Sheep Films. Animation and live-action blend fantastical sights with reality in Vienna is like… Watch the Upper Belvedere levitate in layers, dancers magically don colorful dance clothes mid-jump…… Continue reading Vienna is Like… by Fernando Livschitz

Only Slightly Exaggerated… – Travel Oregon

Scored by the Oregon Symphony, Only Slightly Exaggerated is a fantastical tourism commercial created for Travel Oregon by Portland-based advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy. The video celebrates the state’s magic and natural wonders, including its forests, coasts, colors, culture, and more. But please be aware, per Oregon Live‘s Lizzy Acker:In Oregon, it must be noted, frogs cannot and do not sit in chairs, nor do they read.…… Continue reading Only Slightly Exaggerated… – Travel Oregon

Hawaii Adventures

Geology:Hawaiian mythology’s heart is the story of Pele, the goddess of fire.  After she was chased from her home on Kauali by Namakaokaha’i, her sister and goddess of the sea, she fled to O’ahu and then to Maui’s Haleakala, and then finally to Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island, where she remains today.This similarity of…… Continue reading Hawaii Adventures

Making a Rice Straw Animal for the Wara Art Festival

A wooden framework and curved plastic pipes provide a solid structure for ‘knit’ bundles of wara or rice straw, the byproduct of the season’s rice harvest. As volunteers work together to tie and wrap the bundles into place, an oversized straw animal is revealed. It’s one of many specially designed sculptures created for the annual Wara Art Festival (わらアート)…… Continue reading Making a Rice Straw Animal for the Wara Art Festival

The Giants of Copenhagen

Hidden in western Copenhagen‘s forests and open fields are six friendly wooden giants. They were created by Danish artist Thomas Dambo and built from recycled scrap wood by local volunteers. Described as “an open air sculpture treasure hunt”, the Six Forgotten Giants can be discovered by surprise in areas that were previously off the beaten path… or search for them…… Continue reading The Giants of Copenhagen

Al Jazeera Street Food World Tour

The Japanese have a word for it: kuidaore, “to eat oneself bankrupt.” This has risen to some combination of tradition and aspiration in Osaka, Japan’s second-largest city, a former merchant enclave once referred to as the country’s “kitchen.” You can see exactly what empties Osakan bank accounts on Al Jazeera English’s series Street Food. Its episode on…… Continue reading Al Jazeera Street Food World Tour

Cookpad, the Largest Recipe Site in Japan, Launches New Site in English

Cookpad bills itself as having the “Best Japanese recipes from the largest cooking community in Japan.” And that’s not just your usual web site hyperbole. Established back in 1997, Cookpad houses 1.5 million recipes created by a base of 20 million users. And it’s now a publicly-traded company on the Tokyo stock exchange. This week, Cookpad did everyone in…… Continue reading Cookpad, the Largest Recipe Site in Japan, Launches New Site in English