http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com Jonathan Bobrow Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:02:15 +0000 http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com en http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/BANANAS http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/following/cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/BANANAS Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:02:15 +0000 Jonathan Bobrow 198124 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/198124/bananas_2.png" width="670" height="400" width_o="670" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/198124/bananas_2_o.png" data-mid="880068" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/198124/bananas_4.png" width="670" height="400" width_o="670" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/198124/bananas_4_o.png" data-mid="3536508" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/198124/bananas_1.png" width="670" height="400" width_o="670" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/198124/bananas_1_o.png" data-mid="847486" border="0" align="left"/> Rebeca Mendez Design was given the task of branding a film by Fredrik Gertten, BANANAS!*, which documents the process of a precedent setting trial over Dole's treatment of Nicaraguan banana workers. The creative logotype that encompasses the subject and concept of the film and with the asterisk, raises the questions that the movie reiterates. I was hired to help bring alternative visual effects to title sequencing and aid with the flash elements for the website. Working on the final stages of the production was fast paced and an exciting atmosphere for exploration with motion graphics.$(document).ready(function() { pageTracker._trackPageview("/bananas" ); }); http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/Uganda-Site-Dimagi http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/following/cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/Uganda-Site-Dimagi Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:02:13 +0000 Jonathan Bobrow 185795 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/185795/uganda-01.png" width="670" height="656" width_o="670" height_o="656" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/185795/uganda-01_o.png" data-mid="794810" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/185795/uganda-02.png" width="670" height="656" width_o="670" height_o="656" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/185795/uganda-02_o.png" data-mid="794811" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/185795/uganda-03.png" width="670" height="622" width_o="670" height_o="622" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/185795/uganda-03_o.png" data-mid="794812" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/185795/uganda-04_1.png" width="670" height="671" width_o="670" height_o="671" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/185795/uganda-04_1_o.png" data-mid="794815" border="0" align="left"/> After visiting Dimagi in Boston and finding out about all of the great work the company does for the developing world, I volunteered my time to create some layouts for a project of theirs. This project is for the Uganda Ministry of Education and it is to monitor the status of schools in Uganda. The website will display info graphics for the data aggregated via SMS. The school head masters are asked questions about attendence, and water supply. The map gathers the data from an XML database created from a django backend and displays each school with a dot representative of the state of the school. When clicking on a particular school, a comment box opens with more specific data. Although the map is flash based and using the google maps API, the rest of the site is based in html and css for compatibility and accessibility. $(document).ready(function() { pageTracker._trackPageview("/uganda" ); }); http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/False-Archive http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/following/cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/False-Archive Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:02:10 +0000 Jonathan Bobrow 924 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/924/Demand_1.jpg" width="670" height="419" width_o="670" height_o="419" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/924/Demand_1_o.jpg" data-mid="2265" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/924/Demand_2.png" width="670" height="447" width_o="670" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/924/Demand_2_o.png" data-mid="2941" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/924/Demand_3.png" width="670" height="447" width_o="670" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/924/Demand_3_o.png" data-mid="2942" border="0" align="left"/> This is my recreation of a famous Thomas Demand photograph, called "Archive", in which he creates the illusion of an archive of cardboard boxes by building the entire scene out of cardboard. Although the image is quite simple and redundant in its form, especially for a modeling exercise, I focused on the subtlety of the image, with lighting and slight variation of placement. My piece is supposed to be redundant in a different way. Since the original is a play on what is real and what is constructed as a set, my objective was to make a set that was entirely fictional, only exists in numbers and code, and pass it off as a "real" image. To achieve certain variation without endless hours of moving each box, I used some simple code with the help of a fellow student Rick Gilliland, and applied a random generator to make subtle shifts in position and scale to the boxes. $(document).ready(function() { pageTracker._trackPageview("/false_archive" ); }); http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/Congo-Cash http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/following/cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/Congo-Cash Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:02:08 +0000 Jonathan Bobrow 144518 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/144518/congocash_1.png" width="670" height="498" width_o="879" height_o="654" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/144518/congocash_1_o.png" data-mid="619941" border="0" align="left"/> Created as a way to help add momentum to D.J. Mbenga's rising popularity and KIVA micro loans to help entrepreneurs in developing countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Visit the site to learn more about why micro loans are the best way to help our developing world. www.congocash.org http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/Concepts-Proposals http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/following/cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/Concepts-Proposals Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:01:59 +0000 Jonathan Bobrow 202221 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/202221/3d_display_1.png" width="670" height="522" width_o="670" height_o="522" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/202221/3d_display_1_o.png" data-mid="863959" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/202221/hybrid_2.png" width="670" height="434" width_o="670" height_o="434" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/202221/hybrid_2_o.png" data-mid="880078" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/202221/rube_2.png" width="670" height="447" width_o="670" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/202221/rube_2_o.png" data-mid="880093" border="0" align="left"/> Side Projects and Proposals [solid state 3D display] -- only a proposal for a possible way to create a solid state 3D display which I conceived while viewing a presentation of USC ICT graphics lab's 3D display. The current display requires a rotating reflector which limits the application as well as longevity of the system, so I drew up plans for a solid state version utilizing "smart glass" embedded in a careful pattern to create the same effect as a rotating plate. [bolt on hybrid] -- I worked on designing the structure and components of a battery powered motor that attaches to the rear wheels of any car to assist the gas motor upon acceleration and recharge during coasting and braking. The illustration shows how the sprocket would attach to the outside of any wheel with the use of customized lug nuts. $(document).ready(function() { pageTracker._trackPageview("/concepts" ); }); http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/IJM-Enterprises http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/following/cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/IJM-Enterprises Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:01:39 +0000 Jonathan Bobrow 50173 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/50173/ijm_1.png" width="670" height="363" width_o="670" height_o="363" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/50173/ijm_1_o.png" data-mid="212501" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/50173/ijm_2.png" width="670" height="363" width_o="670" height_o="363" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/50173/ijm_2_o.png" data-mid="212502" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/50173/ijm_3.png" width="670" height="363" width_o="670" height_o="363" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/50173/ijm_3_o.png" data-mid="212503" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/50173/ijm_4.png" width="670" height="363" width_o="670" height_o="363" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/50173/ijm_4_o.png" data-mid="212504" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/50173/ijm_5.png" width="670" height="363" width_o="670" height_o="363" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/50173/ijm_5_o.png" data-mid="212505" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/50173/ijm_6.png" width="670" height="363" width_o="670" height_o="363" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/50173/ijm_6_o.png" data-mid="212506" border="0" align="left"/> www.ijm-ent.com I was commissioned to create a flash based website to bring IJM Enterprises to web era and allow future customers to peak their interests on projects that leader in theater consulting has collected in its portfolio over the years. $(document).ready(function() { pageTracker._trackPageview("/ijm" ); }); http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/Amazon-com-Commercial http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/following/cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/Amazon-com-Commercial Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:01:38 +0000 Jonathan Bobrow 65853 Excessive Celebration Amazon Commercial from Jonathan Bobrow on Vimeo. $(document).ready(function() { pageTracker._trackPageview("/amazon" ); }); http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/Toulouse-Lautrec-Dot-Matrix http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/following/cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/Toulouse-Lautrec-Dot-Matrix Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:01:10 +0000 Jonathan Bobrow 289112 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/289112/lautrec_ear_1.jpg" width="670" height="400" width_o="670" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/289112/lautrec_ear_1_o.jpg" data-mid="1247309" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/289112/lautrec_ear_2.jpg" width="670" height="400" width_o="670" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/289112/lautrec_ear_2_o.jpg" data-mid="1247310" border="0" align="left"/> The large image of a Hasidic boy created from a repeating image of Toulouse-Lautrec's head is a creation of a processing application I wrote for artist, Brian Moss, and an upcoming exhibit in Los Angeles. The program can recreate any image with any other image and has a series of variables that allow for calibration of contrast, image size, angle of the grid, and other features for color. One of the test renderings at full resolution can be downloaded here. and the Application itself is available here. $(document).ready(function() { pageTracker._trackPageview("/dotMatrix" ); }); http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/Being http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/following/cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/Being Thu, 16 Dec 2010 04:53:33 +0000 Jonathan Bobrow 969 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/969/Being_1.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="670" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/969/Being_1_o.jpg" data-mid="2927" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/969/Being_2.png" width="670" height="447" width_o="670" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/969/Being_2_o.png" data-mid="2940" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/969/Being_3.png" width="670" height="447" width_o="670" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/969/Being_3_o.png" data-mid="2938" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/969/Being_5.png" width="670" height="447" width_o="670" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/969/Being_5_o.png" data-mid="2939" border="0" align="left"/> The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera was the focus for this piece. The concept is to capture through motion of the text, the lightness of being. Kundera explains that it might not be the weight of life that gets to us, but perhaps the lightness in which it is finite and impermanent. The lightness of being is in fact the toughest part of being at all. Other inspirations were the motion of the feather in Forest Gump and the plastic bag from American Beauty. Watch full size $(document).ready(function() { pageTracker._trackPageview("/being" ); }); http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/Lose-Your-Calm http://cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/following/cargo.jonathanbobrow.com/Lose-Your-Calm Thu, 16 Dec 2010 04:50:32 +0000 Jonathan Bobrow 927 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/927/Calm_1.jpg" width="670" height="400" width_o="670" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/927/Calm_1_o.jpg" data-mid="2277" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/927/Calm_2.jpg" width="670" height="400" width_o="670" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/927/Calm_2_o.jpg" data-mid="2278" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/927/Calm_3.jpg" width="670" height="400" width_o="670" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/927/Calm_3_o.jpg" data-mid="2279" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/927/Calm_5.jpg" width="670" height="400" width_o="670" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/927/Calm_5_o.jpg" data-mid="2280" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/927/Calm_6.jpg" width="670" height="400" width_o="670" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/927/Calm_6_o.jpg" data-mid="2281" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/927/Calm_7.jpg" width="670" height="400" width_o="670" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/927/Calm_7_o.jpg" data-mid="2282" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/927/Calm_8.jpg" width="670" height="400" width_o="670" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/121/927/Calm_8_o.jpg" data-mid="880106" border="0" align="left"/> The dutch design group, MACHINE, came to UCLA D|MA and challenged the senior class to create material for multiple VJ shows. Each team of two students were given a word/emotion to represent and ours was anger. Instead of doing direct typographical work with the word anger, we decided to destroy, typographically, words that would be lost in a moment of anger. Calm -- cast in plaster from a clay mold, the calm white block letters get shattered by the swift blow of a hammerReason -- cut from balsa wood and then set aflame, the word vanishes in smoke and charcoal Ideally this would have been shot with a high speed camera, but as design students, we did the best with what we had. I would have loved to see the plaster mold shatter under 200fps or higher, (but 60 progressive wasn't terrible) video documentation of the VJ collaboration Vj, Machine from Camile Orillaneda on Vimeo. $(document).ready(function() { pageTracker._trackPageview("/calm" ); });