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Nov
23
2011
Soul Flyers Richard Pendavingh 23.11.11

An amazing short featuring Skydivers Fred Fugen, Vince Reffet and Jean-Phi Teffaud in collaboration with the Melbourne Skydive Centre.

Nov
15
2011
Animal Ads Richard Pendavingh 15.11.11

Thought I'd post a couple of my favourite animal-themed commercials.

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Nov
14
2011
Earth – Time Lapse Flyover Richard Pendavingh 14.11.11

Some amazing footage taken from the International Space Station as it orbits the earth.

Nov
14
2011
Harvest 2011 – Death in Vegas Richard Pendavingh 14.11.11

I went along to Harvest festival just outside of Melbourne on the weekend and snapped off a few shots of Death in Vegas.

Nov
04
2011
Aimee Fairman Richard Pendavingh 04.11.11

Some long overdue images of Aimee Fairman's installation work at Platform Gallery earlier this year.

Nov
04
2011
Satoshi Minakawa Richard Pendavingh 04.11.11

Some incredible landscape photography from Japanese photographer Satoshi Minakawa.

Oct
04
2011
Marchand & Meffre Richard Pendavingh 04.10.11

I came across these images in the latest issue of Monster Children. They're part of a photo essay by French artists Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre on the 'ruins of Detroit'.

Oct
04
2011
Ricardo Bofill Richard Pendavingh 04.10.11

Ricardo Bofill is a Spanish architect with some very stately looking structures in his portfolio.

Sep
19
2011
Andrew Zuckerman Richard Pendavingh 19.09.11

Andrew Zuckerman takes immaculate pictures of birds.

Sep
16
2011
East Gippsland Richard Pendavingh 16.09.11

Sometimes you have to let the beauty of a place wear off before you can appreciate your own attempt at redproducing it.

Feb
07
2011
Australian Mugshots Richard Pendavingh 07.02.11

From the archives of the New South Wales police department- some beautiful mugshots from an era before fluorescent lighting.

Dec
13
2010
Alex Roman Richard Pendavingh 13.12.10

This video by Spanish director Alex Roman has been making waves at the moment in all sorts of technology and design fields by introducing hyper-realism to the field of 3D animation.

Oct
22
2010
Spencer Elden Richard Pendavingh 22.10.10

Found this great little interview many moons ago of a little-known graphic designer that now works for Shepard Fairy at his studio in New York. It's amazing where you end up when you've got a really good personal anecdote to break the ice at job interviews.

Oct
21
2010
Thomas Mankovsky; Ritalin Richard Pendavingh 21.10.10

Carlton Draught's take on Nessun Dorma taught us all that everything looks good in slow motion.

Sep
21
2010
BERG; iPad light painting Richard Pendavingh 21.09.10

A friend of mine recently describe the iPad as not being a very pointy device.

Sep
12
2010
Sam Griffith; Walk Across America Richard Pendavingh 12.09.10

Loving this stop-motion piece for Levi's by American director Sam Griffith.

Sep
01
2010
Let’s Colour Richard Pendavingh 01.09.10

The 'Dulux Walls' film (part of their latest advertising campaign) has to be one of the most beautiful commercials of the last few years.

Aug
24
2010
David McCandless’ Carbon-Neutral Volcano Richard Pendavingh 24.08.10

If you've got a spare 20 minutes watch David McCandless' talk about data visualisation at the Technology, Entertainment, Design conference.

Aug
21
2010
Aimee Fairman Richard Pendavingh 21.08.10

I was lucky enough to be invited along to the opening of a couple of exhibitions at Craft Victoria including the work of Melbourne installation artist Aimee Fairman.

Aug
20
2010
Hayaku; Brad Kremer Richard Pendavingh 20.08.10

Wonderful rolling time-lapse video of Japan by American Director Brad Kemer using the Canon 5D MarkII.