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Narwhal and Magic Pony Welcome Wish Come True by FriendsWithYou
May 13th, 2010
I'm very excited about FriendsWithYou taking over Queen's Park. Very excited.
I'm even more excited to invite you to Narwhal Art Projects solo exhibition "DAYDREAMERS" by FriendsWIthYou artists Sam Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III, with an opening reception on June 10th, from 6-10pm.
But wait, there's more - Magic Pony's just announced FriendsWithYou pop-up shop!
Opening Reception:
Saturday, June 12th
5-8pm
Magic Pony is proud to present the "Wish Come True" Pop-Up Shop, a special collaboration with Miami pop artists FriendsWithYou. For a limited time, visitors will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a world of luck, friendship and magic where the art wizardry of FriendsWithYou comes alive in a unique site specific retail installation showcasing a diverse range of creative multiplies within an enchanted space of dreamy wonder. The "Wish Come True" Pop-Up Shop marks the official launch of a brilliant new line of Magic Pony x FWY apparel and limited edition art prints, alongside favourite FriendsWithYou toys such as the "Wish Come True" mini figures, "Luckies" magical charms, and a showcase of early FWY product design including original plush and wood characters.
FriendsWithYou artists Sam Borkson and Tury Sandoval III will be participating in a special appearance and signing at Magic Pony on June 12 and from 5-8pm to officially launch the Wish Come True Pop up shop. All are welcome to join in celebrating this exciting new project and welcoming the artists for their first Canadian appearance. The "Wish Come True" Pop-Up Shop will be on exhibit until July 4, 2010.
Magic, luck, and friendship are the qualities that FriendsWithYou, a visual arts collective based in Miami Beach, seek to spread throughout the world. Now, in an unprecedented spectacle created just for Luminato, they invite Toronto to come out and play.
FriendsWithYou turns Toronto into Rainbow City, a delightful explosion of colour and jubilant energy. Led by the Rainbow King, Luminato 2010's Festival mascot, a host of celestial characters transform Queen's Park with larger-than-life dimensions of giant totems, bounce houses, and inflatable friends. Meanwhile, emissaries from this magical world fan out across Toronto to spread their universal message.
Inspired by the simple happiness of everyday life, the Wish Come True Festival is free. So come bounce, dance, and revel in the sounds of laughter and joy.
Queen's Park
Wed., June 16, From: 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Thu., June 17, From: 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Fri., June 18, From: 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM
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Is it time to leave facebook?
May 13th, 2010
What happened to "Calm Down, Breathe. We hear you."? I'm not sure. Due to the fact that I'm in the business of creating things online, and due to the fact that I spend most of my life engaging with the internet, and have spent the majority of my career pushing towards an open source, and therefore open door approach I felt like I needed to comment on facebook's quietly implemented new privacy terms.
At one point Mark Zuckerberg may have cared about community, but I think Venturebeat's article says it best, I'd like to hear it from Mark himself.
A lot of companies in the internet space make mistakes- well, a lot of companies in general make mistakes. The thing that companies forget is that it's the people that make the company, not the company that makes the people. It's what facebook seems to be forgetting as they grow. We are facebook. facebook is a place where our social networks gather. It's a park we go to. They may own the place we hang out, but we own the relationships, and we can take those friends and hang out somewhere else.
facebook called a meeting at 4pm today to discuss the changes, because people are leaving in droves. What is facebook's policy on our privacy? I'd like to know. I think social networking sites owe it to us, they're borrowing our information to sell advertising, so I'd like to know how we're being protected. Their new policies would allow anyone to see what movies you like, what you like to do, where you like to go depending on what you "like" in your profile. Whether they are in your social network or not. It will be interesting to see where Zuckerberg chooses to take this, if he indeed understands the online gathering place he's built, he'll recover from this, like he did last round and we'll stay. Mark knows how the internet community works, when we don't like something, we say something. Let's see if he listens.
CNN.com Article
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Amy Miranda confirmed speaker at NXNEi
May 6th, 2010
Those of you who know Amy know, that she enjoys a good story. Lunch's founder Amy Miranda, has been confirmed to speak at NXNEi (June 14-16) and will be discussing The Lost Art of Storytelling. Amy believes that without a story, there's nothing to produce and on the heels of just wrapping up a semester teaching Interactive Storytelling @ Centennial College, she'll be discussing the lost art of Storytelling at NXNEi.
The Lost Art of Storytelling
Humans have been telling stories for thousands of years, but the earliest mode of communication was oral, supported by hand gestures and expressions. Over time visual mediums were introduced to help tell stories as well. While the art of the storyteller has persisted over generations, the interactive world is often quick to re-invent the wheel, or loses site of the fundamentals in the quest to develop new ways to make the consumer an active part of the story.
What can we learn from the people who carry on the basics of oral storytelling, be they radio hosts, comedians or anyone else who still relies on their words, sounds and movements to tell a tale? A mix of old and new will aim to take you back to the basics in an attempt to inform your visions for new narrative forms.
Tags: Amy Miranda Artists Commentary Community Directors FITC Lunch Press Production
New Work: Design Currency Counter
May 6th, 2010
Recently for Icograda's Design Week in Vancouver Rethink came up with a pretty amazing idea to actually enable attendees, speakers and designers alike to weigh in on great design. We were lucky enough to help execute, STEM, General Metrics, Fatbox and Lunch came together to help launch the Design Currency Counter.
The symbol represents the value of design calculated by its impact on communication, culture and commerce.
Use the site to help define, debate and expand your understanding of design value.
Tags: Amy Miranda Commentary Community Fatbox Lunch Press Production Sajak & Farki STEM Work
Hotels.com AR Virtual Vacay: New Work from Jason Zada
May 5th, 2010
Long time in the making, Jason Zada's new piece for Y&R Chicago - Virtual Vacay has just launched.
This is a new augmented reality site that lets you take a virtual vacation at your computer. Computer tan and all.
You will need a webcam to view the site, you'll also need to print the marker - or send it to your smartphone.
Once there you'll be taken on a guided tour of 10 U.S. Cities and you'll be able to interact with their attractions. Take your virtual vacation today.
Congrats also go to Jason as we was just named to Shoots 2010 New Director’s show case.
Jason Zada is available for work in Canada through lunch.
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Zeitguised @ the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival
May 3rd, 2010
Lunch's newest partner Zeitguised will have their short film screened twice during the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto from June 1-6 2010.
Peripetics, a short film created and directed by Jamie & Henrik of Zeitguised will be screened on Tuesday June 3rd at 2pm and again on Sunday June 6th at 1:45pm
Zeitguised are represented in Canada by Lunch.
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New Work from Alchemy
April 29th, 2010
What happens inside a bag of AERO Bubbles? Well, all kinds of stuff. It's best to have a look, because there's lots of stuff happening. It's much better than us trying to describe everything. Our favorite is the high five.
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Alex McLeod - Front Page on QBN
April 28th, 2010
Lunch Artist Alex McLeod has made the front page on QBN.com today. Congratulations Alex!
You'll also be able to catch Alex's work in person at MOCCA June 15-August 18th for Empire of Dreams
and ROJO nova @MIS in Sao Paolo Brazil July-August 2010
For more information on Alex McLeod, contact Lunch
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Lunch and Inter-action @FITC
April 21st, 2010
We're pretty excited about FITC in Toronto this weekend. Not only are we thrilled to be sponsoring a special Saturday night installment of Inter-action (For details go to Inter-Act.ca along with lunch family members,Fatbox, Pixelpusher and STEM - but we're thrilled to be a studio sponsor of FITC along with our partners atRelish
Lunch's founder Amy Miranda will be doing double duty as a panelist & moderator with North Kingdom's David Eriksson, Tool's Jason Zada, Birthplace's Adrian Gunadi and TBWA Vancouver's Jennifer Mete in her panel on Producing Creative in the Global Digital Playground
We also seem to be out in full force this year judging the FITC Awards show with: Andrew Harris, Pixelpusher, Nathan Jurevicius, Narwhal/Lunch, Amy Miranda, Lunch, Adrian Busschaert, SociMedia, and Dayton Pereira of Indusblue being included among the many judges.
We're excited that 95% of the lunch family will be in town for FITC this year!
Looking forward to seeing everyone in the next few days. It's been a big year for digital and we're all looking forward to celebrating it with you!
Tags: Amy Miranda Artists Community Directors FITC Indusblue Inter-action Jason Zada Lunch Magic Pony Mark Gervais Narwhal Nathan Jurevicius Pixelpusher Press Production relish STEM Tool Work
Discover Your Inner Morning Person
April 12th, 2010
We recently had the pleasure of completing a site for a new product from Seattle's Best Coffee. SBC Iced Lattes are available in US Markets. Another true collaboration between Lunch Artist Alex McLeod, Pixelpusher, and Six Degrees.
A world of morning. The campaign is in full swing and there's updates to come in the next few weeks as it's rolled out Nationally with some pretty awesome tactical and installation pieces.
Pull the Arrow and enjoy the increased joy.
Also if you're in the States watch out for trucks driving around in a neighborhood near you bearing Alex's designs.
Tags: Alex McLeod Amy Miranda Artists Lunch Pixelpusher Press Production Six Degrees Work
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