We’re starting up production on our summer issue, and I’m on the hunt for amazing outdoor inspiration—events, locations, artwork, you name it. When I saw this xylophone project posted over at The Fox is Black, my jaw dropped. The video was made by the Japanese firm Invisible Designs Lab for DOCOMO to promote the Touch Wood SH-08C, a limited-edition phone with a solid wood body. The phone is cool, but the video? It’s incredible; a truly inspiring vision of what can be accomplished when creative minds work collectively to put a project into motion.
Set in a quiet forest, a long man-made structure gently slopes over the landscape, propped up by logs and containing hundreds of precisely placed wooden bars. I won’t say more and spoil the video for you, but I’ll just say I’ve never seen such a stirring rendition of a Bach Cantata, especially performed by a wooden ball. Enjoy!
Pssst … Do you have any amazing outdoor inspirations—a favorite hideaway, summer destination, or outdoor activity? Please let us know. We’d love to hear about them!
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#1: THAT IS WONDERFUL! I love it!
#2: I reposted it. :)
#3: It may not be to the letter of your information request, but I’m sending you a link to an album that I posted on Facebook yesterday. I took most of those while taking my favorite walk/hike at a park in our area yesterday afternoon. {about 100 miles East of San Francisco} I want so badly to host a gorgeous dinner there! You should come! :) http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=67384&id=100000222722174&l=62d17f8d36
Beautiful! A genius video and idea. It reminds me of a Rube Goldberg which also never ceases to amaze me. Thank you so much for sharing!
This is fantastic! Definitely what I needed this morning.
Thanks for sharing!
Hazel
Fifthroom Living
love it. Thanks for sharing.
here’s a link with lots of kinetic outdoor stuff that seems right at home in a natural setting. it almost seems alive.
http://www.timprentice.com/index_framev2.html
That. Was. Amazing. Thank you so much! That is the neatest video I’ve seen in a very long time.
Speaking of out-door hideaways, what about this tree house in France? http://www.designmom.com/2011/02/the-treehouse-at-la-cressonniere/
OR might I suggest these Pinterest Boards:
http://pinterest.com/sarahfritzler/my-places/
http://pinterest.com/kimf/favorite-places-and-spaces/
Enjoy!
Hi
Thankyou for this inspiration, I just blogged about this video in German on:
http://www.randnotiz.net/riesen-xylophon-im-wald-96
Loved it!! So creative, and yet so simple… thanks!
me encantoooo! tan creativo y a la vez tan simple… Gracias!!!
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