Giddyup!

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Plenty of people can claim disdain for the overwhelming invite channels of Evite, Paperless Post, epic email chains and incessant text messages, so the new group-wrangling app GiddyUp! might offer a welcome simplification. The new service allows the user to make an event with as many optional details (time, location, etc) as they wish, then invite people in their contacts and manage RSVPs with a …

J.Viewz “Rivers and Homes”

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Breathing new life into the tired YouTube-stop-motion scene, this video from Brooklyn-based musician J.Viewz began with a traditional music video, from which 2000 individual frames were printed out and distributed to 300 fans while on tour in Israel. The result is an intricate, hypnotizing experience, achieved without any computer-generated effects.

One Hour Project

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Graphic designer Zeynep Yildirim has spent the last two years taking on various projects that last exactly one hour in an effort to answer the question, “what is possible in an hour?” She is now seeking funding on Kickstarter to publish a book detailing her first 250 projects.