Yosemite HD

Thom Browne's triumphant FW12 collection, a film made by a sleepwalker, exploding food and more in our look at the web this week

An uplifting record of North America’s most impressive park, this time-lapse video from Sheldon Neill and Colin Delehanty shows the life of Yosemite over a few weeks. With brilliant shots of swarming stars and the rising sun to entertain the masses, filmmakers will appreciate the pair’s deft use of a controlled dolly setup.

Design Voices

A journalist checks in with eight influential designers to assess the future of the field in a new Kindle e-book

In the new e-book “Design Voices,” Dutch designer Maarten Baas points out that 20 years ago, “designing was quite anonymous as a profession.” Now, not only has the importance of design become more visible outside of the creative industries, but designers themselves have also gained distinction as innovative problem-solvers. Curious about how some of the industry’s most notorious talents see the future and the “larger …

Suicidal Surfing

The Jacques Cousteau iPhone app, an electric camper, musical tree rings and more in our look at the web this week

Despite the coast guard labeling the conditions double code red and delivering threats to arrest anyone who entered the water, a few intrepid surfers still took a dip. In this stunning video, shot on the Phantom, we get a slow-mo look at some maniacal riders taking on monstrous waves.