“The author shares his enthusiasm for the upcoming release of “Blade Runner” with the production company.”

“Philip K. Dick wrote this letter after seeing his first glimpse of Blade Runner in a television segment. To the best of the family’s knowledge, this letter has never been previously released to the public.”

Philipkdick.com is Philip K. Dick official web site:

“On behalf of Philip K. Dick’s children, welcome to the Official Philip K. Dick website. We endeavor to create a venue for new readers, as well as a valuable resource for the loyal fans who have enjoyed his works for years. It is a work in progress, but one nevertheless that we hope you will find useful, and also truly enjoy.”(more)

About the project:

“Well, feeling inundated with the amount of fonts, brushes, images, patterns, gradients, drop shadows and copy I generally squeeze into each day, I set myself a little minimalistic design challenge. The challenge : represent a range of movies in 4 pixels or less.” (more)

About Paddy Donnelly:

“Anyway, I am an Irish web designer, blogger, interviewer and illustrator currently living in Belgium. My official title over at Nascom is somewhere between ‘user experience designer’ and ‘information architect’. I’m a big fan of my own little mini projects and I generally spend way too much time on the Internet. I learned most of what I know from my degree in Interactive Multimedia Design, my Masters in Multi-Disciplinary Design and Wikipedia.” (more)

idsgn (a design blog) – Now and then: How film titles have evolved

“Before the cinematic title sequences of today’s films, pioneered by the likes of Saul Bass and (more recently) Kyle Cooper, film titles were once a motionless work of art. In this ‘Now and then,’ we are pressing pause and exploring the art behind the film title.

Since the early days of cinema, artists have carefully designed film titles to captivate audiences and set the film’s mood. To bring attention to this often overlooked art form, Dutch graphic designer (and movie lover) Christian Annyas has put together The Movie Title Stills Collection. The website collects and neatly organizes film titles by decade, from the 1920’s to present. To illustrate how film titles have evolved over the years, we’ve chosen some of our favorites from the collection.”

About:

“ABEL RAISES CAIN is an unprecedented glimpse into the life and bizarre career of infamous underground media prankster, Alan Abel. Over the past half-century, Abel has made a name for himself several times over with stunts that are just ridiculous enough to be believable, especially to a media that feeds on salacious, far-fetched stories. Alan’s daughter, Jenny, tells her firsthand account of what it was like growing up with this lovable but slightly demented prankster for a father.”

Watch the trailer. Learn more on Wikipedia.

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