http://lab.bunchofmonkeys.de Experiments and progress in current projects Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:33:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Monkeys interviewed the famous futuristic designer and illustrator Syd Mead. The interview was managed in collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg and Prof. Michael Stoll. For more impressions of Syd Mead in Augsburg check out Gudrun Martins photo album THE FUTURE CAME TRUE MICHAEL: Mr. Mead, you've achieved so ... http://lab.bunchofmonkeys.de/?p=126 This is a draft of the Bunch of Monkeys font Draftsman light italic. You can download and use it without any restriction. This version is still beta, but the release version will follow soon. DOWNLOAD draftsman.odt http://lab.bunchofmonkeys.de/?p=115 The diploma thesis of Tom Kohlbauer (work in progress) The world is a everlasting construction site. The building phase we are in now,  is about to abolish the shorings of the national frontiers. Now our building of  a one-world-appreciation becomes observably. Join the process of the world, become citizen of  Cosmopolis. http://lab.bunchofmonkeys.de/?p=37 Some screenshots from an animated film we're working on at the moment. http://lab.bunchofmonkeys.de/?p=31 The Bunch of Monkeys have contributed to the project Leuchtur.Modular by the Augsburg based media artists Lab Binaer. We have contributed some conceptual thoughts as well as all the code involved in the project. The project was built with open frameworks. http://lab.bunchofmonkeys.de/?p=19 The Monkeys are involved with the project Thank you third world by Maximilian Gerlach and Jessica Benzing. Max and Jessica have created a viral marketing campaign about the connection between our wealth and the third world's poverty. The Monkeys will help to create a short explanatory animation about the project. ... http://lab.bunchofmonkeys.de/?p=5 The shortfilm "Our Little World – The Climate Movie" was awarded with the audience award at the "klimaclima.org" competition, a young filmmakers platform dealing with the effects of climatic change. This way we had the honor to be (indirectly) invited to the 2009 UNESCO World Conference "Education on Sustainable Development" in ... http://lab.bunchofmonkeys.de/?p=46 We are currently working on some collaboration with the Bukowa & Partners agency on a project on how to visualize the natural laws behind economic systems. More information coming soon… http://lab.bunchofmonkeys.de/?p=60 We created the whole corporate design of an fictive airline called "Learn To Fly". It was used for an information evening concernig studies abroad at the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg. Our work involved boarding passes, luggage sleeves, posters, advertisement clips and some handsome stewardesses promoting and accompanying the event. http://lab.bunchofmonkeys.de/?p=70 kunstOFF is a motion-picture seminar at the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg. We took part in the selection of films and in the organization of the show concerning the topics work, power and hunger (Arbeit, Macht, hungrig in german). Amongst others, the following documentaries were presented in excerpts: The Yes Men Meat ... http://lab.bunchofmonkeys.de/?p=62