“I believe through creativity and design we can make anything beautiful. Beauty isn’t the material sitting fallow in a warehouse somewhere. The beauty is when you start using repetition, and function, and purpose, and light and shadow”…”giving new life to these materials and give them a reason to be in this world again,… and that energy you feel when you’re in the spaces, and its very positive, and it feels progressive and it feels right to me.” ~ Mike Moore

In launching a new direction for my design firm, Analog Design Studio, we collaborated with Mike Moore to create a video that would help express his firm’s message while crafting our visual language in the medium of film. We have put a lot of creative passion into creating this biopsy of Tres Birds Workshop. The documentary uncovers the passion and desire of their firm to create beautiful spaces and experiences through the reuse of objects to create healthy desirable spaces that take on a new life while expressing the past. The workshop explains their use of light, materials, and function making their work both contemporary and timeless. We hope you love this piece as much as we do, enjoy!

production co. – www.analogdesignstudio.com
documentary subject – www.tresbirds.com
music provided by – www.mindthings.net …Read the full article at www.zeitgeistudios.com.

After watching Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio I found myself both inspired and a bit sad. Sad because of Samuel’s short lived time here on earth and also in the fact that there are so many people in dire need of adequate housing. I choose however to focus on the inspirational message within Mockbee’s work. Mockbee believed that architecture did not belong to a higher class, but was best served towards those in need. He therefore created the Rural Studio to act as a catalyst between those who needed the experience of learning about architecture and those in need of its shelter or community. Overall the film does a great job of carrying on the message of the Rural Studio while allow us a brief glimpse into the genius of Samuel Mockbee. The film is available on the web until September 7, and available for purchase from the PBS website. …Read the full article at www.zeitgeistudios.com.

Jeff Durkin of Breadtruck films [www] put together this nice documentary of Mi Workshop. In the film Miki Iwasaki, owner of Mi Workshop, talks about his passion and ideals as a designer/architect/teacher. I think we can all share in the desire to approach our work and life in similar ways as Miki. Check out the film and then check out his work at mi-workshop.com. Read the full article at www.zeitgeistudios.com.

I finally got around to watching Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman [buy here]. The documentary looks at Julius Shulman’s career as an architectural photographer not from simply the typical chronological series of events that made him successful, but attempts to describe his place within architectural history. The film includes him revisiting a few iconic modern buildings he photographed and some interviews with home owners telling stories of the architecture. Prior to watching, I knew who he was in general, but I hadn’t put it all together. He really touched all those places – touched more than physically, but in the way that his work has left an impression on all of our connections and memories to the buildings he photographed from 1936 to 2009. There is nothing small about that. Read the full article at www.zeitgeistudios.com.

Spotlight is a series highlighting talented artist and designers in a brief interview and display of their work. In this article we look at the work of Joshua Faudem [ www.joshuafaudem.com ], currently residing in Jerusalem, Israel. Joshua is an award-winning documentary filmmaker known for his edgy, provocative films as well as his risky shots in dangerous places. Here’s what he had to say at www.zeitgeistudios.com