Bangkok-basedFatcat Studioshas unveiled the stunning VFX breakdown forTaklee Genesis, showcasing their expertise in crafting intricate environments and mesmerizing time-bending portals. From futuristic cityscapes to lush natural settings, the studios work seamlessly integrates dynamic visual effects with live-action sequences, enhancing the films immersive storytelling. The time-bending portals, a standout feature, were brought to life using real-time simulations, particle effects, and meticulous compositing to ensure visual and narrative coherence. Fatcat Studios attention to detail, from lighting to environmental textures, elevatesTaklee Genesisinto a visually captivating cinematic experience, setting a new benchmark for innovative VFX artistry.The post Fatcat Studios Unveils VFX Breakdown forTaklee Genesis appeared first on Vfxexpress.

DNEG, the award-winning visual effects and animation powerhouse, has revealed its spectacular VFX breakdown forHere, the latest cinematic endeavor directed by the legendaryRobert Zemeckis. Produced byBill Block,Jack Rapke, andRobert Zemeckisunder theImageMoversbanner,Hereis distributed bySony Pictures Releasingand marks a significant milestone in visual storytelling.The Creative Minds Behind the VFXThe visual effects forHerewere crafted by a stellar team of DNEG professionals:VFX Supervisors:Johnny Gibson, Alexander Seaman & Daniel ElopheExecutive Producer:Antonella FerrariVFX Producer:Mike DuffyVirtual Production HighlightsDNEGs expertise in virtual production was pivotal in creating the immersive visuals for the film. Key contributors included:VP Supervisor:Callum McMillanVP VAD Supervisor:Simon WentVP Executive Producers:Steve Jelley & Steve GriffithVP Producer:Max BrownThis team utilized cutting-edge real-time workflows and virtual production techniques to seamlessly blend environments and characters, pushing the boundaries of cinematic innovation.AboutHereHereis a deeply emotional narrative set in a single room, spanning across multiple timelines and weaving together interconnected stories. The films reliance on sophisticated visual effects to transition between eras and realities was a monumental challenge that DNEG overcame with technical brilliance and creative finesse.DNEGs VFX breakdown forHereshowcases their unparalleled craftsmanship and technological expertise, delivering a visually rich experience that complements Robert Zemeckis visionary storytelling. Fans and industry professionals alike can expectHereto set new standards in cinematic visuals when it premieres on the big screen.The post DNEG Unveils VFX Breakdown forHere appeared first on Vfxexpress.

Theres never a good time for a food recall, but one of the worst is during a major holiday period like Thanksgiving when families gather en masse over home-cooked meals. Just before this weeks holidays, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a notice for a recall involving over 72,000 pounds of chicken and meat products due to a deadly Listeria outbreak.Now, the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have posted additional notices about the recalls, including eggs, fruits, and vegetables. Heres what you need to know about the latest recalls.What are the reasons for the recalls?On Wednesday and Thursday, the CDC posted notices of three additional food recalls due to fears of possible Salmonella and Listeria contamination. From the information available, it does not seem like any of the new recalls are linked with each other, nor do they appear to be linked with last weeks chicken and meat recall.The three recalls cover three different types of products. One recall involves Kirkland Signature organic eggs sold at Costco, which may be contaminated with Salmonella. The next recall involves dozens of ready-to-eat fruit and vegetable products that officials fear may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Finally, the third recall involves whole cucumbers, which officials are concerned may be contaminated with Salmonella and were sold in states across the country.Kirkland Signature Egg recallOn Wednesday, a CDC notice announced that Handsome Brook Farms was voluntarily recalling 10,800 retail units of eggs because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.The eggs were sold under the Kirkland Signature brand with the product name Organic Pasture Raised 24-Count Eggs. The recalled eggs have the UPC code 9661910680 printed on the package, but only packages with the Julian code 327 and a Use By Date of Jan 5, 2025, are included in the recall, according to the notice.The eggs were reportedly sold in 25 Costco stores in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee starting on Friday, November 22, 2024.The label and product markings for the recalled eggs can be viewed here.Ready-to-eat fruit and vegetable recallOn Wednesday, Gracies Kitchens of New Haven, Connecticut, announced it was recalling dozens of its ready-to-eat fruit and vegetable products after it was discovered they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.The ready-to-eat products came in different packaging sizes and were sold under three brand names:Gracies KitchensKing KullenWild By NatureThe recalled products include everything from peppers & onions to cantaloupe slices to Fajita mixes. You can find a full list of the recalled products on the CDC notice here and see their product labels here.SunFed cucumber recallOn Tuesday, SunFed Produce LLC announced it was recalling all sizes of its whole fresh American cucumbers that were packaged in bulk cardboard containers due to fears of potential Salmonella contamination.SundFed says the containers were labeled with the SunFed label or in a generic white box or black plastic crate with a sticker that provides the implicated growers name, Agrotato, S.A. de C.V., according to the notice posted on the CDCs website.The recalled cucumbers were sold in the following states: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. They were also sold in Alberta, British Columbia, Calgary, Saskatchewan, and Ontario, Canada. However, the notice states the recalled produce may have made it into other states as well.Photos of the recalled cucumbers, their packaging, and their labeling can be found here.Has anyone been harmed by consuming the recalled products?As of the time of this writing, no known illnesses have been reported.What are the symptoms of a Listeria infection?According to the CDC, short-term symptoms of a Listeria infection in otherwise healthy adults include high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.However, Listeria can also cause serious and fatal infections in people who are elderly, frail, have weakened immune systems, or who are newborns. The infection can also cause stillbirths and miscarriages in pregnant women.What are the symptoms of a Salmonella infection?Signs of a Salmonella infection in otherwise healthy persons include fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain, according to the CDC. But if the bacteria gets into the bloodstream, it can cause more serious complications, including arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis, the agency notes.What should I do if I have the recalled products?Do not consume them; instead, dispose of them.The Sunfed and Handsome Brook Farms notices also say the recalled products can be returned to the place of purchase.Consumers should also clean and sanitize any surfaces that may have come into contact with the recalled products.

Shares in South Korean entertainment giant Hybe plummeted yesterday after members of the companys preeminent K-pop girl group NewJeans announced they were splitting from the firm. Hybe, which is also home to boy band BTS and trades on the Korean Stock exchange, lost nearly 7% in market value on the news and closed the day 4% down.On Thursday, the five NewJeans members held a press conference announcing they were terminating their contract with Hybe, which owns the ADOR label that represents the band. NewJeanss announcement comes after months of tension with the company.The K-pop band is one of the biggest global sensations to come out of South Korea since BTS and Blackpink. Launched in 2022, NewJeans generated $83 million in 2023 revenue for ADOR via album sales, live events, and brand partnerships with heavyweights including Apple, Coca-Cola, and Nike. NewJeanss stratospheric success is widely credited to the orchestration of the bands creative director, Min Hee-jin.Before her departure from ADOR, Min served as CEO and producer for NewJeans, overseeing both the business and creative direction for the band. In a rare, multi-hour interview last year with Fast Companybefore these controversies startedshe spoke about pushing back on the pressure put on young K-pop artists, who often train with labels rather than attend school.I want to [help] them make fun, happy memoriessomething that they can really look back on and enjoy even when they grow old, Min said.I think when youre working with such young girls and [youre] somebody who owns this business, you have to have an ethical sense of mind. What I wanted to do was, just like school, I wanted to teach them ways that would help them live a really happy life later on.Earlier this year, Hybe attempted to push Min out of the ADOR label. The battle has seen accusations fly on both sides, including alleged mistreatment at the companys hands against NewJeanss members. For its part, the band has stayed firmly on the side of Min.And now the band has announced they will terminate their contract with Hybe in protest of the companys dispute with Min, reports the Yonhap News Agency.Neither Hybe nor ADOR have shown any willingness to improve the situation or accept our demands, the band said at a press conference. ADOR lacks both the will and the ability to protect NewJeans.There is nothing we can gain professionally from staying here, so the five of us see no reason to remain at ADOR, the NewJeans member known as Hanni said at the event.In response to the bands announcement, Hybe issued a statement in which it said, We regret that the press conference on the termination of the contract took place without sufficient consideration, and even before we gave our response to the demand letter. The statement also claimed that As a party to the exclusive contract, ADOR has not violated the terms, and a unilateral claim that trust has been broken does not constitute valid grounds for termination of a contract.NewJeanss announcement of their intent to terminate their contract comes amid a down year for Hybe. With BTS on hiatus while members complete their military service and sluggish sales of other artists, Hybes revenue for the the first nine months of 2024 was down nearly 40% year over year. Its stock price has fallen 16% since the beginning of the year.

The founders of Spanish studio Takk have added a mobile child's bedroom made of concrete blocks and recycled insulation to their industrial apartment in Barcelona as part of ongoing work on the space.Roma's Bedroom was designed and built by Takk founders Mireia Luzrraga and Alejandro Muio for their six-year-old daughter, Roma, and is located within the family's larger 400-metre-square loft space in Barcelona.The founders of Takk have created a mobile bedroom for their daughterElevated on a wheeled base, the structure can be moved around the apartment to accommodate its constantly changing layout, which is the result of Luzrraga and Muio designing and building a rotation of large-scale architectural works.The structure was created at the request of Roma, who desired her own space. According to her parents, the generously pitched roof and elevated foundation were her ideas and resemble, they note, a child's drawing of a house.The bedroom was designed to move around the industrial loft space the family calls homeThe bedroom is comprised of a wheeled foundation made from wood. Atop the foundation, stacked concrete blocks support a wooden enclosure that's accessed by wooden steps and a small yellow door.Operable, white windows and bubble windows surround the perimeter of the space, which is lined internally with wooden panels.Read: Energy-saving 10K House in Barcelona is a "labyrinth that multiplies perspectives"On another side of the structure, a ladder leads up to an exposed attic space concealed underneath the pitched roof. Both this area and the enclosed bedroom below are intended for sleeping, albeit in different temperatures."As part of adapting a 400-metre industrial space into a home, it became clear that it would be impossible to climate control the entire space without incurring significant economic and ecological costs," said Takk.It is made of recycled materials from previous projects"In this regard, the new bedroom for Roma, a six-year-old girl, offers two ways of being inhabited," the studio added. "One is interior, for the colder months of the year, and the other is exterior, under the gabled roof, designed to be used during the summer months."Like other structures in the Takk apartment, the bedroom is comprised of waste materials from previous projects, such as concrete blocks, timber, drywall sheets and the recycled cotton insulation that lines the exterior.An enclosed space is suitable for the winter monthsLuzrraga and Muio use recycled materials in many of their projects to challenge conventional materials used in residential projects."It challenges modern design and architecture to address the climate crisis," said the pair."Despite the seemingly rigid and repetitive regulations regarding home spatial characteristics, this project aims to showcase the possibilities of renewal in the housing industry."An upper level was built for sleeping in the warmer monthsAdditionally, despite their industrial qualities, the studio used these materials to create a "cheerful and playful" space for Roma."Roma's bedroom is an example of how housing codes can be modified to suit environmental factors while promoting a more liberated and pleasurable experience," said the designers.Previously, Luzrraga and Muio have designed and built an "igloo" bedroom for Roma and renovated another Barcelona apartment on a budget of 10,000 euros.The photography is by Jos Hevia.Project credits:Collaborators: Roger Monfort, Berta RibaudiThe post Takk creates mobile child's bedroom made of construction waste appeared first on Dezeen.

From the solo furniture shows of Jomo Tariku, Chris Schank and Norman Teague to an exhibition imagining the ramifications of cities on a planetary scale, Dezeen's US editor Ben Dreith selects worthwhile exhibitions from the United States.From the statewide PST Art fair in California to trade shows such as BDNY in New York, there were a variety of exhibitions in the design and architecture community in November.The exhibitions below range in scale and content, from speculative architecture exhibitions to full-scale retrospectives of work by furniture designers.Read: This is North American Design 2024While the events, as always, clustered around the design hubs of New York and Los Angeles, a few noteworthy exhibitions showcased work outside of the core, with inclusions from Philadelphia and Detroit.Beyond the shows listed here, Dezeen took a closer look at several exhibitions, including a showcase of columns that challenge architectural history by Germane Barnes, the expansive Smithsonian Design Triennial at the Cooper Hewitt, and a showcase of the intersection of generative video game design and furniture.Read on for 10 ten stand-out shows across the country and for more worldwide exhibitions visit Dezeen Events Guide.Jomo Tariku: Juxtaposed at Wexler Gallery, PhiladelphiaEthiopian-American designer Jomo Tariku launched his first-ever solo exhibition showcasing new works that showcase the designer's process over his thirty-year career.The pieces, informed by the designer's heritage, include Tariku's well-known wood works but also explorations into new materials such as metal and plastic, such as the acrylic Birth Chair. Tariku said he wanted to develop "a new creative language based on Black culture" for the exhibition.10 October to 20 December 2024Views of Planet City at SCI-Arc and Pacific Design Center, Los AngelesDerived from architect and film director Liam Young's ongoing work, this PST Art exhibition featured works based around a speculative future where the population of the world has risen beyond 10 billion people.The multi-media project, spread over two venues in Los Angeles, featured work by multiple artists depicting future urban and natural landscapes, and speculative processes such as scavenging. Local studio Oficina.LA carried out the immersive exhibition design.13 September 2024 to 16 February 2025Photo by Eileen TravellMaterialized Space: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph at the Met, New YorkCurated by Abraham Thomas, the exhibition showcased over 80 works and objects by American architect Paul Rudolph and was the first major showcase of 20th-century architecture at the storied New York museum in more than 50 years.Focusing on Rudolph's speculative work and models, the exhibition followed the stages of the architect's career. "Rudolph's intricate, visionary drawings and dramatic completed buildings represent a singular voice within the crowded, variable terrain of architectural late modernism," said Thomas.30 September 2024 to 16 March 2025Photo by Matthew GordonColorama: Tom Loeser & Wendy Maruyama at Superhouse, New YorkGallerist Stephen Markos of Superhouse featured the work of two educators and designers associated with the Studio Craft movement, who have "transformed American fine art furniture" since they first came onto the scene in the early 1980s.Loeser presented a series of inventive wood pieces, some re-releases of old designs, including seating meant to explore "social dynamics", while Maruyama presented wall pieces with intricate wood mechanisms and a massive, sculptural work explore "femininity and health".14 November to 11 January 2025Intro/LA at Small Office, Los AngelesThe 11th edition of Intro/LA featured works by Los Angeles designers in an industrial space, laid out in groupings separated by semi-transparent green fabric that also acted as a backdrop.Meant to give an idea of the current output of local designers, it featured furniture and objects by Adi Goodrich, Waka Waka, Willett, and many more.25 October to 30 November 2024Norman Teague: Jam Sessions at MoMA, New YorkThe first of an ongoing series where designers highlight work from the institution's collection, Teague's exhibition paired design objects with AI renderings based on the MoMA's collections.According to Teague, the exercise was meant to show how new tools can be used to "embrace Black Imagination" and "to continually push beyond spaces of marginalization".28 October 2024 to 11 May 2025Photo by Dan McMahonIn Praise of Shadows at Jacqueline Sullivan Gallery, New YorkNamed after the essay by Japanese author Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, the exhibition featured work by contemporary and historical designers, spread between lush red curtains.A mobile by Ingo Maurer set the tone of the space, at the entrance, while contemporary designs by Bruno Grizzo, Claudia Girbau Pina, and Madeline Coven were arranged in a way that prioritised shadows throughout the loft space.14 November 2024 to 11 January 2025Photo by Clare GattoChris Schanck: A Surreality at MOCAD, DetroitDetroit-based designer Chris Schanck looked back at his career in an exhibition that was part of a series exploring the last century of surrealist art.The sculptural furniture pieces have sci-fi elements and many were made with recycled metals, fabricated at the designer's massive industrial workspace in the city. "The MOCAD exhibition will position Detroit as Schanck's dreamscape home," said the museum.22 November 2024 to 23 February 2025Photo by Marc WalkerMaterial Acts: Experimentation in Architecture and Design at Craft Contemporary, Los AngelesAlso part of PST Art, this exhibition presented 20 contemporary designers who work in innovative material processes such as biomaterials and 3D-printed adobe.It forefronted the processes of material creation and had the state goal of recentering "human actors and systems in the event of the transformation of material, reminding us that materials are not inert objects, but active".28 September 2024 to 5 January 2025Photo by Peter BakerJeremy Anderson for Gallery Fumi at Salon Art & Design, New YorkGallery Fumi showcased the work of local designer Jeremy Anderson for this year's edition of Salon Art & Design, a fair held in a former armoury in the Upper East Side.Anderson created a series of playful ceramic lighting pieces with geometric colouration that were displayed against the black-painted backdrop of the booth, at the front of the expansive show.7 November to 11 November 2024The post Dezeen selects standout American design and architecture events from November appeared first on Dezeen.

Here's what we looked at this week:From Germany's TUM, a clever design for a soft exoskeleton that eases walking.The RinseKit Tailgate Shower for mountain bikers. The Frugal Bottle: A recyclable paper bottle for wine that's actually shaped like a bottle.Casio designs a heat-resistant watch you can wear in a sauna.The American yearning for mobile comfort yields the Lawn Chariot, a rolling cart that transforms into shaded seating with storage.In collaboration with designers Ronnie Fieg and Mark Jupiter, Bose re-imagines their classic 901 speakers.Yamaha designers on creating the futuristic motorcycles in "Tokyo Override."The Mirable Kitchen is a kitchen faucet that can clean dirty dishes without soap, using micro-bubbles.A washing machine for human beings, from 1970.Metacar's micro EVs that link, like an ESG centipede.This restaurant's aquarium bathroom, for female patrons only.An LED bulb that can be any color you want, all at once.The Fender x Teufel Rockster Cross is a large, loud, wearable Bluetooth speaker.Industrial design case study: The Tempo Walk, by Cardboard Helicopter, is an autonomous golf caddie.

The Tempo Walk, by golf cart manufacturer Club Car, is an autonomous golf caddie. Developed before the pandemic, the original version was pretty utilitarian-looking:When it was time for a design upgrade, Club Car contacted industrial design firm Cardboard Helicopter for help."At Cardboard Helicopter, our team was delighted to collaborate with Tempo Walk to create an innovative and cutting-edge autonomous golf caddie. Our goal was to provide golfers with a unique and immersive experience on the golf course. From the initial stages of industrial design sketch concepts to the final manufacturing production of 3D CAD and engineering, we were deeply involved in the development process." "We pushed the boundaries of design to ensure the caddie was not only sleek and stylish, but also practical, marketable, manufacturable, and most importantly, adored by golfers." Client and company CEO Timothy Doane gave Cardboard Helicopter a rave review:"The folks from CH were great to work with. They combine a unique blend of creativity, artistic ability, and innovation. Their work helped us create an industry shocking design for our new Tempo Walk product which increased sales from the start. If you are looking for an eye-catching new look you can't go wrong with CH!"You can see more of Cardboard Helicopter's work here.