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Norwood Viviano makes really interesting art. It demonstrates data using art.

Here’s one in which he 3D prints city maps that demonstrate the primary industries that created certain cities:

Or how rising water levels will flood different cities:

Or city population increases/declines over time:

You haven’t lived until you’ve gone to a stationary shop in Japan. They have the most amazing products, pens, papers, calligraphy, notebooks, binders, pencil cases, sharpeners, and gadgets.

JetPens has a Youtube channel that goes over a lot of amazing products available on Jetpens.com

Mariam Marks does some amazing videos with face paint. Here’s one of her doing a song from the movie Spirt, Stallion of the Cimarron.

PixelJam has done a fantastic job re-inventing the old vector graphics game style in a new and creative way with their upcoming Utopia Must Fall (Steam). Add to that some stellar soundtrack, fun gameplay, and deep progression path; and it’s kind of what retro arcade reboots should be.

Even better, you can play it online for free.

Anime has grown in popularity. Just like the US that has many animation houses (ex: Disney, Hanna Barbera, Cartoon Network, Warner Bros, etc), there are many Japanese studios and many are known for their particular styles and genres.

Arikendo’s video is informative because it gives you a great overview of all the major studios. There is information about the founder, leaders, styles they are known for, business models, and other tidbits such as working conditions at these studios. I found some studios and series I wouldn’t have even known about.

Some tidbits: the story of a WIT worker that claimed working 391 hours in one month (over 13 hour days, 7 days a week for a whole month). KyoAni that treats it’s employees really well and has high profits from selectively producing titles from their annual Kyoani awards. Or the sad story of a worker at A-1 Pictures that died after working around 600 hours a month (20 hours a day, 7 days a week).