Rendering from May 24, 2011

Rendering a rough idea on May 18, 2011.

Neuzeit Grotesk is a Masculine Fontoscope, derived from a Modern Adaptation of the Principles of the German Phrenakiscope! See the iron shaft, rising from a substantial wooden base of modern glaze and lust! Modest, clean and linear for Modern Day Implementations! As many persons as can stand comfortably around the Neuzeit Grotesk can enjoy its use! Without Serif since originally designed by Wilhelm C. Pischner in 1932! Forward Forever! Neuzeit!

Typeface: Wilhelm C. Pischner (URW)
Video: YouWorkForThem (Michael Paul Young)
Audio: Madsound

Michael Paul Young with Lullatone at OFFF Festival
Paris, France on June 26, 2010

Creative Director: Michael Paul Young
Lead Designer: Michael Paul Young
Assistant Designer: Jackkrit Anantakul
Font: Cumulus and Foam by Stefan Kjartansson
Soundtrack: Pajama Party Pop by Lullatone

Special thanks to Stefan Kjartansson for letting me dip into his Cumulus and Foam source file for many of the visual designs on this song.

Michael Paul Young with Lullatone at OFFF Festival
Paris, France on June 26, 2010

Creative Director: Michael Paul Young
Lead Designer: Michael Paul Young
Soundtrack: Pajama Party Pop by Lullatone

March in Thonburi is an experimental short, created over two years by Michael Paul Young. After relocating from Baltimore to Bangkok, Thailand, in 2007, Young sought to expose how the many sensory influences of his adopted country have affected him. The result, March in Thonburi, embodies a rich sensory journey through an urban cultural atmosphere from the perspective of a stranger in a strange land.

The visual genesis was a series of still images posted by Young throughout the early part of 2008 on Flickr and his own websites. During the ensuing two years, as various 3D renders were created, and video and audio recordings were captured, March in Thonburi evolved into motion. As Young continually expanded the piece throughout 2008 and 2009, each clip branched out from the next, as he immersed himself in the sights, sounds and smells of Thonburi-the Bangkok neighborhood that housed his studio. The final edit was shaped during the last three months of 2009, within the chaos surrounding Young as he became the sole owner/officer of his company YouWorkForThem, while preparing to move their studio to more rural environs.

With the visual edit complete in January of 2010, Young sent the then-silent piece to long time collaborator Michael Madill of Madsound. Utilizing the raw audio elements that Young and his associates had recorded on the streets of Thonburi, Madsound evolved these field recordings into a narrative under Young’s direction, pushing and shoving the viewer through the confusing, intriguing, sometimes frightening sensory environment of March in Thonburi.

Creative Director: Michael Paul Young
Lead Designer: Michael Paul Young
Assistant Designer: Jackkrit Anantakul
Editors: Michael Paul Young, Jackkrit Anantakul
Soundtrack: Madsound

In September of 2009 the indie rock band Moderndog contacted us to design the motion visuals for their upcoming 15th anniversary concert in Bangkok. The show had a set of 26 songs, in which we designed video content for 14 songs. We approached each song with around 10 video options for the main projection screen, along with numerous designs for the LEDS built into the stage design.

Creative Director: Michael Paul Young
Director of Photography: Michael Paul Young
Lead Designer: Michael Paul Young
Designers: Lee Suetorsak, Taechit Jiropaskosol, Jackkrit Anantakul
Animators: Lee Suetorsak, Taechit Jiropaskosol, Jackkrit Anantakul, Michael Paul Young
Editors: Lee Suetorsak, Michael Paul Young
Soundtrack: Moderndog

Looking to the east for the solution, we explore what happens when you accept many possibilities for a result. The outcome is unknown, but the result will be rewarding. This video is from a recent series of works and motion tests in the studio.

Creative Director: Michael Paul Young
Designers: Lee Suetorsak, Jackkrit Anantakul, Michael Paul Young
Animators: Lee Suetorsak, Jackkrit Anantakul, Michael Paul Young
Soundtrack: Jackkrit Anantakul

In February of 2009 we got a call from Catherine Owens, the long time super creative director for the uber-famous band U2. Catherine came across our work and knew she found the team who could help with U2’s 2009 world tour (titled 360). After a quick stint of meetings in New York, we came back to the Bangkok studio and begin work for the following two months on numerous ideas. We began our development on the videos for the tracks Beautiful Day, Ultra Violet and The Unforgettable Fire. The first series of works involved filming small fish common in the canals of Bangkok for very fluid and dreamlike sequences. For the second series we explored mapping the films into a 3d space and further distorting them for an enhanced depth and perspective. Then for the last series of works we explored more solid colors, 2d and fast paced clips to stimulate lighting effects and screen energy during the performance. In the end we created over 100 different sequences, with over 300 total clips delivered in various formats, colors and speeds.

The concert opened in Barcelona on June 30, 2009 to a sold out crowd of 90,000 fans. The screen that displayed this work was designed by Willie Williams, Mark Fisher, Chuck Hoberman, and Frederic Opsomer. The screen was composed of 888 individual hexagonal panels that support 500,000 Barco LED pixels. It can transform from seven meters to 22 meters high and move up and down.

Article about the Screen Design

Advertising Agency: Rabbit
U2 Creative Director: Catherine Owens

Creative Director: Michael Paul Young
Lead Designer: Michael Paul Young
Designers: Lee Suetorsak, Taechit Jiropaskosol, Jackkrit Anantakul
Animators: Lee Suetorsak, Taechit Jiropaskosol, Jackkrit Anantakul, Michael Paul Young
Editor: Lee Suetorsak
Soundtrack: © 2000 U2 & Universal-Island Records Ltd.