I don’t like the fact that this is another marketing project but the trailer to Spike Jonze‘s new 35 minute short film debuting at the Sundance film festival looks very promising.

By Takuya Hosogane. Music by cubesato.

Spätkauf by Koi Klub is opened during BBB in Berlin from Wednesday to Friday at Torstrasse 60, open from noon until late. Drop by and get your hot sake for today’s kickoff.

Haiti remains a place of profound need, anguish, desperation and danger, with a few glimmers of hope and slowly growing capabilities to receive and distribute the international aid now flowing in. Sporadic looting, sometimes violent, was met with force by security oficials and ordinary citizens, resulting in a number of further deaths and injuries.

A homage to the great comic book artist Jean Giraud.

Dennis Stock, * July 24, 1928, † January 11, 2010.

Dennis Stock joined Magnum in 1951 after receiving magazine LIFE’s young photography award. He became famous thanks to his memorable James Dean pictures as well as his jazz musicians ones, taken between 1957 and 1960.

Arms & Sleepers are playing tomorrow Sunday January 17 2010 at Berlin’s NBI.

If you are into nice classic and contemporary seating furniture, then Chair Whore is your thing. Via

The Smoking Gun uncovers some seemingly irregular financial transactions behind the scenes of Wyclef Jean’s charitable organization Yele Haiti. Via

Two days after the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck beneath Port-au-Prince, Haiti, some of the massive damage is becoming more apparent. Rescue teams are arriving, aid groups are trying their best to battle huge logistical challenges, bodies are being identified, and some medical care is being given. Rescue teams from all over the world have joined the recovery effort, the Red Cross ventured an estimate of up to 50,000 deaths, as bodies at the local morgues overflowed into the streets.

Teddy Pendergrass, * March 26, 1950, † January 13, 2010.

An interactive portfolio of portraits of world leaders, with audio commentary by photographer Platon. Via

app.itize.us is a great hand picked selection of the best designed iPhone apps. Via

A beautiful but sad video by Eliot Rausch for PhosPictures about an ex-con and his dog. Via

Berlin based illustrator and graphic designer Lily Lin just relaunched her website.