One of our favorite, if not our favorite artist, Banks Violette has been an inspiration to us at the studio since one of my good friends showed me his work a few years back. Large scale sculptural and installation work is the best and most inspiring stuff to me personally and I would say to most of us here at the studio. Mostly because it requires more then just concept or fine art skill and thinking, there is a lot of engineering and problem solving involved which is something we all love and appreciate. Check out Banks and his work, hopefully you will be as inspired by him as we are. https://vimeo.com/31039354
Shinya Kimura
Everyone that works for Ply and many people that work with us ride bikes and most of us grew up riding them. Shinya Kimura is one of the most inspiring people in the motorcycle world and this short film captures what he does so well. The locked off shots, the sparse dialogue and the shots on the bike, all of it works together so well to evoke such a specific feeling. Another old one but nevertheless one that I still watch every few months because it's so good. Whether you ride motorcycles like we do it or not I would say this is undoubtedly worth watching. https://vimeo.com/13159991
Dark Side of the Lens
We're digging in the crates so to speak for some of these just to get caught up to the present day. This remains one of my personal favorite short films I've seen. Gives me the same feeling every time I watch it. I don't want to say too much, just give it a watch and enjoy. https://vimeo.com/15749351