The video for The Avalanches "Frontier Psychiatrist" directed by Kuntz and Macquire.
There is also a short animation by Jonathan Garlick illustrating the lyrics of this song using only motion typography.
Delivering Hope
July 25
These are stamps issued by Canada Post in the years of 2008, 2009 and 2010 as a part of a campaign for the Canada Post Foundation for Mental Health. The Canada Post Foundation for Mental Health was established to raise awareness about mental illness and build the capacity of front-line, grassroots organizations supporting individuals and families coping with mental illness.
There is a great need for better understanding of mental illness, which effects one in five Canadians, and community-based resources focused on those affected by it. Thanks to Canada Post’s employees, customers and suppliers, $4.8 million has been raised so the Foundation can help address this need.
The 2011 Mental Health stamp was chosen through the competition among the more than 300 stamp designs submitted. You can see 5 finalists above. And the winner was "THE PUZZLE" (second from the right), an original design by Terrebonne resident Miriane Majeau!
Viva Las Vegas
July 15
Cleveland Clinic's Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, designed by architect Frank Gehry, provides state-of-the-art care for cognitive disorders and for the family members of those who suffer from them.
MD.net
July 06
The interior design for a mental health clinic in Akasaka, Tokyo by Nendo Inc. The clinic specializes in total mental health care: in addition to standard consultations with a psychiatrist, it offers such services as corporate consulting and support for patients returning to the workplace. Rather than getting patients back to a 'zero', a neutral starting place, the traditional model for mental health care, the clinic aims to provide patients with something extra: a further richness in their daily lives that they did not have before starting treatment.
The interior design is an attempt to express this philosophy in space. The 'doors' that line the walls of the clinic do not open, and 'ordinary' parts of the walls open up into new spaces. The consultation rooms are entered by sliding the bookshelves sideways. The door at the end of the hallway opens onto a window; the amount of light in the hallway is controlled by opening and closing the door.
By providing alternate perspectives for viewing the world, and avoiding being trapped by pre-existing perceptions, the interior allows visitors (and staff members) to experience opening new doors in their hearts, one after the other.
