Remember that mindblowing commercial a few years ago where thousands of bouncy balls cascaded down the hills of San Francisco? Well, Danish photographer Peter Funch captured photos of the scene, and Lumas is selling limited edition prints. Aren't they magical?Here's the commercial, if you haven't seen it:
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Beautiful pictures!
ReplyDeletei know! i would have loved to have been there -- that little kid must have been freaking out! :)
ReplyDeleteomg. this is real?! amazing. thanks for sharing! wowowow!
ReplyDeleteIts amazing! I never saw this commercial! Its absolutely stunning. I love to see creative things like this. It makes me so proud!
ReplyDeleteoh man would i love to have been there.
ReplyDeleteReally cool! We did something similar in a long sloped hallway in my high school as our 'senior prank' -- it was a fun idea!
ReplyDeleteSomehow I managed to miss this commercial! So whimsical!
ReplyDeleteAt my husband's high school graduation each student in his class handed the principal a bouncy ball as he/she walked across the stage. You can imagine what that looked like after ten or so students had walked across. :)
Kate, I think bouncy balls ALWAYS make for a good prank!
ReplyDeleteThis is like an art installation! (or maybe performance art because those balls are bouncing everywhere?) Sometimes, commercials are pretty awesome.
ReplyDeleteI love the lightheartedness of it all paired with the Jose Gonzales song.
What a fantastic commercial! There's almost a bittersweet feeling to it with the music - makes you want to laugh and cry all at the same time. I especially love the frog!
ReplyDeleteHaha wow, I totally missed the commercial the first time around. Brilliant!
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wow, this is incredible!!!! I can't believe this was actually done...
ReplyDeleteohh i forgot all about this commercial! beautiful. i love that song too. i would love to have one of those photos
ReplyDeleteOh how I wish I could have been there for this! Absolutely stunning.
ReplyDeleteThat's a pretty fanbulous start to the working portion of the day...watching thousands and thousands of brilliantly colored balls bouncing down the street and Jose Gonzales playing in the background :)
ReplyDeleteche bello!!!!
ReplyDeleteholy smokes! i never saw this commerical. this is amazing for so many reasons.
ReplyDeleteside note: when i was a kid my dream was to own a bouncy ball factory. they're just so happy!
Love these pictures! They look so joyful.
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A M A Z I N G!
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this is totally awesome. I'd never seen that commercial before!
ReplyDeleteI loved this commercial! Thanks for the reminder...it's magical
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omg that is seriously so cool. I can't stop watching!
ReplyDeletexo jackie
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So fun! Thanks for sharing.xx
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First thought: Is that the Full House house?? Second thought: Who cleaned all that up?? :-) Thanks for sharing! That is really fun and neat.
ReplyDeleteYou're SO right... these are gorgeous! I could see these prints in SO many different spaces- the bright colors and the movement in these prints would give any space life... thanks for sharing!
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Love this--and San Francisco!
ReplyDeleteJose Gonzalez--Heartbeats? similar :p
woah that commercial is so cool! i'd never seen it before
ReplyDeleteI loved this commercial, and I love bouncy balls. As a mater of fact I carry one in my purse at all times. Just spotting it in the bottom of my bag makes me smile. xoxo
ReplyDeleteWho would have associated a color TV with bouncy balls? Wow, marketing is nuts!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, though!
Oh. my. goodness. I've never seen this commercial. Why is it that things like this give me a mini-burst of energy like when I was a kid??
ReplyDeleteI did a post on this not too long ago too. Did you see the making of? There's a link to it on my blog, I think it's fascinating!
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wow!
ReplyDeleteWow. It's so awesome!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the song as well, I just heard it on an old episode of Scrubs I was watching the other day!
I wonder if we can re-create this somehow!?
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What a beautiful commercial. But I have to admit, it kinda stresses me out to think about cleaning up all those bouncy balls!!
ReplyDeleteThose are so totally brilliant! It would be fun to frame all of them in one huge frame:) Have a lovely day, Joanna:) Kisses
ReplyDeleteHow have I never seen this commercial before? Amazing! You gotta love Jose Gonzalez :)
ReplyDeleteSo cool!
ReplyDeletePetra
i love that commercial! definitely gonna check out the prints.
ReplyDeleteI love it! Think I might be watching that video a few times over : )
ReplyDeletelovely photos ,they're so cheerful :)
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I don't think I'm getting the joy - all I can think about is what if I were on a bike...I imagine myself careening out of control, trying to get traction on a bunch of bouncy balls. What a way to go.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness. I love this! This is so amazing!
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the most amazing things I've seen all month, maybe so far this year. I never saw that commercial! It's so beautifully shot and such a fun concept. WOW.
ReplyDeleteBoooo!!! All sold out! I went to the Jose Gonzalez concert after seeing this commercial.
ReplyDeleteBrings new meaning to having a ball!
ReplyDeleteI really like those photos and I want them! So fun with the lovely SF scenery in the background!
ReplyDeleteI had never seen this commercial.
ReplyDeletevery cool! thanks for sharing:)
ReplyDeletetoo bad... photos are sold already! Would have made the best birthday present for my husband...
ReplyDeletethis is so cool! I'd love to buy a print!
ReplyDeleteThat is so awesome!
ReplyDeleteWow i never saw this commercial. How the heck do you get licensing for that kind of thing? And how do they catch them all before they go into the bay? With a big net? lol Gosh it was lovely though. And that frog jumping out of the pipe was pretty amazing too. So awesome.
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Oh wow, really beautiful images. Would look great on a wall.
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Wow! One of my favorites!
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool! It looks amazing! I have never seen that commercial. I'm so glad you shared it.
ReplyDeleteThat was the best commercial!!!! Amazing photos!!
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That, is terrific! This city keeps capturing my heart day after day. x
ReplyDeletethat is amazing! the video is beautiful, but the best part is that little frog jumping out of the gutter :)
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing!
so fun! the jose gonzalez song that plays throughout is a favorite of mine.
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yes, they're all sold out! and i know, the adorable frog :)
ReplyDeleteI work in commercial advertising, and I have to say, this was an extremely monumental spot. So thoughtful and innovative. Work like this makes me feel so inspired!
ReplyDeleteI loved this commercial! so beautiful, colourful, and cool! Always loved bouncing these as high as possible, and I think releasing this many would be a wicked time
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Reminds me of Italian artist Graziano Cecchini who released over half a million plastic balls down Rome's Spanish Steps!
ReplyDeletei LOVE this so much
ReplyDeleteLove the ad, so orignal and beautiful
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These are magical pictures!!! LOVE them!
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I absolutely remember the commercial and still think of it when I hear that song (Heartbeats). It's one of my all-time favorites. These photos are incredible. And I LOVE the cake toppers above. Crafty people like that make my head spin!
ReplyDeleteTruly a genius commercial. I would love one of those prints.
ReplyDeleteSo inspiring!
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i never saw this!! Amazing! And that frog!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing that commercial and wishing that i could have been there to photograph it!
ReplyDeleteTotally awesome! Still love it!
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Oh my gosh, that's amazing! I had never seen that!
ReplyDeleteKate
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That was really cool!
ReplyDeletemy husband and i bought a bravia because of this commercial. genius.
ReplyDeletehow did i miss this commercial?
ReplyDeletei'm obsessed. ... 3 yrs later.
The song playing is Jose Gonzalez. He is brilliant and his whole album, Veneer, is just as good as that song
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this commercial - the colorful bouncy balls, the imagery of the shots, and the music add up to make it a very beautiful commercial. It makes you feel so cathartic.
ReplyDeleteso mesmerizing!! i could watch this over + over... {they must've had one heck of a clean up crew :P}
ReplyDeletegreat pics! I want to visit SF one day.
ReplyDeletei saw this video awhile ago. it makes me so happy. and i loved it because the streets are near my streets!
ReplyDeletewow, that video was beautiful and i love that version of heartbeats!
ReplyDeleteStill one of the most inspiring commercials to date! Very well thought through, very well executed!
ReplyDeleteIt's something so magical.
ReplyDeleteCan you believe more than 250,000 balls were used. It would be quite the clean-up!
I bought the Jose Gonzalez album because of that commercial
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That's one of the neatest things I've seen in a long time! Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if any of you have seen this spoof made by my friend and member of the Canadian Rowing Team, but I find it quite funny! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3NB9toJgGQ
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amazing video!!
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Wow. This is amazing!
ReplyDeleteI remember this commercial, I loved the music and the photos. I could have such print on my wall!!!
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend
Monika
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this is sooo cool!!! how did they ploan something like that??? and not hotting the random guy? or break a car window, or if the balls don't stop bouncing.. too many questions. but I love it!!!
ReplyDeletemy boyfriend and I live in SF and he figured out where they filmed the commercial, went, found, and picked up about 20 of the balls that were still hidden in the bushes 2 years later! They are currently in a big glass jar in our house :)
ReplyDeleteI adore dots, how on earth did they make all of them bounce..and collect them afterwards?
ReplyDeleteLove this commercial! I also discovered Jose Gonzalez through this... so great!
ReplyDeleteAll I could think about when watching that commercial was how did they avoid someone losing an eye/broken windows/dents on those cars/knocking a cat out/leaving non-biodegradable plastic everywhere. I'm much to pragmatic for whimsy, I think.
ReplyDeleteSo, I don't actually suppose this may have success.
ReplyDeleteLooks so so cool, I would love also to be there.
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