ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jakob Trollback - Designer
Jakob Trollback is a pioneering designer, whose work in video and motion graphics has helped define the industry -- always pushing the edges of technology and entertainment through design.

Why you should listen

Jakob Trollback is a designer and creative thinker -- and he's also a DJ, which becomes clear when you see the work of his firm, Trollback + Company, distinguished by an almost musical attention to rhythm, form and detail.

As creative director for R/GA in the 1990s, Jakob Trollback was among the earliest group of designers to understand and embrace the importance of digital media, and the effect it would have on culture at large. Working on film titles, TV commercials, interactive displays ... Trollback translated the sea changes in media for advertisers and marketers, as well as Hollywood.

His firm Trollback + Company speciaizes in motion graphics -- those often-overlooked elements that set the tone for film and TV titles, short-form video and TV ad campaigns. Recently, Trollback designed the low-key but perfect titles for Deborah Scranton's Frontline documentary Bad Voodoo's War. They've also designed the video wall at the Frank Gehry-designed IAC building in New York City.

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Jakob Trollback: A new kind of music video

Jakob Trollback ridefinisce il video musicale

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Come apparirebbe un video musicale se fosse guidato dalla musica, puramente come espressione di una grande canzone, invece di essere plasmato dalla concezione di un regista? Il designer Jakob Trollback presenta i risultati del suo esperimento formale.
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I’m workinglavoro a lot with motionmovimento and animationanimazione,
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Lavoro molto col movimento e l'animazione
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and alsoanche I'm an oldvecchio DJDJ and a musicianmusicista.
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sono anche un vecchio DJ e un musicista.
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So, musicmusica videosvideo are something that I always foundtrovato interestinginteressante,
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Quindi i video musicali sono una cosa che mi ha sempre interessato,
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but they always seemsembrare to be so reactivereattiva.
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ma sembrano sempre essere molto reattivi.
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So I was thinkingpensiero, can you removerimuovere us as creatorscreatori
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Allora ho pensato, possiamo esimerci dall'essere creatori
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and try to make the musicmusica be the voicevoce
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e provare a far sì che la musica sia la voce
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and have the animationanimazione followinga seguire it?
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e farla seguire dall'animazione.
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So with two designersprogettisti, TolgaTolga and ChristinaChristina, at my officeufficio, we tookha preso a tracktraccia --
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Allora con due designers, Christina e Tolga, nel mio ufficio, abbiamo preso un pezzo musicale
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manymolti of you probablyprobabilmente know it. It’s about 25 yearsanni oldvecchio,
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che molti di voi probabilmente conoscono; ha circa 25 anni,
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and it's DavidDavid ByrneByrne and BrianBrian EnoEno --
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è di David Byrne e Brian Eno,
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and we did this little animationanimazione.
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e abbiamo fatto questa piccola animazione.
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And I think that it's maybe interestinginteressante, alsoanche,
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E io penso che forse sia anche molto interessante
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that it dealsofferte with two problematicproblematico issuesproblemi,
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che abbia a che vedere con due argomenti problematici,
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whichquale are risingcrescente watersacque and religionreligione.
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che sono le inondazioni e la religione.
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SongCanzone: Before God destroyeddistrutto the people on the EarthTerra,
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Prima che Dio distruggesse la gente sulla terra,
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he warnedha avvertito NoahNoah to buildcostruire an ArkArca.
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avvertì Noè di costruire un'Arca.
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And after NoahNoah builtcostruito his ArkArca,
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E dopo che Noè costruì l'Arca,
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I believe he told NoahNoah to warnavvisare the people
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credo abbia detto a Noè di avvertire la gente
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that they mustdovere changemodificare all theirloro wickedWicked waysmodi
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di cambiare i propri comportamenti malvagi
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before he come uponsu them and destroydistruggere them.
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prima che Egli giungesse sopra di loro e li distruggesse.
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And when NoahNoah had donefatto builtcostruito his ArkArca,
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E quando Noè ebbe finito di costruire la sua Arca,
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I understandcapire that somebodyqualcuno beganiniziato to rendrend a songcanzone.
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ho capito che qualcuno iniziò a dividere una canzone
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And the songcanzone beganiniziato to movemossa on I understandcapire like this.
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E la canzone iniziò a cambiare, io ho capito così.
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And when NoahNoah had donefatto builtcostruito his ArkArca ...
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E quando Noè ebbe finito di costruire la sua Arca...
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MoveSpostare on ... In factfatto ... ConcernPreoccupazione ...
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cambiare...
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So they get tiredstanco, has come darkbuio and rainpioggia; they get wearystanco and tiredstanco.
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E allora si stancano, sono scesi il buio e la pioggia; diventano stanchi ed esausti.
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And then he wentandato and knockedbussato an oldvecchio ladysignora housecasa.
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E allora lui andò a bussare alla casa di una vecchia signora.
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And oldvecchio ladysignora rancorse to the doorporta and say, "Who is it?"
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E la vecchia signora corse alla porta e chiese: "Chi è?"
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JackJack say, "Me, Mama-sanMama-san, could we spendtrascorrere the night here?
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Jackson Lee Mama disse: "Possiamo passare la notte qui?"
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Because we’reRe farlontano from home, we’reRe very tiredstanco."
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Poichè siamo lontani da casa, siamo molto stanchi."
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And the oldvecchio ladysignora said, "Oh yes, come on in."
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E la vecchia disse: "Certo, entrate".
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It was come darkbuio and rainpioggia, will make you wearystanco and tiredstanco.
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Erano scesi il buio e la pioggia, vi renderanno stanchi ed esausti.
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Translated by Giulia Giapponesi
Reviewed by Irene Garbuglia

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jakob Trollback - Designer
Jakob Trollback is a pioneering designer, whose work in video and motion graphics has helped define the industry -- always pushing the edges of technology and entertainment through design.

Why you should listen

Jakob Trollback is a designer and creative thinker -- and he's also a DJ, which becomes clear when you see the work of his firm, Trollback + Company, distinguished by an almost musical attention to rhythm, form and detail.

As creative director for R/GA in the 1990s, Jakob Trollback was among the earliest group of designers to understand and embrace the importance of digital media, and the effect it would have on culture at large. Working on film titles, TV commercials, interactive displays ... Trollback translated the sea changes in media for advertisers and marketers, as well as Hollywood.

His firm Trollback + Company speciaizes in motion graphics -- those often-overlooked elements that set the tone for film and TV titles, short-form video and TV ad campaigns. Recently, Trollback designed the low-key but perfect titles for Deborah Scranton's Frontline documentary Bad Voodoo's War. They've also designed the video wall at the Frank Gehry-designed IAC building in New York City.

More profile about the speaker
Jakob Trollback | Speaker | TED.com