Gotta love these, and much thanks to FFFFOUND! At http://ffffound.com/ where there’s a ton more. The idea of the GIF is an the abbreviation of Graphics Interchange Format. It was originally developed by CompuServe (an on-line service that was pretty successful in the early nineties). The format features include file compression, transparency, interlacing and storage of multiple images within a single file which allows for a primitive form of animation. Primitive? It works for me. Armed with a degree of creativity and an eye for the idea this format is a great structure within which to think visually. It strikes me that rather like Twitter disciplines the mind to make sense in short sounbytes then this format does the same for the visual idea of idea. Love it.
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