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The Quandry of the Logorama

Logorama the Oscar winner last night in the animated short category has raised a few eyebrows. The 17 minute short edgy narrative uses prominent logos and brands in title roles and is heavily satirised and saturated throughout the entire piece which makes the distribution of the short quite tricky to enable. H5 a french [...]

The Iconic logo’s of Fashion

Delving into what makes a contemporary fashion style relevant (for a fashion project) I have been looking at the big fashion houses logo’s and the styles they employ. From Gucci, Versace to Armani the logos are wildly different and the styles employed sometimes jar with what I interpret as the story of the logo. The [...]

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Anatomy of Apple Design from Transparent House on Vimeo.

Transparent House used its visualization capabilities to create a tribute to a company they greatly admire on the occasion of the iPad release. The idea was to show a glimpse into the history of this product giant by modelling some of the innovative products they’ve developed in [...]

Fieldwork: Issue11

The blog-o-sphere allows for a dissemination of information to entertain and open our minds to other people’s mindsets and what out there excites, angers and bemuses them. A rarity is that thought invoking insight, where a logical thought is laid out and explained in such a way that the care is made to communicate. We [...]

Vaults: U4ia.co.sg Unisex Grooming Kits

Came across this gem here, and why not! Always love clever solutions like this, and it works a treat! bit initially shocking to my innocent eyes but once I got over that I was in awe. By Young&Rubican(Y&R), Singapore…Art Director / Copywriter: Scott McClelland, lovely work Scott! Keep it up guys, can never get enough [...]

Vaults: Alexandre Farto

Alexandre Farto (aka Vhils) is a young artist from Lisbon, Portugal. Since he was 13 years old Vhils had been into street art and was just then beginning to fall in love with stencils. Now almost 20 years old, Farto is seeing his passion for graffiti, street art, and graphic design begin to pay off. [...]

Vaults: Ever seen a Spork?

They said it couldn’t be done! Some GENIUS has perfected something that was already perfect. That brilliant invention called The Spork has now been bested with the SUPER SPORK!

A common spork is an eating utensil with a spoon on one end and a fork on the other. But the SUPER [...]

Vaults: Nifty Bag For Inconspicuous Shoplifters…

Ever try shoplifting, but keep getting caught? Well this is the bag for you, it has a false bottom and all(not really)…butit is a nice idea, guaranteed to raise a few eyebrows…

Buy One

Vaults: Carve your messagewooden postcard

Here’s a wooden postcard ready for you to hand carve your own message of love, or hate. Designed by Julie Teninbaum and Drus Dryden, just a novel way of dropping someone a line..

Buy one here

CarneMag Issue2

CARNE is an independent digital magazine destined to promote contemporary art & design.
Being a production of BESTIAL DESIGN STUDIO an PICANTE DESIGN STUDIO in Buenos Aires, this is a lovely combination of visual goodies in a simple layout with good solid design decisions. This downloads as an application that opens out and is always a [...]

David Lindsey Wade

When i look at photography i always wonder how much post production was involved to get the image to its final stage.
I happened on David Lindsey Wades work recently, and i loved the initial photography and where the digital touch has taken it.
With photoshopping a photograph, possibilities become endless and these images create that stern, [...]

Nobody beats the Drums

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Stop Motion Animation ‘Grindin”

Director: Rogier van der Zwaag
Music: Grindin’ by Nobody Beats The Drum
(available on the EP ‘Focus’ out on Satan’s Circus (link))

check the making of!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBqxjv…

This sequence of 4085 photo’s was patiently created by Nobody Beats The Drum’s VJ / visual artist Rogier van der Zwaag. If you want to see the director at work, [...]

Touchy Remix

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A good Multi-touch table can only become great when it comfortably seats the users. With this thought in mind, the touchy remix was developed in collaboration with guest-designer Janis Ponisch… Based on the revolutionary design of the “VERSA” form-factor, which dramatically changes the appearance and functionallity of the multi-touch table device.The “Touchy remix” breaks away [...]

IE6: The funeral

Internet Explorer Six, resident of the interwebs for over 8 years, died the morning of March 1, 2010 in Mountain View, California, as a result of a workplace injury sustained at the headquarters of Google, Inc. Internet Explorer Six, known to friends and family as “IE6,” is survived by son Internet Explorer Seven, and grand-daughter [...]

Winter Olympic Games Posters

The 2010 Winter Olympic Games will begin today on February 12th in Vancouver, Canada. I thought it would be interesting to see how the design trends in Olympic posters have changed during the years.
In this article you will find every official poster from the winter Olympic games from 1924 to 2010.

Let the games begin!

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Horror series

The Horror Series book reproduces each of 600 drawings that I did through 2003 and 2004. I think the drawings are best if viewed at face value and not when people use them to represent things. Some words I associate with my drawings are bland, simple, blank, black and scrawls. Limpbound paperback (similar to perfect [...]

How we learned to love Photoshop

Here is an article from the Guardian online by Charles Arthur.

Photoshop, the ubiquitous photo manipulation program that is 20 years old, is now so popular it’s a verb in common usage
You’re browsing the online catalogue for Heine, the German interiors-and-­everything-else shop, when a “secretary table” catches your eye. The white one looks hideous, but there’s [...]

Gilette groin shaving

Here is something amusing and progressive adverts promoting shaving techniques from Gilette.

Amsterdam poster collection

Almost everyday I take pictures of posters that catch my eye in the city of Amsterdam. Here are most of them. They start from somewhere in 2002 till now.

Some are even more beautiful than the other. And others are just plain ugly. Mostly I try to avoid those. But sometimes they are fascinating in their [...]

Ratio: new publication from the Institute of Designers in Ireland

Ratio is a new publication from the IDI. In this first issue, we’ve put together a diverse range of recent stories and successes; we’re dedicating a section of Ratio to members’ work; we’ll talk about Design Week and its successful growth in the face of adversity; and our piece on 2009’s triumphant Design Awards is [...]

Typographic xray sex

Here is a campaign designed by German illustrator/designer Andrej Krahne for Durex.
The idea is that the type shows the xray the inner feelings during the act of sex with Durex.

Andrej Krahne

La dama y la muerta

Being the eternal sucker for animation here is a Spanish oscar nominated animation short by PUEDE GANAR called “la dama y la muerta”

Wrangler Bell Blue

Wrangler have released a blue bell collection fro spring 2010 and it has some lovely, fun interaction build in. The narrative simply follows moving a character on screen and the collection he wears. so simple so like a digital ragroll. great stuff.

Parade through the collection HERE

CCTV ink

Absolutely beautiful fluid motions in details and transition capturing a wonderful sense of mood that grabs me and holds very tight.

TV spot for CCTV (Central China Television) made by Troublemakers.tv
Client: CCTV – Central China Television
Agency: MMIA – Mass Media International Advertising Co. Ltd (China)
Creative Director: Zhou Jiahong
Art Director: Wu Hao

Copywriters: Zhou Jiahong, Sophia Xu
Production Company: [...]

Sleepwalking

Here is coca cola’s always inventive superbowl advert for 2010.

Sexual Colour

Have a look at Gabriel Wickbold’s website HERE

Gestalten TV: Dieter Rams

Dieter Rams is a German industrial designer closely associated with the consumer products company Braun and the Functionalist school of industrial design.

How to introduce one of the most influential designers of the 20th century – one whose clear visual language has not only defined product design for decades, but also our fundamental understanding of design’s [...]

Typo/graphic posters

Here is a directory of some typographically based posters, which are really thoughtfully put together.
Please have a look, I think its very much worth it.

typo/graphic posters is a directory of typographic and graphic posters. a passionate project focused on the graphic design community.

our goal is to be a timeless source for studies, inspiration and promotion [...]

Between Poles
Latest issue ONLINE!

Magnética Magazine – Latest issue ONLINE!
This month, we bring you new things from the whole world, from Stockholm to London, from Shanghai to Ireland, to show you routines, projects and realities that won’t disappoint you!

Also, get to know the LUÍS PESTANA ALFAIATES tailor shop, six telegrams of six experiences, Dream Ball by Unplug Design, Nobuyasu [...]

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Taken from Design.nl

This design for a special cabinet-cabin by Jeroen van Mechelen (Studio JVM) creates a guesthouse within a newly designed villa that was carved out of a mountain wall in the village of Vals in Switzerland.

Designed by the renowned architectural firm SeARCH in collaboration with Christian Müller architects, the villa has only one [...]

I.D Magazine, lights outID_Maurer_400

I.D magazine has been one of the powerhouses of design magazines for decades. We are sad to hear of the prominent and often poignant magazine closing for good. In college there was always a plethera of I.D’s to gather research and read about the ever evolving shape of the design world and now it resolves [...]

THe 50’s PCphilco_pc-clean-no-logo

SchultzeWorks design studio has come up with this 1950’s style PC which seems to be incorporating the physicalities that were a part of using machinery, like the presence of the push of the button on a keyboard, more akin to a typewriter. This doesnt fit in the apple style thin, sleek and glossy style of [...]

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This is taken from this here:

We have been giving you preview after preview of the highly anticipated Star Wars and adidas Orignals collection, and now we finally have the big reveal. Split up into three separate packs, the Characters Pack, the Vehicles Pack, and the Direct Pack, all three have distinct personalities. With both brands [...]

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Revolutionary design, form and functional simplicity of use are the aesthetic aspects of new projects designed by Rafa Corell for Sonia S.A. The program includes hair dryer, hand dryers and soap dispenser wall. The collection is complemented by a line of shower shelves of various sizes, all made of stainless steel.

Jongehonden speeddatespeeddate

Here is a quick heads up, if anyone is interested in the idea of design speeddates, you should take inspiration from the guys at jongehonden.

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MONSTER TRUCK CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA

Dates: Opening Monday the 14th of December 2009, until – Tuesday 22nd December 2009
Opening Reception: Friday 11th December 2009, 6-8pm
Venue: Monster Truck Gallery and Studios, 73 Francis Street, Dublin 8

Now an annual event, the Monster Truck Christmas Extravaganza returns to the gallery bringing together the work of the Monster Truck [...]

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22 tracks is a jukebox consisting of 22 playlist in different genres, each filled with 22 tracks selected from specialised DJ’s from amsterdam. this si a quick overview of the latest tunes, catagorised away and fairly kicking, i gotta say.
These guys keep this updated regularly and you should give the site a go!

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Lostboys of amsterdam have visualised the new anne frank youtube channel page.
This is a trend being more and more utilised, bringing more social media into business’ arsenal of getting recognition on a larger platform.

A variety of images about the life and significance of Anne Frank.
This channel shows existing and new images about Anne Frank, [...]

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If you have taken residence in the damp recessess of boulder country, you might have missed the new depthcore release “freestyle IV” with a plethera of talent on show here the collection will leave you salivating….well it leaves me salivating anyway.
The image i have picked from the collection is Phil Dunne’s work, beautifully sculpted illustration. [...]

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Here is the personal portfolio of Jonny McCauley. The visuals on his site are aluring and vivid with detail, have a look around and see if anything takes your fancy?

Jonny McCauley is a freelance designer and art director based in Dublin, Ireland. He has been working in various design fields for nearly 10 years and [...]

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I have been neglecting highlighting Philip Kennedy’s This is fieldwork montly exploration of whatever he really wishes.
I find it bright, insightful and full of wit. I recommend with a heartily glee.
This month a mixtape is offered, you should be winging your way towards it and enjoy!

THIS IS FIELDWORK

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October edition online! Magnética\’s eleventh edition dedicated to the Portuguese culture and heritage!
This month, we have 10 small articles about what the Portuguese do best, from pastries to dance, and even tile work. Check out the photographic shoot with renowned Portuguese fashion designers, Alexandra Moura, Dino Alves, and The Storytailors. Don\’t forget to read [...]

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Heineken Expression – the unmissable UV art and music experience.

Heineken Expression will be hitting Dublin, Cork and Galway throughout autumn, so make sure to register for your free tickets

Please register for tickets on http://expression.heineken.ieHR.pdf (329 KB)

Aspirational Amsterdam: Paul Hughes interviewedPaul_Hughes_notebook

Vision is a unique thing, taken for granted by most and embrassed by the few that realise that it is our vision that forms our outlook. There are some key figures in every realm that possess this ability to see beyond the aesthetics and understand nature. Paul Hughes is one of these people for me. [...]

Illustrative Berlin: The exhibition 2009TomerHanuka_Mother-small

Magdelena from illustrative contacted the andy offices to talk about their great new exhibition in berlin this year. I have had a look at artwork from previous exhibits and there are really some delicious and vibrant work on display, i might even make my way down to the event myself!

Here is a blurb from their [...]

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August edition online! Magnética\’s Ninth Edition dedicated to music festivals.

Bleedin road safety

Client:
Papakura / Franklin District Councils
Agency:
Colenso BBDO, Auckland
Production Company:
Roller Coaster Design
Director(s):
Creatives:
Steven Boniface (Photographer)
nick worthington (Executive Creative Director)
Emmanuel Bougneres (Art Director)
nick worthington (Copywriter)
Paul Courtney (Agency Producer)
Rollercoaster Design (Producer)
Country:
New Zealand
Other Credits:
Account Director: Scott Coldham
Senior Account Manager: Janelle Van Wonderen

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Magnética\’s Eight Edition dedicated to the Accursed.

Good50×70 Catalogue

Good50×70 2009 catalogue printing from Good 50×70 on Vimeo.

Video shot during the printing of the 2009 catalogue of Good50×70.
Catalogue printed by Bianca&Volta, Truccazzano, Milan, Italy.
Video shot by StudioSMOG.com

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www.thecomiccast.com

Comic Cast
Irelands #1 Comic Book Podcast – is one year old and to celebrate we are throwing a birthday party and you are invited!

When: Friday 17th July, 9pm till late

Where: Twisted Pepper, middle Abbey St. Dublin

Line up:
Hoovers & Sledgehammers
$chmackey and the Salads
The Worthwhile Experience
Super Extra Bonus Party (DJ set)
Chris Judge (DJ set)
Mystery Guest:
One of Dublins [...]

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I’ve just relaunched my portfolio site www.lovetherobot.com. It features recent commercial work and my pieces for the DepthCore chapters ‘Her’ and ‘Heist.’ I’ve also been collabrating with several photographers and artists, you can see the illustrations there too. Bookmark me as there is more to come over the next few weeks.
Thanks and enjoy!

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Magnética\’s Seventh Edition dedicated to the concept of Naïve Art

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[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/3270158[/vimeo]

Directed by Clément Soulmagnon, Yann Benedi, Sébastien Eballard & Quentin Chaillet – Copyright Supinfocom 2008

Reach

The National Film Board of Canada, in association with the Cannes Short Film Corner and partner YouTube, welcomes you to this NFB competition, now in its fifth year.
Its your turn to choose. Internet votes will decide the best film, and the winner will be announced at Cannes on May 21. The prize: an HD MINI-DV [...]

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Cinturato P4 and P6. There’s nothing eco-friendlier on the road.

Minimal and effective, i love this advertisment imagined by Leo Burnett ad agency.

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Body painted Air New Zealand staff support new commercial. Using Gin Wigmores track Under my skin .

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The corporate identity of illustration studio Piet Paris designed by Coppens Alberts and that of visual copyright-organisation Pictoright designed by De Designpolitie have both been awarded a Nederlandse Huisstijlprijs for 2009. Piet Paris won in the category of ’small corporate identity’ and Pictoright in ‘large corporate identity.’
Taken from DESIGN.NL

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What’s in the box?

This test film from two dutch students Tim Smit and Thibaut Niels, is beautifully put together and a testament to what can be done without a whole lot of money and just some effort and imagination.
Inspired by J.J. Abrahams movies and series, hopefully we see alot more of these two guys.

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