Friday, 18 February 2011
Silly Season
Check out this slick Swedish football board game designed by Between! Click on the board for a high res peek.
Thursday, 17 February 2011
30 Day Projects
I am starting to realise that the deadline is king when attempting to run self-initiated projects. With the internet providing such an incredible format for self-promotion, I've noticed many designers setting themselves small scale projects and broadcasting them online.
Here Steffen Knoesgaard created 30 idents over a period of 30 days challenging himself to create 1 second of animation every day.
And here I've found a graphic artist creating an illustration every day to practice sketching on a tablet...
Practice makes perfect and it's nice to see other online work that gives an insight that goes further than the standard showreel and portfolio website.
'Make something cool everyday' is a sort of cult idea that is really catching on. Check out some of the cool stuff people submitted as part of the 2009 gallery.
Here Steffen Knoesgaard created 30 idents over a period of 30 days challenging himself to create 1 second of animation every day.
And here I've found a graphic artist creating an illustration every day to practice sketching on a tablet...
Practice makes perfect and it's nice to see other online work that gives an insight that goes further than the standard showreel and portfolio website.
'Make something cool everyday' is a sort of cult idea that is really catching on. Check out some of the cool stuff people submitted as part of the 2009 gallery.
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Joy Of Cycling
TFL were too cowardly to launch this awesome poster campaign.
But you can still buy it as a poster (occasionally) on the Airside online shop. If you don't immediately get it, it's based on an old book called the Joy of Sex. Illustrator Jamie Wieck talks about it a little here.
But you can still buy it as a poster (occasionally) on the Airside online shop. If you don't immediately get it, it's based on an old book called the Joy of Sex. Illustrator Jamie Wieck talks about it a little here.
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
FlipFlopFlyin'
I love FlipFlopFlyin'. I'm sure it's been running for almost a decade now! They now have an iPhone app for their minipops, it's great fun trying to guess who is who!
Absolute pixel perfection.
Absolute pixel perfection.
Thursday, 10 February 2011
VIVA Germany Rebrand
I love the rebrand for VIVA in Germany. But that narrator is a bit lame. It's better in German.
It must be cool, because it reminds me of some of the coolest hipster friends I know. It's justtttt like their club night branding - Girls Club.
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Monday, 7 February 2011
Top 3 Super Bowl XLV Adverts
In my opinion, this year's collection of ads were much weaker than last year. I don't really like any of the ones Creative Review picked out, too many over-the-top, not funny, car adverts. But here's my top three...
Friday, 4 February 2011
Virgin's Media
This is what I call a well spent marketing budget.
A James Bond style TV commercial...
A laser exhibition by UVA...
Talking billboards...
And even now a billboard made of cheese!
A James Bond style TV commercial...
A laser exhibition by UVA...
Talking billboards...
And even now a billboard made of cheese!
Thursday, 3 February 2011
Take An Ish
Don't click if you're easily offended, but this spoof cover of a trashy magazine just cracks me up.
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Hyper Island
With the UK student fees going up and up, I really question if courses will be worth the money. At Ravensbourne, for your money you get: lessons aligned to industry standard briefs, the opportunity to get your hands on some great equipment and all the contacts that the tutor's have. For £3K a year for 3 years, plus living costs, I think it's value for money.
But I still feel I learnt more doing a summer of internships than any lesson or lecture to be honest. It made me wonder if I could have just done 3 years of interning around a range of companies and scrap the tuiton fees. Maybe I would have learnt faster. I'd definitely consider it if I was 17 now, looking at racking up a possible £30+K for a BA course.
Recently I found this education centre in Sweden called Hyper Island. It seems to encorporate all the best bits about Ravensbourne and package them up tightly in a 40 week course. It's expensive at €12,900 for the Motion Graphics course but that's soon going to be cheaper than the equivalent BA. If you do the maths, a one year condensed course is going to save you overall.
The ethos and branding of Hyper Island has totally sold me. The branding is clinical, minimalist and trendy - such confidence makes me believe the hype (excuse the pun). The image above is the front page of their catalogue, which just looks like a cover of Vice magazine to me! Check out this video some students made about the ethos, it really is a bit of a cult.
Their ever-expanding network of designers is impressive and I've spotted a few really nice showreels. Really oustanding work that you expect to be produced by someone at the top of their game, but then the end card says 'available for internships'. And I'm like "this shit just got real".
Here's a couple of Hyper Islanders I stumbled upon —
Steffen Knoesgaard and current student Olaf Storm.
Beautiful reels.
But I still feel I learnt more doing a summer of internships than any lesson or lecture to be honest. It made me wonder if I could have just done 3 years of interning around a range of companies and scrap the tuiton fees. Maybe I would have learnt faster. I'd definitely consider it if I was 17 now, looking at racking up a possible £30+K for a BA course.
Recently I found this education centre in Sweden called Hyper Island. It seems to encorporate all the best bits about Ravensbourne and package them up tightly in a 40 week course. It's expensive at €12,900 for the Motion Graphics course but that's soon going to be cheaper than the equivalent BA. If you do the maths, a one year condensed course is going to save you overall.
The ethos and branding of Hyper Island has totally sold me. The branding is clinical, minimalist and trendy - such confidence makes me believe the hype (excuse the pun). The image above is the front page of their catalogue, which just looks like a cover of Vice magazine to me! Check out this video some students made about the ethos, it really is a bit of a cult.
Their ever-expanding network of designers is impressive and I've spotted a few really nice showreels. Really oustanding work that you expect to be produced by someone at the top of their game, but then the end card says 'available for internships'. And I'm like "this shit just got real".
Here's a couple of Hyper Islanders I stumbled upon —
Steffen Knoesgaard and current student Olaf Storm.
Beautiful reels.
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Let The Children Techno
1. MR OIZO 'Let The Children Techno'
2. BUSY P 'Procrastinator'
3. DUKE DUMONT 'Hipgnosis'
4. SIRIUSMO 'Idiot'
5. PARA ONE&TACTEEL 'Infinity Riser'
6. BREAKBOT 'Shades Of Black'
7. SEBASTIAN 'Enio'
8. MATTIE SAFFER 'Is That Your Girl?'
9. GESAFFELSTEIN 'The Voice'
10. CASSIUS 'Shark Simple' L-VIS 1990 Remix
11. DJEDJOTRONIC 'The Invisible Landscape'
12. DISCODEINE 'Grace'
13. FEADZ 'Far From Home'
14. BRODINSKI & TONY SENGHORE 'Anagogue'
15. BOBMO 'Control'
16. ZOMBIE NATION 'Relax'
17. RITON 'One Night Stand'
18. SKREAM 'Boat Party'
19. DJ MEHDI 'TragicoMehdi'
20. FLYING LOTUS 'Caravan Of Delight'
Mixtape out 21st February. Mehdi & Busy play London this Saturday!
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