January 2010
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One free thing to make people jealous - This week
This screensaver is now amazingly 5 years old but still a great addition to your arty farty designer computer screen and pops up whilst you pop out to make yet another big shot executive decision.
Built by Central for Build in in September 2005 and based on an idea by sleep at work.
Preview it!
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Bertelli Bikes.
This guy Francesco kicks out bikes like works of art, and all his bikes are a true labour of love/homage to the purity and freedom that a bike can give you.
So you won’t see any logos, visible welds or spongy grips here, just lots of vintage crank sets, worn leather saddles and unusual/handcrafted handlebars. LOVELY
http://www.bertellibici.com
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Tony Blair at the Iraq war inquiry - LIVE!
BACK ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 01 2010 AT 11.00 GMT
Company
Company
Happy Thursday!
what a find! .. Aamu Song & Johan Olin run Company who confess to dabbling in product, graphic and environmental design. They also run Salakauppa (Secret shop) which is their own shop based in the center of Helsinki. In Salakauppa you can find products designed by Song & Olin such as the one above (50% Villa / 50% Wool) and if you would like to bring a smile to...
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Drew Struzan
Drew Struzan
So today we stumbled upon the chap who painted all the movie posters you remember from childhood (well pretty much the only ones that matter), it’s the mighty Drew Struzan.
Starting out back in the 70’s he got his first major debut when asked to create a poster for the re-release of Star Wars. So with airbrush in hand he began paving the way for an iconic career in...
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Balint Zsako
“my drawings are absurd but they could make sense in the real world.”
Hungarian-born Balint Zsako is a Toronoto-based illustrator and artist who creates wonderfully hypnotic drawings that are crafted from elements of the dreams you never seem to recall upon awakening.
Zsako has managed to craft his own modern day mythologies by using a visual language that still manages to be...
If You Could Collaborate
If You Could Collaborate
If you were one of the privileged few that managed to get inside the ‘If You Could Collaborate’ exhibition on the private view night, we salute you. Recuperate on the other hand waited it out until the weekend to go see the fourth annual ‘If You Could’ exhibition held at the A Foundation Gallery, Rochelle School in London.
The lads at ‘If...
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WatchYesterday we managed to break the site and so had to spend our evening watching ESPN re-runs whilst Blue fixed everyting, so this post is a bit of a guilty pleasure now that the ‘mothership’ is all back together..
As skateboard videos go this little promo for the Green Apple shop in Winnipeg will certainly appeal to designers, skateboarders and super nintendo fans alike, and if you...
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Benedict Radcliffe
I had to look at blueprints this morning and it immediately restored in me the sense of how timeless and classic wireframe/blueprint/cad design is, and subsequently I couldn’t help but think of Benedict Radcliffe ‘Lambo’ scultpture.
Benedicts ‘Lambo’ has become almost iconic in the last year or so being posted around the internet from design to car site, with...
Bureau for Visual Affairs DaylightCal iphone app
Ever wanted to know how many hours of daylight are left in the day? Or when the sunrise is going to be? Well the design agency Bureau for Visual Affairs have just released a great little app for your iphone that does just that.
Nothings better than a quick demonstration so today in London the sunrise will be at 7.53 and sunset will be at 16.30. The sun will be highest at 12.11, at an angle of...
Bunny and the Bull + Design Competition
Following on from our Little White Lies (LWL) post a few days back, The Church of London (who design and publish the magazine.) Contacted us about a competition which LWL and HMV are running, to design the exclusive HMV DVD cover of ‘Bunny and the Bull’ which will be on sale in all their stores nationwide.
‘Bunny and the Bull’ is Paul King’s (director of the...
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WatchSometimes its important to watch people doing what they love and having fun, I was half way through posting about the giant 20x24 Polaroid cameras but truthfully its not much fun, awesome but not fun. But don’t be disheartened this skateboard video is way better (and we’ll post about the giant camera next week!)
So go quickly grab a beer and watch this- it isn’t going to be best...
SUPER/COLLIDER - super/weekly/visual/science/email
Super/Collider is one of our favourite agencies and alongside their Science Fair evening talks (see our post a few weeks ago) they also send out a weekly visual/science email which is always super good. Every week is always refreshingly interesting and worth signing up for.
http://www.super-collider.com
click here to subscribe
One great free thing to do today, read Little...
Little White Lies is a bi monthly movie magazine which in very broad simple terms digresses everything under the realms of cinema. (I’ve stolen the next bit from wikipedia which i’ll put real money on that it was secretly written by the co founder, Danny Miller) and ’proposes that movies don’t exist in a vacuum, and aims to venture beyond the boundaries of the big screen,...
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'Ars Electronica' by Pablo Valbuna
We’re a bit reserved when it comes to throwing the ‘cool’ word around. But seriously we’re in agreement that Pablo Valbuna ‘Ars Electronica’ sculpture is fucking cool. I could probably talk about this for a good 15 minutes but i think the best way i can sum it up is that if i ever wake up to find that life has been a mere dream and in fact we’ve all...
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Submit & Remix
Our new pal Dan Mumford (who did a playlist for us a few weeks back) dropped us a line the other day letting us know of his new project ‘Submit & Remix’ which is an artist focused clothing brand that he’s been working on with some friends of his (ex members of Atticus and Lowlife team)
Submit & Remix premise is that it takes two artists and asks them to create two...
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A is for... Holly Wales
A is also for ‘A’ Award created by YCN to celebrate and showcase outstanding professional emerging talent! (you might already be familiar with their student awards) Our friend Holly was one of three creatives who won the first of this years awards for illustration and we’re bloody chuffed for her. Make sure to check out her site + blog.
http://www.eatjapanesefood.co.uk
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www.thefuckingweather.com
This weather web site tells it like it is London is fucking cold and snowy. Put in where you live and see if its also fucking cold.
http://www.thefuckingweather.com
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