I saw this link on formfiftyfive and I had to post it up for you. What a crazy world we live in. Saad Moosajee is a self-taught illustrator and at JUST the age of 16 he’s a Creative Director at slashThree. And what amazing wonderful work it is too!
Sunday 10 January 2010
creative director at 16...
I saw this link on formfiftyfive and I had to post it up for you. What a crazy world we live in. Saad Moosajee is a self-taught illustrator and at JUST the age of 16 he’s a Creative Director at slashThree. And what amazing wonderful work it is too!
Saturday 9 January 2010
Back to creativity...
I logged on today to the blog and looked down the posts - and wow - nothing really that design related.
I found this guy a few days ago and it strikes me that maybe some of the best designers are those with an illustrative mind. It seems they produce some of the most interesting visuals. Why do we have to just stick to our single discipline. thats what this society is all about right - introducing us to other areas of design?
Take a look anyway, Jay Fletcher has some fantastic design work and illustrations alongside online and branding too.
Friday 8 January 2010
how creative could you snow sculptures/snowmen be?
Submit your pictures of your snowmen and lets feature them up here. How creative can you be. These are the best ones I have seen so far. Hopefully we can get a series of images going :-)
See what others around the world have been up to...
I know recently I have not posted as many creative links for you to follow up. That will get back underway soon. I also want to publish more of our own creative links - if you have a website you want us to showcase for others to see just get in touch :-)
What type are you?
Type can vary and be incredibly different. It has personality. So what typeface matches you? Pentagram have the answer. Follow four simple questions and you will find out. It also tells you a little about the history and characteristics of that typeface. You will need to use a password - character.
I am Corbusier Stencil. hmmm.
Thursday 7 January 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Hi all hope your having a great start to the year. Here's a little new year gift to get your creative juices flowing.
Invite me for a day...
This is a really random but interesting post. I was invited to join a facebook group today for a girl who is trying to travel the world by asking strangers to 'invite her for a day' to stay in their house. In return she would clean windows, cars, drives, houses, walk dogs, etc.
She is also raising money for charity (aiming to get at least £1000 for 3 different charities) as she goes with people sponsoring her for ever 100 miles she travels or every country she visits.
What she needs our help for is firstly charity money. don't we all. but also to invite your friends to the group and help her travel to different places. The more people who know about the group, the further she can travel.
she wants to prove that "YOU CAN ALWAYS DEPEND ON THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS!".
take a look at her website...
Wednesday 6 January 2010
Sand Art
I was sent one of those damn chain-mail things today. However it wasnt just the usual stuff, it was actually something fantastic! Ill quote what the email says... read it before watching. It sounds stupid and really crazy but its actually pretty cool.
This video shows the winner of "Ukraine’s Got Talent", Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about $130,000.00
She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated. It is replaced by a woman’s face crying, but then a baby arrives and the woman smiles again. Once again war returns and Miss Simonova throws the sand into chaos from which a young woman’s face appears. She quickly becomes an old widow, her face wrinkled and sad, before the image turns into a monument to an Unknown Soldier. This outdoor scene becomes framed by a window as if the viewer is looking out on the monument from within a house. In the final scene, a mother and child appear inside and a man standing outside, with his hands pressed against the glass, saying goodbye. The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, resulted in one in four of the population being killed with eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million.
Kseniya Simonova says:
"I find it difficult enough to create art using paper and pencils or paintbrushes, but using sand and fingers is beyond me. The art, especially when the war is used as the subject matter, even brings some audience members to tears. And there’s surely no bigger compliment."
It is obvious that the war is still a sore subject, even the judges were sniffling. Still, an unusal art form but what a great way of telling a story. What to take from this - experiment with media, you never know what may happen. And try to tell a story with what you do. Finally, let the work show the process of how it is made. You can't fail.
This video shows the winner of "Ukraine’s Got Talent", Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about $130,000.00
She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated. It is replaced by a woman’s face crying, but then a baby arrives and the woman smiles again. Once again war returns and Miss Simonova throws the sand into chaos from which a young woman’s face appears. She quickly becomes an old widow, her face wrinkled and sad, before the image turns into a monument to an Unknown Soldier. This outdoor scene becomes framed by a window as if the viewer is looking out on the monument from within a house. In the final scene, a mother and child appear inside and a man standing outside, with his hands pressed against the glass, saying goodbye. The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, resulted in one in four of the population being killed with eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million.
Kseniya Simonova says:
"I find it difficult enough to create art using paper and pencils or paintbrushes, but using sand and fingers is beyond me. The art, especially when the war is used as the subject matter, even brings some audience members to tears. And there’s surely no bigger compliment."
It is obvious that the war is still a sore subject, even the judges were sniffling. Still, an unusal art form but what a great way of telling a story. What to take from this - experiment with media, you never know what may happen. And try to tell a story with what you do. Finally, let the work show the process of how it is made. You can't fail.
i do start to wonder if anyone ever checks or reads this...
If you do, and this isn't just a waste, comment and tell us about it! We would love to know if this helps you or gives you inspiration.
Blind Sperm
Fantastic new advert from Specsavers. One of those really simple ideas I wish I had had.
Tuesday 5 January 2010
NOT THAT I SHOULD SHARE THIS WITH YOU BUT...
It only makes me chance of winning less likely!! :D
This is taken from the Creative Review website.
Stuck for a calendar to brighten up your workspace? Well, Research
Studios has 20 of its brand new 2010 edition to give away...
Studios has 20 of its brand new 2010 edition to give away...
The studio's 2010 calendar was designed using various patterns, with
each month rendered as an illustration. Neville Brody was one of the
designers working on the project.
each month rendered as an illustration. Neville Brody was one of the
designers working on the project.
If you would like to see one for yourself, just send your name, postal
address and contact number in an email to
calendar2010@researchstudios.com – with the subject "PICK ME" (to
reach them by 6pm on 20 January). Names will be drawn at random
and calendars sent out as priority mail.
address and contact number in an email to
calendar2010@researchstudios.com – with the subject "PICK ME" (to
reach them by 6pm on 20 January). Names will be drawn at random
and calendars sent out as priority mail.
Harry Pearce Poster
Harry Pearce from Pentagram designed a poster for us to advertise his lecture on 19th January. Simple, yet very effective :-) Come along and watch.
We will also be selling signed copies of his recent book 'Conundrums'.
Monday 4 January 2010
our FIRST exhibition!
It would be easy for us to say give us a piece of work you have done in the past you are proud of. HOWEVER we wanted you to do something fresh, something new, something fantastic. We set a competition brief for you, the creatives, to produce artwork relating to the theme 'Plymouth' which we will exhibit. We are inviting all the design companies in the South West alongside local schools and colleges to come and vote on the work throughout its two week period. There will be a first and second place prize with some cool prizes to be won!
Harry Pearce will be opening the exhibition at its private view after his lecture.
The DS exhibition runs from 20th-28th January in the Sherwell Centre, University of Plymouth.
Camouflage...
This caught my eye because of how different it is (and how much fun it looks to do). Urban Camouflage are trying to explore peoples identities in spaces. Whatever. I think that the idea is fantastic in doing something to scare people or just be weird and see how people react, both the employees and the customers! I wish they had shown this more, the reactions of people to the unusual and odd, in the videos (isn't that what its meant to be about?). There are several other locations and videos on the website.
Saturday 2 January 2010
All Olympic logos...
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