Creative
Artist Paints Hands to Look Like Animals
November 7, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden“In his series “Handimals,” Daniele combines his knowledge of photography and oil painting to create stunning paintings of various animals such as the bald eagle, chameleon, duck, or swan, using the human hand as a canvas. From…
Creatives go Loopy for Professional Development
June 27, 2012 | Courtney van der WeydenSeniors from Interbrand, Etsy, Clems & Firelight get on board, as The Loop launches free career advice resource for Creatives.
Creative industry networking website The Loop, has today launched a comprehensive new professional development…
Innovative EdTech Startup Nerdi, is on the Prowl for Creative Talent
November 28, 2011 | White Spaces
The Nerdologist is looking for a brilliant young person to collaborate with them on creating a 2 minute animated film / masterpiece. Is this you or know someone?
The Nerdologist is the brains trust and online education magazine behind…
Hurley, Nike and the Otis College of Art and Design presents “Considered”
October 24, 2011 | Courtney van der Weyden 1Hurley, in conjunction with Nike and Otis College of Art and Design, presents “Considered,” an art & fashion-focused exhibit showcasing the works created through the tri-brand mentorship program created by Rosemary …
Blogging Your Way to the Top & Retailers Response to Current Trends
October 11, 2011 | Courtney van der WeydenBergdorf Goodman, Barneys, the big guns in fashion retail are pursuing new avenues to keep the customers coming and to align with current trends.
Barneys has bowed down to the blogger pressure. As apart of their ongoing effort to be one of the…
Hall Pass Granted
October 5, 2011 | Courtney van der WeydenThe Hall Pass Tour… is a series of high energy concerts designed to encourage underserved students to pursue higher education through the use of music. After the successful launch in New York City, the program begins a nationwide tour and hasRead More
Laser Powered Eco-Graffiti in London
February 7, 2011 | White Spaces 1We are total fan for everything that DentsuLondon create. Their latest creation, promoting London’s hybrid-vehicle taxi fleet greentomatocars, uses lime-green lasers to paint temporary doodles all over London’s Battersea…
Kickstarter Pledged $27M to Good Ideas in 2010. Here is the Data.
February 3, 2011 | White Spaces 1- @white_spaces favourite Kickstarter campaign in 2010.
2010 was a record-setting year on Kickstarter with thousands of projects funded, hundreds of thousands of videos watched, and millions of dollars pledged. In 2010 alone the number …
Creative Artificial Constraints | Art Versus Science
August 16, 2010 | Andrew FallshawThis is an idea I’ve toyed with for awhile, but never fully fleshed out. I thought that perhaps putting it out there might generate some interesting feedback to help refine it.
Essentially:
- Creative output with almost no constraints
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The Creators Project Meets James Powderly
July 27, 2010 | White Spaces 1The Creators Project Meets James Powderly from Creators Project on Vimeo.
The Creators Project is a new network dedicated to the celebration of creativity and culture across media, and around the world. At a time in the history of the arts where…
Designers Spin Spider Like Webs From Packing Tape
June 7, 2010 | White SpacesViennese/Croatian design collective For Use/Numen uses packing tape to create huge, self-supporting cocoons that visitors could climb inside and explore. The installation was first deployed inside a small Croatian gallery, then an abandoned…
Investing More in “We” Spaces Than in “I” Spaces
May 6, 2010 | White SpacesThe Stanford d.school, which opens officially on May 7, is a space whose design has been refined over the course of six years to maximize the innovation process. Every wall, everynook, every connecting gizmo, every table, every storage…
Banksy | In L.A and leaving a mark.
April 13, 2010 | White SpacesWith the premier of his film, “Exit Through the Gift Shop”, set to make it official debut this week, Banksy sightings have been popping up left and right.
With a California premiere of his documentary “Through the Gift Shop” , British…
Ponoko Design Challenge. Get your entry in now.
March 8, 2010 | White Spaces 9This is simple, to win a $100 voucher from Ponoko, leave a comment below telling us:
How you would like to use Ponoko?
The best idea as voted by the Ponoko and uncluttered white spaces marekting teams will win a $100 voucher for the site. Simple.…Read More
What Personality Traits Do Designers Share?
February 24, 2010 | White SpacesIgnoring the details and the, illegible pie chart at the bottom. Lets zoom in on the two clearest trends: 85% of respondents were “intuiting” types, while 69% were “judging.” By itself that’s not particularly…
Local artists making the ACE hotel a showroom of art installations.
February 22, 2010 | White SpacesPSFK have run a collection of images capturing the art and culture of the ACE Hotel chain in the states. ACE collaborates local artists making each hotel a showroom of art installations. Whilst PSFK took the time to collate these images,…
We think you should visit:: TheLoop.com.au
February 10, 2010 | White SpacesMatt Fayle and Pip Jamieson have launched Australia’s very first online multi-media platform aimed to match creative professionals with potential employers. The idea was born in early 2009 after Matt and Pip identified a much-needed…
Vitamin Water’s Facebook Connect.
January 13, 2010 | White SpacesVitamin Water’s latest flavour, launching in March this year, was developed and named by the brand’s Facebook fans. The black cherry and lime flavoured drink will be called ‘Connect’ and one Facebook fan, Sarah from Illinois, won…
A lot of people with really good idea’s.
November 19, 2009 | White Spaces
We are totally obsessed with good idea’s. They are everywhere you look. Good idea’s however are just a start. Without the abiity the leverage, execute and create. They just remain good idea’s. Too many just sit there waiting…
Hydrologically transformed metropolis.
November 19, 2009 | White Spaces[Design] These projects are an exquisitely produced tour of a hydrologically transformed metropolis. Gondolas float through a still-blazing Times Square; people fish atop gravel banks that have built up beside inundated skyscrapers;…
What makes good information design?
November 17, 2009 | White Spaces 2
David McCandless from the iconic Information is Beautiful again produces some amazing creative insight. Head over to the site to respond and share opinion. Below is an extract from David.
To me, these seem like the key components of a good infographic…
3 Minutes on Public Design Group.
November 12, 2009 | White Spaces3 Minutes with Public Design Group
Co-founder Jason Pollard from Sydney based Public Design Group took some time on the bus to answer a few questions.
Dan, Jason and James have known each other for 16 years. They cut their teeth in London at …
An Insight into Carbon Emmissions
November 8, 2009 | White SpacesAs the world gets closer to the COP15 Climate Change conference, it’s important to look at from where the emissions around the world are coming. In the last year, some countries have started to clean up their act, while other countries continue…
Vespa According to Bel & Bel
November 6, 2009 | White Spaces
[DESIGN]: Vespas have already made a mark in the world with their beautiful design lines and colors, but what happens once they’re no longer roadworthy? Barcelona-based studio Bel & Bel has found an ingenious use for vintage Vespas…
PRE-ORDER: THE VISUAL MISCELLANEUM
October 29, 2009 | White SpacesClose to one of our favourite websites in the world, Information is Beautiful is taking orders in advance for their new book, the Visual Miscellaneum, due out in the US 10th November. And in the UK on the 4th February. For the cats in Australia,…
Banksy Cans Fest London.
October 27, 2009 | White SpacesWe receive a lot questions in relation to our articles on Banksy. If you missed them, you can revisit and in the mean time. We thought we would take a trip back to 2008 and re-visit the Cans Fest in London, which we aptly re-named the Banksy Cans…
A nice way to end the week. Superhero Art.
October 23, 2009 | White SpacesPart playful photoshopping, part social commentary, Indonesian artist Agan Harahap’sSuperhero Photographs splice Batman, Darth Vader and others into 20th century wartime images.
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Lance Armstrong presents Stages in New York City.
October 21, 2009 | White SpacesIn August, we wrote about the new Lance Armstrong initiative entitled STAGES. a traveling exhibition that will have its official New York opening hosted by Deitch Projects at the end of October. The final leg of the tour will take place at Art…
3 minutes on Jennifer Beorkrem.
October 12, 2009 | White SpacesSo we took 3 minutes to probe Jennifer for a brief insight into how Ork Posters started. Here is what we found out:
Name: Jennifer Beorkrem – founder Ork Posters
Jennifer Beorkrem is a Chicago-based graphic designer and creator of the …Read More
What the hell is mindfulness and do I need to get some?
October 8, 2009 | White SpacesWe hear a lot about mindfulness these days, from people talking about meditation to others talking about an approach to life. What is it really and why would you or I need to be more “mindful”?
According to Wikipedia, “mindfulness”…
Our new design
August 23, 2009 | White SpacesAs we are growing at such as fast rate. We have updated uncluttered white spaces with our third installment of the blog. Whilst this is still in development stage, you will see the innovative lay out and page slider simplifying the way in which…
Ignoring the sticker
August 23, 2009 | White SpacesIt is Monday morning and I can assume at some point over the past 14 days you have received something new. A new Blackberry, TV, diary, toy for the kids or maybe a new computer.
I spent the majority of the weekend opening my daughters birthday presents.…
FROM MAX: War games.
August 5, 2009 | White SpacesIn a recent workshop, we were struggling to convince a number of stakeholders to make some relatively tough yet really obvious decisions. It seemed simple enough, we had clearly articulated the current position, the strategy and the financial…
Banksy Africa
July 29, 2009 | White SpacesWe posted an article on Banksy in June this year and we received a lot of interest. If you did not get a chance to read the article, click on this link. We recently heard about Banksy visiting Africa. Here is a trail left behind.
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Tron. Yes please.
July 25, 2009 | White Spaces[pro-player width='530' height='253' type='video' image='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1IpPpB3iWI']http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1IpPpB3iWI[/pro-player]
This to me brings back so many memories and whilst it doesn’t…


