The Creators Project Meets James Powderly
The 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 digital technologies have revolutionized distribution, democratized access, and completely re-imagined the scope and [...]
Designers Spin Spider Like Webs From Packing Tape
Viennese/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 attic during October’s Vienna Design Week. At the last installation inside a former stock exchange building in Vienna, the group used nearly [...]
Banksy | Leaving a Mark in North America
After the recent launch for his documentary in Los Angeles and gifting San Francisco with a series street pieces, Banksy appears to have been taking a whirlwind tour of other major North American cities. Arrested Motion says “Either he’s been racking up some pretty major frequent fliers mileage or he has a crew out assisting [...]
Investing More in “We” Spaces Than in “I” Spaces
The 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 cabinet, has been created with a grand, collaborative vision in mind. George Kembel, the executive director of the school [...]
Banksy | In L.A and leaving a mark.
With 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 street artist Banksy has put himself to work around the Los Angeles area. Poking fun [...]
Banksy | Exit Through the Gift Shop
A new 5 minute trailer for the upcoming Banksy Film, Exit Through the Gift Shop has been released online. The short film introducs more insight into the the film however still manages to capture the intrigue we all know when it comes to Banksy. www.banksyfilm.com
Ponoko Design Challenge. Get your entry in now.
This 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. So start leaving your comments and share this event [...]
What Personality Traits Do Designers Share?
Ignoring 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 useful. But those two personality traits offer a good insight into what “design thinking” might actually consist of. According to the [...]
Local artists making the ACE hotel a showroom of art installations.
PSFK 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 encourage you to head to the site to see the full story. Below is [...]
We think you should visit:: TheLoop.com.au
Matt 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 resource for the media professional environment. The Loop, in its very short existence has over 80,000 Australians signed up along with [...]
Vitamin Water’s Facebook Connect.
Vitamin 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 $5,000 for her role in developing this new product. The competition was interesting and unique in that it [...]
A lot of people with really good idea’s.
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 to be brought to life. The Idea Conference is a list of speakers who have idea’s and [...]
Hydrologically transformed metropolis.
[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; and an aerial network of blimps, catwalks, pedestrian skyways, and cable cars passes and sways above the Venetian streets. I can’t emphasize enough [...]
What makes good information design?
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 / data visualisation / piece of information design. Information needs to be interesting [...]
3 Minutes on Public Design Group.
3 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 the big design and brand agencies, Fitch, Enterprise, 20/20 and FutureBrand. Dan [...]
An Insight into Carbon Emmissions
As 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 to pump out carbon dioxide. This latest Transparency is a look at the [...]
Vespa According to Bel & Bel
[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 – as upcycled office chairs. Now the second part of a Vespa’s lifecycle can add value beyond its [...]
PRE-ORDER: THE VISUAL MISCELLANEUM
Close 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, our suggestion is you shoot an email through to the [...]
Banksy Cans Fest London.
We 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 Fest. We have provided 12 images of the event [...]
A nice way to end the week. Superhero Art.
Part playful photoshopping, part social commentary, Indonesian artist Agan Harahap’sSuperhero Photographs splice Batman, Darth Vader and others into 20th century wartime images.
Lance Armstrong presents Stages in New York City.
In 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 Basel Miami Beach in early December. All work in the exhibition is [...]
3 minutes on Jennifer Beorkrem.
So 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 city neighborhood poster series released for retail under the moniker Ork Posters. Before devoting [...]
What the hell is mindfulness and do I need to get some?
According to Wikipedia, “mindfulness” is “calm awareness of one’s body functions, feelings, content of consciousness, or consciousness itself.” In other words, knowing what is going on in the moment for you in a way which encompasses the mind, body, emotions and perhaps even the soul. To be able to manage that experience in the immediacy of what might be strong reactions and responses.
Our new design
As 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 you read our web site. In the 21 days of August [...]
