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The Glue Society

So I stumbled upon some work by the Glue Society from australia. They recently won an award for their work called "The bible according to google earth". I'm really keen on this project and I think it works really well, as it takes on the basic principles of 2 mediums/ideas and combines them, which is essentially how funny situations are described. A bad example, such as, a reindeer in the sahara dessert, would be funny... (to some people).

Anyway, what the glue society have done is used google earth's medium of birds eye photography, and recreated some key-scenes/ story's taken from the Bible.

Adam & Eve.



Moses parting the sea.



Those are 2 of the 4 that the firm came up with. Its so simple but so effective. I guess we all have an idea or our own, a personalised picture of how things would have looked. Our own, personalised image of Adam & Eve, the only people on earth, covered up only with leaves. And when we're given what we could possibly believe to be real, a real photograph from google earth. A photograph that... is as real as it could get??? hah, fantastic!!!

Check out the Glue society's website too, its wicked. Everything is of an extreme scale on that website. Everything's so bright and playful. You feel like a child in a playground again.

Linas Garsys

http://www.linasgarsys.com/home

Right, so I know I probably shouldn't be uploading this onto my blog but I feel I had to. This illustrator, Linas Garsys is responsible for the artwork of one my favorite bands of all time (American Nightmare/Give Up The Ghost). He worked closely with the band, doing illustrations etc for merchandise, album art... before the band split up in 2004. Anyway, he's now doing some work for another band called Hope Conspiracy and I love them as well. I'm just so glad I found out who this guy is. Even though my specialization and key-interests do not lye in illustrative work. This guy is a legend to the Hardcore Scene.

He doesn't just do hardcore-esque illustrations, there is a lot of digitalised vector work in his portfolio too.

anyway.

Bhatoptics

myspace.com/bhatoptics

This is the work of Bhatoptics, they produce merchandising and graphic products.

They incorporate interesting us eof typographic layout and really good photography into their work. This is really inspiring, it has a very european feel to it. It has a very digital quality to it, and makes use of ordinary objects which we may take for granted. They have an ongoing theme of metalics, perhaps this is just due to their style or photostock.

Ian Stevenson

Is an illustrator with an attitude.

His medium is his pen, and his canvas is the world. Whether it be a lampost, a bin or a wall, he draws on it if he feels there can be a humorous message conveyed through this mean.

I am not an illustrator myself, and do not aspire to be, however I do think what he is doing is very graphic. His work is of from a designers point of view, its so simple its genius. He literally creates a message out of things we see everyday, literally by giving it an additional meaning through a scribble with his marker pens.

check him out.

Myspace profile

Myspace pictures

Peter&Wendy

www.peter-wendy.co.uk

French design company Peter&Wendy.

Beautiful layout, has a sense of traditional swiss, meets parisian revolutionary design.

Not Here, But Now.

Art Director
Pius Walker

Copywriter
Pius Walker

Photographer
Federico Naef

Creative Director
Pius Walker

Designer
Marianne Friedli

Advertising Agency
walker

Marketing Manager
Daniel Meienberger

I'm really impressed with this campaign by Walker, it takes a very very obvious idea yet through the means of photography and placement has become a very effective and moving campaign. It directs towards photography based which is a keen interest of mine, aswell as the touch of contraversial "in your face" political stance. It's very left wing, like an angry protest on a poster. The choice of slightly desaturated colours, bringing out the black gives them a darker feel, of something serious. Alot of contemporary photographers seem to be playing around with this technique. A bit like the current anti smoking poster campaigns, one in particular of the man with the tight chest with an imprint of his belt around his torso, mimicing a heart attack from heart disease. Anyway, here's an example...

Kazutoshi Amano

Whilst researching for a current brief on packaging designs, I came across a Japanese designer named Kazutoshi Amano who designed a seat/chair made from moulded recycled paper pulp.

The thing I admire about this work is its eco friendly quality and its simplicity. I think it's important as the up and coming generation of designers to take onboard the issues of maintaining a healthy environment. Recycling is the new black, so to say. Not to be so wasteful, and to ultimately reduce our carbon footprints should be a priority ofr every design brief!.... perhaps.

http://www.designboom.com/snapshots/london_02/shinichi.html

Just a thought...

You remember how the polaroid or traditional b&w photography is now an appreciated medium of traditional photography?

Well I predict that horrible camera phone images will be the next on that list. On the grounds that history repeats itself as well as camera phones having that particular quality to their image taking which is instantly relevant to this era. Just like how you see an old VHS clip, you can see the undefined bluring of lines, the tracking going on and off, the horrible quality of sound. Just how Garth Merrenghi's darkplace DVD/TV series utilised this to its effect. As technology moves on, as mobile phone camera's get better, the old stuff will be appreciated more int he world of art & design, people will use it more creatively, recognizing the potential from what you COULDN'T do with it.

Anyhoo, rant over.

Subliminal Advertising

I've been looking into the works of subliminal advertising.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f29kF1vZ62o


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNcYdlyE6mg

Its odd how easily we can be manipulated into false needs. It seems to be a great weakness of man, "greed" and letting go of your subconcious and allowing it to direct you in life. Subliminal advertising is only relevent to contemporary society, and I guess, only effective right now as our way of life now surrounds our needs more than ever. There is evidence of this from financial figures showing how much debt the average british person is drowning in. It's just like how Brad Pitt's character Tyler Durden quotes in Fight Club. "The things you own, end up owning you".

Spot the duo-Swiss

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20745656@N00/sets/72157594296535170/

Check out this collection of Swiss Graphic design, integral tot he history of design.

Max Miedinger & Joseph Müller Brockman amongst others!!! Brilliant duotone/ spot color work, really quite inspiring.

Letterpressing

Had an introduction into letterpress printing last week. Found it very interesting, especially as it took me as an individual around 2 hours to process a sentence, whereas around a century ago people were publishing newspapers daily using this method. Thank god for the keyboard I guess!

However the results from this method gives a very warm, unique and personal feeling. There was something about the quality of print which you cannot get from ordinary printers. A sense of effort, and achievement perhaps?

Here are some of the photo's I took using my phone.

Nutcrackers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYtWyAO4ukA

Great advert, appeals to men, and women. hahaha brilliant.

Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist, look it up on youtube.

12 episodes from the Zeitgeist movie.

I may be a fool, but I believe pretty much everything it says.

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can i also add...

in addition to my post about the Red Bull ad.

I have not seen that advert since. I'm guessing someone with a brain decided to take it off the air. ha!

also...

125 magazine have done a special issue feature this month. its based on all japanese photography and art, graphics whatever. £6.99 for a chunky journal!!! loads of inspiring material!

sugimoto

just remember that name.

SHOCKINGLY BAD RED BULL AD!

Red bull has certainly not hit the target of giving their audience the ability to fly away with wings! I saw the latest ad of theirs on TV, consisting of the same illustrated characters, this time, a single man in his apartment. Gets woken up by the sounds of a woman screaming for help in a dark alleyway just below his flat, unfortunately our rescue hero cannot save the life of this woman who is yelping at the top of her voice as Mr Red Bull apparently has no red bull. Therefore he is not capable of saving a woman from possibly the worst case scenario int he middle of the night in a dark alleyway. How can the big boys at the top not see that this ia poor portrayal of the regular Red Bull drinker. A wimp.

Favourite TV ad at this moment in time

iphone

I REALLY WANT ONE.

I fall victim to the commercials and corporate identity. But it's just so cool!!!! Expensive, but cool!

Nu Rave

I just wrote a post in my critical journal about nu rave.

I really can't stand it.

It's the new Nu-metal.

Lance Wyman "Mehico '68"

Check this link to a Lance Wyman site

He was responsible for designing the signage for the 1968 olympic games in Mexco. Pretty much lifted off his design career in one fell swoop with that job. Anyway, check it out, his work is awe-inspiring.

Bibliothequedesign.com

Bibliotheque's moto.

"Bibliothèque is a creatively-led graphic design consultancy, based in Shoreditch, London.

Our design methodology is based on analysis and research. We deliver clear, relevant and thought-provoking communications, regardless of scale or budget. We have a varied list of clients from a wide range of sectors. "

I love what these guys do, i've been following them and their work since their feature in Creative review last year.

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Origama Plates and Mugs

Go To

Orikaso.com

These guys basically design orgami plastic plates, mugs etc for campers or temporary outdoor living. Genius! Ties in nicely with my current brief!

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Chavs in Adbuster

Just read this brilliant arcticle in this months (may/june) issue of Adbusters. Basically explaining how the youth and underclasses have come about. That the british nation have infact the most depressed youth in the world, next to the Americans which come second from bottom all down to Thatchers work on class division of social groups during her short reign of power.

The working class use to take pride in being the workhorse of the nation, the biceps to the british colonisation, empire and the industrial revolution, and now, our working class slump over couches watching sky tv, drinking alcohol, driving fast cars wearing knock off designer brands. That they don't really suffer from poverty, thanks to labour whom have unsuccessfully eradicated poverty. But the poverty that they do suffer from comes from emotional deprivation of the world. Whats more freightening was the section on the new enemy, the chav/ asian youth terrorist. Blaming the fact that their parent's don't allow them to social intergrate with the western way, that they become even more marginalised whilst wearing the 7/7 bombings pinned on their backs. When I mean the western way, I mean drink, sex and mindless violence. This segregation gives them no hope, something like 15% of children don't finish education with qualifications, being 31% of that proportion are of pakistani or bangladesh minorities. These kids really have nothing to turn to, and we ask ourselves why they strap bombs to their backs? This article ends on the note that with all this CCTV monitoring, control of the older and wiser generation may eventually have a paradoxical impact, and the generation of Battle Royale may actually commence. Worrying. Very Worrying.

She Draws on Wood

Check out Audrey Kawasaki, absolutely phenominal. Japanese Illustrator that works on Wood, really femenine and delicate technique.

http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com

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