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Ians christmas list...

2008-12-18T04:06:00.000-08:00

..wow...

Check it out here...

via helenium

twitter stats...

2008-12-18T03:25:00.000-08:00

...nice little site that shows you info on your tweeting, when you tweet, what about, also created some tweet cluds and alike. Most fun indeedy.

create your own here.

North-east American ice storms...

2008-12-18T03:19:00.000-08:00

...and I thought london was cold...

more here.

Julia potts....

2008-12-12T02:18:00.000-08:00

Stenzhorn sent a link to animator/illustrator Julia Potts..charming animations with nice themes...

www.juliapott.com

Fallon wispa ad...

2008-12-11T01:48:00.001-08:00

...they always seem to make it bootiful. Looking forward to seeing it...

see more.

space wasted....

2008-12-09T07:34:00.001-08:00

via ricardo

Apple....

2008-12-08T05:53:00.001-08:00

...through the years....what I'd do for a 1st generation model.

See in more detail here.

Nice doggy (idea)...

2008-12-08T05:39:00.000-08:00

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Awww man...

2008-12-08T05:27:00.001-08:00

via fffound

Mario Kart...

2008-12-08T04:48:00.001-08:00

...in real time.

Mario Kart in the Streets of Paris - Watch more free videos

Bruce Lee ping pong....

2008-12-08T04:31:00.000-08:00

..advertising for new Nokia N96.

Fujiya & Miyagi’s ...

2008-12-08T04:26:00.000-08:00

dice video for track “Ankle Injuries”...

via iso50.com

Nice...

2008-11-23T14:01:00.000-08:00

via fffound

The greatest band of all time?....

2008-11-11T06:07:00.001-08:00

...even better than bon jovi i've heard.

Back to Barack...

2008-11-11T04:15:00.000-08:00

I've mentioned the genius of Adam Buxton (of Adam and Joe fame) before, could'nt help but chuckle at this little number...you should check out Adam and Joes podcasts for 6music too...

Royal mail matter...

2008-11-11T02:41:00.001-08:00

Basically get random free stuff, sure some of its crap and some its ok sent to you for free from the royal mail, I love hoarding so this seems perfect I will let you know what I get wheh I recieve my first package...

In their words...

"Matter is a box full of interesting stuff.

Matter is a new way for companies to talk to people by giving them real, physical stuff–useful, amusing or interesting things to keep, give away or talk about.

Matter comes to your door on a Saturday morning with a selection of engaging items, each from a different brand. When it comes it’s worth putting the kettle on."

Get you free stuff here

Barcode plantage...

2008-11-11T02:39:00.000-08:00

..got sent this at work and think its awesome...enter any barcode number and the site will create a stunning illustraion with information about the product, check it out here...

Web applications and widgets and all that.....

2008-11-11T02:25:00.000-08:00

..Widgets are becoming an increasingly popular application, I've noticed at work we are increasingly suing them...I thought I'd introduce you to a few of my favourites..

Sprint widget: Not really of any use other than really interesting and well designed, highly interacive and well done...

Adobe KulerThis application by Adobe is a way of mixing and matching colors through a variety of differentways, really useful widget to have on your desktop.

Netvibes This platform allows you to have multiple applications on one page, so your twitter, hotmail, facebook, and various other sites can all be viewed on one page with live updates..saves time and makes the day go faster at work.

Obama to save the world...

2008-11-11T02:18:00.001-08:00

SO last week Mr Obama won the presidency, I hoped he'd win so that was all good, does seem to be a significant moment for our generation but can't help but feel its all a bit over-the-top America once again...

Do like this campaign though, you can check the site here for more images/info...

DARESCHOOL WINS! YIPPEE.......

2008-10-23T13:46:00.000-07:00

..so last night was the campaign big awards at the The Grosvenor Hotel, dareschool won an award for best graduate scheme/website, nice one dare, its been our pleasure!

New bravia ad....

2008-10-17T01:38:00.000-07:00

..filmed in India called domino city. Not as impressive as paint or balls but a good ad with good music...

Also never seen pyramids before (below), these two videos are localised for certain countries, shame as many will probably never see them...

Torquay on tour 2008..

2008-10-14T09:46:00.000-07:00

...captain Greens birthday, what better way to celebrate than a vist to Torquay in two weeks...the english 'vivieria'.

Tilt shift world....

2008-10-14T09:44:00.000-07:00

Tilt shift photography seems to be everywhere at the momment, Im experimenting in photoshop at home, will post them up when ready. For the mean time check out this stop-motion film:

Bathtub III from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Burglary...

2008-10-14T09:41:00.001-07:00

Simple, to the point, disturbing...

This is my favourite story EVER...

2008-10-14T09:38:00.000-07:00

"A paramedic who ate celery while his colleague jokingly put a prawn on a dying man's chin as he was given shock treatment was suspended for six months"

Thats all you're getting, please read on for further stories of cooking prawns on chins....

Read it here

W the film...

2008-10-14T09:27:00.001-07:00

“If I were George Bush, I would shoot myself. I think he lives in fear of drinking again. There's nothing more dangerous for America than an ex-alcoholic President who tells you to believe in Jesus.”

Oliver Stone.

Rocktype....

2008-10-14T09:25:00.000-07:00

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Alan Aldridge...

2008-10-14T07:26:00.000-07:00

..so last night I went to the Design Museum on Londons southbank to go to the launch party for Alan Aldridges retrospective 'The Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes'. He's worked for many a client, most famously the beatles, the stones, And Warhol and penguin books. Lotty works for studio myerscough who designed the exhibition and did a marvellous job, was a cool night with lots of free champagne. It runs from the 10th October to January 25th. Go check it out!...

Becks live studio....

2008-09-25T09:49:00.000-07:00

So I was lucky enough to be able to take part in the Becks Live Studio event through work at dare.

Basically a week long event being held in studios in north london....Winning YCN people come down and do their thang on a live stream onto the becks site. Super three days, Will make a full report when video archives are up for the momment just follow link above and get involved!

Everybody needs good neighbours...

2008-09-17T03:13:00.001-07:00

Joy of viral advertising...

2008-09-17T03:10:00.000-07:00

..so somebody found a fault in the new ea sports tiger woods game when tiger walked on water and posted it on you tube. EA responded with theis witty viral. What makes this a great ad for ea sports is that they responded directly to their core market and create wide publicity easily and cheaply, through blogs like this etc. Bravo.

(No explanation needed)

2008-09-17T03:08:00.001-07:00

via dip

HLC...turn on day!

2008-09-17T03:05:00.000-07:00

So you may have seen the lovely pictures I posted a few weeks ago about the HLC switch on. Well since the last time I blogged (Ive had a break) its been switched on, and we're all still alive. Here was googles tribute on the day....

How to....

2008-09-17T03:04:00.001-07:00

...dress like a designer?

stick note experiment...

2008-09-17T03:00:00.000-07:00

This is doing the rounds on blogs and around work but a really nice idea well done, reminds me somewhat of bravia, not in temrs of scale but a really nice idea executed well.

EepyBird's Sticky Note experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo

Hovis...122 years in 122 seconds.

2008-09-17T02:58:00.000-07:00

Add to celebrate hovis' history, really nicely done and combines the heritige and brand brand of the bread makers really well...

Interactive medals map....

2008-08-18T03:50:00.000-07:00

Got sent this link to NY times interactive medal map, shows up to date medal tallys and what more you can look at all the previous olympic totals, nice design and good bit of information design....

Check out 1908 man!, we were seriously whipping some butt in 1908!...

I want one....

2008-08-18T03:40:00.001-07:00

Now I love where I live, its got novelty 'creepy' value and near an 'award winning DLR station', not to mention the DLR is the future of travelling, no driver! I mean come on it's got back to the future all over it.....

...but now Im thinking this is where it's at, pre fab houses, awesome!.....

Olympics update...

2008-08-18T01:51:00.000-07:00

So Britain had a great weekend at the olympics, fair play.
Some of my highlights from the weekend...

Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the world...by a long way...and he showboats...

..and I fell in love with an american pole vaulter after a tip off from work.

360.....

2008-08-12T08:35:00.000-07:00

The first music video ever shot with a 360 degree panoramic lens.
A tripped out journey into the track "My 1st Big Break"....

Cut Chemist - 1st Big Break from eyestorm on Vimeo.

olympia 1....

2008-08-12T08:11:00.001-07:00

So its olympics time as I've mentioned before, branding and information design are central to each Olympic experience so it's interesting to see different takes on the logo. Some of the iconic designs seem to have been lost in the last decade or so which is why I quite like the different approach taken by Wolff Olins for London 2012. We'll obviously put on a shite show, and the 100+ year old tube system will weep and crumble to dust, but hey, it will be summer, and andy murray and tom daley might not be dissapointing failures (Ill let Tom off)...

olympia 2....

2008-08-12T07:59:00.000-07:00

And the rest....

Alex Trochut....

2008-08-12T07:25:00.000-07:00

Had our creative meeting this morning at Dare where we sit down have a chat and get 'inspired'. This week Eduardo continued his look at artists from the offf festival in barcelona This week was Alex Trochut bloody entertaining typographer and illustrator...check it out.

How turd....

2008-08-12T07:18:00.000-07:00

A giant inflatable dog turd created by the American artist Paul McCarthy was blown from its moorings at a Swiss museum, bringing down a power line and breaking a window before landing in the grounds of a children's home.

The exhibit, entitled Complex Shit, is the size of a house. It has a safety system that is supposed to deflate it in bad weather, but it did not work on this occasion.

Juri Steiner, the director of the Paul Klee centre, in Berne, told AFP that a sudden gust of wind carried it 200 metres before it fell to the ground, breaking a window of the children's home. The accident happened on July 31, but the details only emerged yesterday.

Steiner said McCarthy had not yet been contacted and the museum was not sure if the piece would be put back on display

this is an ad....?

2008-08-11T07:26:00.000-07:00

Meant to put this link up for a while, Nick and Toby at work wrote an article for campaign magazine and to accompany the article created a website thisisanad.com for all to contribute their thoughts to what is advertising. Amongst others I helped design the blog ..it's getting some big numbers visting...

"As we approach our 100th post, we have now had 1,407 visits, from over a 1,000 unique visitors. Generally averaging about 50 visits a day – which is great for a new blog. UK is the main source of traffic, but the US and Canada are also beginning to pick up on it."

Andy Gilmore....

2008-08-11T07:20:00.000-07:00

Just stumbled across the work of Andy Gilmore tres bon effort all round....

Lamp post of light...

2008-08-11T04:03:00.000-07:00

Mile end. Sunday. 7.30pm.

Beijing stylee....

2008-08-11T02:25:00.000-07:00

Twas a smashing opening ceremony spectacular....I think Stratford will have just as much glitz and glamour....not really.

More skittles...

2008-08-11T02:24:00.000-07:00

One of my first posts when I began blogging was last years skittles adverts,
heres another!

Grace...

2008-08-08T04:09:00.000-07:00

So saw this video at the big chill. New grace jones video, pretty beau.

Created by Nick Hooker in collaboration with rabbit content.

Creative tea - Dip and Rob styleee....

2008-08-08T03:06:00.000-07:00

So the first floor of dare has a weekly creative tea session (see Yas below racking up the brews) this week Fab brought us a cracking cheesecake too...it was after this it all went v wrong.....

Dip and Rob invited some old uni friend concrete carrott in too present to us, what they did'nt know and noone expected is that they would bring a big issue seller in with them they found on the street. The normally plesant converstion was overtaken by 'Rich' explaining the dangers of pin and chip and how betamax was going to take over the world.

After some appauling language and maybe the strangest 10 minutes of my life I had to return to my desk to save my soul. Probably my favourite 'Rich' momment was the confession that he had actually invented spongebob squarepants whilst working for nickelodean, they ripped him off apparently, the bastards. He was'nt so bitter he did'nt give us a signed copy of a spongebob sketch though. Even if he did invent it you'd have to go a long way to make that image safe for children to look at.

Make you own mind up...

Oi dip and Rob next time you have a great idea, don't.

(ps: Cheers for the pics, nabbed them from your blog.)

hide!

2008-08-08T02:56:00.001-07:00

Maybe the ultimate in forest survival, this outfit and the headphones....life complete.

Wesc headphones....

2008-08-08T02:47:00.000-07:00

Oh to have more money in the world...the summer is bleeding me dry but as soon as I got some more money in I'm getting me some of these badboys. Also sheck the site here really nice navigation, and loads more nicely priced headphones.

And I pay my license fee.....

2008-08-06T09:04:00.000-07:00

Just read that the new BBC desktop monkey widget for the Olympics (keeps you up to date on the results etc) apparently hasn’t encrypted its database of expletives…
I’m not entirely sure what that means in practice for the widget, but the end result is you apparently get 1399 lines of foul-language and p*rn URLs installed onto your hard-drive.

Heres my least favourites....

fo0ked
FOAD
F-o-a-d
F-OFF
FOFFBBC
Fook
fookd
fooked
Fooker
fookin
FOOKIN'
Fooking

Oi BBC, you got beef with me?

Large Hadron Collider nearly ready....

2008-08-06T07:07:00.000-07:00

Their explanation...

"The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 27 kilometer (17 mile) long particle accelerator straddling the border of Switzerland and France, is nearly set to begin its first particle beam tests. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is preparing for its first small tests in early August, leading to a planned full-track test in September - and the first planned particle collisions before the end of the year. The final step before starting is the chilling of the entire collider to -271.25 C (-456.25 F). Here is a collection of photographs from CERN, showing various stages of completion of the LHC and several of its larger experiments (some over seven stories tall), over the past several years."

My explanation...

"Its expensive, massive and its so powerfull it's going to create a balck hole which consumes us all...but its sooooooo pretty."

More here.

the big chill....

2008-08-06T04:20:00.000-07:00

So last weekend myself, Dip and Graves-Morris from dareschool headed to Eastnor Castle in Herefore for the big chill festival...and what fun was had. Loads of old (and new) friends, glorius weather and great music. You know its going to be a great festival when the poster for it is this good...

It was created in partnership between design agency neighbour and photography genius of city-shrinker another image of whose is here:

..really like his work.

So what about the rest of the show?

As ever an eclectic mix at the big chill, alot of bands I can't remember the name of, some awesome comedians and some belting tracks, here's some of my favourites...

Always been a fan of the man and Bill Bailey lived up to his reputation pulling in one of the biggest crowds of the weekend, if you hav'nt seen part man part troll live stand up I suggest you go and treat yourself..

Another suprise treat was the appearance of Adam Buxton (of Adam and Joe fame)in the mixed media tent. In what was supposed to be a celebration of the best new music videos around (until a tech fault put paid to this) instead we were treated to some gems of comedy and great videos by the man himself. Check his site here.

And heres a little sample of what he's about...

Music wise there was a mixed bag but some definite highlights..

I would start elsewhere but have to mention the man first...Sunday belonged to Leonard Cohen, at the age of 73 or something he brought the biggest weekend crowd and did not disappoint. I found it amazing that his voice seems to get better with age unlike other musicians from his generation. I saw Bob Dylan a few years ago and felt a bit let down, the same with Brian Wilson, admittedly they've been ripping it up for decades but it was so refreshing to see and entertainer at the top of his game and enjoying himself. I salute LC...

My favourite...

Other highlights were the asian dub foundation who played an awesome and energetic set. I have seen these boys a few times and they never dissapoint....

Elsewhere I was most dissapointed to have missed Scott Hansen/Tycho/ISO50. A designer, musician, photographer. I did'nt get my arse in gear and read the programme in enough detail so was bloody elsewhere. May be a while before I get another chance. Check it out just in case he's in your neck of the woods...

And im still quite tired from it all....

*

(*Dip mistry photography)

lovebox...

2008-08-06T04:02:00.000-07:00

..so I have been away for a while, summer is keeping me busy with all manner of fun. Went to Lovebox at the end of July in Victoria park london...awesome weather, awesome fun and some great bands, I would check out the bands below, some you will know and some you may not.

Australian band called pnau, mad but brilliant live and a nice fun site...check out wild strawberries.

Visit site.

Always a fan but not hugely I have to say groove armarda were one of the highlights of the weekend. They curate the weekend festival and put smiles on everyones faces...heres one for a summers day...

As ever the pioneer of drum and bass roni size got the rave on in the afternoon. If you hav'nt got new forms the mercury music prize winning album then shame on you..

and finally....

one of my favourite bands of recent years 'the go team!' based from Brighton they havbe made two cracking albums. Although I had to miss most of the flaming lips set I was determined to check these guys out. They were awesome so get investigating...

Or check out the website here.

over and out.

where do you work?.....

2008-08-06T03:56:00.000-07:00

Nice site where users can upload their working spaces..

click here to see more.

guinness go mad...

2008-08-06T03:51:00.000-07:00

...but don't worry guys, chill the fook out, this is awesome!

Guinness' digital dept diaego are up in arms and trying to get it banned from you tube, it was actually made by Deschatz.

Whatever the controversy of the viral it will do guinness absolutely no harm and diaego have been given a blessing.

House of cards...

2008-08-06T03:43:00.000-07:00

So another one of the belting tracks from radioheads last offering in rainbows. I loved the last video but yet again these boys have gone the extra mile. Created using a non-contact digitser (3d scanner, no video cameras were used at all. Check out the link below for interactive version launched on google.

Check it out here.

Nathan Barley....

2008-08-06T03:40:00.000-07:00

Courtesy of Graves-morris and wikipedia....awesome!

-It's well weapon.
-Well cheeks. Well cheeks.
-Toby, rim licker! How's it fucking collapsing?
-You should come, dollsnatch. It's gonna be totally fucking Mexico.
-Futures, monkey muff.
-Alright, spunk flake?
-Keep it dense, yeah?
-Bum.
-Check out the website, yeah? It's well fuckin' futile.
-There's my desk A.K.A.S. Main Hub.
-Well plastic.
-Keep it foolish.

crazy tube...

2008-08-06T03:31:00.000-07:00

I thought the tube lines were a little to straight fot heir own good....
its lies I tell you.

To see more of this try these:

This

This

South west creatives.....

2008-08-06T03:28:00.000-07:00

I knew Falmouth was the best place to go, I miss Falmouth in the summer....

America is fooked...

2008-08-06T03:23:00.000-07:00

...well. Nice video by designer Aaron Draplin, this is taken froma mini documentary, theres lots of 'fooks' so if you're easily offended this probably isn't for you. Check out more about him click here.

America Is F*cked.......(Graphically at least) from Jess Gibson on Vimeo.

Fun, fun, and more fun...

2008-05-20T09:27:00.000-07:00

Check out this site sent to me by no other than the mighty graves-morris who is sweating it out with the rest of dareschool to get their work done. By a freelance teacher from swiss Andreas Gysin....
To visit site click here...

flipflopflyin..as if the name was'nt enough...

2008-05-20T09:17:00.000-07:00

Directed to this site by chief flo...Nice concept and execution...and I love the name.
to view site click here...

Chris Jordan and the age of consumption...

2008-05-20T09:06:00.000-07:00

Found a great link from thisisanad.com. Puts unimaginable amounts into a visual context...
check it out here..

Total Football...

2008-05-01T02:56:00.000-07:00

Excellent new nike video, apparently Guy Ritchie had something to do with it...

uniqlo clock...

2008-04-16T06:18:00.000-07:00

Check out this nifty new site for uniqlo, and they make good clothes.....
click here

'Foam city' Sony/fallons new ad...

2008-04-14T07:28:00.000-07:00

Sonys new ad filmed in Miami earlier this year....

to watch the whole movie click here.

Scott Hansen...

2008-04-11T03:15:00.000-07:00

Scott Hansen aka iso50 is one of my favourite designer/illustrators/photographers/musicians currently about his eclectic mix of vintage imagery, typography and colour are unique as much as beautiful, check out his site at www.iso50.com.

Dietar Rams photography...

2008-04-11T03:11:00.000-07:00

Just found the photography of Dietar Rams..
old tech and junk but captured back to its original best...http://www.flickr.com/groups/464886@N22/pool/

3d gone mad..

2008-04-09T12:14:00.000-07:00

Awesome 3d video technology....

Wunderlust

2008-04-07T02:40:00.000-07:00

Awesome new video for bjorks single wunderlust..
long loading time but well worth it for the better quality video....

check it out...

free the blog!

2008-04-07T02:33:00.000-07:00

Free the blog is about and inspired by Free the Word!a world literature festival at venues around London's Southbank, 11-13 April 2008. I was asked to give the blog an identity and here it is....

mixing it up...

2008-04-07T02:22:00.001-07:00

slow-mo fo...

2008-04-07T02:05:00.000-07:00

Awesome video for Schweppes called "Burst"...

Taste the rainbow..

2008-04-07T02:02:00.000-07:00

One of the most watched videos on the internet last year....

First day

2008-02-08T05:38:00.000-08:00

From here I shall endevour to keep you up to date with whats going down, a selection of my favourite stuff sent and found, I dont know who reads these blogs but what the hell....rave safe. Fooksx.