Eye-watering…
It was made by Michael Dudok de Wit and won Oscar in 2001 (and several other awards). It’s a wonderful piece of art.
(via portocala mecanica)
Heard some days ago a song on ProFM’s Alternative station (ProFM is one of the corniest main stream radios in Romania, but its secondary stations are quite enjoyable, mostly because there’s no advertising and no annoying djs—make that no djs at all). It got me hooked, sounded very nice, so I checked to see who was playing. Aneb. Never heard of them. Google? Nada. Hmmm. Weird. Looked some more, managed to find Aneb’s Myspace.
To my surprise, Aneb is an 18-year-old romanian highschooler, Horatiu. He makes music in his spare time, always happy to work with new people. He doesn’t have an album out yet, but he certainly has some great material. Hopefully, we’ll be hearing a lot from him in the future.
Be sure to listen to Oltul la vale feat. Georgiana. The song played these days on ProFM Alternative is Heaven Lost feat. Ghost.
PvP just made my day, coming up with one of the funniest strips ever (I’m talking about designers’ kind of fun, of course). Not to mention true. Many times I amuse myself realising how many of my shopping choices are influenced by packaging and typography—whoa, that olive oil bottle uses Rotis for the ingredients, look how tiny and legible it is! :)).
You can see the strip in full size on their site.
(via FontFeed)
For quite a while now I’ve been dreaming, hoping, pondering, trying to come up with some sort of solution to force myself in working and doing more of the stuff that I like, that I chose to do for the rest of my life—design. ‘Unfortunately’, we’re not as lucky as Michelangelo, Durer or other masters, we have internet, instant messaging, tv and so on, so many things that distract us from what we truly like to do.
Eventually, a solution came up: to give myself a “non-comercial” theme to think and design, every two weeks or so. Worried as I was that I wouldn’t be serious enough to keep doing it on a regular basis, I managed to convince some of my friends to join in, hoping that if I wouldn’t design for my eyes only, at least for them I would :) (I still remember very fondly my college years when I’d work and wait unpatiently for the end of the semester when everybody would show their projects—competing with them was the true school).
So, this is it: Design Challenge.
A flickr account where every two weeks all the members post their work on the previously given theme. Working only for the sheer pleasure of challenging wits and talent.
Here’s a glimpse of how the set with the works looks:
Since all the members are romanian, comments are not in english. But you’ll get the general idea, trust me. Enjoy :)
Superb animation for Oldelaf And Monsierur D’s funny song about daily coffee drinking :) Enjoy:
(via Google)
A fun, interesting and tought-provoking short documentary about the typeface we all love to hate: Comic Sans. Makes you think that nothing must be taken lightly, especially when it comes to human perceptions (and design in general).
Here’s a challenge:
try designing a logo using Comic Sans (that’s not for a cartoon magazine, of course :P).
Comic Sans from Sam and Anita on Vimeo.
(via design observer)
What better title for an album that really makes you feel the sun going down, the shadows reaching higher and higher, the chill of the night slowly slipping around you, kept at bay only by the shimmering flames of a small fire, glowing in your cave, warming your heart.
Blockhead is a NinjaTune artist, born in New York, mixing jazz, down-beat, trip-hop, hip-hop and many other sounds into subtle, delicate music. Reminding sometimes of Bonobo or even Cinematic Orchestra, Blockhead manages to pull off a very well balanced album, a real enchanting journey from start to end. Definitely worth adding to the collection.
Enjoy Insomniac Olympics:
Base Design developed this insanely beautiful type-based identity for Karen Karch, a NY jewelry store. I’d love to see how their store looks like, how the alternating type is further applied to POS, stationery, livery and so on.
(thanks go to Alin)
There is no doubt, if they have international shipping, I’m getting one! No one will stand in my way >:) If you’re interested too, get your own here, from ThinkGeek (Jedi fans, get your lightsaber umbrella here).
(thanks Andrei for finding it!)
Seung Ho Henrik Holmberg — just one swedish guy goes under all these names :) — has some beautiful concept art and matte paintings (photography too, if you browse through his website). He manages to play with light easily, creating moods in most of his work, inspiring the viewer with different feelings or sensations regarding his depicted worlds. I especially love falling into his “countryside” painting — you can get a larger version for your desktop here.
(via cgsociety)
