14

Dec

Treasure Hunt


 

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This giant billboard was constructed in celebration of Coca-Cola’s 25 year presence in Spain. It is made of 15,000 limited edition aliminium bottles of Coca-Cola light tied with ropes. The idea is for the billboard to be interactive  with a webcam that allows users to tag and customise one of the bottles on a website. The banner also contains various prizes, users are encouraged to look closely to find these.

 

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Advertising

14

Dec

Destroyed Apple Products






Surrealist Expressionism or just plain stupid? Lacking in environmental sensitivity and any real purpose Micheal Tompart comments, “‘It’s not about destroying old products. It’s about our relationship with the new.”

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Artist/Technology

09

Dec

FAME

Fame Festival runs annually and is effectively a meeting of a dozen international artists in the small Italian centre of Grottaglie. The event is to host the artists for variable lengths of time (from 1 to 4 weeks) and offers them the cooperation of the local artisans for the production of pottery works and limited edition prints. The artists are also free to ‘paint around the city’ to improve areas of aesthetic deprivation. Various names that have previously been involved in the festival include Os Gemeos, Hoppeck, Dalek, Swoon, Word to Mother and Bastardialla. A selection of their work can be viewed above.

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Architecture/ Places/Artist

09

Dec

3D In The Palm Of Your Hand

Invented by Jitsuro Mase and produced by Directions, inc this is the Palm Top Theatre, a simple device that slides onto iphones and transform the 2D screen images into 3D scenes.
The technique it uses is with mirrors to bounce the images from the screen onto glass which once layered creates the illusion of space. A further advance into the new world of 3D.

 

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Technology

09

Dec


Jonathan Safran Foer’s new book ‘Tree of Codes’ has been precisely die cut page by page to show only a few words. The book was designed by Sara De Bondt Studio, a new design in the current age of digital publishing. Although appearing quite average on the exterior, inside the book (through the unusual printing technique) is a new interpretation of ‘The Street of Crocodiles’ by Bruno Schulz. The book was made by Belgium’s Die Keure using a different die-cut pattern on every page. 
Tree of Codes took an impressive 365 days to complete  and demonstrates how a printed book such as this will never be able to be appreciated on an e-reader device.


http://www.visual-editions.com/

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Books

09

Dec

Rankin Couture Book




Couture in the 21st Century is a new publication from a collaboration between Harrods and Rankin. The book is a snapshot of contemporary design with stunning photography from world famous Rankin .With portraits and interviews of some of the world’s leading designers including Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Elsa Schiaparelli, Coco Chanel, Madeleine Vionnet, Madame Grès and others. It is a new fashion reference book with inspiration from top designers and is currently on sale at Harrods.

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Books

06

Dec

Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

George Condo’s five covers for Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: Cubist-style portrait of Kanye, Naked sphinx, Priest, Head with Sword, Kanye and Ballerina. Condo is a painter and sculpture from New Hampshire, USA. Fittingly Condo’s work is dark and humourous with influences from American caricature.

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Artist

05

Dec

‘Nowhere Near Here’, Pahnl

http://player.vimeo.com/video/17087679?portrait=0

Nowhere Near Here from Pahnl on Vimeo.




“If life is a catwalk, run like a dog”


Using stencils and long exposure photography Pahnl has created a story of a dog running around a city at night.
http://www.pahnl.co.uk/nnh.php

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Film/ Video

23

Nov

App For Safer Driving

Slowdown is a new iPhone app targeted at drivers, it’s aim is for safer driving. The app plays music in the car, but if the car is going too fast, the music slows down encouraging the driver to do the same.  If the driver is going 10kph over the legal limit, the music will stop playing completely and will only resume once the speed is back within the limit. A clever app, which is also free to download on iTunes.

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Technology

23

Nov

The Design Conspiracy

A brilliant website from this London based graphic design consultancy. Founded in 2001 the company boasts clients including 3, Adidas and Reebok. Their homepage showcases a live project from each month since they started. This is a great website- with a Blog of all the things that grab their attention, a Dossier to keep people updated on their latest work, a Shop selling prints and a recently added Gallery. Certainly a name to remember after graduation!

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Design/Website

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