Everybody wanna be like Nike

Spike lee advertised for nike in the early nineties at the height of his game. now in the fashion of looking back at old trends, Nike has utilised their old campaign and made it interactive - check out the website below.

www.nike.com/jumpman23/becomemars/index.html

Great way to keep the customers engaged

Clever.

http://vimeo.com/11304460

Office antics

http://vimeo.com/9378525

Nike Beat Trainers

Ace concept. How much is true, I don't know.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1hNypys7Bs

Clever messaging system

www.geogreeting.com

Allows you to send a message to a friends email account using purely aerial shots of buildings taken using google earth. Fantastic idea!

Conviviality

Here is an example of how people are wishing for a more personalised fashion of electronic messaging. No longer are the regular fonts in your word fontbook the touch needed, here at this website your handwriting can be copied and recreated as a font for you to write the messages in. Clever and personal but still doesn't beat the old fashioned value of a postcard or letter in the post, email will always have a cold factor due to the nature in which it is presented.

www.seriouslyimportantinformation.com/index/write-a-handwritten-note-without-picking-up-a-pen-

Generation D

A good example of the way music and the fans of the music are communicating as well as the impact to which this connection has now upon the artist personally not just in a generalised way anymore. Here Imogen Heap has utilised the connection she had with her fans on Twitter in the design of the dress for the acceptance of a Grammy Award. The collar used an LED light display which was connected to her Twitter site so as the fans posted their messages would be projected upon the musician at the awards.

http://www.fashioningtech.com/profiles/blogs/twitter-dress-at-grammys

Alphonse Mucha - Moet & Chandon, White Star Champagne Label

FdA Year One: Write a brief description on the above image based on; colour, format, composition, influences, style including both historical and contemporary references.

i-pad magic!

John, bet you never imagined you could do this with it........

http://vimeo.com/14958082

Kinetic wood sculpture

Fantastic video of the creatively masterful Mr.Margolin...worth a watch!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dehXioMIKg0

Forgotten hopes and lost waistlines

I had a dream once, sniff sniff! blogtastic dream filled with cunning artwork inventive collage and wowzer design...if only dreams came true...(double take)!...yey!
www.forgotten-hopes.com

Olly Moss' Mad Men Poster

'You know what happiness is? Happiness is the smell of a new car. It’s freedom from fear. It’s a billboard on the side of the road that screams reassurance that whatever you are doing is OK. You are OK.' Don Draper

Another stroke of graphic genius from Olly Moss. Check out more of his work at www.ollymoss.com

Finders keepers....oh go on then i will share!

Great little animation blog called the hyde tube - www.thehydetube.com

AisleOne

www.aisleone.net

Metropolis Reconstructed

Broadway Cinema - Friday 10th- - 23rd September

www.broadway.org.uk/film_programme.php#metropolis

If you haven't yet seen Fritz Lang's masterpiece of film making, then shame on you. Keep an eye out for the epically restored version at local cinemas. Produced in 1927, the signature dystopic science fiction tale tells a story of an exploited workforce who rebel after being targeted by their masters in a violent act of oppression. It may feel like a plodding effort of silenct cinema, but the incredible special effects helped define everything familiar in modern film. Genius, prophetic and totally compelling.

www.metropolis1927.com

Design With Intent

Robert Fabricant discusses the sea change in the way designers engage with the world. Instead of aspiring to influence user behavior from a distance, designers increasingly want the products they design to have more immediate impact through direct social engagement.

You can view the article here - www.changeobserver.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=14338

Breast Awareness Ad Campaign

www.thecoolhunter.co.uk/article/detail/1779/breast-cancer-foundation-of-singapore

The Cool Hunter

Check out the cardboard cinema and other wonderful designs via www.thecoolhunter.net

Luke Insect

Stunning work from the designer behind a number of familiar brands and album covers, Luke Insect. Some wonderful slick and grungy products for the likes of The Prodigy, Levis and the Free Range brochure (above).

www.lukeinsect.com

Artbox

Superb magazine for you all to check out. Healthy mix of product, interior, graphics and illustration.

www.artboxmagazine.bigcartel.com/product/issue-10

Welcome FdA Year One

Hello all,

I’d like to welcome you to Year One of the FdA Design course and hope you have had a decent summer, despite the rubbish weather.

We’ve decided to send you a summer project to keep you company and hopefully give you a little something to discuss during induction week. I would also like to introduce you to the official Blogspot we have set up for you – www.fdodesign.blogspot.com. We would like to encourage you to use this area of the tinterweb throughout the year. For now, it is the perfect place to introduce yourselves and hopefully help each other out with the project. Perhaps you’ll share ideas, research, or even some of the final pieces.

In the meantime, enjoy the rest of your summer and I look forward to meeting you all in September.

Richard Johnson
Year One Course Leader

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00slplb/The_Genius_of_Design_Better_Living_Through_Chemistry

great series again bbc production.....justifies the tv licence from time to time.

A Timeline of Chairs

Here is a useful site with regards to placing chair designs into context for our latest brief......

http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/online/a-century-of-chairs/1920s

Emma.

ron arad at the barbican

www.barbican.org.uk/ronarad/exhibition

late night find part two...

www.behance.net

A great source of artists and designers under pretty much any category...have a browse every now and again you won't fail to be inspired.