Welcome...

A warm welcome to those of you that are new to the FdA and BA (Hons) Design blog. The blog is hear to point you in the right direction, towards interesting material and for you all to share your own research. Please feel free to check for updates and contribute in any relevant discussions - share your opinions and make your voice heard on current design topics.

fun stairs

maybe if all stairs were like this, we would not chose the escalator

wonderful story of the traditional method of wall painting

old ways re explored in new york. The sign painting of old gets a moment of attention with this wonderful documentary about the people who still keep the art alive despite adversity in the changing world… worth a watch

http://vimeo.com/10562000

Design Websites

Some useful links via Dewayne -

www.bionic-systems.com
www.hellofreaks.com
www.123klan.com
www.lostateminor.com
www.pingmag.jp
www.weheart.co.uk

Simplistic Design.

Happy New Year all.

I've just found this link off the Creative Review website which features minimalist packaging designs....

http://www.a2591.com/2010/12/minimalist-effect-in-maximalist-market.html

Also, check out the new Starbucks Logo- I think I prefer the one from 1992 but maybe it will grow on me?.....

http://creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2011/january/starbucks-new-logo

Emma.

Olly Moss Star Wars Prints

Click on the images above to appreciate the genius in the details. Some more wonderful new images at the link below.

www.moss.fm

Grand People

Stunning. A hive of inspiration - Grand People utilise a number of disciplines with dramatic effect.
www.grandpeople.no

Some superb examples of packaging at the Blog below. Some you may have already seen - all the same, some hugely inspiring examples.

www.h-kavanagh0710-dc.blogspot.com/2009/12/packaging.html

Wonderful, contemporary illustrations. Maybe a possible style to explore for 'Byron in a Bottle' if you wish to pull away from the gothic, traditional routes.

www.janinerewell.com/dollhouse.html

Anthony Freda

Quirky illustrations involving a variefty of mixed media and colage techniques.

www.anthonyfreda.com

Nature creates ice sculpture

We've had bad weather but nothing like this, check the link below.

www.uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20101216/twl-lighthouse-becomes-ice-house-41f21e0.html

Clients from Hell

Client: "We want something that has sort of an anarchist edge. Something crazy like Mickey Mouse with a swastika or something.”

Me: ”Are you sure your demographic is comfortable with swastikas?”

Client: ”Why wouldn’t they be?”

More here - www.clientsfromhell.net

The Rich Jerk

Superb find from Darren on Year 2. You want the cream of confidence and arrogance, visit the links below.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBxeDN4tbk

www.therichjerk.com

I’d Live In It. Bufalino Camper Combines Car, Bedroom, Office

I’d Live In It. Bufalino Camper Combines Car, Bedroom, Office

More...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd-rDzsNbFM&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Micro festival ideas?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlQItYwQxIY

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