July 23, 2008
This is some amazing technology and you could see the possibilities in the future to push the boundaries of these unique mediums. Whether it be illegal or legal. Sure, the laser light has been around for decades, but I have never seen them used in this context before. If you watch closely, even the drips are simulated by the lasers. Pretty cool - check it out here.
July 8, 2008
A post on coolhunter last month got me thinking about em. Here’s a few links to some fantastic references to creative spaces (and they don’t need an extreme wide angle lense, converting to B+W or burning the corners of the shot to look special). If you are lucky enough to work in (or own) one of these spaces, well done! If you are still cooped up in the bedroom as you try build a business, its somethig to aspire too. Me? I still find my best ideas come when I’m in the shower, walking to work, going for a run or trying to sleep! I guess it raises a few questions. How essential are they to the core of a creative company? Are people actually more creative in these spaces? Do clients think you are charging too much? Do staff adjust…..all said, nice to look at!
Coolhunter Creative Work Environments
June 27, 2008
The NGV Winter series began last night with all the glitz and glamour of 1930’s Art Deco.
A 19 piece swing band, flapper girls and an assortment of dead animals draped around beautiful necks. It was enough to make you wonder where did we go wrong? I think every person at the NGV last night would have loved to hail back to such an age of sheer hedonism. Perhaps we have such a romantic notion of that era that we overlook the harsh realities of aeroplanes without jet engines, women’s rights unheard of and the only recent invention of penicillin. Nevertheless I think every girl dreams of Cartier, swing bands and being driven in a car that you rarely see outside of black and white films.
June 16, 2008
Sick of not being able to quickly find a photo you want
Want to easily search various sites without having 2,563 tabs open?
Get the PicLens plugin!
I’ve found this awesome add on to be very useful, with its full 3D environment which allows you to view thousands of photos, and now even videos, in a full screen, fully browseable dynamic viewer.
It’s da bomb when it comes to searching for research photos for a brief or concept…makes the whole process so much faster!!
You know you want it … just like that new video console …
except this is FREE! Can’t get much better than that!
June 13, 2008
It’s not just leaving the lights and computers on (P.S, all coffee cups at Igloo are recycled)
June 2, 2008
Although it may be old news, any news is good news right?
I just came across Newsmap, which is a dream for anyone who has a unnatural love for RSS feeds… it’s a very smart and very visual method of highlighting the top stories, either Live or Archived.
Also a great way to keep up to date with the latest without having to sift through all the tonnes of ads…
May 28, 2008
This month, Carlton Draught has aired the new Sky Troop ad on TV. Apparently it was launched in the cinemas and made available on the internet before it landed onto our television screens. Talk about viral marketing! It features a Sky Troop jumping out from a 50-foot Carlton Draught beer glass and forming the word WOW. It’s funny, entertaining, looks good visually & worth taking a look! Does it make any sense? I don’t know but I did find myself laughing!
May 22, 2008
Isn’t that an oxymoron in itself?
Hummer’s new campaign definitely doesn’t help its case, with the slogan - ‘Seriously Get Lost’.
May 20, 2008
In the 1980’s design god Dieter Rams expressed the ten most important criteria for what he considered was good design. (more…)
May 19, 2008
These pics have been sitting about in my iphoto for nearly a year and were snapped at an exhibition in the London’s Tate Modern Turbine Hall (one of my fav buildings) around July 2007. The exhibition, ‘Global Cities‘ aimed to highlight the intensity and effect of the worlds population growth ten Global Cities “through issues such as sustainability, public space and social inclusion.“ Laser cut installations, huge graphic walls and dynamic video walls basically made it a designers wet dream and I was lucky enough to be in London when it was on. The impressive scale of the exhibit really helped convey the message of a global population bursting at the seams.
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