Goodbye

14 April 2010, posted by David

Having WorkGroup has been a lovely experience.

But this is a Thank You and a Goodbye. You can still get our & poster in the store, and both Conor and myself can be found on Twitter.

 

Funeral

5 March 2010, posted by Conor

That of Internet Explorer 6. Rejoice!

 

AAI - Updates

18 February 2010, posted by David

We just completed some big updates at the AAI - Architectural Association of Ireland.

 

BBC digital services

17 February 2010, posted by David

A new global visual language for the BBC’s digital services — from Neville Brody / Research Studios. Wonderful.

 

Letter to Robin Kinross

27 January 2010, posted by Conor

I don’t often insist that anyone buy/read anything I’ve read and enjoyed, but on occasion I can’t resist doing so. I implore you to read Andy de Fiets: Letter to Robin Kinross. Short enough to read on a bus journey, funny enough to embarrass yourself by laughing out loud while doing so.

 

Fault

26 January 2010, posted by David

A print we made for the Poster Cause Project’s Haiti Earthquake Relief series. See them all. Buy it!

 

IdeaPaint

12 January 2010, posted by David

Dry Erase White Board Paint for your work and home. Great!

 

Top 50 Artists & Bands of 2009

12 January 2010, posted by David

From The Hype Machine. 50 visual artists were invited to create a new piece of work inspired by and including the band name.

 

Serial Cut

12 January 2010, posted by David

Always sumptuous and gorgeous: Serial Cut. Imagemakers since ‘99. Madrid, Spain.

 

Christopher Brand

6 January 2010, posted by David

Superb design and illustration, particularly book cover work. New York, USA.

 

Put your hands together for

4 January 2010, posted by David

CLAP CLAP. A new year and another lovely site and portfolio of design work. Stockholm, Sweden.

 

140 Characters

21 December 2009, posted by Conor

Shot over the course of one week by Areaman Productions, 140 Characters captures real people from Dublin City talking about their lives.

 

Nativity

11 December 2009, posted by Conor

Plugged at the Offset conference last month, Alexander Girard’s beautiful ‘Nativity’ is the perfect buy for those Christmas obsessives oblivious to the current wallet-tightening recession. via House Industries.

 

Subway

11 December 2009, posted by Conor

One for the Christmas present list… the new “Helvetica and the NYC Subway System” book by Paul Shaw. via MyFonts

 

AIAIAI

9 December 2009, posted by David

Beautifiul earphones, headsets, headphones and other consumer electronic devices. Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

GIF Magic

8 December 2009, posted by David

Illustrations by Santtu Mustonen on the lovely new PEKKA site. PEKKA is a Finnish Illustration Agency.
Santtu Mustonen

 

Photographs of World Leaders

8 December 2009, posted by David

Platon: Photographs of World Leaders; The New Yorker. Fascinating.

 

Wieden+Kennedy

3 December 2009, posted by David

There are a lot of really nice things going on at the new Wieden+Kennedy site. Brilliantly executed.

 

I ‘Heart’

1 December 2009, posted by David

Chip Kidd talks with Milton Glaser.

 

Hugo & Marie - Welcome

23 November 2009, posted by David

Hugo & Marie - Shop.

 

The Death Of The Blog Post

21 November 2009, posted by David

Smashing Magazine is renowned for such illuminating articles as “53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without”. Paddy Donnelly creates a unique and interesting post for them. Worth a look.

 

Boks

19 November 2009, posted by David

Interesting and useful — create HTML & CSS grids with a visual editor.

 

Typekit

12 November 2009, posted by David

Things just got interesting in web typography. Typekit officially launches.

 

Breathing In

4 November 2009, posted by Conor

Artist Angela Palmer embarked on a mission two years ago to try to capture the physical properties of climate change – by finding what is thought to be the most polluted air on Earth, and the purest.

 

LAIKA

22 October 2009, posted by David

A dynamic typeface.

 

Bertelli

6 October 2009, posted by David

Bicycles, New York City. Swoon.
Via siteInspire.

 

The Meaning of Photoshop

30 September 2009, posted by David

From Subtraction. Interesting reading!

 

Flowing Data

29 September 2009, posted by David

The Growth of Target and
The Growth of Walmart.
Via GOOD.

 

HEYDAYS

29 September 2009, posted by David

Lovely work. Lovely site. Lovely Norwegians.
(Found via The Streethearts)

 

Taming Light

24 September 2009, posted by David

A group show of new painting, photography and illustration at the Light House cinema, Smithfield in Dublin, Ireland. Lovely poster by Martin Ansin.

 

eircom bay

21 September 2009, posted by David

Ireland’s largest ISP — Eircom — is voluntarily blocking access to The Pirate Bay. So behold: The Pirate Bay for Eircom users. It’s not about downloading movies, it’s about our right to freely access the internet.

 

Bike Racks PT 2

21 September 2009, posted by David

More lovely bike racks!

 

David Byrne’s Bike Racks

17 September 2009, posted by Conor

Part of David Byrne’s Perfect City on WSJ.com

 

Open House Dublin

15 September 2009, posted by Conor

Ireland’s Biggest Architecture Festival. 8–11 October 2009. Open House Dublin is a free event, allowing citizens to explore the architecture of their city.

 

The Indian Type Foundry

4 September 2009, posted by Conor

The Indian Type Foundry will be the first specialised company to develop and directly distribute digital fonts in India.

 

Dublin Bikes iPhone App

3 September 2009, posted by David

See the nearest station and its amount of available bicycles and free spaces, in Dublin’s new public bicycle scheme.

 

INPUTOUT

3 September 2009, posted by David

Who says Verdana doesn’t look nice? I’m not talking about IKEA — I’m talking about the menu on the lovely new portfolio of James Earley (aka Inputout).

 

Conor & David

2 September 2009, posted by David

We have updated our website with lots of new work.

 

GRAVURE MAGAZINE

2 September 2009, posted by David

The New American Style Journal. Some lovely work here. Found via Hugo and Marie on Twitter.

 

Guitar Hero redesigned

2 September 2009, posted by David

New Work from Pentagram.

 

Wire Illustrations

1 September 2009, posted by David

Gorgeous illustrations of characters from The Wire.
By Blake Hicks.

 

Revolutionizing Mobile Comics

27 August 2009, posted by David

Panelfly looks like a lovely app, and has a gorgeous site to boot. Nice work!

 

WorkGroup

27 August 2009, posted by David

Apologies for those who may have seen some odd things happening here this morning — the problem is fixed now. Thanks!

 

Jorge Macchi

25 August 2009, posted by David

Ascension. Via VVORK

 

cufón

25 August 2009, posted by David

There are a lot of flash and javascript font embedding tricks out there — but it looks like one has been made a whole lot easier to use. Legal issues notwithstanding.

 

Personas

20 August 2009, posted by David

How does the internet see you? Slick, beautiful, interesting. Via Swissmiss.

 

Simple. Clean. Midwestern.

20 August 2009, posted by David

Gorgeous beers: North Peak & Grizzly Peak.

 

The Labelmaker

11 August 2009, posted by Conor

LetterCult’s Brian Jaramillo interviews Bulgarian Jordan Jelev (The Labelmaker).

 

Into The Wild — Title Sequence

5 August 2009, posted by David

If you’ve seen Into the Wild (2007), you might remember that the title sequence left a lot to be desired — particularly as the remainder of the film was a very solid offering. Enter Jurjen Versteeg, a 21 year-old Dutch design student, who has created this stunning (unofficial) alternative.

 

Eoin McHugh - Visual Artist

30 July 2009, posted by David

Interesting work from this Irish Artist. He has a new exhibition ‘All Cognition is Recollection’ at the Kerlin Gallery, from August 4 to September 5.

 

Everything Matters

29 July 2009, posted by David

DETAIL. DESIGN STUDIO — Updates at last. Lovely stuff.

 

Paul Torres

23 July 2009, posted by David

Exceptional logo and lettering work.

 

Moonwalk One

22 July 2009, posted by Conor

If you watch anything Moon-related this week (or ever for that matter), make sure it’s Moonwalk One (1970). This is a stunning once-forgotten piece of documentary film by Theo Kamecke. Absolutely fascinating, relentlessly captivating footage covering every aspect of the Apollo 11 mission. Watch it!

 

Lonely Planet

14 July 2009, posted by David

I don’t know when this happened, but the new LP website is great. Google maps integration under ‘Destinations’ is super!

 

Beck - Again!

9 July 2009, posted by David

You’ve got to love the simplicity and content-heavy approach of Beck’s new site.

 

OECD Factbook eXplorer

2 July 2009, posted by Conor

A mind-blowing online tool for analysing country statistics. A very easy way to waste the day.

 

The Auteurs

2 July 2009, posted by David

Watch, discuss, and read about the world’s best independent and classic films. Pay-per-view with a selection of free films. All full-length and hi-def? Sweet!

 

MTV’s brand new look

1 July 2009, posted by David

On the Creative Review blog. Almost predictably lovely work from Universal Everything.

 

\\\

1 July 2009, posted by David

Art / Fashion / Design blog. Admirably large images too. To start with, some work by Yinka Shonibare.

 

Janine Rewell

23 June 2009, posted by David

Janine Rewell, design and illustration.
Via Frankenstyles on Flickr.

 

Areaman Productions - The Liberties

22 June 2009, posted by David

Areaman Productions produce, script, direct, shoot & edit live action video. They are the duo behind The Liberties, a series of films about the area of the same name in Dublin. The films were premiered at the Stranger Than Fiction documentary film festival at the IFI and I had the pleasure of being there. With wit and great skill they have captured the essence of the place and the people. Some of the short films are on their site, don’t miss these as they are truly wonderful. Screenings of the full series, in the Liberties area, are in the planning.

 

Aisling Farinella / Stylist

19 June 2009, posted by David

The lovely new website of stylist Aisling Farinella.

 

Valérie Hersleven - Photographer’s agent

19 June 2009, posted by David

Linked below, but deserving its own entry. The website of Valérie Hersleven is an exceptional piece of work. Lovely photography too.

 

CHRISTOPH MORLINGHAUS

19 June 2009, posted by David

Stunning photography by Christoph Morlinghaus. The architectural work is incredible. Check out the Churches series on his agent’s site.

 

The lovely work of…

10 June 2009, posted by David

…Roseanna Afrika. A graduate from this year’s class at IADT.

 

The Vendor Client relationship

29 May 2009, posted by Conor

An all too familiar situation played out in everyday scenarios. YouTube

 

now what?

27 May 2009, posted by Conor

now what? is an initiative designed to tap into the wealth of creative talent among graduates and students of architecture who need space to research, learn new skills and people to discuss these with.

 

The Last Calligraphers

27 May 2009, posted by Conor

The Last Calligraphers. Another film by Premjit Ramachandran – The Musalman is the only handwritten newspaper in Asia and has been operational since 1927.

 

Doshi

27 May 2009, posted by Conor

Hundredhands presents Doshi. A film by Premjit Ramachandran.

 

Lens

18 May 2009, posted by David

Photography, Video and Visual Journalism Archives - A new blog from NYTimes.com

 

Rendez-vous sauvage – Un cabinet de curiosités mobile

17 May 2009, posted by David

An eclectic selection of 30 posters collected by the studio à 2 c’est mieux. Bringing together around thirty designers, the exhibition highlights the diversity of contemporary creation through a unique mode of expression: the use of black and white.

 

MOOF Bicycle

15 May 2009, posted by Conor

ZOOM around town on a MOOF. via BLTD

 

Warp

7 May 2009, posted by David

It’s hard not to be impressed by the slickness. The new Warp.net

 

W I N D O S i L L

28 April 2009, posted by David

W I N D O S i L L. Because I never thought I would get excited about a flash animation again.

 

Graphics/Films

23 April 2009, posted by David

Mike Mills releases a monograph.

 

Damn Frenchies! Don’t they know that messing with the space-time continuum can lead to no good?! *

22 April 2009, posted by David

Someone has gone and put La Jeteé on YouTube. It’s the 28-minute black and white science fiction masterpiece by Chris Marker, from 1962. Themes from it have inspired the Terminator series of movies and Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys. It also contains reference to Hitchcock’s Vertigo. Do you need another reason to watch it?

*quote from the YouTube comments

 

Gucci — Flora

16 April 2009, posted by David

New spot for Gucci’s Flora fragrance, by Chris Cunningham. Top notch.

 

Your business card is CRAP!

9 April 2009, posted by David

YouTube. Wow.

 

Munich

8 April 2009, posted by David

The website of Maria Hinds, WorkGroup member and designer on both sides of the Atlantic.

 

The Small Print

31 March 2009, posted by David

Always read The Small Print. It looks to me as though something very interesting could be starting here, from the folks behind Candy* Magazine.

 

One to Watch

17 March 2009, posted by David

Digup is an independent editorial project. It’s a video documented review on digital design, accessible to non-specialists. Digup is lead by a team of French interaction designers and documentary makers. Nicely executed and interesting.

 

Unix Timestamp Posters

13 March 2009, posted by David

Auspicious dates are commemorated by these great posters, by Arrival

 

Light & Sound

3 March 2009, posted by David

Brigitte Kowanz: Light & Pe Lang + Zimoun: Sound

 

Richard Gilligan

17 February 2009, posted by David

From skate to fashion and back, Rich’s photography is great. We made this site for him.

 

Other Criteria

10 February 2009, posted by David

Other Criteria is a store of unique pieces of art and multiples. A lovely take on an online store.

 

but does it float

10 February 2009, posted by David

But Does It Float is both a beautiful and interesting blog, and a showcase for the new Cargo publishing platform. An instant classic.

 

Mårten Lange

10 February 2009, posted by David

Lovely fine art photography. Mårten Lange. Found on But Does It Float.

 

We’re All Gonna Die

21 January 2009, posted by David

‘100 meters of existence’. A really stunning photo project by Simon Hoegsberg.

 

Terry Posters

20 January 2009, posted by Conor

Beautiful poster archive (some of which are on sale). via GrainEdit.

 

colette

12 January 2009, posted by David

The Paris store overhauls its website. Nice.

 

Super Simple

12 January 2009, posted by David

Super Simple is dedicated to offering open-source PHP and MySQL scripts that are easier to use than the alternatives. While lots of other developers offer robust solutions, Super Simple™ builds scripts that are easy to install, use and modify. Handy!

 

Rockwell Retro Encabulator

8 January 2009, posted by David

The wonderful - The incredible - Rockwell Retro Encabulator. Happy new year everyone!

 

Felix Lobelius

8 January 2009, posted by David

I posted about the work of Felix Lobelius while he was a student and now his strong graduate portfolio is online.

 

New MyFonts.com

8 January 2009, posted by David

MyFonts redesigns their site, with a gorgeous new logo by Underware.

 

Lost and Found

19 December 2008, posted by David

An animated adaptation by STUDIOaka of Lost and Found — the second book by Oliver Jeffers – will be shown on Channel 4 in the UK at 2.30pm on Christmas Eve, and again at 12.30pm on Boxing Day. See a short preview of it on the STUDIOaka website. Great stuff.

 

Random Patterns in a Chaotic Universe

19 December 2008, posted by David

Fergal Brennan & George Brennan, for Synth Eastwood.

SYNTH EASTWOOD HIGHLY RECOMMENDS WATCHING THIS THROUGH WITH HEADPHONES OR GREAT SPEAKERS !!!

I’m with them on that one.

 

Project 10 to the 100th

8 December 2008, posted by David

May Those Who Help The Most Win. Interesting idea from Google. Nice animation.

 

Folch Studio

8 December 2008, posted by David

Albert Folch becomes Folch Studio with a new website and loads of lovely work.

 

Wilson Miner

5 December 2008, posted by David

The absolutely beautiful website of Wilson Miner

 

AAI

5 December 2008, posted by David

After several hard months… the website for the Architectural Association of Ireland goes live at last.

 

The Grid System

2 December 2008, posted by Conor

The ultimate resource in grid systems.

 

100 Best Posters Of The Year – Poster Competition for Germany Austria and Switzerland

2 December 2008, posted by Helen

Questionable website but the posters are worth a look when dictionary at hand. Posters can be found in the “wettbewerb archiv” section and last year’s posters are hidden here “wettbewerb aktuell”>”plakate”

 

Glad to have cleared that one up

26 November 2008, posted by David

The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway.

 

Creative Inc / A Creative Agency

24 November 2008, posted by David

Creative Inc have a nice new website. Worth a look!

 

Irish Design Shop

24 November 2008, posted by David

Beautiful, affordable craft and jewellery.
We present: Irish Design Shop

 

String Theory Poster

24 November 2008, posted by David

With the brief ‘The Big Idea’, we created a poster around the notion of string theory; for ICAD’s 50×50 exhibition.

 

Circus Store

21 November 2008, posted by David

The brand new home of Circus Store and Gallery, online.

 

Give Up and Use Tables

13 November 2008, posted by David

We’ve scientifically determined the maximum amount of time that you should need to make a layout work in CSS: it’s 47 minutes. *Sigh*

 

THE ECO DANCE

10 November 2008, posted by David

Paste your face onto the slightly rotund figure of a dancing man. Bizarre, creepy, brilliant!

 

Elegant Web Typography

1 November 2008, posted by David

A wonderful presentation by Jeff Croft on SlideShare. Via Subtraction.

 

POSTER

28 October 2008, posted by David

Arjo Wiggins poster project. English Version Soon! they say on the site. At a guess, the brief was “make some really sweet posters”, and it looks like the various designers have been successful in that.

 

Candy Collective: Stuff for people like you

24 October 2008, posted by David

New Candy site. Hooray!

 

D.A.D.D.Y.

23 October 2008, posted by David

Designed by Karl Toomey — DADDY’s new client amazement booth.

 

Karl Toomey

23 October 2008, posted by David

Karl Toomey has a new website. Deadly deadly deadly.

 

Industrial Facility

23 October 2008, posted by Conor

Industrial Facility are Sam Hecht and Kim Colin. I’ve owned some IF products for some time without knowing who designed them. Functional, simple and guaranteed to make you drool (without leaving a mess – of course).

 

Face the Nation

20 October 2008, posted by Conor

An interesting exhibition and accompanying website, presented by Minnesota Center for Book Arts and the University of St. Thomas and curated by art history professor Dr. Craig Eliason. How national identity shaped modern typeface design.

 

HUGO & MARIE

13 October 2008, posted by David

Wow. Everything here looks pretty beautiful…

 

Diesel XXX

25 September 2008, posted by Conor

Viral invitation for Diesel’s 30th Birthday party on YouTube. This video may not be suitable for minors.

 

Seftel Day

18 September 2008, posted by David

The wonderful work of David Day and Lawrence Seftel. The TV spots in particular are stunning.

 

Telescopic Text

11 September 2008, posted by David

Telescopic Text — Great!.
By Joe Davis.
Via Ross Harrington.

 

The Lives of Spaces

11 September 2008, posted by David

Ireland’s participation at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice. We just put this up. Off to Venice tomorrow!

 

Typography for Lawyers

10 September 2008, posted by Conor

The site of typographer-turned-lawyer Matthew Butterick.

 

Google Chrome

2 September 2008, posted by Conor

The illustrated guide to the new open source web browser Google Chrome.

 

Playing the Building

22 August 2008, posted by Conor

Playing the Building: an interesting installation by David Byrne of Talking Heads.

 

Toe Jam

11 August 2008, posted by Conor

Video for “Toe Jam” by The BPA (featuring David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal). Directed by Keith Schofield. I’m smiling.

 

Interesting things from interesting countries

7 August 2008, posted by David

Really cool things to buy over at Kiosk.

 

Brian Coldrick — Illustration

31 July 2008, posted by David

Sloth fanaticist Brian Coldrick updates with a load of new work.

 

Feed two for €50 a week?

29 July 2008, posted by David

It could only be Lidl.

 

Objectified

29 July 2008, posted by David

A feature-length documentary about industrial design by Gary Hustwit, maker of the Helvetica film.

 

°Centigrade

23 July 2008, posted by David

The brand new website of Ian Clarke — an Irish graphic designer who has just arrived in Canada. Loads of nice work to see here!

 

DAMIEN CORRELL

23 July 2008, posted by David

New site for Damien Correll, illustrator. Great!

 

Vinni Puh

10 July 2008, posted by Conor

1960s Russian version of Winnie the Pooh (Vinni Puh). via GrainEdit.

 

The Fallen | The New York Times

4 June 2008, posted by David

After Robert F Kennedy’s funeral in New York the morning of June 8, 1968, his body was transported to Washington. Mourners, about a million by some estimates, lined the tracks, and the trip, usually about four hours, took twice that long. A presentation — with VO by the photographer Paul Fusco — of a photo series taken from the train. Beyond wonderful.

 

Bruce Davidson

26 May 2008, posted by David

Wonderful documentary and advertising photography, USA.

 

Spectra Visual Newsreader

24 May 2008, posted by David

msNBC’s RSS reader. Beautifully executed.

 

He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died

22 May 2008, posted by David

A write-up on an extraordinary website.

 

Dennis Neuschaefer-Rube

21 May 2008, posted by David

Interesting photo/film work from Germany.

 

Anorak Magazine

19 May 2008, posted by David

The happy mag for kids. Lovely.

 

He *hearts* Magazines

16 May 2008, posted by David

Felix Burrichter’s Valentine to Magazines — New York Times Blog.

 

US campaign design

15 May 2008, posted by David

48 years of USA political election logos 2008 - 1960. Also, a video interview with the designer of the much-celebrated Barack Obama campaign logo.

 

Every Marriage is a Courtroom

15 May 2008, posted by David

A wonderful animation by illustrator Chris Ware, for This American Life.

 

Manystuff #0

15 May 2008, posted by David

Über-trendy French design blog ManyStuff launches its first publication.

 

b*spoke theatre company

15 May 2008, posted by David

Plug! we just launched a site for b*spoke — an outstanding Irish theatre company.

 

Bicycles

14 May 2008, posted by David

Sweet — I hadn’t realised there was a ‘bicycles’ category at street fashion blog The Sartorialist.

 

Aliens Are My Brother

14 May 2008, posted by Conor

On the eighth day He created Martians.

 

Stephen Floyd

14 May 2008, posted by David

The illustration of Stephen Floyd, USA. There’s a short interview with him (and slideshow of drawings) over at The Morning News.

 

Graphic Wall

10 May 2008, posted by Conor

Ceramic wall tiles & wallpaper. Worth keeping an eye on.

 

URTD.NET

9 May 2008, posted by David

Ondrej Jób: Graphic Design, Slovakia.

 

ROJO®tv

8 May 2008, posted by Conor

Launched.

 

Our middle name

1 May 2008, posted by David

A lovely piece on the ampersand, from Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Dare I mention that there are some ampersand posters still available at the WorkGroup Store?

 

Frankenstyles

28 April 2008, posted by David

Steven Kelleher is open for busyness.

 

reality bytes

25 April 2008, posted by David

Photographic compositions from Dale Yudelman, South Africa.

 

Starbucks, Back to the Future

22 April 2008, posted by David

A new old logo for the coffee corp.

 

Monocle: design notes

21 April 2008, posted by David

Pleasingly detailed notes on strategy and implementation for the online arm of Monocle magazine, by its outgoing director of web and broadcast, Dan Hill.

 

one fine day

18 April 2008, posted by David

The illustration and design of James Joyce, UK.

 

The Art of the Title Sequence

16 April 2008, posted by David

A blog dedicated to title sequences and their respective designers. There goes the morning…

 

HELLO, WORLD! - SoftBank

15 April 2008, posted by David

Wow I hadn’t spotted this on the THA site.
Simply wonderful. Via the Fabrica blog.

 

Pleks

15 April 2008, posted by David

Seriously good design work from Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

tha ltd.

15 April 2008, posted by David

Coding skills from Japan, some lovely ideas and impressive projects too.

 

The Rather Difficult Font Game

15 April 2008, posted by David

A real test of your typophilia.

 

Analog 2008

11 April 2008, posted by David

The avant-garde music festival returns to Dublin’s docklands.

 

NODE

11 April 2008, posted by David

NODE is a Berlin and Oslo based graphic design studio. Outstanding work including mono.kultur – an interview magazine from Berlin which features one interview per issue.

 

11 — the beautiful game

10 April 2008, posted by David

The most beautiful Fußball table ever made?

 

Pitchfork.tv | beta

9 April 2008, posted by David

“The first-ever music video channel dedicated to the documentation of independent music.”

 

Corey Holms

9 April 2008, posted by David

The formidable graphic design portfolio of Corey Holms, Southern California, USA. In an impressive site by Central.

 

Video on Flickr!

9 April 2008, posted by David

The photo-sharing giant introduces the ability for members to upload videos, up to 90 seconds in length.

 

Errol Morris

8 April 2008, posted by David

The gorgeous website of filmmaker Errol Morris.

 

Ken Meier

8 April 2008, posted by David

Ken Meier, graphic design. Lovely.

 

Aidan Kelly — Studio

7 April 2008, posted by David

Aidan Kelly has been to our studio — among others. Looks like this is going to be a nice project.

 

Cartoon Brew

3 April 2008, posted by David

Leading the Animation Conversation: a nicely put together cartoon blog, and its sister site, Cartoon Brew Films, where you can download animated shorts.

 

Light House Cinema

2 April 2008, posted by David

The Light House Cinema has officially confirmed May 9th as the date for the re-opening of the venue at the new location in Smithfield Square, Dublin. The eagerly awaited re-opening comes following an extended “intermission” - the Light House, in its previous incarnation, closed in Abbey Street in 1996. The Light House Cinema team continue to be committed to ambitious and adventurous programming, and the new four-screen cinema will act as a cultural hub for the Smithfield area.

 

FontStruct

1 April 2008, posted by Conor

Go forth and FontStruct!

 

Subdisc

1 April 2008, posted by David

The super-slick photography of Marcus Eriksson.
A pleasingly simple site as well.

 

Sylvia Tournerie

28 March 2008, posted by David

Sylvia Tournerie. Design, France.

 

CUBOCC

27 March 2008, posted by David

Aaaaaaaaaaah. FREAKY. Want to know why it’s weird? The wonderfully named Uncanny Valley holds the secret.

 

Paul Robertson

26 March 2008, posted by David

New animation by Australian illustrator/animator Paul Robertson: Kings of Power 4 Billion %. The name says it all; this is arcade-game pixel-drawn side-scrolling epilepsy-inducing insanity. Also well worth the massive download is Pirate Baby’s Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006.

 

Modernista!

26 March 2008, posted by David

Don’t be alarmed.
You are in the new Modernista site.

Interesting take on a website.

 

James Jean

26 March 2008, posted by David

James Jean, illustrator. Many updates including impressive work for Prada.

 

CURTIS JINKINS

21 March 2008, posted by David

THIS IS MY WEBSITE.
THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT
BUT THIS ONE IS MINE
Design, illustration, USA.

 

Vintage Logos

20 March 2008, posted by David

A collection of vintage logos from a mid-70’s edition of the book World of Logotypes, on Flickr.

 

We Tell Stories

20 March 2008, posted by David

Digital fiction from Penguin. Six stories, the first being The 21 Steps, by Charles Cumming, a narrative that unfolds across a map of the world.

 

Unscrew America

20 March 2008, posted by David

Change the bulb. Nicely done site.

 

ABC3D

19 March 2008, posted by Conor

A preview of the soon-to-be-published ABC3D.
(via Youtube)

 

ARC

18 March 2008, posted by David

The journal of the Royal College of Art

 

Project Projects

18 March 2008, posted by David

An informal interview with the NYC design practice, at the Walker Art Center design blog. Their site is here.

 

FANTASTIC MAN

18 March 2008, posted by David

The Gentleman’s Style Journal.

 

Big Dog

18 March 2008, posted by David

A new video of the Boston Dynamics Big Dog four legged robot. Truly terrifying.

 

DO THE TEST

14 March 2008, posted by David

This could be my new favourite website.
And there’s only one page on it.

 

Nikolay Saveliev

13 March 2008, posted by David

Design, New York, USA. Lovely lovely lovely.

 

Candy

11 March 2008, posted by David

Candy Volume 2 – Issue 1
Aidan Kelly. Andreas Pettersson. Anthony Lister. Build. Dave Komiskey. Frenchie. Hellovon. Ian Francis. Jeannie O’Brien. Matt Small. Nguan. Sarah Knight. Sean Wood. Studio Output. Tommy Kane. Get downloading!

 

morework

10 March 2008, posted by David

Ben Mulkey. Graphic design, Portland, Oregon, USA.

 

Viktor & Rolf Boutique, Milan

7 March 2008, posted by David

Viktor & Rolf turn fashion on its head. More photos are on their official site.

 

Hallelujah

7 March 2008, posted by David

All that you will ever need to know about Leonard Cohen’s classic song and covers of it through the years.

 

JONE KVIE

7 March 2008, posted by David

Jone Kvie. Sculpture, Norway.

 

Felix Lobelius

6 March 2008, posted by David

Strong student work from Felix Lobelius — a 22 year old Swede living in Sydney.

 

Design and regional economic development

6 March 2008, posted by David

An intriguing and thought-provoking article on the Walker Art Center Design blog.

 

The Criterion Collection

6 March 2008, posted by David

The Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films, is dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements. Some gorgeous covers too.

 

Gunter Rambow

6 March 2008, posted by David

German graphic designer, born in Neustrelitz, 2nd March 1938. Lots of great work, although patience or a fast connection is required…

 

Russian Police School

6 March 2008, posted by David

Absolutely stunning photographs of a Russian Police School. Some are pretty hilarious too.

 

Photojojo’s Photo Time Capsule

3 March 2008, posted by David

Setup the Time Capsule with your email & Flickr account. Once a week, enjoy an email with your photos from a year ago. It’s Free. You’ll like it.

 

SweetTalk 31

3 March 2008, posted by David

Sugar Club, Dublin
Thursday March 13 2008
-
Aisling Farinella Stylist
Brown Bag Films
Colm MacAthlaoich Illustrator
Matthew Thompson Photographer

 

Back in the Swing, 1962 — The New York Times

28 February 2008, posted by David

Gorgeous drawings from baseball spring training forty-six years ago, from the hand of illustrator Robert Weaver.

 

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

28 February 2008, posted by Conor

“abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz” by Job & Roel Wouters. Performed by Gradus W. Wouters (5) and Job Wouters (28). Directed by Roel Wouters.

 

Spanish Film Festival

28 February 2008, posted by David

At the Irish Film Institute. 19–30 March 2008.

 

Pixar, titles and type

28 February 2008, posted by David

An interview with Susan Bradley, who has worked on title design and graphic design for many familiar titles.

 

25ah

27 February 2008, posted by David

25ah: Great work! Design, Sweden.

 

garfield minus garfield

26 February 2008, posted by David

Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life?

 

Best Pictures

26 February 2008, posted by David

79 Years of Oscar Best Picture winners, in posters.

 

Proud Creative

22 February 2008, posted by David

Proud Creative. Loads of nice design work. London, UK.

 

Stuffit Deluxe

21 February 2008, posted by Conor

Pregnancy…compressed by SD.

New Year’s Resolutions…compressed by SD.

Las Vegas…compressed by SD.

Relationships…compressed by SD.

Life of a Goldfish…compressed by SD.

 

Lovely as a Tree

19 February 2008, posted by Conor

Lovely as a Tree aims to enable and inspire graphic designers to make more environmentally friendly choices in their work.

 

GTF

13 February 2008, posted by David

Graphic Thought Facility. Design, London, UK. Superb.

 

Polaroid — no more!

11 February 2008, posted by David

Polaroid Corp. is dropping the technology it pioneered long before digital photography rendered instant film obsolete to all but a few nostalgia buffs.

 

Kevin Ley

11 February 2008, posted by David

Design, NYC, USA.

 

John Alvin

11 February 2008, posted by David

John Alvin, movie poster legend, dies. A gallery of some work is here.

 

World Press Photo

8 February 2008, posted by David

Winners Gallery 2008.

 

Albert Folch — Studio

5 February 2008, posted by David

There’s a lot of nice design studio shots doing the rounds online these days. It doesn’t surprise us that Albert Folch’s studio is the nicest. Check out the work here.

 

Mike Mills

2 February 2008, posted by David

Designer, film-maker and artist Mike Mills. Pretty much everything here is worth looking at. Great.

 

I’m in like with you

30 January 2008, posted by David

The future of the internet may be scarily similar to this site. Well executed and highly contagious social network, evidently aimed at teenagers.

 

David Lloyd Yun

29 January 2008, posted by David

Strong simple type-driven work.

 

Inventory

29 January 2008, posted by Conor

Inventory by Carey Young.

 

The Richard Dimbleby Lecture 2007

20 January 2008, posted by Conor

A DNA-Driven World — Dr. J. Craig Venter

 

THE GARDENS OF ST BENJAMIN

18 January 2008, posted by David

The online portfolio of Benji Holroyd, a Graphic Designer and Art Director based in Liverpool, UK.

 

Aisle One

17 January 2008, posted by Maria

Blogtime.

 

JEROEN SIKMA

14 January 2008, posted by David

Cool work. Graphic Design, the Netherlands.

 

20/120 Film Collection

12 January 2008, posted by Conor

20 Films
120 Seconds per film
Theme: Change

 

Questions for designers:

11 January 2008, posted by David

How do you balance “money” projects and “creative” projects? Is 80% of your work dull, but pays for the enjoyable and creative 20%? Or is it the other way around? An interesting thought for the week from Johnson Banks.

 

The Solar Film

11 January 2008, posted by Conor

by Saul & Elaine Bass (1980). via Grain Edit

 

group94

10 January 2008, posted by David

The Belgian web powerhouse finally updates their site. Lots of nice work.

 

Save today, Save tomorrow

8 January 2008, posted by Conor

EDF Energy’s first ever TV advertisement is made entirely of recycled clips. It also features a cover of Joe Raposo’s “It’s Not Easy Being Green,” originally written for Kermit the Frog on Sesame Street. via YouTube

 

Emmanuel Ho

8 January 2008, posted by David

Absolutely stunning motion work, particularly his video for The Owl by I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness.

 

Jobs on Rand

6 January 2008, posted by David

A 1993 interview with Steve Jobs of Apple on working with Paul Rand.

 

Switch Mediaworks

6 January 2008, posted by David

Slick multimedia work and even slicker site. Korea.

 

Kokoro & Moi

4 January 2008, posted by David

Kokoro & Moi — The new name for Syrup Helsinki. Cool work since 2001.

 

rachel griffin

3 January 2008, posted by David

Rachel Griffin is a designer living and working in New York city. Lovely site with some really nice work.

 

Vitsœ

27 December 2007, posted by Conor

and the 606 Universal Shelving System.

 

Dieter Rams

27 December 2007, posted by Conor

Good design is innovative.
Good design makes a product useful.
Good design is aesthetic.
Good design helps us to understand a product.
Good design is unobtrusive.
Good design is honest.
Good design is durable.
Good design is consequent to the last detail.
Good design is concerned with the environment.
Good design is as little design as possible.
Back to purity, back to simplicity.

 

Logos, Flags and Escutcheons

12 December 2007, posted by Conor

An excellent 1991 AIGA article by design legend Paul Rand.

 

MetaMagazin

11 December 2007, posted by Conor

Issue 6 is online.

 

IMAGINE PEACE

8 December 2007, posted by Conor

WAR IS OVER! If you want it.

 

At Wikipedia, Illustrators May Be Paid

7 December 2007, posted by David

An interesting development for Wikipedia and for illustrators.

 

SIESTA

7 December 2007, posted by David

Design, New York, USA. Tons of nice work; including this lovely website for the Workshop For Architecture.

 

scamp: an illustration blog

5 December 2007, posted by David

Scamp: an illustration blog from the Illustrator’s Guild of Ireland.

 

What are we doing over the next 24 days?

5 December 2007, posted by David

We’re building a website with ExpressionEngine and writing about it here! Oh the nerdy joy.

 

Balloons, Spilt Liquids and Paper Constructions

5 December 2007, posted by David

We get a mention on this interesting blog.

 

RGB©

5 December 2007, posted by David

RGB©. Design, UK.

 

What is a Pylon?

5 December 2007, posted by David

This Is A Pylon.
A new typographic term, for the bits that aren’t there.

 

Creative Handbook

3 December 2007, posted by David

Creative Review revamps the creative listings website.

 

Postgraduate Study at NCAD

3 December 2007, posted by David

Online prospectus.

 

JONPAUL DOUGLASS

3 December 2007, posted by David

Nice photography. Nice site too.

 

YASLY aka YouAreSoLastYear!!!

3 December 2007, posted by David

Lovely eye candy and shirts in the shop from YASLY.

 

typography

3 December 2007, posted by David

A photoset on Flickr.

 

The Ministry of Type

3 December 2007, posted by David

The Ministry of Type

 

James Quail

30 November 2007, posted by David

Lovely design. UK.

 

In the Habit

29 November 2007, posted by David

Tiziana Haug:
Blond
Swiss
New York resident
Makes design, loves design

 

Her Master’s Voice

27 November 2007, posted by Conor

End of the line for the voice of London’s Tube.

Audio here.

 

Pecha Kucha

27 November 2007, posted by David

A presentation format in which (mostly creative) work can be easily and informally shown. It was originally devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein-Dytham Architecture (KDa) in Tokyo in 2003. Each presenter is allowed a slideshow of 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each. A nice example of Pecha Kucha in use — by Dan Pink on signage — can be found here (YouTube).

 

Great Signs

27 November 2007, posted by David

Paula Scher / Pentagram for the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum.

 

Undercover restorers repair Paris landmark’s clock

27 November 2007, posted by David

A group of “cultural guerrillas” called Untergunther spend a year illegally repairing the clock in the Panthéon, then are charged with a crime, and then cleared.

 

Harlan Ellison — Pay the Writer

26 November 2007, posted by David

My new favourite rant. YouTube.

 

Supermarket

23 November 2007, posted by Conor

Get your wears.

 

Adobe - Flash on

23 November 2007, posted by David

Nice Flash Video promo.

 

Nike

22 November 2007, posted by David

M4. Beautiful site.

 

Big Dipper

21 November 2007, posted by Conor

A beautiful film by Sarah van Gameren documenting the Big Dipper, a machine making 24 wax candle chandeliers in 24 hours.

 

Sub-City presents David Lloyd Irish tour

21 November 2007, posted by David

David Lloyd, known as the co-creator of V For Vendetta as well as his work on a slew of other books over the last two decades, will be visiting Dublin, Galway and Cork.
.
Admission to all events is free. Dublin and Galway are ticketed, tickets are available by emailing robsubcity@gmail.com, or calling 01 6771902. Or just drop into the Dublin or Galway shop.
.
Dublin — Tue 27th November, Central hotel first floor, doors open @ 7.30
This will include a talk followed by a signing.
.
Galway — Thurs 29th November, Roisin Dubh, doors open @ 8.00
As above, talk followed by signing.
.
Cork — Sat 1st December, Other Realms
In store signing.

 

TV ads dot ie

21 November 2007, posted by David

TVads.ie is a free-to-use service for the Irish media industry. We collect TV ads, Cinema commercials, Virals and Stings and put them up on the web for you to have a look at. It’s as simple as that. Enjoy!

 

A Website about Corporate Identity

21 November 2007, posted by David

A Website about Corporate Identity

 

AALOG.NET / AA Print Studio

21 November 2007, posted by David

AAlog.net is a simple picture (and video) blog for the AA School, the world’s most international school of architecture.

 

Last Exit to Nowhere

20 November 2007, posted by David

T-shirts with the imagined logos of brands from the movies. Cool!

 

PIXELSURGEON to close

19 November 2007, posted by David

After seven years, the mighty design portal/magazine Pixelsurgeon is to close. It will be missed.

 

QBN

19 November 2007, posted by Conor

Yesterday saw the end of NewsToday. Say hello to QBN – For A Better Tomorrow.

 

organic cotton

13 November 2007, posted by David

A new animation by Chris Haughton for People Tree. Yay! (YouTube)

 

StudioMakgill

12 November 2007, posted by David

Design and Branding. Brighton, UK. Nice work and a wonderfully simple site.

 

FFFFOUND!

12 November 2007, posted by David

FFFFOUND! Set aside the rest of your day to browse one genius image after the other.

 

Linda Byrne: In Alphabetical Order

12 November 2007, posted by David

Lots of good work here.

 

NYPL Labs : The Process Behind the Product

12 November 2007, posted by David

NYPL Labs provides a window into the overall digital experience of The New York Public Library. Take a look as we generalize our best practices into processes and tools and start experimenting with new applications and interfaces. Swoon.

 

Tree PC wins Dyson Award

11 November 2007, posted by David

Dublin designer branches out with ‘tree’ PC.

 

Bigo & Twigetti

11 November 2007, posted by David

Nice fun site for these musicians, by Mutado.

 

VectorMagic

8 November 2007, posted by David

Make a vector image of any image file. Impressive results.

 

INHOUSE

7 November 2007, posted by David

Print and motion design from New Zealand.

 

Sweet GIFs

7 November 2007, posted by David

Sweet GIFs

 

CAPAZ

7 November 2007, posted by David

CAPAZ Photography and design. Utrecht, Netherlands. Love the site.

 

reason.tv

5 November 2007, posted by David

The latest, most compelling stories about freedom from all corners of the Internet, experimenting with new interactive content and features.

 

blinkBox

5 November 2007, posted by David

We’re a place for you to play with movies and TV. You can edit scenes and personalise them with your own message (blink them); buy, rent and download. Great introductory animation on the homepage!

 

DEMON

1 November 2007, posted by David

Beautiful short film by Eoin Ryan.

 

Ruairí Robinson to direct Akira remake?

1 November 2007, posted by David

According to rumours at The Movie Blog.
This could be great. If you’re not familiar with his work, check out his website.

 

14 faces

1 November 2007, posted by David

Work from the MA Typeface Design at the University of Reading, class of 2007.

 

IFC Center

1 November 2007, posted by David

I love the simple elegance of this site.

 

make the most of a design engagement

29 October 2007, posted by David

How clients can get the most out of their designer.

 

BBC News website celebrates 10 years

29 October 2007, posted by David

The excellent BBC News website is 10 years old this week. The slideshow of screengrabs from down through the years is of particular interest.

 

ANIMATED Self Portraits

25 October 2007, posted by David

An online exhibition from the Australian National Portrait Gallery.

 

ico design

25 October 2007, posted by David

Impressive design work and a nice website to boot. London, UK.

 

PrepShootPost

25 October 2007, posted by David

The blog of San Francisco Bay Area Filmmaker, Eric Escobar. He shares his experiences as an independent writer/ director and ‘dependent’ hired gun in the world of advertising, music videos and post production consulting. Pleasingly technical.

 

Massimo and Lella Vignelli

24 October 2007, posted by David

Massimo and Lella Vignelli have a saying: “If you can’t find it, design it.” Interview in New York Magazine.

 

12 Lessons for Those Afraid of CSS and Standards

24 October 2007, posted by David

From A List Apart.

 

10 Years of THE QUIET LIFE

24 October 2007, posted by David

THE QUIET LIFE celebrates 10 years in business with 10 new T-Shirts by 10 of their favourite artists, along with loads of other things that you will want to buy.

 

Neutraface No.2

23 October 2007, posted by Conor

House Industries have released a neutralised Futura-esque Neutraface – Neutraface No.2. Much joy.

 

Kumi Yamashita

21 October 2007, posted by David

Cool work by Kumi Yamashita.

 

Gaffer Tape Art in Tokyo’s Train Stations

18 October 2007, posted by David

When there was yet another construction project blocking access to parts of Shinjuku station, the biggest of Tokyo’s train stations, going on in 2003, train guard Shuetsu Sato took matters in his own hands and started taping signage in huge Japanese characters with masking tape in clever ways, just so passengers could find their way around.

 

Control

17 October 2007, posted by David

A well-realised and interesting presentation about graphic design for the web. By Khoi Vinh of Subtraction.com (also design director at the New York Times online).

 

Joseph Muller-Brockmann’s Grid Systems

17 October 2007, posted by David

RTÉ.ie Lyric fm: Sunday Sequence. With the help of designer Aiden Grennelle of Image Now, we meet the crucial contribution to graphic design of Josef Muller-Brockmann, whose ideas are key in the way our globalised world looks today. Click Listen to Latest Show to hear the 30 minute show.

 

The Small Stakes

16 October 2007, posted by Conor

Work from the talented Jason Munn.

 

Quentin Blake

16 October 2007, posted by David

A new website for illustrator Quentin Blake. Loads of material on his work and process.

 

High Def on Vimeo

16 October 2007, posted by David

The bestest video site paves the way.

 

What the F***?

12 October 2007, posted by David

Why We Curse. Fascinating!

 

Blueeyes Magazine

12 October 2007, posted by David

Blueeyes Magazine is an online documentary photography magazine devoted to publishing new long-term project work. Lovely photos and beautifully made site.

 

How does it feel

12 October 2007, posted by David

To die?

 

Apple — Web apps

12 October 2007, posted by David

Apple launches a Web Apps page for iPhone and iPod Touch.

 

Drainage Ditch

12 October 2007, posted by David

Drainage Ditch is a design firm opened in 1999 in Brooklyn, NY. We work in print, motion, and interactive media. Andrew Sloat is boss. Gorgeous, simple and elegant work. Highlights include this lovely video for AIGA, and if that isn’t enough, check out the Index of /work.
Via Coudal.

 

Paper AK 47

10 October 2007, posted by David

Add to cart! Add to cart!

 

la bonne merveille

9 October 2007, posted by David

Graphic Design. France.

 

Stephen Synnott

8 October 2007, posted by David

Illustration and web, Dublin.

 

McDonald’s & Arne Jacobsen

8 October 2007, posted by David

At McDonald’s, a take on the classic designs of Arne Jacobsen.

 

Bottega Arete

6 October 2007, posted by David

Great. Lovely. Beautiful. Graphic Design from Copenhagen.

 

The Arcade Fire presents

6 October 2007, posted by David

Neon Bible. Clickable music video. Genius!

 

Turtlehead

5 October 2007, posted by David

Chris Haughton laying down some T-Shirts. Great!

 

the “best designer you haven’t heard of”

5 October 2007, posted by David

Luke Hayman interview.

 

New Sony Bravia Ad

5 October 2007, posted by David

From Passion Pictures

 

Babies eating lemons

5 October 2007, posted by David

On YouTube.

 

Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer

4 October 2007, posted by David

Cover Redemption Song — YouTube

 

Letters & Numbers

4 October 2007, posted by David

The portfolio of NYC designer Steve Rura.
Good work, really lovely site.

 

I’m a designer. Use me better.

4 October 2007, posted by David

Article about a designer’s role in encouraging (or discouraging) sustainability.

 

How do visitors use computer exhibits?

3 October 2007, posted by David

“Findings from 5 gruelling years of watching visitors getting it wrong”, and some other gems at the British Interactive Group knowledgebase.

 

Richard Wilkinson

3 October 2007, posted by David

“Some art and some illustration.”

 

Wireframe Toyota Corolla

3 October 2007, posted by David

…that’s really made out of wire.

 

Typecasting

3 October 2007, posted by David

An article and (as an ongoing follow-up, a blog category; dedicated entirely to criticism and observation on type used in movie props. It doesn’t get much more nerdily delicious than this.

 

OMG! You’ve Got Cancer :(

3 October 2007, posted by David

Brooklyn doctor opens instant messaging practice.

 

SPILLT

2 October 2007, posted by David

Design and motion graphics, in a gorgeous site by Legwork.

 

Skills

1 October 2007, posted by David

Sofie Hannibal has them. Cool illustration.

 

BusySync for iCal

1 October 2007, posted by David

Share calendars over a local network. Looks like an alternative to the rip-off that is DotMac.

 

anygivenname.org

28 September 2007, posted by David

Loads and loads of nice art and design, with links.

 

Henrik Knudsen

28 September 2007, posted by David

Nice photography in a beautiful site.

 

One Ill Building

28 September 2007, posted by David

Interesting reading about InterCaps at the all new Hoefler & Frere-Jones site.

 

You better run

28 September 2007, posted by David

Yet another superb website for Nike.

 

Waverly Films

27 September 2007, posted by David

Genius! Some great music videos, but it’s all about the Clip of the Week. Hilarious.

 

Excellent Examples of Web Typography

26 September 2007, posted by David

15 Excellent Examples of Web Typography.

 

Pick Up The Phone!

26 September 2007, posted by David

Pick Up The Phone! Pick Up The Phone! Pick Up The Phone! Pick Up The Phone! Pick Up The Phone! Pick Up The Phone! Pick Up The Phone!

 

Hi — Visuelle Gestaltung

25 September 2007, posted by David

Hi — strong work from Switzerland.

 

Tamara Shopsin

25 September 2007, posted by David

“Illustration & Etc”

 

Kristina Bowers

25 September 2007, posted by David

Clean, crisp and refreshing graphic design.

 

45 years

25 September 2007, posted by David

of D&AD annual covers.

 

CMU professor gives his last lesson on life

24 September 2007, posted by David

“If I don’t seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.” A college professor with just months left to live gives his last lecture with a smile. Scroll down for the video.

 

RBG6

24 September 2007, posted by David

Sharp new site for RGB6. Lovely work.

 

Logos and Music

21 September 2007, posted by David

Two interesting articles.

 

London Transport Museum

21 September 2007, posted by David

Poster and Artwork collection from the London Transport Museum. Explore over 5,000 posters and 700 original poster artworks.

 

What’s Goin’ On?

20 September 2007, posted by David

A tribute and appeal on behalf of the people of New Orleans. Very slick.

 

Sigur Ros Photoblog

20 September 2007, posted by David

Impressive stuff at the Sigur Ros Photoblog.

 

heima

20 September 2007, posted by David

Trailer for a film about Sigur Ros playing a gig in Iceland. Makes me want to visit Iceland and see Sigur Ros live — stunning stuff.

 

Christian Robert-Tissot

20 September 2007, posted by David

Typographic art. Nice!

 

Yahoo! Design Innovation Team

19 September 2007, posted by David

Wow! Loads of interesting things and beautifully displayed information.

 

The Piracy Paradox

19 September 2007, posted by David

Designers’ frustration at seeing their ideas mimicked is understandable. But this is a classic case where the cure may be worse than the disease. From The New Yorker.

 

The End

19 September 2007, posted by David

A photoset on Flickr

 

Adobe Labs - knowhow

17 September 2007, posted by David

knowhow is a technology preview that delivers single-click, contextual access to relevant help information from a panel in Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 software. knowhow gives users access to a wide variety of information—basic tool descriptions and short cuts, Adobe Help content, as well as community-generated tutorials, tips, and techniques on the web.

 

balint zsako

14 September 2007, posted by Maria

Nice drawings

 

Richard Hollis Design Works

11 September 2007, posted by Maria

Super designer, writer and lecturer

 

Shop like it’s 1999

10 September 2007, posted by Conor

1999AD (Shopping from Home).

 

Invasion of the Gallaghers

10 September 2007, posted by Conor

Gallagher clan sets new Guinness world record.

 

Nothing Diluted

9 September 2007, posted by Conor

Impressive use of Indexhibit (and some nice work to boot) from Belfast-born, UK-based Grant Dickson.

 

GOE

9 September 2007, posted by Conor

Pantone unveils GOE – a new colour-matching system. I guess our new Pantone swatches were a bad buy.

 

ARS Electronica

5 September 2007, posted by Conor

Commencing today in Linz, Austria.

 

A Brief Message

4 September 2007, posted by David

Short form design opinions; expressed in 200 words or less. The first installment is from Stephen Heller.

 

50 years

4 September 2007, posted by David

of found photos of one woman; bought at a flea market.

 

Derren Brown

30 August 2007, posted by David

does subliminal advertising. (YouTube)

 

Siggi Eggertsson

29 August 2007, posted by David

Cool illustration from Iceland.

 

Interaction Design Pattern Library

29 August 2007, posted by David

Extremely useful (if a little dull).

 

Hipster Olympics

28 August 2007, posted by David

Sponsored by MySpace, American Apparel and Vice magazine — it’s the 2007 Hipster Olympics!

 

Thorbjørn Ankerstjerne

24 August 2007, posted by David

Thorbjørn Ankerstjerne. Some lovely work.

 

MAXALOT GALLERY

24 August 2007, posted by David

New and improved site from the graphic design gallery.

 

Swervefest 2007

24 August 2007, posted by David

A celebration of west-coast culture. Lovely site.

 

neva elliott

24 August 2007, posted by David

You too can change you life with this purchase. Art, Ireland.

 

Extreme movie browsing!

23 August 2007, posted by David

Search by keyword and see clips from relevant movies at KillerClips.

 

Jack Kerouac Book Covers

23 August 2007, posted by David

A selection of front covers of various editions of On the Road. Via Monoscope.

 

Content-aware image resizing

22 August 2007, posted by David

“Seam carving” allows an image to be resized non-uniformly, so you can change the height to width ratio in the image without cropping, but also without distorting important features in the image.

 

quadroplastic

22 August 2007, posted by David

Maxim Zhestkov. Design, animation. Russia.

 

Nerd-gasm!

22 August 2007, posted by David

Adobe adds H.264 support to Flash Player 9 beta.

 

i believe it’s a rip–off

22 August 2007, posted by David

Uh-Oh! Huge similiarities between the branding for Britney’s new perfume and internet charity Mondonation.

 

Retro MacOS Theme

22 August 2007, posted by David

Retro MacOS Wordpress Theme. Nice!

 

Father of 78 trying for target of 100

21 August 2007, posted by Conor

Fair play to him?

 

Marcus Walters

18 August 2007, posted by David

Lovely hand-made design and illustration from Marcus Walters, who also has a blog.

 

House-off Switch

18 August 2007, posted by David

A really nice idea. But where do I buy one?

 

Lovely lovely icons

18 August 2007, posted by David

From Germany.

 

Mistake the Beautiful

18 August 2007, posted by David

Print design by Bryan Dalton. Portland, USA.

 

Liisa Lounila

17 August 2007, posted by David

Liisa Lounila — incredible film and photography work.
Now showing at the Gallery of Photography in Dublin.
Don’t miss this, it’s great!

 

Stefan Fält

17 August 2007, posted by David

Stefan Fält. Design, Sweden.

 

Sleevage

17 August 2007, posted by David

25 years ago today the first CD was pressed by Philips. Sleevage is a blog dedicated to the art of CD sleeve design.

 

This Way to the Web, Print Designers!

17 August 2007, posted by David

A useful primer from Subtraction.

 

Defining Space

16 August 2007, posted by David

This conference sets out to investigate the meaning and role of space in contemporary cultural theory and practice.

 

Come Play with Us

16 August 2007, posted by David

Dublin Fringe Festival ´07. 8th–23rd September.

 

Juan Repullés Nuño de la Rosa Spiekermann

16 August 2007, posted by Conor

Erik Spiekermann’s lovechild Juan designs the new identity for Gobierno de España, winning a national competition of 320 entries and the princely sum of €12,000. In Spanish.

Erik sees the funny side. For now.

 

The Road to Clarity

13 August 2007, posted by David

New York Times article on Clearview, the typeface that is poised to replace Highway Gothic in the USA.

 

The Man Who Set Film Free

13 August 2007, posted by David

Martin Scorsese on Michelangelo Antonioni. New York Times.

 

The Man Who Asked Hard Questions

13 August 2007, posted by David

Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman. New York Times.

 

8 ways to drive a graphic designer mad.

10 August 2007, posted by David

HA!

 

Anne Maree Barry

10 August 2007, posted by David

New website of this Cork–born artist and filmmaker working in Dublin.

 

TODA

9 August 2007, posted by David

Lovely new site for this Manhattan studio. Visual communication, industrial design, and architecture. Sweet.

 

How to use

9 August 2007, posted by David

Furoshiki.

 

DasAutomat

9 August 2007, posted by David

Lovely Wordpress site for Berlin based designer.

 

toko

9 August 2007, posted by David

Design, Netherlands/Australia.

 

Japanese Sewer System

8 August 2007, posted by Conor

Wow! via Megabunny.

 

blueprint

8 August 2007, posted by David

Blueprint is a CSS framework, which aims to cut down on your CSS development time. It gives you a solid CSS foundation to build your project on top of, with an easy-to-use grid, sensible typography, and even a stylesheet for printing. There’s an interview with its creator over at Subtraction.

 

Enter, Browse, Next and Back

7 August 2007, posted by David

Lovely flash goodness at IASHIDO.

 

Let The Game Continue…

6 August 2007, posted by David

Beautifully executed Axe viral.

 

PIXELATOR

3 August 2007, posted by David

PIXELATOR turns ugly, blinding video billboards into art.

 

Synth Eastwood!

2 August 2007, posted by David

Synth Eastwood is a submission based group that aims to share & promote the skills emerging in current electronically influenced art. Show two is coming fast: INSIDE OUT is the theme.

 

Aad

2 August 2007, posted by David

Aad - Art & Design, Dublin. Hours of viewing pleasure.

 

TO-DO List

1 August 2007, posted by David

1: Click this link.

 

Shots Ring Out

1 August 2007, posted by David

…we direct them towards you. We provide the music videos for you to enjoy. When possible we offer you high quality, ipod compatible downloads.

 

CANDY: The no issue theme issue.

31 July 2007, posted by David

Candy turns two.

50. Aidan Kelly. Alan Clarke. Andrew & Chris Judge. ALLCITY. Allison Leach. April Gertler. Asbestos.Bob Dob. BRENB. C100. Chloe Early. Clíona O’Flaherty. Conor&David. Frankenstyles. Greg Dunne. Helvetica / Gary Hustwit. Ice Cream For Free. James Jean. Jeremyville. Keith Shore. Jesse LeDoux. Jon Burgerman & TADO. Kanardo. Laura Levine. Lili Forberg. Loveworn. Marie Louise McCabe. Noel Bowler. Oliver Jeffers. Patrick O’Brien. Peter Evers. Philip Dunne. Phunkstudio. Richard Gilligan. Reginald de Coster.Rekal. Serial Cut. Stanley Donwood. The Designers Republic. Third Eye Design. Tiffany Bozic. Todd Hido. Toygiants. Two Faced. Wes Trumble. Will St. Leger. Wrongwroks. Zoogloo.

 

Ryan Waller

25 July 2007, posted by David

Ryan Waller. Nice. USA.

 

Checkland Kindleysides

24 July 2007, posted by David

Interesting portfolio site — breaks so many rules (music in the background, flash animation everywhere) but somehow really works. Great stuff.

 

Ron van der Ende

20 July 2007, posted by David

Bas reliefs in reclaimed timber.

 

Greetings from Dublin

20 July 2007, posted by David

Worst. Summer. Ever.

 

The truth

20 July 2007, posted by David

about profile pictures on Myspace.

 

Home cannot be found

20 July 2007, posted by David

BT2 - ArtDublin 07

 

Law & Order

20 July 2007, posted by David

The colouring book. Yay!

 

Ian’s Work

20 July 2007, posted by David

Another talented Ian Brown. From New York USA, now in Amsterdam.

 

50 years of Helvetica

19 July 2007, posted by David

Blanka - 50 years of Helvetica.

Exhibition at the Design Museum, London.

 

Old Blue Note Album Covers

17 July 2007, posted by Conor

Collection of old Blue Note album covers on Vintage Vanguard.

 

Zucker und Pfeffer

17 July 2007, posted by Conor

Some great design, typography and type design from talented Berliner Denny Backhaus.

 

Proud Creative

17 July 2007, posted by David

Lovely work. London UK.

 

Music like no other

17 July 2007, posted by David

Lovely animation promoting a new site for sony (Direct MOV link). More videos (lower quality) at dontwalkalone.com

 

Café Royal

17 July 2007, posted by David

Artists’ books and zines from the UK. ‘Raw Typography’ looks particularly appealing.

 

Giant Homer Simpson prompts pagan backlash

17 July 2007, posted by David

The kind of headline that only the Daily Mail would publish. Still, a pretty cool publicity stunt.

 

PETER BESTE

16 July 2007, posted by David

Photography — Houston and Norwegian Black Metal series are particularly good.

 

Jonas Torvestig

16 July 2007, posted by David

Design, Sweden.

 

Anthony Wallace

16 July 2007, posted by David

Photographer, Graphic Designer, Frustrated Artist. Los Angeles, USA.

 

Relearn to Drive

13 July 2007, posted by David

Relearn to Drive. From BMW. Nice!

 

Welcome to Dentropolis

13 July 2007, posted by David

Illustration by Chris Dent.

 

Death of Field

13 July 2007, posted by David

Haphazard & Daily, Photography. Beautiful site too.

 

Terrorist organization logos

13 July 2007, posted by David

From Ironic Sans.

 

The Real Thing. Really.

12 July 2007, posted by David

Coke goes back to basics with its new can. Swoon…

 

Lee Davies

12 July 2007, posted by David

Graphic Design, UK.

 

Stephanie DeArmond

12 July 2007, posted by David

Typographic ceramics.

 

{ n o n } T Y P E

12 July 2007, posted by David

Truth, Lies and Type.

 

iPhone vs Blender

11 July 2007, posted by David

Will It Blend?

 

A rhythm of lines

11 July 2007, posted by David

Impressive, engaging flash trickery for the Audi A5.

 

Solving the enigmas of everyday design

11 July 2007, posted by David

Slide show: Solving the enigmas of everyday design.
Have you ever wondered why some cars have fuel fillers on the left, and others on the right? Why your VCR is stuffed with functions that you’ll never use? Why women button their clothes from the left, and men from the right? Or why CD cases are smaller than DVD cases when the discs are the same size?

 

Man flies 193 miles in lawn chair

11 July 2007, posted by David

Nice! Also a chance to look at the beautifully redesigned CNN.com

 

Katrin Kaufmann

11 July 2007, posted by David

Katrin Kaufmann. Design, photography AND illustration. God damn! Switzerland.

 

matchbox labels

9 July 2007, posted by David

Matchbox labels from around the world, the majority are Eastern European from the 1950s and 60s.

 

Octopus Market

8 July 2007, posted by Conor

Works by Jean Jullien.

 

Newsmap

6 July 2007, posted by David

Beautiful representation of Google News.

 

Truth!

6 July 2007, posted by David

The Truth In Ad Sales
and
Truth In Advertising
both on YouTube.

 

Helvetica » Guinness is good for you. Really.

6 July 2007, posted by David

A write-up from Gary Hustwit on five days in Ireland, touring with the Helvetica film.

 

Light Graffiti

6 July 2007, posted by David

I’ve seen it a few times before but this is really nice playful stuff. Light Graffiti, Berlin.

 

Get Angry!

5 July 2007, posted by David

Angry Store — new site, new stuff

 

Without Walls

4 July 2007, posted by Conor

For you wood type lovers.

 

The Moneymaker

4 July 2007, posted by David

Music video preceded by nine minutes of interesting interviews with porn stars. Content possibly NSFW.

 

Yes Prime Minister

3 July 2007, posted by Conor

PM Gordon Brown shows some self-flagellatory love for Arial’s apparently ascetic appearance.

 

Love Everyday – Graphic Design, Illustration & Art Direction

3 July 2007, posted by David

Love Everyday. Designing cool stuff. London.

 

London Tube ticket redesigns

2 July 2007, posted by David

from The Serif.

 

Donny Osmond =

29 June 2007, posted by David

Pure evil.

 

Matthew Shlian

29 June 2007, posted by David

Paper engineering. Check out the videos.

 

FFiles

28 June 2007, posted by David

Flash Tutorials.

 

Don’t you smile at me!

28 June 2007, posted by David

I’ve just seen your arse.

 

Hear, Hear - Intelligence for Small Business

27 June 2007, posted by David

An online publication for small businesses, from a small business’ point of view. We interview interesting people and pontificate about everything small business owners go through each day. We talk common sense, and we believe creativity is important to running a good business.

 

Managing Humans

27 June 2007, posted by David

An Introduction.

 

Swap Meat

27 June 2007, posted by David

Coudal Partners give us a nice new way to browse their Swap Meat.

 

David Pearson

26 June 2007, posted by David

Stunning book cover design for Penguin.

 

Typophile

26 June 2007, posted by Conor

Typophile gets a slap on their new backside.

 

NEW FOLDER

25 June 2007, posted by David

An Amsterdam based Creative Studio consisting of Ian Brown (NO/US) and Timo Hofmeijer (NL), both graduates from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam in 2006.

 

What is the Science Barge?

25 June 2007, posted by David

The Science Barge is a sustainable urban farm powered by solar, wind, and biofuels, and irrigated by rainwater and purified river water.

 

UNIQLOCK

25 June 2007, posted by David

Dry Polo Shirts? Japan? Great!
By Projector inc.

 

TYPOLADE

23 June 2007, posted by Conor

Mmmmmm! Chocolate text. In German.

 

Way Shape Form

22 June 2007, posted by David

Way Shape Form. Design, Los Angeles, USA.

 

Dead Troops Salute

21 June 2007, posted by David

Almost a century ago and without the aid of any pixel-generating computer software, the itinerant photographer Arthur Mole (1889-1983) used his 11 x 14-inch view camera to stage a series of extraordinary mass photographic spectacles that choreographed living bodies into symbolic formations of religious and national community.

 

ivan chermayeff interview

20 June 2007, posted by David

“We try not to have a style, perhaps the work is recognizable as ours but I think that it would take a very discerning eye to know that. what we have as a constant thread in our work is trying to boil things down to being strong and very simple and looking as though they happened very fast - which they may not have.”
On DesignBoom, via Coudal.

 

The Bees “Listening Man”

20 June 2007, posted by Maria

NIce video and tune. Isnt he great…ok, ok, they’re both great

 

The Wind

20 June 2007, posted by Maria

German Ad…its a beut

 

FARROW

20 June 2007, posted by Maria

click the logo in the top left and a slide show pops up

 

There’s Something In The Water

20 June 2007, posted by David

Lovely lovely animation for VWater.

 

DIY Ping Pong Ball Gun

20 June 2007, posted by David

…in 30 seconds.

 

Robert Holmkvist

20 June 2007, posted by David

Swedish graphic designer with a passion for typography and minimalism. Just graduated — seriously good work.

 

APFEL

18 June 2007, posted by David

A Practice For Everyday Life (APFEL) is a graphic design studio based in London. Their thoughtful and rational approach to graphic design, has established the studio a reputation for deceptively simple and successful projects.

 

The Branding of Polaroid, 1957–1977

14 June 2007, posted by David

A fascinating story of the process as told by the designer, Paul Giambarba. Via Coudal.

 

Mark Jenkins

14 June 2007, posted by David

Cool street installations.

 

How Not to…

14 June 2007, posted by David

…display your artwork on the web.

 

Internet Archive: The Power of Nightmares

13 June 2007, posted by Maria

Give this a couple of hours of your life.

This film by Adam Curtis explores the origins in the 1940s and 50s of Islamic Fundamentalism in the Middle East, and Neoconservatism in America, parallels between these movements, and their effect on the world today.

 

Search engine optimisation

11 June 2007, posted by David

Some
Light
Reading.

 

manystuff.org

11 June 2007, posted by David

Manystuff gets a new home and address. Time to change that bookmark!

 

Josh Keyes

11 June 2007, posted by David

Paintings and Drawings. Floating on their canvases, Josh’s works combine a minimalistic approach with a photorealistic level of detail.

 

Studio8 Design

11 June 2007, posted by David

Studio8 Design, London. Great.

 

Blanka || Print run

11 June 2007, posted by David

An exhibition of beautiful limited edition screen prints for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. Buy them here.

 

C’est quoi BlogBang?

11 June 2007, posted by David

Nice use of animation on this site.

 

Judge a Book

7 June 2007, posted by David

By its cover.
A blog of attractive books covers.

 

McFLY 2015 project

7 June 2007, posted by David

A grassroots movement to get Nike to make available to consumers the futuristic-looking sneakers seen in the 1989 movie Back to the Future Part 2.

 

The Park at the Center of the World

6 June 2007, posted by David

Five visions for Governor’s Island, New York. Really well handled.

 

The Serif

6 June 2007, posted by David

Your daily dose of design inspiration.
Some ‘interesting’ observations too.

 

Spiekermann gives us the business

6 June 2007, posted by David

An interesting interview on ideasonideas.

 

Gregor Graf

2 June 2007, posted by David

Gregor Graf. Photography, Austria.

 

Dani Navarro

1 June 2007, posted by David

Dani Navarro. Diseño Gráfico, Barcelona. Superb work.

 

Photosynth Demo

1 June 2007, posted by David

Using photos of oft-snapped subjects (like Notre Dame) scraped from around the Web, Photosynth creates breathtaking multidimensional spaces with zoom and navigation features that outstrip all expectation. Its architect, Blaise Aguera y Arcas, shows it off in this standing-ovation demo. Curious about that speck in corner? Dive into a freefall and watch as the speck becomes a gargoyle. With an unpleasant grimace. And an ant-sized chip in its lower left molar. “Perhaps the most amazing demo I’ve seen this year,” wrote Ethan Zuckerman, after TED2007. Indeed, Photosynth might utterly transform the way we manipulate and experience digital images.

 

Comparative Test of Public Symbols

29 May 2007, posted by David

The results of a survey to research the existing public symbols and pictogram standards.

 

Scape

29 May 2007, posted by David

Canvas presents Scape, an exhibition of 5 emerging Irish artists, Hammersmith & Fulham Irish Arts Centre, London. May 31 — June 15 2007. Samantha Clarke, Anthony Collins, Grainne Finn, Vanessa Donoso Lopez, Eimearjean McCormack.

 

Missing white woman syndrome

29 May 2007, posted by David

Missing white woman syndrome (MWWS), also known as missing pretty girl syndrome, is a term coined by a number of media figures to refer to disproportionate media coverage of white female victims. From Wikipedia.

 

Simon Gladstone

29 May 2007, posted by David

Simon Gladstone, UK.

 

GRRR

24 May 2007, posted by David

GRRR is mischievously led, working across disciplines exploring the ideas of hybridity and convergence within art and design based practices.

 

GoodShapeDesign

24 May 2007, posted by David

Lovely simple T-shirts and prints, NYC.

 

Vecteezy!

23 May 2007, posted by David

Vecteezy is an index of Free Vectors available for download.

 

Ruble

22 May 2007, posted by Conor

Bank of Russia approves of graphic presentation of ruble.

 

TransArtists

22 May 2007, posted by David

Trans Artists is an independent foundation that informs artists of any discipline about international artist-in-residence programs and other opportunities for artists to stay and work elsewhere ‘for art’s sake’.

 

Don’t blame the creatives for not caring after round of revisions 13

18 May 2007, posted by David

Advice for clients and creatives alike.

 

Fageta Graphic Design

18 May 2007, posted by David

Fageta Graphic Design, Switzerland.

 

Polish Movie Posters

16 May 2007, posted by David

Original Polish Posters for American Movies:
here, and here.

 

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Typeface

14 May 2007, posted by David

Michael Bierut for Design Observer.

 

Clare Grennan

11 May 2007, posted by David

Beautiful metalwork & jewellery, Dublin.

 

Mark Dean Veca

7 May 2007, posted by David

Wow. Breathtaking painting and installations.

 

novak grafisch ontwerp

1 May 2007, posted by David

Novak makes concepts, designs and gives shape. Novak is Eva van der Schans and Rene Tichelaar and loves working together with photographers, writers, product designers, web designers, printers and commissioners.

 

Martha Stutteregger

30 April 2007, posted by Conor

Great work from Austria. Looking forward to seeing more.

 

Felix Heinen

29 April 2007, posted by Conor

Data visualisation of a social network. via FontBlog

 

Citizen Kubrick

27 April 2007, posted by David

Stanley Kubrick’s films were landmark events – majestic, memorable and richly researched. But, as the years went by, the time between films grew longer and longer, and less and less was seen of the director. What on earth was he doing? Two years after his death, Jon Ronson was invited to the Kubrick estate and let loose among the fabled archive. He was looking for a solution to the mystery - this is what he found.

 

The first photo of a person ever

27 April 2007, posted by David

Wikipedia delivers again! (Thanks Skec).

 

Darcy Jeffs graphic design

27 April 2007, posted by David

Sweet work, sweet site.

 

THERE’S A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN

26 April 2007, posted by David

Synth Eastwood is a submission based group that aims to share & promote the skills emerging in current electronically influenced art. Music / Art / Other. This could be interesting…

 

It’s Nice That

25 April 2007, posted by David

Yes it is. Design blog, UK.

 

ikea hacker

25 April 2007, posted by David

IKEA products hacked to bits.

 

Pelican Paperbacks

23 April 2007, posted by David

A photoset on Flickr of wonderful Pelican covers, all in three colours.

 

Albert Folch Studio

16 April 2007, posted by David

Updates. Incredibly good work.

 

BB/Saunders

12 April 2007, posted by David

Everybody deserves good design. Updates from London.

 

Olof Bruce

6 April 2007, posted by David

Olof Bruce, Sweden. Lovely work.
Via the newly redesigned Manystuff.

 

What’s cooler than being cool?

5 April 2007, posted by David

Frankenstyles! New site, new reel. Ice cold.

 

Made Of Japan

5 April 2007, posted by David

Onitsuka Tiger have a cool new website –
much like their shoes, it’s made of Japan.

 

CorpWatch

4 April 2007, posted by Maria

CorpWatch investigates and exposes corporate violations of human rights, environmental crimes, fraud and corruption around the world. We work to foster global justice, independent media activism and democratic control over corporations.

 

Transport for London

29 March 2007, posted by David

A beautifully realised new site for TFL. Via Pixelsurgeon.

 

Interview Magazine

29 March 2007, posted by David

I’m liking the way Interview Magazine works online; makes a change from another simulated page-flip.

 

Dear Dad

29 March 2007, posted by David

Design work and play, London.

 

Are Designers The Enemy Of Design?

28 March 2007, posted by Conor

Bruce Nussbaum on why “designers suck”.

 

DO IT!

22 March 2007, posted by David

Foldschool is a collection of free cardboard furniture for kids, handmade by you. The downloadable patterns can be printed out with any printer. Follow the instructions and assemble a stable piece of furniture.

 

Get the Glass!

22 March 2007, posted by David

Incredible flash wizardry from the Got Milk? campaign.

 

Belch, Fart, Pubes, Puke, Doo-Doo, Booty, Zit, Booger, Lil’ Nips, Boner and Whiz

22 March 2007, posted by David

The whole gang is down at MTV Puberty.

 

Creating a CSS layout from scratch

21 March 2007, posted by David

This guide will attempt to take you step by step, through the process of creating a fully functioning CSS layout.

 

free university lectures

21 March 2007, posted by David

Video, audio and text. A good mix (although the focus is on computers and maths).

 

Top 15 Terminal Commands

21 March 2007, posted by David

for Mac OS X.

 

Spiekermann Partners

20 March 2007, posted by David

Erik Spiekermann and partners. London, New York, Berlin.

 

AS

20 March 2007, posted by David

Adam and Sébastien. Switzerland.

 

Stereotype Design

16 March 2007, posted by David

Lovely new site for Stereotype. Nice work too.

 

MadeThought

16 March 2007, posted by Maria

Holy moly. Great new work.

 

Shamrock Shakes

16 March 2007, posted by David

Shamrock Shakes ads from the 80’s: Here, here, and here. And a recipe to make your own here. Via Coudal.

 

Behance

15 March 2007, posted by David

Make Ideas Happen!
Insights & Tips on making ideas happen in the creative community. Nice idea, nice site too.

 

manystuff is 1

15 March 2007, posted by David

Happy Birthday to the great design blog, ManyStuff!

 

Amazing Choreographed Wushu Fight Scene

14 March 2007, posted by David

From the All-China games 2006.

 

Fecal Face

13 March 2007, posted by Maria

San Francisco art scene, galleries,
interviews, studio visits etc.

 

MAEDASTUDIO

12 March 2007, posted by Maria

Y’all already know the genius that is John Maeda…

 

whaa graphic design

12 March 2007, posted by Maria

Whaa is a group of three independent graphic designers. Graduated from ecal (Switzerland) in visual communication, graphic design, we decided to create Whaa in order to share our skills and interests.

 

MADD Crash

12 March 2007, posted by Maria

Mothers against drink driving…
nice idea using simple means.

 

Konst & Teknik

12 March 2007, posted by Maria

Konst & Teknik is a graphic/design studio based in Stockholm, Sweden, dealing with art, technology and things in between. Konst & Teknik works with ideas applied on printed matter, screen, sound and objects, both commissioned and self-initiated.

 

10 Biggest Cocks in Advertising

9 March 2007, posted by David

Charlie Brooker runs through the ten worst blokes in current UK TV advertising. Wonderful! Contains rude words.

 

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

9 March 2007, posted by David

Who knew it was so easy to change the world? The next time you pack this all-American sandwich for lunch, you’re helping the environment and making a difference in animal welfare. You don’t have to change your whole diet to change the world. Just start with lunch.

 

Comic Abstraction

9 March 2007, posted by David

In recent years, a number of artists have culled images from slapstick, comic strips and films, caricature, cartoons, and animation to create works that address matters of war and global conflict, the loss of innocence, and ethnic stereotyping. What does it mean to confront political concerns with humor? How can comics serve as a medium for tackling difficult issues? Another great exhibition site from MOMA.

 

Candy

9 March 2007, posted by David

“The Girl Power Shopping Issue”
Aalex, Allison Leach, Beci Orpin, Bennie Reilly, Beuys & Beuys, Built by Wendy, Cliona O’Flaherty & Aisling Farinella, Colorblok, Elisabeth Arkhipoff, Ellen Allien, Ellie Harrison, FakeCake, Jenny Mortsell, Laura Creamer, Lili Forberg, Martha Rich, Nagi Noda, Red Dog, Rhona Byrne, Ros Shiers, Sally Timmons, Seriph, Stitches, Tara McPherson, Tokiki.

 

Jeff Wall — In his own words

8 March 2007, posted by David

The incredible photography of Jeff Wall, accompanied by his own words from interviews and essays. All in a beautifully realised site by Group94. Don’t miss this.

 

Re-imaging History

8 March 2007, posted by David

A series of doctored politically charged shots from the last 100 years. From Wired News.

 

We don’t talk about planes flying.

8 March 2007, posted by David

We talk about them crashing.
This and other great Tibor Kalman quotes.

 

OhMiBod

8 March 2007, posted by Conor

For the ladies (and curious men-folk) on International Women’s Day. Music Powered Vibrator — Tune in, turn yourself on. All to the sound of your favourite tunes.

 

Alta

7 March 2007, posted by Conor

One bike to rule them all.

 

Bruce Davidson’s Iconic Subway Photographs

7 March 2007, posted by David

The New York Times presents a slideshow with commentary by Bruce Davidson of his iconic subway photographs. Link from Johnny McMillan.

 

Come in… Go away

7 March 2007, posted by Conor

Doormat… Courtesy of Suck UK.

 

NEVVER.COM

6 March 2007, posted by David

An images and an mp3, everyday. Great.

 

Techno Tuesday

6 March 2007, posted by David

Get Techno. It’s Tuesday!

 

Jamie Delaney

6 March 2007, posted by Conor

Where the idea is King.

 

Adobe Creative Suite 3.0 — March 27

6 March 2007, posted by David

Adobe will officially roll out its highly anticipated Creative Suite 3.0 software bundle at a special event in New York City on March 27, the company confirmed on Monday.

 

Speech Accent Archive

6 March 2007, posted by Conor

The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. The archive is used by people who wish to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers.

 

Cynthia Yardley » Portrait

5 March 2007, posted by Maria

This piece consists of 37 framed photographs installed on a pastel green wall to match the walls of the house where the original bookshelf exists.

 

SHOWstudio Links

5 March 2007, posted by Maria

in case you have all day

 

Jim Hannon-Tan

5 March 2007, posted by David

Cool product design by Jim Hannon-Tan

 

Adobe to take Photoshop online

2 March 2007, posted by David

Hoping to get a jump on Google and other competitors, Adobe Systems plans to release a hosted version of its popular Photoshop image-editing application within six months, the company’s chief executive said Tuesday.

 

Bruce Mao Design

2 March 2007, posted by Maria

This is all good, particularly the Incomplete Manifesto

 

Rejected Online

1 March 2007, posted by David

The Best Rejected Advertising

 

Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do

1 March 2007, posted by David

Apparently the opening your car with your phone thing really works.

 

chris jordan

28 February 2007, posted by David

Amazing American fine art photography.

 

Fair Trade Fortnight

28 February 2007, posted by David

Chris Haughton creates this cool animation for People Tree, for Fair Trade Fortnight.

 

10 hand drawn animations created for MTV

28 February 2007, posted by David

Characters designed by Serge Seidlitz and animated by Alex Potts, courtesy of anrick.com. Via Pixelsurgeon.

 

Swiss paper publishes bogus Gucci ad

28 February 2007, posted by David

Unknown guy creates a fake ad for Gucci using a photo of himself, and asks the Swiss weekly SonntagsZeitung to run it, which it does. He also tells the paper to send the $50,000 bill to Gucci, which it did. Now the paper is trying to find the guy, which it can’t.

 

Niels Schrader

28 February 2007, posted by David

Mind design.

 

Tiny Dancers

27 February 2007, posted by David

Diggin’ the Tiny Dancers site. Gif madness!

 

Feel So Lonely…

23 February 2007, posted by David

A fitting Sue Lawley tribute, courtesy of Sting (and the Police). Requires sound.

 

Jeremyville Sessions - a book

22 February 2007, posted by Maria

Jeremyville Sessions examines the collaborative process through the mediums of toys, tees, accessories, sketchels, art shows, animations and much more.
The book shows why collaboration is fast becoming the number 1 vocabulary in today’s design movement, and why the process is more complex and subtle than it may at first seem.
Apparently.

 

Orange — Belonging

22 February 2007, posted by David

This amazing ad for Orange was made using no computer effects. Two months of choreography and a lot of people jumping into holes did the trick. All is revealed in the making of videos here. Via Coudal.

 

Swiss Legacy

22 February 2007, posted by David

A blog about swiss graphic design.

 

16 ways to do a book

21 February 2007, posted by Maria

etc publications von deutschland strikes again

 

onlab

21 February 2007, posted by Maria

Onlab is working on commissioned, collaborative as well as self initiated projects and is a co-founder of etc publications, a platform for independent publishing based in Berlin.

 

Guinness Ad

21 February 2007, posted by Maria

YouTube - Guinness new ad - A Short Film Called Hands

 

All work. No play.

19 February 2007, posted by David

PSP+ME — the website of the PSP exhibition in Dublin last November. Bucketloads of content for your PSP.

 

THE HOUSE THAT HERMAN BUILT

19 February 2007, posted by Maria

THE HOUSE THAT HERMAN BUILT. Weep.

 

Daniel Rozin Interactive Art

19 February 2007, posted by David

Daniel Rozin Interactive Art. Check out the movie of “Shiny Balls Mirror”. Cool!

 

The Fabulous Beast

16 February 2007, posted by David

After many months of work we’ve just launched the site for the Fabulous Beast dance theatre company. Enjoy!

 

Photography Show #1

15 February 2007, posted by David

in The Shaw Space.
Featuring the work of
David Cleary
Richard Gilligan
Aidan Kelly
Clíona O’Flaherty
.
Opens Thursday 22nd February at 7pm at The Shaw Space in The Bernard Shaw Pub, 11-12 Richmond St Sth, Portobello, Dublin 8, and runs until Thursday March 22nd

 

The Silent City

15 February 2007, posted by David

“So brace yourself for the EDGIEST, GRITTIEST most cutting edge film YOU HAVE EVER SEEN, it will blow your mind! It pushes the envelope so hard it will give your boner a boner! It’s so gritty and edgy, it actually takes “it” to the next level, even though nobody has ever, ever figured what “it” is before. Well I have! the “IT” we’ve all been talking about for years is MY FILM! It’s so amazing it will refinance your home, enlarge your penis AND save the Whales. It’s THAT good.”
.
The Silent City by Ruairí Robinson
– available to download now.

 

kevin cyr

15 February 2007, posted by David

Beautiful, cool, painting and illustration. Brooklyn NYC.

 

Consumer electronics are a joke. It’s everyone’s fault but mine. You assholes.

15 February 2007, posted by David

These guys want me to write a weekly column, but I hate consumer electronics, I hate marketing, and I hate you people, because you’re all so dumb. If you’re lucky and I need the money, I will.

 

Champagne Valentine

14 February 2007, posted by David

Champagne Valentine create design, web, illustration, broadcast, gaming. motion graphics. Amazing site, interesting work.

 

Beer of Substance

14 February 2007, posted by David

Studio aka director Rob Latimer has created a new corporate film for Guinness. Direct MOV link, 21.2MB.

 

Stephan Doitschinoff

14 February 2007, posted by David

Illustration, painting. Dark and nice.

 

Wooster Collective

13 February 2007, posted by Maria

street art in soho

 

olivier lamy

12 February 2007, posted by David

Olivier Lamy design and type, Belgium/Luxembourg.
Nice site.

 

I hate Macs

7 February 2007, posted by David

“If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that “says something” about your personality, don’t bother. You don’t have a personality.”

 

The Folding Chair

7 February 2007, posted by David

Hours of fun.

 

Thoughts on Music

7 February 2007, posted by David

As iTunes Music store is shut down in Norway and Sweden (with France and Germany considering the same move) Steve Jobs answers questions on DRM directly.

 

VBS.TV

6 February 2007, posted by David

Vice Magazine has a TV station.
Looks pretty interesting to me.

 

THERE

6 February 2007, posted by Maria

Aussie design crew, some nice bobs and bits if you have the time.

 

Zip

6 February 2007, posted by David

“Mainstream image-making through intelligent design.” London, UK since 1996.

 

Piranha Bar

6 February 2007, posted by David

The Irish video and post-production powerhouse has a site at last!

 

Phantom

6 February 2007, posted by David

High Speed Movie Gallery.

 

arial or helvetica?

1 February 2007, posted by David

Take the quiz — No cheating allowed!

 

The Jameson Dublin International Film Festival

1 February 2007, posted by Maria

Fillums galore.

 

Varoom Magazine

31 January 2007, posted by Maria

Varoom - the journal of illustration and made images

 

Chris Haughton

31 January 2007, posted by David

Our very own Chris Haughton updates his site and is interviewed over at DesignBoom.

 

80 of 500 handdrawn posters

31 January 2007, posted by David

80 of 500 handdrawn typographic posters by Job Wouters are shown in a 3 minute filmclip by Roel Wouters. The posters promote the students final works at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. (YouTube)

 

Al Abdali 8

31 January 2007, posted by David

A free Arabic pixel font which matches perfectly with Unibody by Underware.

 

RTÉ Website

31 January 2007, posted by David

A new website for Ireland’s National Broadcaster.

 

brainstorming with style

30 January 2007, posted by David

Bubbl.us — create and save spider diagrams online.

 

The top 50 music videos of 2006

29 January 2007, posted by David

From Good Weather for Airstrikes. An emphasis on indie rock, but a great list nonetheless. All videos have YouTube and Quicktime links.

 

brenb

29 January 2007, posted by David

Irish illustrator BrenB updates his portfolio.

 

linda montano chakra story

29 January 2007, posted by Maria

loveliness

 

Hard Work

28 January 2007, posted by David

An Exhibition of Recent Work by Grainne Finn, 1 Februray — 30 April 2007, Ivy House Drumcondra

 

I want to see a ghost

27 January 2007, posted by David

Fear lovers only! Watch the video.

 

Printernational

27 January 2007, posted by David

Printernational offers information, background and tutorials about all aspects of design for print and everything related to it. In the mean time we’ll also try top be a resource for sizes and standards for working in the design or DTP field.

 

David Monsen

26 January 2007, posted by David

Great illustration, particularly the pattern work.

 

The 100 best fonts

25 January 2007, posted by David

As selected by FontShop (in German).

 

Chris Bolton

25 January 2007, posted by David

British/Canadian educated graphic designer, based in Helsinki.

 

Company

22 January 2007, posted by Maria

identity. Books. Posters

 

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

22 January 2007, posted by David

“Invited from the same short film program as its namesake event, this exclusive collection of premiere work in short filmmaking premieres first in Park City, Utah — and then rolls-out streaming to you. Free from anywhere in the world.”

 

Simone Decker

22 January 2007, posted by David

Fun art from Frankfurt, Germany.

 

Reno Balloon Race 2006

19 January 2007, posted by David

Time lapse video of Reno Balloon Race 2006. Great!

 

Kerstin Landis

19 January 2007, posted by David

Strong type… student work from Zurich, Switzerland.

 

Multi-touch driven computer screen

19 January 2007, posted by Conor

Jeff Han’s Multi-touch driven computer screen. Via A Source Of Inspiration.

 

SweetTalk 19

18 January 2007, posted by David

Dublin
Thursday April 5 2007
-
Chris Judge
Conor & David
Linda Brownlee

 

The power of the flip chart reavealed.

18 January 2007, posted by David

YouTube - Material Enhancers.

 

I did not know that yesterday!

18 January 2007, posted by David

Knowledge repository - Come on and learn!

 

WorldChanging

17 January 2007, posted by Conor

Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future. Another world is not just possible, it’s here. We only need to put the pieces together.

 

Only Human

17 January 2007, posted by Conor

Only Human is a community where people share stories about mistakes they’ve made in life and their advice to others.

 

The Style Press

17 January 2007, posted by David

“The Style Press is based in Barcelona, London, Seattle and Oslo. We write about fashion, art, design, architecture and basically anything that is visually attractive.”

 

X-MACHINE

17 January 2007, posted by David

Lola Landekic, Toronto, Canada.

 

paprika

16 January 2007, posted by David

Paprika, Quebec. Strong work.

 

God and the Ethics of Advertising

16 January 2007, posted by David

An edited extract on from Vatican’s report into the ethics of advertising.

 

SweetTalk 20

16 January 2007, posted by David

CANDY in assocation with VEER proudly present SweetTalk 20 in NYC
Wednesday March 14th
-
Build / Michael C. Place
Glenn E. Friedman
Michael Gillette
Timothy Saccenti

 

SweetTalk 18

16 January 2007, posted by David

Copenhagen
Thursday February 8 2007
-
Bleed
Martin de Thurah
Ingen Frygt

 

Covers

16 January 2007, posted by David

is dedicated to the appreciation of book cover design. Hours of fun for design nerds.

 

toasta

16 January 2007, posted by David

Best. Toaster. Ever.

 

Big Active

16 January 2007, posted by David

Updates their formidable portfolio.

 

Daniel Eskils

16 January 2007, posted by David

Work & Art — Great video, illustration and design.

 

Window in the Skies

16 January 2007, posted by David

The best U2 video I’ve seen in years.
Quicktime, or YouTube Link.

 

Martin Kann

15 January 2007, posted by David

Art Direction. Sweden.

 

Rockwell Clothing

12 January 2007, posted by Maria

by parra. rude and good.

 

Web Standards

12 January 2007, posted by David

How to get your head around web building — if you’re a designer. Nice article from A List Apart.

 

michael coyne photographer

12 January 2007, posted by Matthew

michael coyne photographer

 

Another Design Success Story

11 January 2007, posted by David

CR Blog on the new breed of spam.

 

Soviet roadside busstops

11 January 2007, posted by David

Great photographs.

 

Peace will come to the world when the people have enough to eat

11 January 2007, posted by David

Instant noodle inventor dies.

 

Clip/Stamp/Fold

11 January 2007, posted by David

An explosion of architectural little magazines in the 1960s and 1970s instigated a radical transformation in architectural culture with the architecture of the magazines acting as the site of innovation and debate. Click ‘magazines’ for an amazing selection of covers.

 

Banksy : Shop

11 January 2007, posted by David

Everything in the shop is free. All the images can be downloaded to print or use as a desktop.

 

A Perfect Circle

11 January 2007, posted by David

Alexander Overwijk, a teacher from Ottawa (Canada), is one of the fastest Circle Drawers in the world. In this video, he draws a close-to-perfect 3 foot wide circle in one second.

 

group94 / webdesign from belgium

11 January 2007, posted by David

This is NOT the new Group94 website.

 

72: Otl Aicher and the Munich Olympiad

10 January 2007, posted by Maria

72: Otl Aicher and the Munich Olympiad graphics exhibition

 

Morrissey in talks for Eurovision

9 January 2007, posted by David

Former Smiths singer Morrissey could represent the UK at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, the BBC has confirmed.

 

KOKOKAKA ENTERTAINMENT AB

8 January 2007, posted by David

Kokokaka is a production company located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Great web video work.

 

Taser

8 January 2007, posted by Conor

Taser has launched a “consumer friendly” and “stylish” stun gun. Available in pink, blue, silver and black.

 

TODA

5 January 2007, posted by David

Design and architecture, Manhattan.

 

Military Weaponry for Kids

5 January 2007, posted by David

Pages from a coloring book/drawing book/character practice book for Chinese kids.

 

Mr Toast Doll

5 January 2007, posted by David

Yay!

 

Running from Camera

5 January 2007, posted by David

“The rules are simple: I put the self-timer on 2 seconds, push the button and try to get as far from the camera as I can.”

 

obumu

5 January 2007, posted by David

Serifcan Ozcan. Amazing work, every single item on this site is worth seeing. And I don’t often say that — in fact I’ve never said that before.

 

Sesame Street - How Crayons Are Made

4 January 2007, posted by David

Watch this! Life-affirming Sesame Street moment.

 

Adobe CS3 Icons

4 January 2007, posted by Conor

Here.

 

NRA

4 January 2007, posted by David

The National Rifle Association’s new publication has impressive illustration — but the content is hard to take seriously. (PDF) Via Typophile.

 

The Diary of

4 January 2007, posted by Conor

AOL Search captures all search records of their users. In august 2006, AOL accidentally released search data for more than half a million internet users. This website presents random diaries of various anynomous people, based on their search queries.

 

Words Are Pictures

3 January 2007, posted by David

Typographic design and illustration by Craig Ward. With a nice typographic poster for sale too.

 

the tender trio

27 December 2006, posted by David

The Tender Trio [Brian Coldrick, Stephen Kelleher (aka Frankenstyles) and Christian Reeves (The Mechanical Mr. Risto)] have re-united finally for their long awaited lauch of their second publication. Thursday 28th December at Monstertruck Gallery on Frances Street. Yay!

 

VAI AVANTI

21 December 2006, posted by David

VAI AVANTI

 

pleaseletmedesign™

19 December 2006, posted by David

Brussels, Belgium.

 

Edlo Kawa photography

19 December 2006, posted by Ronan

beautiful.

 

Two artists

18 December 2006, posted by Ronan

These two come highly recommended by Jeffrey Howe.
A&B

 

Morning Breath

15 December 2006, posted by Maria

Morning Breath

 

PingMag

15 December 2006, posted by Ronan

Iranian Typography feature. stunning

 

TIME: The Best Photos of the Year 2006

15 December 2006, posted by Maria

TIME: The Best Photos of the Year 2006

 

Listen To Your Heart

15 December 2006, posted by Maria

i love this girl. she rocks.

 

made in xerox

15 December 2006, posted by Maria

hank h. huang

 

I give bikers a bad name

15 December 2006, posted by David

I’m the one you hate. And I like it.

 

USSR posters - a photoset on Flickr

13 December 2006, posted by David

Russian and/or Soviet propaganda & advert posters [1917-1991]

 

AAAAOO

13 December 2006, posted by David

Cool illustration and a great web address: Martin Nicolausson.

 

Commercial War

13 December 2006, posted by David

Amazing piece by Wang Qingsong

 

flag.cc

13 December 2006, posted by David

FLAG is a graphic design studio established in 2002 by Bastien Aubry (*1974) and Dimitri Broquard (*1969) in Zurich, Switzerland. Since then FLAG is working essentially for art and cultural projects such as catalogues, artists books, magazines and posters. FLAG also does drawings, illustrations for editorials and private projects. Both of them are teaching in different art schools in Switzerland.

 

Antville Music Video Awards 2006

13 December 2006, posted by David

Download and vote for the best music videos of 2006.

 

Dublinwaste.ie

12 December 2006, posted by David

Dublin’s Online Free Trade service allows you to pass on or pick-up unwanted goods in Dublin free of charge.

 

Mankind wins major victory!

12 December 2006, posted by Ronan

Take that ice! Snow - you’re next and then you, rain.

 

True ambient ‘music’

12 December 2006, posted by Ronan

Headphones that sample the sounds around you and vocode them into an eerie piece of faux-Eno bliss. Aaahhh!

 

movicons.de

11 December 2006, posted by Conor

Movicons by Jochen Gros

 

Freaky Gifts

8 December 2006, posted by David

Teenar, Girl Guitar — a guitar that’s shaped like a little girl. *shudder* Twinn — A doll made to look like a tiny version of you. *scream*

 

Sixstation

8 December 2006, posted by David

Chunky work from Hong Kong.

 

howies®

8 December 2006, posted by Ronan

Nice clothes.

 

Clearification

7 December 2006, posted by David

Demetri Martin, we salute your genius.

 

Aidan Kelly

7 December 2006, posted by David

Aidan Kelly updates his site with great photos for the eyes and for the wallet!

 

&Larry

7 December 2006, posted by David

Design from Singapore. Nice.

 

Swiss Army Pt 2

6 December 2006, posted by Ronan

Can’t have one without the other! These are the better known of the two companies and for my money slightly inferior. But only very slightly.

 

The Swiss Army Knife

6 December 2006, posted by Ronan

Forget your iPods or your digital cameras small enough to fit under a fingernail, the swiss army knife is always going to be the coolest, best designed gadget. These are Wenger’s (the OTHER swiss army co).

 

You Witness News

6 December 2006, posted by David

Citizen journalism from Yahoo!

 

A Chilling Photograph’s Hidden History

6 December 2006, posted by Ronan

The story behind this incredible photo. Absolutely shocking photo. One of the saddest, most shocking etc. This picture really does speak the proverbial 1000 words, and more besides.

 

maria forde

5 December 2006, posted by Maria

Drawings that will make you laugh.

 

Jillian Tamaki Illustration

5 December 2006, posted by Maria

Beautiful work.

 

Fontifier – Your own handwriting on your computer!

5 December 2006, posted by Ronan

Read all about it!!! Custom fonts now only $9! Design your own fonts! Now you too can turn any half arsed letter drawings you might have into a font!

 

PS3 ‘Eggs’ Commercial

5 December 2006, posted by David

YouTube — PS3 US ‘Eggs’ commercial, and the impressive Wii spoof version.

 

Play pong by tilting your MacBook!

5 December 2006, posted by David

Oriol Ferrer Mesià has developed a simple game that uses the MacBook’s motion sensor to work. YouTube video here.

 

Design Project

4 December 2006, posted by David

Design Project. Leeds, UK.

 

hot fuzz

4 December 2006, posted by David

New trailer from the Shaun of the Dead folks.

 

Jackie Sumell

3 December 2006, posted by Maria

Art. (nice turd links)

 

Colors magazine

3 December 2006, posted by Maria

Issue #69: Back To Earth

 

Creative Futures

2 December 2006, posted by David

Creative Futures from Creative Review.

 

channel4.com - E STINGS

2 December 2006, posted by David

E STINGS 2007 call for entries.

 

The New Yorker

2 December 2006, posted by David

Chris Ware creates four different covers for the New Yorker’s Thanksgiving issue.

 

Backpack Seat Bag

1 December 2006, posted by David

It’s a seat, it’s a bag. It’s the Backpack Seat Bag.

 

XYZ

1 December 2006, posted by David

Type, Design, Print.

 

PICTURE CHINA

1 December 2006, posted by David

A photographic journey through contemporary China.

 

PSP+ME

30 November 2006, posted by David

PSP+ME, an exhibition of PSP related art by Irish creatives.

 

‘Preacher’ coming to the small screen

29 November 2006, posted by David

HBO hears word, brings ‘Preacher’ to small screen

 

Notebooks

29 November 2006, posted by Ronan

David Kilpatricks notebooks are amazing.

 

How Cocaine is made

28 November 2006, posted by Conor

An eye-opener courtesy of YouTube. Stage 1 & Stage 2

 

Wishlistr

27 November 2006, posted by Conor

Create a wishlist and share it with the world — Something for Christmas.

 

Product of God

27 November 2006, posted by Conor

An online gallery of Limited Editions by leading contemporary illustrators.

 

3×3 Magazine

27 November 2006, posted by Conor

Check out the new issue of 3×3 — the magazine of contemporary illustration. This issue features Workgroup member Stephen Ledwidge. Go get your hands on a copy.

 

Etch-A-Sketch

23 November 2006, posted by Ronan

Whoaaaa!!!

 

Songbird Media Player

22 November 2006, posted by David

Built on the Mozilla engine, Songbird is an alternative desktop Mp3 player. From within it you can visit Mp3 blogs, play or save music from websites, as well as managing your own video and audio media. Like FireFox, it supports user-built extensions, one of which allows you to sync it with your iPod. WARNING: Beta version.

 

Dear Future Me,

22 November 2006, posted by David

Write an e-mail to yourself and this site will deliver it to you in the future.

 

why not associates

21 November 2006, posted by Conor

An updated portfolio from the London-based veterans.

 

Made by Made

21 November 2006, posted by David

Made is an Oslo-based multidisciplinary design studio.

 

The New Yorker

21 November 2006, posted by Ronan

Five part series of covers by Chris Ware. CLick them to see them huge. Brilliant!

 

Artkrush

17 November 2006, posted by Ronan

That is some serious materials used list.

 

Freddie and the Chocolate Factory

16 November 2006, posted by David

Yum. Good images.

 

Faces Of New York

16 November 2006, posted by David

Photos by Martin Amis.

 

Use only what you need.

16 November 2006, posted by David

Denver Water. Great.

 

EDAwards

13 November 2006, posted by Conor

European Design Awards

 

Denim Therapy

13 November 2006, posted by Conor

Denim repair.

 

Noa Bembibre

13 November 2006, posted by Conor

Clever Finnish industrial/graphic designer

 

Brosmind

13 November 2006, posted by Conor

Design work from Barcelona-based brothers Alejandro and Juan Mingarro

 

Johan Prag

13 November 2006, posted by Conor

Interesting Tokyo-based Swedish designer

 

LOCAL ARCHITECTURE

13 November 2006, posted by Conor

Swiss Lausanne-based architects

 

Satellite™

10 November 2006, posted by David

You take lots of pictures and you’d like to have a simple way to share them with family and friends. You’d like to have a website to post these images on. You need a way to sort the photos in sets or portfolios… maybe even tag them with keywords? Flickr is great, but you’d like to customize the look and presentation? It’s all possible! Satellite™ is an online application for displaying a gallery of images remotely from your flickr.com account.

 

50 years of Graphic Work (and play)

10 November 2006, posted by David

Alan Fletcher retrospective at the Design Museum.

 

Sanderson, bob

10 November 2006, posted by David

Ex Designer’s Republic art director starts his own studio.

 

Mmmmmm… Adverlicious!

10 November 2006, posted by David

The Ad Feed. The feed of feeds for advertising.

 

vintage postcards

10 November 2006, posted by David

On Flickr.

 

apfel

9 November 2006, posted by David

A Practice For Everyday Life.

 

The Silent City

8 November 2006, posted by David

Trailer for the new short film by Ruairí Robinson, Academy Award nominated director and animator of 50 percent Grey.

 

Pixelnotes

8 November 2006, posted by David

…and loads more great work on Duncan Wilson’s site.

 

Urban Forest Project

8 November 2006, posted by David

The Urban Forest Project brings 185 banners created by the world’s most celebrated designers, artists, photographers and illustrators to New York’s Times Square. Each banner uses the form of the tree, or a metaphor for the tree, to make a powerful visual statement.

 

Microsoft buys Firefox

8 November 2006, posted by David

“Where am I today?” Don’t worry, it’s a joke.

 

Cassette Generator

7 November 2006, posted by David

Fun with tapes: the Cassette Generator.

 

Peruse or Pummel

7 November 2006, posted by David

The all new FontBook.

 

Cartype

7 November 2006, posted by David

A comprehensive collection and study of typographical applications on cars with images, comments, links, car company information and general interest.

 

Bike art

7 November 2006, posted by David

By David Zwirner and Leonardogillesfleur.

 

cardboard faces

6 November 2006, posted by Ronan

Character design, well its all a bit trendy. Except this stuff is good.

 

NASA 1970

6 November 2006, posted by Ronan

Space Colony Artwork 1970
Concept artwork for the future!

 

ZOHO

3 November 2006, posted by Ronan

Little poseable metal man that replicates human movement.
Height: 43 cm Weight: 6 kg Number of parts: 920 (of which 101 are found in each hand) Number of mobile parts: 85 Material: Bronze and stainless steel

 

BLDGBLOG — oil rigs

31 October 2006, posted by Ronan

I know I shouldn’t really post this (oil, climate change etc) but the architecture and engineering of these oil rigs is really unbelievable. Check out the shot inside the leg.

 

Harry Clarke

30 October 2006, posted by David

Harry Clarke is perhaps best known for his stained-glass work. He also produced illustrations for Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe.

 

Albert Folch Studio

27 October 2006, posted by David

Some updates at Albert Folch. Swoon.

 

Shattered Roses

27 October 2006, posted by David

“We acquired 50 litres of liquid nitrogen and froze things.
–195,8°C, all for the sake of art and science. Don’t try this at home, kids.”

 

Happy Hallowe’en!

27 October 2006, posted by David

Amusing costumes, scary stories.

 

Great PHOTOGRAPHY

27 October 2006, posted by David

Erol Taskoparan from Germany.
Kalle Gustafsson from Sweden.

 

Pantone, CMYK, RGB, Hex

26 October 2006, posted by David

Color Codes Matching Chart. Very Useful!

 

T-post

25 October 2006, posted by Conor

48% News, 52% Cotton

 

KODAK travel advice

25 October 2006, posted by Ronan

Baggage X-ray Scanning Effects on Film. Essential advice for travel photographers. You reading this Matthew?

 

SV

24 October 2006, posted by David

Ständige Vertretung: design und kommunikation. Outstanding work.

 

Trip Print Press

24 October 2006, posted by Conor

Photos from Canadian, Toronto-based letterpress studio Trip Print Press. (Flickr)

 

atelier v.

23 October 2006, posted by Ronan

Things that used to be things are now new things. Common place objects reinterpreted through inventive use.

 

Typography School

19 October 2006, posted by David

A nicely made little video about learning and teaching type. (YouTube)

 

One week of art works

19 October 2006, posted by David

A week of group painting in stop motion. (YouTube)

 

Slimming photos with HP digital cameras

19 October 2006, posted by David

With the slimming feature, anyone can appear more slender—instantly.

 

hey presto

19 October 2006, posted by David

“We do graphic design, motion graphics and illustration.”

 

MILTOS MANETAS

19 October 2006, posted by Ronan

Nice oil paintings of the mess we all create at work and some of us at home too. Is it an interesting use of a very old medium (oils) to render very new machines and clutter? Or is it a bit obvious? I’m not sure, but they look brilliant.

 

Cheers Beirut

19 October 2006, posted by David

Following the recent Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon, Beirut’s billboards, newspapers and magazines have been filled with supportive advertising campaigns.

 

MARK NIEDERMANN

18 October 2006, posted by David

Cool, sombre photography.

 

Use Twice

18 October 2006, posted by David

A campaign for designers to use paper more responsibly.

 

Banksy

18 October 2006, posted by David

Banksy “Barely Legal” - a photoset on Flickr, by BitBoy.

 

That’s torn it

18 October 2006, posted by David

Tycoon puts elbow through $139m Picasso.

 

minimiam

17 October 2006, posted by Ronan

Little people doing big things.

 

DARREN BOOTH

17 October 2006, posted by David

Beautiful hand lettering.

 

Commune

17 October 2006, posted by David

TShirts from New Zealand in a great site.

 

Sony BRAVIA

17 October 2006, posted by Conor

The new ad.
Directed by Jonathan Glazer.
This is a direct link to a .mov file.

 

Audi

17 October 2006, posted by Conor

Beautiful ad for Audi.
This is a direct link to a .mov file.

 

O’Leary in Dublin

17 October 2006, posted by David

Nice portfolio site.

 

HOW RICH ARE YOU?

16 October 2006, posted by David

Every year we gaze enviously at the lists of the richest people in world. Wondering what it would be like to have that sort of cash. But where would you sit on one of those lists? Here’s your chance to find out.

 

Arty Bees Books

16 October 2006, posted by David

A collection of bizarre books.

 

Tintin’s Cars

16 October 2006, posted by Ronan

Hergé — What an oustanding draughtsman.

 

TED

15 October 2006, posted by David

Technology. Entertainment. Design. The TEDTalks are pretty interesting too.

 

Form & Form Magazine™

15 October 2006, posted by David

Nice PDF mag.

 

Stay Quiet?

15 October 2006, posted by David

I feel like speaking out.

 

Rutger Vos

15 October 2006, posted by David

Rutger Vos. Grafisch ontwerper.

 

Soapbox on MSN Video Beta

14 October 2006, posted by David

MicroSoft gets on the video bandwagon, with the most annoying message I’ve ever seen — you’ll see it when you close the page.

 

YES

14 October 2006, posted by David

YES

 

the tender trio

14 October 2006, posted by David

The Tender Trio is a self published magazine featuring the illustrations of Brian Coldrick, Stephen Kelleher and Christian Reeves.

 

It’s all wood

12 October 2006, posted by Conor

Art on wood in the Renowned Gallery (Portland, Oregon).

 

Giles Revell

11 October 2006, posted by David

Great photography, great site.

 

Achterland

11 October 2006, posted by David

Not quite sure what this is; except that its a great looking animation and that it’s by Broersen & Lukács

 

NME Ireland launches

10 October 2006, posted by David

IPC has launched NME Ireland, its first international edition of the magazine. The new Irish edition of the weekly music magazine coincides with the launch of Club NME Dublin, which hopes to be a regular showcase for new Irish music.

 

Felt-Tip

10 October 2006, posted by David

Grafik presents Felt-Tip, in collaboration with Letraset: An exhibition of original artwork by 30 leading graphic designers

 

BMX video

10 October 2006, posted by Ronan

These guys are unbelievable.
Full length video from FLY blikes.

 

Float

8 October 2006, posted by David

The day the type left us.

 

Jeni Mattson

8 October 2006, posted by David

The online portfolio of Jeni Mattson. Web, Print & UI Designer. Simple, beautiful work.

 

You thought we wouldnt notice…

8 October 2006, posted by David

…but we did.

 

New BBC Identity

8 October 2006, posted by David

The BBC has a new identity (link to YouTube ident montage), by Red Bee Media. There’s a nice write-up on the Creative Review Blog. There is also a new custom typeface by Fontsmith.

 

The simplest motor of the world

8 October 2006, posted by David

The simplest motor of the world.

 

Turner Prize exhibition

6 October 2006, posted by David

Audio slideshow from the BBC.

 

Jet: Shine On

6 October 2006, posted by David

Pitchfork Record Review.

 

Spread the word if they are turd

5 October 2006, posted by David

They Are Crap.
A place to complain (UK). And a nice looking site too.

 

Polish Posters

5 October 2006, posted by Maria

drag and drop these into your ‘rip-off’ folder

 

MARCH ‘84

5 October 2006, posted by David

“In case you don’t know, the little ‘Ç’ is pronounced like a double ‘S’.” Lovely work from Portugal.

 

Everyone Forever

5 October 2006, posted by David

An expanding report of exploratory thinking and doing from the edges of every discipline; from Aerobics to Zoology and everything in-between.

 

Frank Gehry in the Clouds

5 October 2006, posted by David

To kick off Paris fashion week, the Louis Vuitton foundation announces a new building from the superstar architect.

 

Fantomville

4 October 2006, posted by David

40 new paintings by illustrator Chris Judge at the Powerscourt Townhouse Centre.

 

Atlanta Celebrates Photography

4 October 2006, posted by David

“What does how we live say about who we are? What are some of our assumptions about the spaces we live? By asking Matt Haffner to explore his street practice in the context of the city of Atlanta, we are able to use the medium of photography to engage the city in the unique vision of one our own accomplished artists.”

 

Gizmondo’s Spectacular Crack-up

4 October 2006, posted by David

Eriksson went from languishing in a European jail cell to making millions as a tech executive to, even more improbably, becoming deputy commissioner of antiterrorism for an obscure Southern California transit police force. The incredible story behind the distrastrous hand-held gaming device Gizmondo, by Wired News.

 

Benetton

4 October 2006, posted by David

Blog.

 

The Elements of Typographic Style

4 October 2006, posted by David

Applied to the Web.

 

Penguin Books

3 October 2006, posted by Conor

A photoset on Flickr

 

BANK™

2 October 2006, posted by Conor

Tasty sheiße from Berlin

 

About the process (Manystuff)

2 October 2006, posted by David

When you work, do you think in terms of forms or in terms of a creation process? Do you have a clear vision of your final image or does it come only from an upstream creation process?

 

Martin Frostner

2 October 2006, posted by David

A graphic designer working with both commercial and cultural clients. Nice nice stuff.

 

Wu Xiao Kang

1 October 2006, posted by David

Interesting photographic piece.

 

SwissMiss / Genius Pad

1 October 2006, posted by David

Another great design blog…This link to the Genius Pad found thereon.

 

German DJs and their living rooms

1 October 2006, posted by David

At I Love Music.

 

Making the work or making the rules?

1 October 2006, posted by David

Another great DO piece — inspired by Beck’s new album cover.

 

Tutorial-Index

29 September 2006, posted by David

Tutorials for every conceivable requirement. Very useful.

 

MoCo Loco

28 September 2006, posted by Conor

MoCo Loco — a web magazine featuring modern contemporary design/architecture news and views.

 

Chris Kabel

28 September 2006, posted by Conor

Great work from this Dutch Droog designer

 

Fokus Fabrik

28 September 2006, posted by Conor

Finnish designers Eeva Heikkinen, Laura Järveläinen, Hanna Kerman and Tiia Eronen produce some beautiful fabric designs — 100% Finnish, 100% Cotton, 100% Ethical.

 

Gregory Durrell

28 September 2006, posted by David

Updates xrtions to version 7. 80 pages of gorgeous work.

 

3 + 1 Architects

28 September 2006, posted by Conor

Interesting work from these Estonian architects

 

The Laws of Simplicity

28 September 2006, posted by Conor

John Maeda lays down the law

 

Consistent Correlation Between Book Page & Type Area

28 September 2006, posted by Conor

Jan Tschichold; selection from “The Form of the Book”

 

Poster Collection

28 September 2006, posted by Conor

Fantastic poster collection from retired graphic designer Maryellen McFadden

 

B.A.S.E.

28 September 2006, posted by Conor

B is for Building, A is for Antenna, S is for Span and E is for Earth — Basejumping by Cedric Dumont

 

Line Rider

28 September 2006, posted by David

Hours of fun. Well minutes. But fun.

 

Modern

28 September 2006, posted by David

Drool… beautiful posters from the Netherlands.

 

DOMINIC WILCOX

28 September 2006, posted by David

Work, ideas and experiments.

 

Green things

27 September 2006, posted by David

Cocolico — Each day, one green design.
and
I love my Mac — I just wish it came in green.

 

b l o g . F A B R I C A

26 September 2006, posted by David

“Mostly about art, design, and all the stuff we like.”

 

Stop Motion

26 September 2006, posted by David

“Awesome.”

 

A $20 Solar Charger Runs All My Gadgets

26 September 2006, posted by David

“With this portable solar panel, I charge my MP3 player, a portable amplifier, a set of battery-powered Sony surround sound speakers, a cellular phone, a digital camera, two LED lamps, a LED booklight, and a LED flashlight. If I added a $50 solar panel, I could power two laptop computers and have all of my audio-visual and computer devices running on renewable energy.”

 

Alan Fletcher dies

25 September 2006, posted by David

Alan Fletcher; founder of Pentagram and author of The Art of Looking Sideways dies aged 74.

 

foederation jungergrafik

23 September 2006, posted by David

Cool and Swiss.

 

manystuff

22 September 2006, posted by Ronan

Has this been up before? Anyway it has nice things. And that’s that as far as I’m concerned.

 

What Is Web 2.0?

21 September 2006, posted by David

O’Reilly delivers the most complete explanation I have seen. Great stuff.

 

Dublin Coastal Development

21 September 2006, posted by Conor

The Wasaki Global Corporation, The future of Dublin, The future of property, A new era of prosperity, Seamrog City, Seamrog Isle, Shamrock City, Shamrock Isle, One of the fastest growing cities in the world. A city that has begun a new era of prosperity. A city with an unfulfilled demand for property.

 

What do you say when words are not enough?

20 September 2006, posted by David

Johnny Logan: still alive, and more terrifying than ever.

 

Olympus Makes World’s Smallest DSLR

20 September 2006, posted by David

As DSLRs become increasingly affordable perhaps the biggest barrier to their mainstream adoption is bulk. So, technology being technology, guess what just happened…

 

Profile Magazine #3

20 September 2006, posted by David

From YouWorkForThem: Roger Ballen / Niko Stumpo / John Maeda

 

Reality TV

19 September 2006, posted by David

Has
gone
nuts.

 

Sugarcubes Reunite!

19 September 2006, posted by David

After 14 years, Björk and her old band are getting back together.

 

National Television.

19 September 2006, posted by David

National Television. Great motion work and site.

 

Banksy - Barely Legal

19 September 2006, posted by David

More on Banksy’s LA show.

 

McCann Erickson

18 September 2006, posted by David

“Enter the Copywriter”

 

Las Palmas Films Ltd

18 September 2006, posted by David

Great Finnish motion work.

 

Reverse Graffiti

18 September 2006, posted by David

‘Moose’ creates graffiti by cleaning dirt from sidewalks and tunnels.

 

xplsv.tv

17 September 2006, posted by David

xplsv.tv is a nonprofit motiongraphics website where the user can promote his motiongraphics related stuff, discover other motiongraphics producers or their motions. Also the user can rate and write reviews for each motiongraphic submited to the site. (Links direct to streaming TV channel.)

 

Alyson Fox

15 September 2006, posted by David

Drawings
Fashion
Photography

 

The Owl And The Horse

15 September 2006, posted by Maria

is a Copenhagen based communication collective of global thinkers and makers. Some good fillums towards the bottom

 

PIETARI POSTI

15 September 2006, posted by David

Pietari Posti now has a shop with some lovely bicycle-related prints.

 

iTunes 7 turning out to have major glitches

15 September 2006, posted by David

More bad news for Apple.

 

A conversation with Michael Wolf

15 September 2006, posted by David

Interview with fine-art photographer Michael Wolf.

 

Zune

15 September 2006, posted by David

Perhaps the most complete review of Microsoft’s ‘iPod Killer’, the Zune, by Stereogum.

 

Dan May interview

15 September 2006, posted by David

By The Little Chimp Society

 

iPods are bad for the animals.

15 September 2006, posted by David

iPods are bad for the animals.

 

How to remove Logos from your PDA / phone

14 September 2006, posted by David

With sugar.

 

Sean Carmody

14 September 2006, posted by David

Some stunning work from this NYC based designer.

 

Teaching fools…

14 September 2006, posted by David

…some basic rules. Mr T gets his own show.

 

Banksy

14 September 2006, posted by David

Exhibits in LA.

 

Unlekker

14 September 2006, posted by David

Unlekker contains current projects by Marius Watz.

 

Michael Fakesch

14 September 2006, posted by David

Tight flash site for musician Michael Fakesch

 

Michael Kenna Photography - Hokkaido, 2004

14 September 2006, posted by Ronan

beautiful

 

Candy #6: The Craft Issue

13 September 2006, posted by David

Aidan Kelly. Alan Hynes. Base Design. Bleed. BrenB. Brian Coldrick. Brian Cronin. Christopher Lee. Dalek. David Cleary. Debbie Paul. Design People. DopePope. Gisele Scanlon. House Industries. Ian Francis. Ingi Erlingsson.Kam Tang. Luke Slater. M+E. Matthew Moore. Michael + Johnny Kelly. Misprinted Type. Nate Williams. Nathan Jurevicius. Other. Parra. Peskimo. Pictoplasma. Richard Gilligan. Robert Carr. Serge Seidlitz. Stefan Sagmeister. Stephen Ledwidge. Swifty. The Big Wheels. The Small Stakes. Vince Frost. WK Interact. Zach Gold. Zero-G.

 

Asger Carlsen

13 September 2006, posted by David

Danish street photographer turned pro.

 

Jannuzzi Smith

13 September 2006, posted by David

“We are a cross-media design consultancy based in London.”

 

SweetTalk Copenhagen

13 September 2006, posted by David

Looks like this is going to rock.

 

Breathing Earth

13 September 2006, posted by David

Ireland
Population: 4,234,925
100 Tonnes of Co2 Emitted every 12.2 minutes
One person dies every 15.8 minutes
One person born every 8.6 minutes

 

Apple

13 September 2006, posted by David

New things from Cupertino
iPod
Nano
Shuffle
iTunes
iTV (working title)
.

Reaction:
Aqua is dead, long live Aqua!
iTV (BBC)
iTV: Wired News here and also here.
The Apple Product Cycle.
The iTunes 7 UI dissected.

 

Honda / NEXUSPRODUCTIONS

12 September 2006, posted by David

A decent resolution version of the Honda ‘Hate’ ad from Nexus Productions, who have a great site and intimidating portfolio.

 

State of Emergency

12 September 2006, posted by David

Nicely handled photostory from Vogue.

 

London Sinfonietta

12 September 2006, posted by David

Warp Works & Twentieth Century Masters. Beautifully handled full-window flash site, interesting music and gorgeous CD packaging.

 

American Red Cross

12 September 2006, posted by David

11 September — Response and Recovery.

 

SHIFT | 118

12 September 2006, posted by David

With a cover by and interview with WOW (previous post).

 

WOW

12 September 2006, posted by David

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW

 

Good Imagery

12 September 2006, posted by David

From Serial Cut™, The DesignChapel, and Edvard Scott.

 

One Million Ways to Die

12 September 2006, posted by David

Here’s a handy ranking of the various dangers confronting America, based on the number of mortalities in each category throughout the 11-year period spanning 1995 through 2005 (extrapolated from best available data).

 

RTÉ Television: Beautiful Minds

11 September 2006, posted by David

Where does ‘creativity’ come from? How can humans ‘invent’ brand new things, languages or melodies? And how can Savants perform things they have never ‘learnt’? Is part of the miracle, that we inherit content of our brains subconsciously from our creators?
Tonight 8.00pm RTÉ Two.

 

Wooster Collective

11 September 2006, posted by Ronan

A blowup guantanamo inmate in the middle of Disneyworld- graffitti gets political.

 

Street Art

11 September 2006, posted by Ronan

Similar to the post above this but more fun.

 

Simpsons Powers Of Ten

9 September 2006, posted by David

YouTube - Simpsons Powers Of Ten

 

Supreme

8 September 2006, posted by David

Interesting site for this NYC based clothing label.
Click on ‘random’.

 

thomas keeley

8 September 2006, posted by David

Art by Thomas Keeley.

 

Today in History

8 September 2006, posted by David

American History, interesting stuff.

 

CR Blog

7 September 2006, posted by David

News and views on visual communications from the writers of Creative Review.

 

Type Basics In Sketches

7 September 2006, posted by David

From typeworkshop.com (aka Underware).
Click here to see them all on one page.

 

SubUrban to SuperRural

7 September 2006, posted by David

Ireland at the Venice Biennale 2006. Beautiful stuff from Zero-G.

 

Mazenotmaze

7 September 2006, posted by David

Cool new poster by Designwares/Designworks.

 

Three Great Music Blogs

6 September 2006, posted by David

Soul Sides
Office Naps
and
The Number One Songs In Heaven

 

manystuff

6 September 2006, posted by David

Art/Illustration/Design/Fashion/Photography. All linked from this French blog.

 

Atelier David Smith

6 September 2006, posted by David

Atelier David Smith.
Impressive work in a tight flash shell (by Group94).

 

A styleguide for people who don’t like styleguides

6 September 2006, posted by David

Thank you MTV.

 

GRANDPEOPLE

6 September 2006, posted by David

Trendy. Norwegian. Design.

 

James Blagden

6 September 2006, posted by David

NAME: JAMES LORING BAER BLAGDEN
AGE: 23
RESIDES: BROOKLYN NY

 

123Buero

6 September 2006, posted by Conor

Great design matter from Berlin.

 

Dowling Design & Art Direction

6 September 2006, posted by David

Smart work from Dowling D&AD.

 

Paying Your Dues Without Selling Your Soul

6 September 2006, posted by David

From AIGA.

 

Clara Terne

6 September 2006, posted by David

Playful illustration and design, from this Swede who is studying in London.

 

Sarah Oppenheimer

6 September 2006, posted by David

Nice installation / situation work.

 

MetaDesign

6 September 2006, posted by David

Stunning identity work from MetaDesign, and a nice simple site.

 

craftster.org

6 September 2006, posted by Conor

Craftster is a forum for people who love to make things but who are not inspired by cross-stitched home sweet home plaques and wooden boxes with ducks in bonnets painted on. Plenty of things to make and do (as they say).

 

ARARIO GALLERY

4 September 2006, posted by Ronan

Dead cartoon characters!

 

World Cup 2010

31 August 2006, posted by David

And you thought the German logo was fussy…

 

Obsessive Consumption

31 August 2006, posted by Ronan

Nice site by a design lecturer. I especially like the part containing her drawings of everything she buys.

 

WorkGroup Store

30 August 2006, posted by David

We now have a store. Click here or on the new link in the menu. Our first product is a typographic/photographic poster celebrating the ampersand. More nice stuff to buy is on its way.

 

Alex Robbins

30 August 2006, posted by David

Illustrator and graphic designer from the UK.

 

Flash Tenth Anniversary

30 August 2006, posted by David

Flash is ten years old. Adobe celebrates, as does The FWA. Both are, well, pretty naff.

 

howies®

30 August 2006, posted by Ronan

Lovely clothes for lovely people made by lovely people.

 

WINKREATIVE

29 August 2006, posted by Maria

top notch design and beautifully art directed at that

 

Michael Sans

28 August 2006, posted by Conor

German product designer producing some interesting and intelligent pieces.

 

Sesame Street - Crowd Alphabet

28 August 2006, posted by David

On YouTube.

 

Gilles et Vincent

27 August 2006, posted by David

Photographers from Switzerland.

 

PIKAPIKA

27 August 2006, posted by David

PIKAPIKA is a ‘lightning doodle project’ from Japan… some fantastic movies and animated gifs, just scroll down.

 

DESIGNING MOVEMENT

24 August 2006, posted by Conor

An Aesthetic Investigation of Motion in Product Design by Ben Hopson — great stuff.

 

Star Wars Last Supper

24 August 2006, posted by David

Nice!

 

BY TRICO | バイトリコ

23 August 2006, posted by Maria

by golly. this is great. Objects for the house that you might just fall for.>

 

Ronald A. Kurniawan

22 August 2006, posted by Conor

Californian-based illustrator

 

Marian Bantjes

22 August 2006, posted by Conor

Prepare to soil thyself

 

tapedeck.org

22 August 2006, posted by Conor

Analog Audio Tape Cassette Nostalgia

 

Latex For Fun

22 August 2006, posted by Conor

Disposable “designer toys” for poor people

 

The Supersonic Future

22 August 2006, posted by Conor

1975 commercial for Braniff Airways

 

Jacob Dahlgren

21 August 2006, posted by David

So that’s why I can’t get those paper samples… Cool art by Jacob Dahlgren.

 

Soulwax™

21 August 2006, posted by David

Soulwax updates. Cool site by Milk and Cookies.

 

Game Over

21 August 2006, posted by David

Cool little film by PES.

 

This is a Magazine

21 August 2006, posted by David

TIAM issue 18 — gif-tastic.

 

Bascule Inc.

18 August 2006, posted by David

Great site. Happy scrolling.

 

Apple patents interface

18 August 2006, posted by David

Apple patents “visual buttons” to blend display and interface - Engadget

 

ZONK MAGAZINE!

18 August 2006, posted by David

From Perth. Their blog is worth reading too.

 

A Scanner Darkly

18 August 2006, posted by David

Official film site goes live. This could be great.

 

Miika Saksi / Graphic Designer

18 August 2006, posted by David

Miika Saksi… stylish Finnish stuff. Clients with a preference for pink and black preferred!

 

Fullscreen Video

18 August 2006, posted by David

Handled nicely… pity about the soft edges though!

 

Cockroach Controlled Mobile Robot

18 August 2006, posted by David

As odd as it sounds.

 

YouTube wants to host

18 August 2006, posted by David

“every music video ever created.”

 

AIGA

15 August 2006, posted by David

Graphic design as a strategic business tool.

 

THE QUIET LIFE

13 August 2006, posted by David

New collection of t-shirts and other lovely stuff at The Quiet Life.

 

HUGE

13 August 2006, posted by David

This is HUGE.
Stunning new site for NYC’s web powerhouse.

 

ken garland

13 August 2006, posted by David

Loads of great work and design writing by Ken Garland. The site was designed by O-SB Design and coded by Campbell-Lange.net, both of which are well worth checking out too.

 

the world of robonut

13 August 2006, posted by David

The world of robonut is nice illustration and drawings in a tight flash case.

 

World Metros

12 August 2006, posted by Conor

Metro Logos from the world

 

Hydro 74

11 August 2006, posted by David

Digital tyranny since 1994.

 

Pattern inspiration

11 August 2006, posted by David

Three great wallpaper sites: here, here and here.

 

NEW FUTURE GRAPHIC

10 August 2006, posted by David

Art direction , design, illustration in London since 2003.

 

The Time Fountain

9 August 2006, posted by David

UV LED strobe lights make the dripping water look like it’s slowing down, stopping or even dripping backwards.

 

The Puppini Sisters

8 August 2006, posted by Conor

Fast-forward to the 1940’s…

 

Helvetica

7 August 2006, posted by Conor

A documentary film by Gary Hustwit featuring Erik Spiekermann, Matthew Carter, Massimo Vignelli, Michael Bierut, Wim Crouwel, Hermann Zapf, Stefan Sagmeister, Jonathan Hoefler, Tobias Frere-Jones, Experimental Jetset and many more.

 

DIXIE CHICKS: DEATH FROM ABOVE

6 August 2006, posted by David

Ugly beautiful stuff by SoFake.

 

LIVING WITH WAR TODAY

6 August 2006, posted by David

Protest videos, collected on Neil Young’s site.

 

Photo-deblurring Research

6 August 2006, posted by David

“This is a research paper,” Fergus notes, “we’re not going to see this next week in Photoshop,” although the MIT post-doc states the algorithm would be ideally applied to the Adobe software program within another year or two.

 

Richard Sweeney

6 August 2006, posted by Conor

Some interesting paperwork by Richard Sweeney

 

peter callesen

4 August 2006, posted by David

On cotton… interesting cut paper work.

 

Michel Gondry and Beck together again

4 August 2006, posted by David

Behind the Scenes: Beck’s Video Shoot.

 

Jonathan Schipper

4 August 2006, posted by David

Art from Jonathan Shipper.
Loads of content, interesting work.

 

What would you do with Eight Treadmills?

3 August 2006, posted by Maria

This is pretty nice.

 

Roxy Paine Interview

3 August 2006, posted by Ronan

Roxy Paine is an amazing sculptor. The new art magazine Art Review has a piece on his erosion machine in the current issue. When I saw it I was amazed and the image has really stuck with me. This is a link to an older interview.

 

Marketing Alternatif

2 August 2006, posted by Ronan

So its not art but there are some great marketing/design ideas here.

 

ETC…A1 Art Poster Edition

2 August 2006, posted by Maria

etc publications launches A1 - An art poster edition dedicated to upcoming artists.

 

Brad Harris Photo

1 August 2006, posted by David

Nice shots and simple interface. Give your mouse a rest.

 

100 beste plakate berlin

1 August 2006, posted by David

100 best posters Berlin.

 

Honey Eat Your Salad

1 August 2006, posted by David

Another online magazine… but the work is quite nice in this one.

 

PSS-270

31 July 2006, posted by David

PSS-270. Micromusic lo-fi low-tek chiptune casio-core.

 

google techtalks

30 July 2006, posted by David

Google Techtalks are designed to disseminate a wide spectrum of views on topics including current affairs, science, medicine, engineering, business, humanities, law, entertainment and teh arts. This is a great resource; full hour-long lectures on a really wide and fascinating range of subjects.

 

magCulture home

28 July 2006, posted by Maria

like it says, mag culture

 

Heatherwick studio

28 July 2006, posted by Ronan

I think I might have posted this before but Jamie Dobson’s methodology reminded me of it.

 

Jamie Dobson

28 July 2006, posted by Maria

an artist, designer & photographer.

 

Graphic design on TV (or youtube at least)

28 July 2006, posted by Ronan

John Stossel from 20/20 on ABC gives us the skinny on graphic design.

 

Wikipedia — Etymology of company names

27 July 2006, posted by Conor

Etymology of company names from around the world

 

An interview with Paul Buckley - Part One

27 July 2006, posted by Maria

Paul Buckley, creative director of Penguin Books. To be honest I havent read it but it’s probably good.

 

Current TV // Google Current

26 July 2006, posted by David

A 3 minute TV show every 30 minutes - based on what people are searching for on Google.

 

Johnny McMillan

25 July 2006, posted by Conor

(A)musings from the emphatically ever-busy Johnny McMillan.

 

PingMag

25 July 2006, posted by Ronan

Photos of underground Japan.

 

Inflatable artwork kills two

24 July 2006, posted by David

Two women killed when a giant, inflatable sculpture blew into the air fell to their deaths from a great height, according to ambulance staff.

 

Profile Magazine #2

24 July 2006, posted by David

The second edition of the online magazine from YouWorkForThem features interviews with The Little Friends of Printmaking and Genevieve Gauckler.

 

The Global Curse of Comic Sans

24 July 2006, posted by David

One of the more balanced articles I’ve read on the contentious Comic Sans debacle.

 

ronald kurniawan

24 July 2006, posted by David

Nice surreal stuff.

 

Josh Cochran

24 July 2006, posted by David

Some nice work from LA-based illustrator Josh Cochran. His blog is also worth a look for some work in progress.

 

Sheena is a Parasite

24 July 2006, posted by David

Chris Cunningham’s first promo in 7 years is Sheena is a Parasite for The Horrors, a band that he picked off MySpace. If you’re a stranger to Cunningham’s work, be warned that it is fairly full-on stuff… as evidenced by the reaction his short Flex elicited from the panel on RTÉs The View. All of this is sourced from director-file.com which has hours of reading and watching on Cunnigham and Michel Gondry, among others.

 

Swiss Posters Tour of Typographic

24 July 2006, posted by Conor

Selection of 300 posters from The Swiss Poster Of The Year Award 1971—Present

 

200 ARTISTS

24 July 2006, posted by David

200 ARTISTS you should know about.

 

Grime - Magnum Photo Essay

23 July 2006, posted by David

This is an incredible photo essay from Simon Wheatley. Wheatley narrates a series of photos which he began shooting in 2002 of marginalised youths in the UK’s council estates. Grime is their own brand of aggressive hip hop which has come out of these estates.

More Links from the end of the slideshow:
Wheatley’s site (under construction)
BBC.co.uk article on Grime with free music samples.

 

Wank-a-thon

21 July 2006, posted by David

This is sure to soon become the most linked page on the net. Don’t worry, it’s safe for work. And yes, it’s about a wank-a-thon.

 

M.Y. Battered Bull

20 July 2006, posted by Ronan

Its not art and its only design to a certain extent. I would still quite like it though. It also happens to have been in Dublin over the past few days.

 

The Canary Project : Mission Statement

20 July 2006, posted by Ronan

Making global climate change look nice. I found this on DesignObserver so sorry if its old news to some of you!

 

Typetester

18 July 2006, posted by Conor

Typetester – Compare fonts for the screen

 

Top 100 Music Videos of All Time

18 July 2006, posted by David

From Stylus Magazine.

 

Ian Francis

18 July 2006, posted by David

“My work is about modern life, particularly television, world events, celebrities, and day-to-day living. It’s about pornography and news reports from war zones instead of sex and death.”

 

Olivo Barbieri’s aerial photographs

18 July 2006, posted by Ronan

Tilt/shift lenses in action. These are real places not models.

 

Tilt-Shift PC Lens

18 July 2006, posted by Ronan

Make your own Tilt-Shift lens

 

Stop-Motion Human Space Invaders

17 July 2006, posted by Ronan

It’s about time someone made this.

 

Terrain

17 July 2006, posted by David

Coooool installation.

 

Oliver Laric

17 July 2006, posted by David

Oliver Laric. The most basic site I’ve seen in a while, some really great work.

 

Strange statues around the world

17 July 2006, posted by David

Strange statues around the world.

 

The Amazing Screw-On Head

17 July 2006, posted by Ronan

Mike Mignola’s chiarascuro comic book art is (intentionally) quite crude in its details but the compositions and atmosphere are fantastic. Also it has a monkey with a machinegun and a giant wolf that changes into an old naked woman within the first 45 seconds.

 

Blissful

15 July 2006, posted by Conor

Blissful by Leftchannel Industries, Inc. …stunning

 

Bollywood Lp Covers

14 July 2006, posted by Conor

Rare (you’ll see why) Bollywood LP Covers.

 

Sensitive Floor

14 July 2006, posted by Conor

SENSITIVE.FLOOR is quite simply an interactive floor.

 

NikeGolf — Tiger Woods

14 July 2006, posted by Conor

I’m no fan of golf, but this is quite interesting

 

::: Birdy Nam Nam :::

14 July 2006, posted by Ronan

DJs and breakbeats - is this still the nineties? It is to me and I like it.

 

Four Tet

13 July 2006, posted by David

Four Tet have a nicely handled, cheery blog.

 

Trevor Jackson

13 July 2006, posted by David

Trevor Jackson is a London based creative, working in many fields including graphic design, art direction, moving image, music writing, remixing and production, installations and performance.

 

fat giraffe loves reismagos

13 July 2006, posted by David

And reismagos loves fat giraffe. Illustration from Brazil.

 

VISIONAIRE

13 July 2006, posted by Ronan

$700 dollars for the new issue? I’ll take two!

 

Federal Identity Program -Manual

12 July 2006, posted by Ronan

Fascinatingly complex and complete identity programme.

 

the canadian design resource

12 July 2006, posted by Ronan

Some fantastic work. The site itself could use some work though (especially its identity which seems lazy). Will the government in Ireland ever take design seriously as an industry? Probably not as serious as the canadians.

 

Pocket Films For Travelers

11 July 2006, posted by David

An interesting piece of travel documentation. Nice site too.

 

Souvenir

11 July 2006, posted by Maria

Good shirts, nice site

 

Anagram Maker

10 July 2006, posted by Maria

A RAG MAN. Hours of fun. Maybe minutes of fun

 

TIRED EYES ILLUSTRATION

10 July 2006, posted by David

TIRED EYES ILLUSTRATION Christopher Leckie is a Leeds based freelance illustrator and purveyor of fool hearty nonsense.

 

one red paperclip

10 July 2006, posted by David

My name is Kyle MacDonald and I traded one red paperclip for a house.

 

Summer Mix Series

10 July 2006, posted by David

Summer Mix Series — presented by yewknee.com Yewknee gets a bunch of friends to make up a mix cd or two a few times a year and the results are compiled on the official mix page, with links to each mix and its accompanying cover art for download.

 

Composer reveals musical chords’ hidden geometry

10 July 2006, posted by David

Princeton University - Composers often speak of fitting chords and melodies together, as though sounds were physical objects with geometric shape — and now a Princeton University musician has shown that advanced geometry actually does offer a tool for understanding musical structure.

 

Ralph McQuarrie

10 July 2006, posted by Ronan

This site is disgusting. But he designed Darth Vader and did the visuals for Star Wars so who cares?

 

KOKO3

9 July 2006, posted by David

KOKO3 is a Helsinki-based interior design office working locally and globally since 1997.

 

Metrofarm

9 July 2006, posted by Conor

Berlin duo Metrofarm cast great blocks of concrete…

 

Maxalot

7 July 2006, posted by David

More about that build show… looks great.

 

Bak Dergisi

7 July 2006, posted by Ronan

Turkish (?) type mag. Its only lovely.

 

StreetWars

7 July 2006, posted by David

StreetWars.A three week long, 24/7, watergun assassination tournament. Stalking is fun again!

 

Fluid Effect

6 July 2006, posted by Maria

the beauty of photoshop

 

Smite someone

6 July 2006, posted by David

Oddly satisfying.

 

Mastercard what HAVE you done?

6 July 2006, posted by David

Worst. Rebrand. Ever.

 

PingMag

6 July 2006, posted by David

PingMag - The Tokyo-based magazine about “Design and Making Things”

 

Stop making Flash scrollbars!

5 July 2006, posted by David

A handy script for all Flash developers. Pure technobabble for anyone else.

 

Eskimo Love

5 July 2006, posted by Ronan

Home made toys.

 

Clemens Habicht

4 July 2006, posted by Conor

Some impressive work from this Sydney-born, Berlin-based illustrator/designer/film-maker

 

The Work of Edward Tufte and Graphics Press

4 July 2006, posted by Ronan

Information design- cue discusions on form, function and beauty.

 

Correction

3 July 2006, posted by David

We were wrong to say that this was by Hi-Res!, it’s actually an exhibtion by Build. Apologies for the confusion.

 

sam weber illustration

3 July 2006, posted by Maria

Beautiful work

 

Apple

2 July 2006, posted by David

Pro. New site.

 

Design Museum London

2 July 2006, posted by David

Design Museum London gets a long overdue reworking. OTT flash has been replaced by much cleaner and friendlier layout and code.

 

desres

2 July 2006, posted by David

Desres. Lovely work from Frankfurt.

 

The Nation Magazine Cover Archive

2 July 2006, posted by David

Hours of nerdy joy!

 

MINT

30 June 2006, posted by Maria

Dutch designers, nice site, nice work

 

Varoom Magazine

30 June 2006, posted by Maria

get this. Its great- a new illustration magazine designed by the heads at non-format and edited by Adrian Shaughnessy

 

Wow wow wow

30 June 2006, posted by David

Scriptographer is a scripting plugin for Adobe Illustrator™. It gives the user the possibility to extend Illustrator’s functionality by the use of the JavaScript language. It looks like you can do cool things with this plugin.
Very cool things.

 

Mickey Duzyj Catalogue 2006

30 June 2006, posted by David

Mickey Duzyj. Lovely illustration from Detroit.

 

Flight 3 preview

29 June 2006, posted by Ronan

Some nice comic art.

 

ShowOff

29 June 2006, posted by David

ShowOff is a virtual gallery space. Work a peek.

 

SOYFRIENDS

28 June 2006, posted by David

Soyfriends is an independent publisher based in Norway, dedicated to printing and distributing works of selected scandinavian and international artists. Incredible quality at $9 per book.

 

jeremydower

28 June 2006, posted by Ronan

I normally despise grown up people drawing little silly characters and making toys out of them to market exclusively to designers who should know better. However, this guy’s are different (for the most part). The most interesting are under “more characters” in this confusing website.

 

del.icio.us

28 June 2006, posted by Maria

bookmark your favourite sites and access them from any computer

 

Kite Aerial Photography

27 June 2006, posted by Conor

Lenny & Meriel’s Kite Aerial Photography — on Flickr. Quite cool.

 

the perfect gifts

27 June 2006, posted by David

“I ain’t washin’ no damn dishes, fool!”
“I ain’t getting on no plane sucka!”
Glass of milk anyone?

 

Test your web design in different browsers

27 June 2006, posted by David

Browsershots is a free online platform where you can test your web design in different browsers. When you submit your web address, it will be added to the job queue. A number of distributed computers will automatically open your website in their browser. Then they will make screenshots and upload them to the central server.

 

Publisher in £80,000 font raid

27 June 2006, posted by David

The publishing firm had claimed to be using just one font but in fact was found using 11,000. Ouch!

 

ICONOCLAST USA

27 June 2006, posted by Maria

artistes & designers & illustrators- worth wading through

 

Kemistry Gallery

27 June 2006, posted by Maria

commercial graphic design oriented galleries

 

Akiane: child prodigy.

26 June 2006, posted by Ronan

Akiane: child prodigy. She may indeed be very talented at a young age but taste and restraint obviously take years to develop.

 

Felice Varini

26 June 2006, posted by Ronan

As the man says: “My field of action is architectural space and everything that constitutes such space These spaces are and remain the original media for my painting. I work “on site” each time in a different space and my work develops itself in relation to the spaces I encounter.”

 

OOOMS

26 June 2006, posted by Maria

pretty good products

 

Honda Choir •vs• 118 118

26 June 2006, posted by David

The 118 118 take is laugh out loud genius.

 

I can see you

26 June 2006, posted by David

Supermundane can see you.

 

HUMANS 01 MANIFESTO | HUMANS BY MIKE MILLS

26 June 2006, posted by Maria

HUMANS 01 MANIFESTO | HUMANS BY MIKE MILLS

 

Chris Wahl Illustration Blog

26 June 2006, posted by Ronan

Watch Chris Wahl draw! Or I suppose you could just do your own drawings even though Chris’ are very nice.

 

Creative Review

26 June 2006, posted by Maria

Get your go. 30 pounds a year for digital version

 

La Linea

26 June 2006, posted by Ronan

There are a load of episodes on a drop down menu.

 

etc. publications

26 June 2006, posted by Maria

a platform for independent publishing based in Berlin, Germany.

 

Zoomorphic Calligraphy

23 June 2006, posted by Ronan

pictures with text? mad.

 

WAYNE DALY

23 June 2006, posted by Maria

great work

 

Dublin Bicycle Festival

23 June 2006, posted by Maria

A celebration of all things tubular.

 

Value and Service

23 June 2006, posted by Maria

Pink… and nice.

 

New Artists and Makers Emporium

23 June 2006, posted by Ronan

Show on in England for recent graduates or people who have just started their artistic practice. Or something like that.

 

Antoine+Manuel

22 June 2006, posted by David

Antoine+Manuel: two French guys making very nice things.

 

Risa Sato

22 June 2006, posted by David

Risa Sato is doing some interesting stuff. Including the very cool Risa Campaign.

 

Jackson Pollock

21 June 2006, posted by David

Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas. This is pretty genius.

 

Hi-Res do art

21 June 2006, posted by David

One time giants of webdesign Hi-Res! put on an exhibition.

 

100 Awesome Music Videos

21 June 2006, posted by David

The most linked page on the internet. 100 great music videos from YouTube.

 

Skype on your Mobile

21 June 2006, posted by David

At last!

 

Bringing Brando back

21 June 2006, posted by David

Fascinating video of the CGI process to bring Brando back for the new Superman movie.

 

Stunned Art : Kurt Schwitters resource page

21 June 2006, posted by Ronan

Kurt Schwitters on Stunned. Bit of a pain to go through page after page but its good stuff.

 

Red Crystal

20 June 2006, posted by Ronan

Red Crystal - Wikipedia How difficult must it be to come up with an emblem that sheds the cultural associations of its predecessors? It must be neutral and yet visually strong.

 

Student knits her own Ferrari

20 June 2006, posted by David

Stoopid noos from Ananova.

 

Pietari Posti

19 June 2006, posted by Conor

Great illustration style from Finnish-born, Barcelona-based Posti.

 

“Just Embarrassing”

19 June 2006, posted by David

Erik Spiekermann gives his views on the world cup identity.

 

BreakingNews.ie: Directive

19 June 2006, posted by Ronan

BreakingNews.ie: Directive allowing artists to benefit from re-sold work signed into law. Sound as a pound!

 

Transformers Video

19 June 2006, posted by David

Personal work by JJ of 3dblasphemy, nothing to do with the upcoming movie. But if one guy can do this, imagine how cool the movie could be.

 

ELSPETH DIEDERIX

19 June 2006, posted by David

Elspeth Diederix, photographer.

 

BOUND BY LAW

19 June 2006, posted by David

How does a filmmaker document the world around her when the sights and sounds that make up that world are copyright protected? Law professors Keith Aoki, James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins co-wrote and produced the comic book Bound By Law? Tales From the Public Domain. It explores the legal barriers documentary filmmakers in particular must hurdle, or simply avoid. The entire thing is available to download, free.

 

World Cup Footballs

18 June 2006, posted by Conor

World Cup Footballs — a series of 32 footballs, 1 for each country that qualified for the FIFA 2006 World Cup™. Each ball visually represents each country’s culture or mentality.

 

frank abruzzese

17 June 2006, posted by David

Frank Abruzzese’s work is stunning.
(internet explorer 5.0 or later only).

 

Alex Robbins

16 June 2006, posted by David

The website of illustrator Alex Robbins.

 

Big Picture

16 June 2006, posted by Ronan

Yes!

 

The Graphic Imperative: International Posters for Peace

16 June 2006, posted by Ronan

Some amazing, and harrowing, posters.

 

NIKE FOOTBALL

16 June 2006, posted by David

Nike attempts to make the longest football clip ever.

 

50 ways…

16 June 2006, posted by David

…to become a better designer.

 

Top 10 Coolest DIY Gadgets

16 June 2006, posted by David

From TechEBlog.

 

Vincent Gallo’s poster collection

15 June 2006, posted by David

Vincent Gallo has his poster collection up for sale. Some nice stuff.

 

Hoefler & Frere-Jones | Verlag

14 June 2006, posted by Conor

Verlag — A new typeface from the TypeKings of New York

 

Die Gestalten - Community Blackboard

14 June 2006, posted by Ronan

I am also delighted to get a listing. This is on Die Gestalten.

 

(Mr.) Brook Slane

14 June 2006, posted by David

Brook Slane is a fine artist, illustrator, and designer who recently graduated from The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Currently, he designs clothing and print materials for a shirt collection and creates small painted works, generally oil on wood.

 

Digitalthread

14 June 2006, posted by David

We were delighted to be posted on Digitalthread.com, which is (in their own words) the best web design links and design resources, all the time.

 

Powers of Ten

13 June 2006, posted by Conor

Powers of Ten is a short film by Charles and Ray Eames, whose work you may have previously sat in. The film starts on a picnic blanket in Chicago and zooms out 10x every 10 seconds until the entire universe (more or less) is visible. And then they zoom all the way back down into the nucleus of an atom. A timeless classic.

 

anna giertz

13 June 2006, posted by Ronan

This lady makes nice pictures.

 

Rockwell Clothing

13 June 2006, posted by David

Buy! Buy! Buy! Nice stuff from the Netherlands.

 

Mememememememe!

12 June 2006, posted by Ronan

Your Gallery - Show your art to the world

 

Pictures On Walls

12 June 2006, posted by Conor

A gallery of walls with inscriptions

 

thinkbox

9 June 2006, posted by David

Thinkbox hosts an extensive library of information including inspiring case studies; ad reels; examples of best practice, creativity and innovation; research data and case studies.

 

Amnesty International

8 June 2006, posted by Conor

«Cela existe. Pas ici, mais maintenant» — “This exists. Not here, but now”

 

Jack’s Lawnmowing

8 June 2006, posted by Conor

Bringing the world’s of Design and Grass-cutting ever-closer — It’s about time.

 

Basit Khan

8 June 2006, posted by David

Updates from Basit Khan — always worth a look.

 

Letterbox

7 June 2006, posted by David

A useful plugin for Mail.app on the Mac that takes advantage of your widescreen monitor. It rearranges the interface into three vertical columns – so the message pane is to the right of the message list, rather than below.

 

Heatherwick studio

7 June 2006, posted by Ronan

I wish I had half this guy’s talent.

 

Google Video Player

7 June 2006, posted by David

Google Video Player for Mac (including Universal): Watch videos from Google Video right on your desktop.

 

designwares

6 June 2006, posted by David

Designwares: A site which will periodically feature, projects, thoughts and any other stuff which we think may be of interest to you. Brought to you by the members of designworks.

 

PUBLIC STUDIO DOT ORG

5 June 2006, posted by David

Art Direction & Design. Wow.

 

Encore Magazine

5 June 2006, posted by David

A new edition of Encore is out.
Heavy download but worth a flick.

 

The Syndicate

5 June 2006, posted by David

The Syndicate is news, reviews, and interviews about art, design, bikes, music and whatever else Sean Kelly feels like writing about.

 

The Press Photographer’s Year

5 June 2006, posted by David

Results for 2006.

 

Amnesty International Campaign

2 June 2006, posted by David

Amnesty International Ads by Walker Werbeagentur Zurich.

 

Antek

2 June 2006, posted by David

The work of Pedro Serrao.

 

The Gryphon parachute system

2 June 2006, posted by David

Only badasses need apply. From Engadget.

 

Tiempo (Time)

31 May 2006, posted by Conor

Diego Golberg and his family in Buenos Aires, Argentina Everyone thinks of this I’m sure, but how often do you see it executed so thoroughly.

 

Andrzej Dragan

31 May 2006, posted by Conor

Photography by Warsaw maestro Andrzej Dragan

 

WAYNE DALY

31 May 2006, posted by David

WAYNE DALY: Born Ireland 1979. Studied graphic design at the Waterford Institute of Technology and London College of Printing (now Communication). Associate lecturer at LCC.

 

The 25 worst tech products of all time

31 May 2006, posted by David

Clicky Clicky.

 

The Beast Is Back

31 May 2006, posted by David

The work of Christopher Lee.

 

A-SIDE STUDIO

31 May 2006, posted by David

A-SIDE STUDIO. Nice work.

 

VVORK

31 May 2006, posted by David

VVORK: Nice art blog.

 

Bonfire Of The Brands

31 May 2006, posted by David

A label-obsessed journalist and music promoter, Neil is going to burn all his branded goods in an attempt to re-evaluate his lifestyle. This blog is a diary of his journey towards a brand-free lifestyle.

 

Top Ten Stock Photography Clichés

31 May 2006, posted by David

Priceless.

 

Wheelman Motorized Skateboard - Gizmodo

30 May 2006, posted by David

If skateboarding isn’t dangerous enough for you, try the Wheelman, a 19mph death trap with a 43cc two-stroke engine. Looks pretty cool too.

 

Is Not Magazine

30 May 2006, posted by David

A poster/magazine from Melbourne using Underware’s fonts.

 

Self Portrait UK 14–19

30 May 2006, posted by David

Self Portrait UK 14–19 was a recent Channel 4 campaign challenging 14 to 19 year olds to explore their culture and identity, by making a self-portrait about who they are, what they want to say and how they want to be seen. There’s a gallery of the top one hundred online.

 

HOTEL FOX: Rooms

30 May 2006, posted by Ronan

Copenhagen is a great city. Imagine a hotel in Temple Bar going to this much effort.

 

Conor Harrington

30 May 2006, posted by David

Conor Harrington is a Cork-born illustrator/artist now working in London.

 

Luna Maurer

29 May 2006, posted by David

Luna Maurer is a Dutch designer and artist. One of the most interesting sites I’ve seen.

 

Aharef

28 May 2006, posted by David

Websites as graphs.

 

Microsoft takes on .jpg

26 May 2006, posted by David

*Sigh*

 

Freefarm

26 May 2006, posted by David

Freefarm. Sound Design & Music

 

Candy

26 May 2006, posted by David

“The Obsessive Impulsive Issue”. Part 2 of Issue 5, available now.

 

the broken laptop i sold on ebay

26 May 2006, posted by David

When you sell a laptop on ebay fraudulently, and don’t wipe your hard drive, how surprised can you be when the person you ripped off posts the contents online?

 

speak & spell

26 May 2006, posted by David

Speak & Spell emulator!

 

Letterpress Printing

25 May 2006, posted by Conor

John Kristensen’s Firefly Press in Somerville, Massachusetts Courtesy of TypeCulture® and photographer Elsa Dorfman

 

Die Gestalten - Community Blackboard

25 May 2006, posted by Ronan

Once we have images on workgroup we should post here. Also check out what others are up to - there is some amazing stuff.

 

Douglas Coffin — Lettercarver

25 May 2006, posted by Conor

Lettercarver in his studio. Courtesy of TypeCulture®

 

Marlene & Dimitri

25 May 2006, posted by Ronan

Fantastic photography

 

Typomania

25 May 2006, posted by Conor

A BBC production from the eighties with Erik Spiekermann. The music is priceless. Courtesy of TypeCulture®

 

The Creation Of A Printing Type

25 May 2006, posted by Conor

“From The Design To The Print” by Frederic W. Goudy, in his studio. A Paramount Picture, directed by Maurice Kellerman and cinematography by W. Van Der Veer (amazingly “The only camera-man ever to fly over both Poles” — in his time!) Courtesy of TypeCulture®

 

hillman curtis

25 May 2006, posted by David

Hillman Curtis has been making short films for the web since 1998. Check out the film and video page, which includes the Artist Series of mini-documentaries, featuring Milton Glaser, Mark Romanek, Pentagram, Sagmeister, David Carson, among others.

 

Vodafone Mobile Office Solutions

25 May 2006, posted by David

An uninspiring title. What they meant to say was that they have extremely satisfying video of several desks disintegrating under 2 tonnes of hydraulic crushing power.

 

Buzzword of the day:

25 May 2006, posted by David

Crowdsourcing, Crowdsourcing, Crowdsourcing.

 

3×3 New Talent : Stephen Ledwidge

25 May 2006, posted by Ronan

3×3 New Talent : Stephen Ledwidge. 3×3 is a big american illustration magazine.

 

One Laptop per Child

24 May 2006, posted by David

One Laptop per Child is a new, non-profit association dedicated to research to develop a $100 laptop — a technology that could revolutionize how we educate the world’s children. First photos of the prototype are here.

 

OSCON 2005 Keynote - Identity 2.0

24 May 2006, posted by David

Dick Hardt gives “a compelling and dynamic introduction on Identity 2.0 and how the concept of digital identity is evolving.” Pretty nerdy stuff but well presented and interesting.

 

Newsmap

23 May 2006, posted by David

Beautiful representation of Google News.

 

Apple Store in New York

23 May 2006, posted by David

Panorama QTVR Photo.

 

Humans!

23 May 2006, posted by David

Los Angeles based animation & directing collective Three Legged Legs presents “Humans!”

 

Magnum In Motion

23 May 2006, posted by David

Magnum In Motion editors blend powerful Magnum photography with audio commentary, text and graphics to create an immersive, engaging experience.

 

Tweed Magazine

23 May 2006, posted by David

Tweed Magazine. Promoting participation in and critique of American culture and politics since 1997.

 

It’s Our Thing

22 May 2006, posted by David

Nice nice shirts from PMKFA.

 

information

22 May 2006, posted by Ronan

You know those horrible prints that are made up of thousands of tiny pictures?

 

Fakir

19 May 2006, posted by David

“A blackletter font with a holy kiss.” New from Underware.

 

Let them sing it for you

19 May 2006, posted by Georgie

Let them sing it for you. Cool little music thingy.

 

Drip & Puddle Products

19 May 2006, posted by Conor

by Susan Bradley

 

3rd Eye Project

19 May 2006, posted by Conor

Takehito Etani — “The Third Eye” is a video device that is mounted onto the user’s head enabling the person to experience perception from outside of his/her body. The visual experience of “The Third Eye” is similar to that of a 3D video game in which the user controls and follows a given character from behind. The device turns the user into the character that he/she is controlling and real space is transformed into virtual space.

 

10 things I hate about…

19 May 2006, posted by David

The Commandments. YouTube gives us a great reworking of a trailer — maybe the best yet?

 

Pietari Posti

19 May 2006, posted by David

The lovely illustration work of Pietari Posti.

 

15 x 15

19 May 2006, posted by David

Famous for 15 seconds.

 

SPACE SNEAKERS

19 May 2006, posted by David

Asics came up with the idea after a Russian cosmonaut complained that conventional sports shoes hurt his feet in space.

 

Floating Touchscreen Computer Display

19 May 2006, posted by Conor

The first time I watched Minority Report I nearly wet myself at the thought of THIS becoming a reality.

 

KHRONOS PROJECTOR — Alvaro Cassinelli

19 May 2006, posted by Conor

A video time-warping machine with a tangible deformable screen.

 

International Poster & Graphic Arts Festival of Chaumont 2006

19 May 2006, posted by Conor

Festival international de l’affiche et des arts graphiques – Poster festival – Chaumont Haute-Marne — 2006

 

Criticine

18 May 2006, posted by David

Criticine is an online publication dedicated to intelligent discourse on Southeast Asian cinema.

 

Michael Gillette Interview

18 May 2006, posted by David

On Illustrators Ireland, by Richard Seabrooke, reproduced from Candy 5.

 

Uncanny Valley

18 May 2006, posted by David

The reason why this is freaky.

 

This Place is Not a Place of Honor

18 May 2006, posted by Ronan

Damn Interesting - This Place is Not a Place of Honor Interesting article on the invention of a symbol with an immutable meaning which aims to last beyond our time, language and cultures. Unfortunately they didn’t employ a designer in the entire process and ended up with what sounds like a site that would be a future archaeologist’s dream.

 

WEVIE SOUND DESIGN

18 May 2006, posted by David

WEVIE SOUND DESIGN: Alan Boorman has some great video and sound work; look at the aardman spots.

 

Michael Gillette

18 May 2006, posted by David

For anyone who was at SweetTalk last night, good luck explaining how great Michael Gillette is using his site as a prop. The work is great and he was hilarious, not too keen on his site I’m afraid.

 

We Feel Fine

18 May 2006, posted by David

We Feel Fine is an exploration of human emotion on a global scale. Since August 2005, We Feel Fine has been harvesting human feelings from a large number of weblogs. Every few minutes, the system searches the world’s newly posted blog entries for occurrences of the phrases “I feel” and “I am feeling”. When it finds such a phrase, it records the full sentence, up to the period, and identifies the “feeling” expressed in that sentence. All of this information is saved, and represented in a beautiful intuitive interface.

 

25 shots

18 May 2006, posted by David

This is fun. Better if you have a webcam.

 

LOULOU ILLUSTRATION

18 May 2006, posted by David

LOULOU. Nice illustration and simple one page site from the Netherlands.

 

Co-op

18 May 2006, posted by David

Co-op magazine began life in late 2002 with the intention of generating collaborations among the Dublin creative community. Its contributors and readership soon swelled and now Co-op has contributors from all over the world. The editorial team is currently split between Dublin and London. Each issue has a print run of 1,500 copies, and is available to buy directly from this website, as well as in various bookshops. The magazine is not for profit; all proceeds go towards production of the future issues. Co-op carries no advertising.

 

Enchanted Doll

17 May 2006, posted by Conor

Marina Bychkova’s exquisite ball-jointed porcelain dolls.

 

Identityworks

17 May 2006, posted by Conor

Some key tools used in diagnosis, planning and management of identity solutions.

 

Jed’s Other Poem (Beautiful Ground) — Grandaddy

17 May 2006, posted by Conor

Text-only music video for Grandaddy, programmed in Applesoft II on a 1979 Apple ][+ with 48K of RAM.

 

THE SOCIAL FABRIC

17 May 2006, posted by Conor

Design Agency, Art Direction, Fashion, Photography, Illustration, Artist Network

 

ReBrand

17 May 2006, posted by Conor

Check out the 2006 ReBrand 100 Winners Showcase. Well worth the look.

 

At-elier

17 May 2006, posted by Conor

Work from Swiss duo Julien Notter & Sébastien Vigne

 

Feeder

17 May 2006, posted by Conor

Sydney-based Australian design treats from Feeder.

 

Gmail Notifier by YASLY

17 May 2006, posted by David

YouAreSoLastYear has a slightly nicer Gmail notifier for you to download direct from here.

 

De Designpolitie

17 May 2006, posted by Conor

The ABC of De Designpolitie Amsterdam.

 

ESPAUN256

17 May 2006, posted by David

ESPAUN256: Selected works of Tomás Peña.

 

Typophile

17 May 2006, posted by Conor

Where to go for all your type questions, answers, showcases, information and typo-dreams.

 

Cool Hunting Video

17 May 2006, posted by David

Cool Hunting Video delivers quick and dense segments on a specific topic. We find things in the intersection of design, culture and technology that excite the imagination and inspire creativity. Each week we’ll bring you at least one story about art, gadgets, fashion and lifestyle.

This week: an Hundley is a Brooklyn-based artist who transforms maps into original large-scale quilts.

 

The Summer Burn 2006

17 May 2006, posted by David

The Summer Burn is a summer themed international CD swap. Sign up, and when summer arrives, you give and get two CDs of tunes.

 

frankenstyles

17 May 2006, posted by David

Frankenstyles aka Stephen Kelleher currently lives and works in Los Angeles. He designs for extra cash in between auditions.

 

la bonne merveille

17 May 2006, posted by David

La bonne merveille, France.

 

Katja Gretzinger / Gestaltung

17 May 2006, posted by David

Katja Gretzinger / Gestaltung. Katja Gretzinger (1972) is a graphic designer living and working in Zürich and Berlin.

 

MAMAMO

17 May 2006, posted by David

MAMAMO: “All the crap is for sale unless its already sold!
And since everyone loves it, you better hurry up.”

 

aeroplastics contemporary

16 May 2006, posted by Ronan

Aeroplastics contemporary art. Fairly hideous site but with some interesting work, esp Kristleifur Björnsson in dreamscapes on the previous exhibitions page and the wax bodies by Petroc Dragon Sesti in sculpture. Again though what a terribly hideous site.

 

Toko graphic design

14 May 2006, posted by David

Toko: Nice Dutch design.

 

Alvin Lustig

11 May 2006, posted by Ronan

Alvin Lustig, Modern American Design Pioneer.

 

Check out this movie

11 May 2006, posted by Ronan

Animation/puppetry from Brazil..

 

Nom de Guerre

11 May 2006, posted by David

Nom de Guerre is a creative collective, located in downtown Manhattan, in a multi- level subterranean space on the corner of Broadway and Bleecker streets.

 

Adicolor®

10 May 2006, posted by David

White
Red
Blue
Yellow
Green
Pink
Black

Adidas hires the top motion people to promote their range of customisable clothing and shoes. Pink is the best, Red is the funniest, Black is the oddest (though there is quite a bit of competition for that title).

 

THE FALL

10 May 2006, posted by David

Rare tracks on Mp3.

 

Fiodor Sumkin

10 May 2006, posted by David

Lovely illustration.

 

Paper Jam // Belfast

8 May 2006, posted by David

Paper Jam Design: multi-discipline graphic design and advertising agency based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

 

Harri Kallio

8 May 2006, posted by Ronan

photography with an element of sculpture. This guy is from Helsinki and really talented

 

Philips Bodygroom

7 May 2006, posted by Conor

Hilarious minisite for the Philips Bodygroom. Try and explore all its sections.

 

Adler & Fresneda

6 May 2006, posted by David

Bela Adler & Salvador Fresneda - Photography - Barcelona, Spain. Incredibly smart site.

 

Exploring Sound Phenomena

5 May 2006, posted by David

Exploring Sound Phenomena is a fascinating exploration of how sounds could be made to manifest themselves in the physical world, based upon experiments that were carried out by a few individuals, mostly around the turn of the 20th century in the UK and France.

 

Richard Box

5 May 2006, posted by Ronan

I love this guys stuff. Its a few years old now but it’s something I always go back to. The lights are purely powered by the electrical field from the powerlines. It’s a scary thought but a really nice piece of art.

 

50 Years

4 May 2006, posted by David

In 1965, U.S. Patent No. 3,167,440 was granted to Noah McVicker and Joseph McVicker for a “plastic modeling composition”, (which was originally intended to be a wallpaper cleaner) now called Play-Doh.

 

iTALK . Apple Mobile Phone Commercial

4 May 2006, posted by Conor

Oh sweet jeebus! Seems like Apple went for the “it’s not a mobile phone, it’s a iPodvideoaphonethingamajig” approach. Looks awkward.

Stay tuned for the inevitable grandiose retraction when I realise it’s what I’ve been waiting for all my life and rush out to buy one.

*edit*

It ain’t real…

 

discover the cosmos

3 May 2006, posted by David

Each day a different image or photograph of the universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by an astronomer.

 

Inspired Artfair London

2 May 2006, posted by Ronan

Anybody know anything about this? http://www.inspiredartfair.com
I’m thinking of submitting but I haven’t heard anything about it firsthand.

 

Apple

2 May 2006, posted by David

To me it just comes across as smug.

 

eyegix™ | portfolio of daniel bretzmann

1 May 2006, posted by Conor

Some nice work

 

NFCTD

1 May 2006, posted by Conor

It’s a while since I’ve been easily led.

Great site by NFCTD.

 

content graphic

30 April 2006, posted by David

New Old School.

 

Magnum Photos :: Magnum Ad

29 April 2006, posted by Matthew

I like this.

 

Jack White

28 April 2006, posted by David

Coke Ad? No CGI was harmed in the making.

 

Maria says:

28 April 2006, posted by Maria

Hello.

 

DO GYPSIES LEAD BRITISH JUSTICE ASTRAY?

28 April 2006, posted by David

“I was going to give the generator a sophisticated grammar for more varied sentences, until I realised the Mail’s grammar is nearly always the same.” Random Daily Mail headline generator.

 

Something Outta Nothing

27 April 2006, posted by David

A new video for Messiah J and the Expert.

 

Xrtions

27 April 2006, posted by David

Gregory Durrell from Toronto makes some beautiful things.

 

OFFF — Barcelona 2006

27 April 2006, posted by Conor

OFFF: Post-Digital Creation Culture

11—13 May 2006 > We’re all going on our summer holidays, no more working for a… day or two…

 

Character Design Standards

27 April 2006, posted by Conor

Microsoft qualms aside, they offer some invaluable hints on type design here.

 

FreshArrival

27 April 2006, posted by David

One amazingly cool thing, every weekday.

 

antville

27 April 2006, posted by David

The best place to find the most up-to-date videos online, with a clear focus on music videos. Full of treats and surprises.

 

Flickr: Photos from Daithí

27 April 2006, posted by David

My flickr page.

 

Gabba

27 April 2006, posted by David

Gabba is here to promote the music its users find and love. Thankfully there’s not a lot of actual gabba in the mix.

 

Newstoday®

27 April 2006, posted by David

Newstoday® - ‘For a better tomorrow’ is the claim. A nice mix of official and non-official links means that this is updated around the clock.

 

Styleboost

27 April 2006, posted by David

Nordic design portal with an emphasis on the technical. V2.0 is in the pipeline.

 

Subtraction

27 April 2006, posted by David

Khoi Vinh: king of the bloggers. And the nerds.

 

Design is Kinky

27 April 2006, posted by David

This Aussie design portal is usually worth look.

 

WDIK

27 April 2006, posted by David

What Do I Know is a collection of daily thoughts, news, and opinions concerning the new media & technology industry as perceived by Todd Dominey, sole-proprietor of Dominey Design — an Atlanta based new media design and development studio.

 

PIXELSURGEON

27 April 2006, posted by David

PIXELSURGEON is a digest of the creative, strange and interesting from the internet, relayed to you by our hand-picked team of newsposters. In addition to our newsfeed - updated several times a day, every day - we review movies, games, and music; interview designers, musicians, movie makers, and artists; and host exclusive competitions and online exhibitions of artwork from all over the world.

 

Icelandicles

27 April 2006, posted by David

Take that! I mean there it is! I mean: Phew, I thought I’d gone and deleted the entire blog.

 

Hello world!

27 April 2006, posted by david

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!