Tema Stauffer
I find this photo fascinating. I want to know how this scene came about so very much. A perfect moment in time caught and I want to be in it.
I am also listening to some dreamy music - "Please don't go" by Barcelona. Heaven.
Thursday, 31 December 2009
White Horse 2007
Tema Stauffer
I find this photo fascinating. I want to know how this scene came about so very much. A perfect moment in time caught and I want to be in it.
I am also listening to some dreamy music - "Please don't go" by Barcelona. Heaven.
Monday, 21 December 2009
Last minutes with Oden
Directed/Edited: Eliot Rausch
Director of Photography: Luke Korver, Matt Taylor
Song: Big Red Machine / Justin Vernon + Aaron Dessner
Merry Twistmas from Ogilvy Paris
"Twistmas brings you Christmas spirit from around the world on twitter. We are however, not responsible for the amount of spirit!" Lots of fun to look at, some very surprising tweets and a crash course in Twitter api and actionscript. Not a bad project to end the year on.
Friday, 18 December 2009
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
2010 Calendar (studio8 & Fedrigoni)
Paper company Fedrigoni turned to Studio8 to design their 2010 calendar, which takes the form of a pile of coloured paper, a sheet for every day of the year. A number representing the date is perfed into each sheet meaning users can push it out and stand it up on the top of the pile each morning...
Via CR blog
Monday, 14 December 2009
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Monday, 30 November 2009
On a personal note ...
I have finally got to the stage that I am bored of eating pasta every night. (I know! Never thought I would say those words). Now that its getting pretty chilly here in Paris there is nothing better than some stodgy, warm comfort food so I am on a mission to learn to make risotto. Don't worry this isn't going to turn into a Julie and Julia situation, but I am searching the food blogs for ideas. Here are some that are getting my attention and I am going to be more adventurous next time I am Monoprix. (I haven't quite mastered the french markets yet. No judgement please.)
Quick and easy broccoli risotto from Kitchenist
In a hurry green curry from 101 cookbooks
Miso soup From 101 cookbooks
Vibrant tasty green beans from 101 cookbooks
Ok this one is for pasta but it sounds great!
Five minute tomato sauce from 101 cookbooks. Am I developing a bit of a love affair with Heidi Swanson? I think so.
Maybe I just want to take beautiful pictures of food.
Oh go on then. I can't resist!
Bœuf Bourguignon from Know your onions
And the famous blog post of course: The Julie/Julia Project: Sunday, August 25, 2002
Quick and easy broccoli risotto from Kitchenist
In a hurry green curry from 101 cookbooks
Miso soup From 101 cookbooks
Vibrant tasty green beans from 101 cookbooks
Ok this one is for pasta but it sounds great!
Five minute tomato sauce from 101 cookbooks. Am I developing a bit of a love affair with Heidi Swanson? I think so.
Maybe I just want to take beautiful pictures of food.
Oh go on then. I can't resist!
Bœuf Bourguignon from Know your onions
And the famous blog post of course: The Julie/Julia Project: Sunday, August 25, 2002
Sunday, 29 November 2009
Saturday, 28 November 2009
Michael Bierut on being a lazy designer
1. Keep it simple.
Avoid ideas that require the same level of craftsmanship as those of, say, Canadian graphic designer Marian Bantjes. “Her work is extraordinary,” says Bierut. “I never have ideas that call for that same amount of effort, though.” Referring to the simple illustrations he creates for The New York Times’ editorial pages, Bierut explains that if commissioned in the morning, a designer should have an executable idea by 5 p.m. the same day. Otherwise, turn down the job.
2. Don’t reinvent the wheel [Part 1].
Instead of starting a project with a clean slate, take the MacGyver approach. “I come on the scene and think, there’s got to be something around here I can use,” says Bierut. The logo for the New York restaurant The Oak Room has gone through a series of changes since its opening more than a century ago. After trolling through some of those logos, Bierut decided to restore the original logo.
3. Don’t reinvent the wheel [Part 2]: Rotate the tires instead.
Keep what the client has, just tweak it. “I say, ‘What you have is great, it just needs some improvement’,” says Bierut. For the signage he created for Saks Fifth Avenue two years ago, Bierut kept Saks’s age-old cursive logo in the square, but created a program that sliced the square into 64 smaller squares. The smaller squares are randomly assembled on 90 pieces of packaging, including gift bags and gift certificates.
4. Do as you’re told.
Simply following the client's instructions will yield wonders. For Bierut – who likes limitations – creating the gargantuan sign for Renzo Piano’s New York Times building was fairly straightforward. The Times Square Alliance mandates that all buildings in the neighbourhood feature bright, large signage, to "keep Times Square looking like Times Square,” says Bierut. (He adds that, for Piano, hearing the words large-sign-stuck-on-your-building must have been, "like, the biggest 6-word, ‘F--- you, architect’.”) And so, the almost 6 meter-tall logo was chopped into 893 pieces and applied to Piano’s ceramic rod façade.
5. Steal.
If your idea isn’t working, says Bierut, steal one. The new brand identity he created for Activision’s Guitar Hero is a riff on the logo art for the rock band Chicago.
6. Once you come up with something, never let it go.
If the idea isn’t working, don’t come up with a new one. “Beat it to death.” Bierut cites the logo he created for New York’s Museum of Arts and Design, which is based on the physical footprint of the structure itself. The final approved identity, based on this concept, was Bierut’s third design.
7. Make other people do the work.
Even if the designers are dead or retired, pawning off the work will always yield great results. Take, for instance, the work Bierut did (or didn’t do) for the Robin Hood Foundation, an organization that helps rebuild school libraries in impoverished areas of New York. Bierut commissioned designers and artists (including illustrator Lynn Pauley, Stefan Sagmeister and even his own wife) to create the wall murals above the library shelves.
Via Azure Magazine
Avoid ideas that require the same level of craftsmanship as those of, say, Canadian graphic designer Marian Bantjes. “Her work is extraordinary,” says Bierut. “I never have ideas that call for that same amount of effort, though.” Referring to the simple illustrations he creates for The New York Times’ editorial pages, Bierut explains that if commissioned in the morning, a designer should have an executable idea by 5 p.m. the same day. Otherwise, turn down the job.
2. Don’t reinvent the wheel [Part 1].
Instead of starting a project with a clean slate, take the MacGyver approach. “I come on the scene and think, there’s got to be something around here I can use,” says Bierut. The logo for the New York restaurant The Oak Room has gone through a series of changes since its opening more than a century ago. After trolling through some of those logos, Bierut decided to restore the original logo.
3. Don’t reinvent the wheel [Part 2]: Rotate the tires instead.
Keep what the client has, just tweak it. “I say, ‘What you have is great, it just needs some improvement’,” says Bierut. For the signage he created for Saks Fifth Avenue two years ago, Bierut kept Saks’s age-old cursive logo in the square, but created a program that sliced the square into 64 smaller squares. The smaller squares are randomly assembled on 90 pieces of packaging, including gift bags and gift certificates.
4. Do as you’re told.
Simply following the client's instructions will yield wonders. For Bierut – who likes limitations – creating the gargantuan sign for Renzo Piano’s New York Times building was fairly straightforward. The Times Square Alliance mandates that all buildings in the neighbourhood feature bright, large signage, to "keep Times Square looking like Times Square,” says Bierut. (He adds that, for Piano, hearing the words large-sign-stuck-on-your-building must have been, "like, the biggest 6-word, ‘F--- you, architect’.”) And so, the almost 6 meter-tall logo was chopped into 893 pieces and applied to Piano’s ceramic rod façade.
5. Steal.
If your idea isn’t working, says Bierut, steal one. The new brand identity he created for Activision’s Guitar Hero is a riff on the logo art for the rock band Chicago.
6. Once you come up with something, never let it go.
If the idea isn’t working, don’t come up with a new one. “Beat it to death.” Bierut cites the logo he created for New York’s Museum of Arts and Design, which is based on the physical footprint of the structure itself. The final approved identity, based on this concept, was Bierut’s third design.
7. Make other people do the work.
Even if the designers are dead or retired, pawning off the work will always yield great results. Take, for instance, the work Bierut did (or didn’t do) for the Robin Hood Foundation, an organization that helps rebuild school libraries in impoverished areas of New York. Bierut commissioned designers and artists (including illustrator Lynn Pauley, Stefan Sagmeister and even his own wife) to create the wall murals above the library shelves.
Via Azure Magazine
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Papercraft Self Portrait
Eric Testroete made a 3D paper model of his head for halloweeen as seen in and inspired by videogames. He used: 3DS Max, Mudbox, Photoshop and pepakura. Great project.
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