Sunday saw almost 200 models in the shape of children’s TV favourite Morph arranged in a terracotta army outside Tate Modern to honour the memory of the late TV artist Tony Hart. If you don’t know who Morph is, he appeared alongside Hart from 1977 on several of his UK TV programmes, notably Take Hart and Hartbeat. Tony Hart influenced a generation of artists and designers, including me. Check out the different morph renditions here.
Vikesh Bhatt
Posted on Monday, 2nd of March 2009 Permalink
Here’s a really nice Levi’s advertisement that I spotted down on Old Street. The ad is made up of different styles of real 501 jeans cut into the shape of butterflies. Check it out before it flies away!
John Alexander
Posted on Wednesday, 8th of October 2008 Permalink
The V&A was awash with con’s by the end of this years Village Fete. And what a sorry looking bunch of miscreants you all were – Dance Floor Murderers, Fraudsters, Racketeers, Fashion Criminals and Nuclear Arms Dealers all rubbed shoulders with the other law-abiding visitors.
Criminality saw no boundaries as offenders young and old queued up to have their fictional Civil Liberties stripped. Some followed in the footsteps of other dynamic-duos and chose to be photographed with a partner-in-crime, others took the wrap for themselves and stood in the docks alone. Either way we caught some real hardened crims and did our part at ridding the streets of some of society’s most dangerous transgressors.
Our thanks goes to all those who took part and kept us busy for the entire event. And, if there are any of you felons reading this who received a Fibre Criminal Record, can you send us a scan of the picture side of your cards so that we can add it to our files.
Alex Geoffrey
Posted on Tuesday, 29th of July 2008 Permalink
In the US, marshmallow Peeps are as famous as the Easter Bunny. Introduced in 1952, the sickly confections were originally only in yellow chick form, hence the name. Now they come in a variety of shapes, colours and flavours, which makes them ideal material for building sickly sweet dioramas. The Washington Post has just judged it’s second annual Peeps Diorama Contest and with over 800 entries, it’s clearly catching on.
TV shows, films or the year’s events inspire many of the entries such as this year’s winner “The Tomb of King Peepankhamun” by Laura Sillers. My favourite however is Sue Hauser’s campfire scene “Suddenly There Was a Peep!” in which four Peep rabbits toast their marshmallows over a fire – surely that’s cannibalism?!
David Rainbird
Posted on Tuesday, 25th of March 2008 Permalink
Seeing David’s earlier post, titled ’Flaming Logos’, it was clear that a lot of work was put into recreating those 80s motion graphics logos. Plenty of 3D and a good dose of Flame or After Effects I’d wager.
After Effects, Schmafter Effects. Check out how they did this back in the day…
Who needs Maya when you’ve got 6 craftsmen sweating night and day over 3 months, a motion control camera from the ark, and some old school ingenuity.
Hey, I know it’s a 10 minute video, but trust me it’s worth it just for the soundtrack… Altogether now, “Pay a little closer attention to detail…All the things you’re taking for granted… Are just as important as what you see”
Gary Butcher
Posted on Thursday, 13th of March 2008 Permalink
Rejoice! The Thomas Heatherwick Christmas card has arrived! This Heatherwick tradition has three simple rules – the stamp that plays a central part in the design, an unusual production technique and the involvement of the Mount Pleasant sorting office. The result is that rare thing – the Christmas card that never gets thrown away.
And this year’s card is no exception, the stamp is the star atop a Christmas tree that looks as though it has been drawn in the snow with the stamps own perforations, revealing shiny metallic green. The stamp is cancelled with a gold frank that becomes part of the design and the whole thing is shipped in a glossy see-through envelope. Beautiful. Thank you Heatherwick Studio!
Jennifer Kabat
Posted on Thursday, 20th of December 2007 Permalink
Director Aaron Duffy has combined his love of crochet with stop-motion to create The Special Guest. His new studio, SpecialGuest, is dedicated to the use of stop-motion, CG and cell-animation, and has created some quite charming story-driven animations. See them at his crafty website. Link
David Rainbird
Posted on Wednesday, 28th of November 2007 Permalink
If you haven’t found a reason to buy PlayStation 3 yet, LittleBigPlanet by Media Molecule might just be it. Originally titled Craft-World, the emphasis is on creativity – players can build their own levels and customise any character or object within the game using simple modelling tools, then share them on the PlayStation Network. The characters can then co-operate or compete to complete the obstacle course. All the objects are made of real world materials and obey the laws of physics so there’s no script or one solution for solving a problem. The felt trees and rag-doll heroes give the game a warm, fuzzy feel and this demo also has an apt choice of music – it’s The Go Team!
Also, don’t miss the other great demo of the modelling tools shown at GDC this year.
David Rainbird
Posted on Thursday, 26th of July 2007 Permalink
Whilst browsing through Flickr the other day for a picture of a Juno 106 synthesizer, I came across these cool miniature synthesizers. Now it’s time to get technical! Each of these miniature replicas have been beautifully hand crafted from cardboard right down to the most intricate detail. The synth above comes with wave form, modulation, freq and res sliders, basically it’s got it all! I only wish they actually made fully functional synthesizers this small!
John Alexander
Posted on Wednesday, 4th of July 2007 Permalink
We recently did a Google Image Search for “Austin Mini Cooper”. One of the results is of a Tamiya 1:24 Scale Plastic Model Kit, another is a black and white shot from 1962. Have you spotted it yet?
David Rainbird
Posted on Tuesday, 30th of January 2007 Permalink
