I recently discovered Chris Dent’s artwork after seeing one of his beautiful illustrations on the cover of a Jamie Jones record sleeve. Chris is a London based illustrator who specialises in drawing city landscapes.
He manages to encapsulate the vibrancy of the city though his insanely detailed drawings. I would just hate to think how long each one took him to do!
John Alexander
Posted on Tuesday, 18th of August 2009 Permalink
Farrow has recently reprinted a limited run of the Haçidenda 15th Birthday poster, which they first produced in 1997. This was sadly the last birthday that the Haçidenda celebrated before shutting its door in the summer of the same year.
This beautiful poster design has been screen-printed on “Campaign MG Poster Paper (120 GSM) with Pantone 810, black, cool grey 9 and reflective ink”. You can see the printing process used to reproduce the poster here. It’s a shame they don’t capture the smell of the print!
John Alexander
Posted on Friday, 19th of December 2008 Permalink
Christian Marclay has some new cyanotypes on show at the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York until the 11th. Standing in front of these wall-sized blueprints of unspooled cassette tapes is an immersive experience – these tiny images really don’t so them justice. Here both subject and reproduction are legacy, analog formats and the resulting images are stunning and ethereal.
Also on show is “Looking for Love”, a video work in which a close-up camera is trained upon a record-player needle which is forcibly skipped around vintage pop records, trying to find any mention of love. Mesmerising.
David Rainbird
Posted on Saturday, 4th of October 2008 Permalink
I have got something for all you synthesizer anoraks out there!
AQ Interactive has come up with an amazing little program that converts
your Nintendo DS into a Korg DS-10 synthesizer. The Korg DS-10 program boasts a two analog simulator, drum machine and a 6 track sequencer.
What more could you ask for!
Sadly, it is only available in Japan at the moment. I am hoping that it will get a full release in the UK. I will keep you posted.
John Alexander
Posted on Thursday, 25th of September 2008 Permalink
Vikesh Bhatt
Posted on Monday, 12th of May 2008 Permalink
Dieter and Lung of Perish Factory have directed this awesome, and, dare I say it, cute music video for Bomb The Bass, called Butterfingers. For the unfamiliar, it’s an analogue synth/sequencer/groovebox, of no particular type, made in felt. Each button and control has a unique character and role in the video that sustains viewing all the way to the witty end. In Dieter’s own words there was “no real trickery to the making of it, just lots of hands, a lot of puppets, a lot of takes and a crap load of duct tape in the back holding things together”. Check it out here.
Gary Butcher
Posted on Friday, 21st of March 2008 Permalink
What inspired this video for DVNO by Justice? With scores of flying, exploding, 3D, rainbow and chrome logos – it can only be 80’s TV graphics. Motion by Machinemolle and designed by So me, the talent behind last year’s awesome Justice video – D.A.N.C.E. (via Stereogum)
David Rainbird
Posted on Sunday, 2nd of March 2008 Permalink
Morrissey’s Greatest Hits is released today - I really like the new advert that accompanies its release. A request from Morrissey’s myspace page asked fans if they’ve graffiti’d their bodies or own any cool Morrissey memorabilia. Check out what fans sent in and watch the video here.
Vikesh Bhatt
Posted on Monday, 11th of February 2008 Permalink
I didn’t know what “forced perspective” was until I googled it this week, according to Wikipedia it’s “a technique that employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is.” Serendipitously I also came across this great music video for Chikinki, directed by Si&AD (aka Simon Atkinson and Adam Townley). If you didn’t understand what forced perspective was before, the giant Chikinki and tiny Chikinki will straighten you out.
David Rainbird
Posted on Wednesday, 19th of December 2007 Permalink
This is going to be the most fun since the Casio VL-Tone:
“Media artist Toshio Iwai and Yamaha have collaborated to design a new digital musical instrument for the 21st century, TENORI-ON. A 16x16 matrix of LED switches allows everyone to play music intuitively, creating a “visible music” interface.”
Yamaha are test-marketing it in the UK now, currently out of stock but hopefully not for long. Soon everyone will be able to electro-synth like Jean Michel Jarre! (via MIT Advertising Lab)
David Rainbird
Posted on Monday, 17th of September 2007 Permalink