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
Heres a lovely flickr collection of vintage tape inserts. The collection features inserts from Dixons, Phillips, BASF. If your into 70’s and 80’s material check out the full collection here, brace yourself for some brave typography and colour combos.
Vikesh Bhatt
Posted on Monday, 16th of February 2009 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
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
Mad Men will make you a happier person. It’s the US show about a 1960’s Madison Avenue ad agency that will make your teeth whiter and it’s coming to the UK on BBC4 – tonight. Created by Sopranos writer Matthew Weiner, it’s a realistic portrayal of a lost time in advertising and American history, before equality, smoking related illness and car seatbelts. Cigarettes, whiskey and discrimination is encouraged in the workplace, but as you’ll find out, not without consequences. The show has a great cast and production values, so satisfaction is guaranteed. AMC’s site for the show also has some nice clips of Ad Legends.
David Rainbird
Posted on Sunday, 2nd of March 2008 Permalink
Things Magazine bring you The Pelican Project, hard to pick a favourite decade or cover, the 60’s and 70’s are where most of the superb graphic solutions are. My favourite changes everytime I visit the site, some are above, but today it’s ‘How Children Fail’
Dave Brown
Posted on Wednesday, 30th of January 2008 Permalink
I recently attended and 80’s party where Pacman won first prize, Sheera was a close second and we haven’t seen Bungle since Thursday night. On that note…this really nice Wispa ad by Publicis London looks back at life in the 80’s, the copy is well written and worth a read whilst munching on that Wispa, yum. Have a read here.
Vikesh Bhatt
Posted on Monday, 17th of December 2007 Permalink
This Saturday saw me staying in for the first time in a ages mind you staying in is the new going out. Whilst watching the rubbish we pay for I’ve come to the conclusion that TV programme intos aren’t what they used to be. I spent time reflecting on some of the rich visual stuff I was exposed to when a kid watching Saturday TV. Just check out some of the logos above, absolutely amazing! In stark contrast to the depressing display today, XFactor and Strictly Come Dancing to name a few poor examples, yuk! - Note some of these also had killer soundtracks.
Vikesh Bhatt
Posted on Tuesday, 2nd of October 2007 Permalink
For all you old skool gamers, heres a blast from the past. Zzap 64 magazine launched in 1985 was a monthly mag that I purchased back in the day for my Commodore 64. Every cover was a beautiful hand drawn illustration by Oli Frey up to issue 63. If you remember either the Commodore 64 or vaguely remember the cover artwork take a look at the entire archive here.
Vikesh Bhatt
Posted on Thursday, 20th of September 2007 Permalink
Two guys forced to remake hollywood greats coz they’ve wiped all the tapes in their video store, a questionable plot to say the least. But when the two guys are Jack Black and Mos Def and it’s directed by the genius that is Michel Gondry how can it fail? Out in December, it’s sure to be a D.I.Y Christmas hit, I’m off to remake Jaws in my bath with a tortilla chip, some toothpicks and a yoghurt pot. See the trailer here
Dave Brown
Posted on Saturday, 11th of August 2007 Permalink
