Just because the nights are getting colder, a bit darker and Summer is almost over doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy this promo video for the Spring/Summer collection by Kate Moss for Topshop!
The song ‘Be Brave‘ by The Strange Boys sets the mood exactly for the collection… or is it that the collection is exactly right for the song? Hmm. Think about that!
Either way, beautifully shot, a bit tantalising flashdance-esque. Glimpses of clothes, smudges of colour… and as far as promotional videos go, a win, I would say.
Completely adorable stuff here from Fine Little Day The wallpapers were actually drawn by her 8 year old son Otto!
Love the mountain wallpaper and the moustache spoons. I would kit my entire house out with this cuteness but can’t say my Mr would be ultimately pleased. But how can anyone resist those little boats??
Some magical looking shots from this Marie Antionette inspired music video for Acid Girls. Absolutely love the colours, romantic feel, fun mood!
Also included some pics from behind the scenes ‘making of’ by an incredibly talented photographer Caesar Sebastian take a look at the whole set on his Flickr feed. Awesome stuff.
I found this video over on Vimeo made by Onur Senturk, I spent nearly 4 months on the ‘square’ project… others were given circles and triangles so now ALL geometrical shapes set off a bit of an experimental side of me. ‘Ohhh what could I do with this shape?!?!’ etc… it’s tiresome.
The animation itself is quite dark and moody, but technically I just can’t get my head around how some of these effects were achieved!! Amazing!
Onur says: “TRIANGLE is a video work done for the book ‘Black Material’ which showcases Robert Knoke’s artwork. Curator Jens Karlson asked me to make a short animation and get Robert Knoke’s black and white artwork as base for video. I chosed to create tense harmony between geometrical forms and organic movements. Combustion helped me to expand possibilites of Black material with his strong music and sound design.”
I made a visit to the Ephemeral show in London for some incredibly talented Bath Spa 2010 grads. I hadn’t made it to Bath to see the whole show so this was a great opportunity to see what kind of talent was out there but a little closer to home!
“With reference to the impermanent and shifting nature of design, a group of illustrators, graphic designers, and moving image makers have come together to communicate their own short-lived experience.”
I’ve picked out my most favourite bits, as there was an awful lot there for such a small venue, be sure to check out the exhibition website to get a look at the whole bunch.
First up, Calico Melton. Such cute illustrations, spent quite alot of time looking through her book “The Lonely Gardener” which is an adaptation on a Persian fable. Whimsical but sad, see the pages here on her Flickr
Second in line is Jack Archer, who just graduated in Graphic Communication from Bath, really beautiful stuff.
“This project was initiated by noticing fallen leaves on the pavement. These leaves (Ginkgo biloba) seemed to display an unbelievable resemblance to butterfly wings. This remarkable resemblance led me to collect a number of these beautiful leaves and pin them beneath a deep-set glass frame; alluding to butterflies in a specimen cabinet.”
And lastly, my favourite, Jenny Wiscombe. Really intricate details in these sushi illustrations. Gold leaf handles, twee elements and gorgeous colours, these sushi etiquette paintings make me hungry!
“I’m an illustrator who loves doing commercial artwork by hand. I mainly work with watercolours, fine-liners and collage, or whatever is right for the task. My favourite things to create and draw include handmade typography, patterns, foods and animal characters.”
These are the designs for the range of Topshop Make Up items and also the Spring/Summer 2010 range by Sarah Thorne a fellow University of the Arts student who graduated with a first class honors from Central Saint Martins last year and landed the job as Topshop’s Creative Designer… lucky girl!!
“Design for Topshops’ new Main line make up range. Packaging features matt grey componentry with black patterns, uncoated cartons with grey print, hand drawn illustrations and text.”
Check out the pictures of the two different ranges on her portfolio site, gorgeous stuff, cute hand drawn features.
…except they’re not mine! ^_- been checking out the iPad and iPhone 4 courtesy of George [moneybags] Wiscombe.
For reference, the iPad is absolutely amazing. SO intuitive! I want one, I just have absolutely no use for it as I own a laptop. Also, don’t bother getting an iPad until Apple upgrade the graphics capabilities, as the iPhone 4 has muuuch better resolution. If you were teetering on the edge trying to decide if you should get an iPhone 4… let me decide for you: GET ONE!
The camera is so much better, HD video, is completely worth it aaand if yous till have your odl handset and box then (like my Mr) you can get money off the new handset. For example, George got £205 off! Doesn’t really need explaining does it?
YAY! Unit 2 is due in on Monday and my books arrived back from Ripe Digital first thing this morning! Because of how quickly they were posted I now have loooads of spare time. Such a relief!
This project is my proposal for Unit 3, the final project for my MA. It’s full steam ahead with the brief from now until November 12th when I finish. No pressure, but it’s going to be epic… and expensive! >_<
So relieved that this is nearly over, I work alot faster than I’m “allowed to” at uni. There are tutorials to work around and they only want to see some things by certain dates, when I have usually figured out my final outcome a couple of months before I’m supposed to. Which is usually fine if I can keep my mouth shut. *If* being the integral word in that sentence ^_-
You can see my final outcome for this brief at the bottom of the post. Roll on November!
There are some very magical people on my course at the LCC one of the most talented in the bunch is the lovely Andrea Forgacs, and it just so happened to be her birthday this weekend. ^_^
Take a look at her portfolio, blog and take a peek at her book and prints here, her work is literally everywhere and for a good reason, I think you’ll agree! <3
Feeling pretty stupid that while I had been whining last week about how tricky it is to keep working and plough through all this uni work she appears to be handling it pretty well!!
So it’s clearly a little NSFW. I always find it so hard to categorise “NSFW” because surely it depends on your boss? Being a freelancer I am my own boss… she is a bit of a bitch actually. But she doesn’t mind the odd bit of lingerie so I think the above video is allowed. Good news huh?
Boobs + pretty underwear + how to save a life. A perfect example of how to get someone to pay very close attention to learning CPR. I just don’t see them teaching it this way in schools… or do I??
