memories of a misspent youth
via creative review – if you love skating and love fire you’ll love this from publicis mojo/exit films for cokes energy drink, burn:
typarchive
via art wednesday a new favourite website: typarchive.com – archiving examples of the dying art of hand crafted signage.
“amidst a landscape of vapid strip malls and sterile signage, hand-painted lettering retains a soulful aesthetic to be treasured. like other crafts dissolving in the digital age, sign painting is a fading occupation. today it’s easy for any layman with minimal computer knowledge to produce a sign within minutes, but the skill acquired to artfully produce hand lettering took years of apprenticeships, dedication and true talent.” - RD Granados
here’s a couple from london that i’ve submitted to the site:
moleskine art
i came across Andrea Joseph’s lovely sketch blog and it prompted a return visit to Smashing Magazine’s fantastic moleskine art post from a while back – followed by a bit of a dig for inspiring moleskine artists, here are a few of my favs:
tilt-shifted hulkamania
continuing the tilt-shift theme here’s a fun little tilt-shifted film from Keith Loutit of the australian hulkamania tour - we’re all hulkamaniacs deep down:
via trendd
art decko
i love the places where skating and art/music intersect – like these beautiful hand carved boards from thomas forsyth (via manflet most likely to). nice.
+ (also part of the deck project) are these phil hope black and white boards. smooth.
+ (not part of the project but mighty fine all the same) an oil painted deck i came across a while ago on etsy (via boleas) but that’s unfortunately no longer up there. sweet:
google tv
we’ve been talking at Mindshare for a while about what tv will be like when they’re all hooked up to the internet and how long the yahoo! widget style walled gardens will last.
at sxswi the debate was mainly over whether content will be broadcast or internet based, and even those like Mark Cuban, who argue that the production and marketing cots are too great for internet based a la carte tv, admit that only google could really revolutionise what is an industry with far too much vested in the status quo.
with last week’s announcement of google tv it doesn’t look like the battle is necessarily going to be over distribution (or content creation) but rather in being the home entertainment operating system – with google looking to sit on top of any content you can access through your tv whether from the web, games console, hard-drive or broadcast network.
then i guess if google can replace the epg with search then they can serve keyword ads against the results, to both brands and publishers of content. but with broadcast still very much part of the mix will this mean google just layering more (but contextual) ads on top? i guess we’ll see - either way it’s clear that the battle for your tv is really only just beginning.
i’m also still convinced that ipad is going to become the ultimate 2nd screen device, however with google tv integrating with android then perhaps this paves the way for android tablet devices that will rival ipad?
more tilt-shift loveliness
maybe via some quirk of seo fate i seem to be getting lots of traffic to a couple of posts i wrote ages ago about tilt-shift photography. not wanting to disappoint, here’s some more beautiful tilt-shift images – this time the stunning ‘the little things‘ from Noa Emberson on Behance.
preview of epic new nike ad – write the future
full 3mins to play at final whistle of champs league final
seed cathedral
stunning images by architectural photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre from Dezeen’s feature on the ‘seed cathedral’ - british designer Thomas Heatherwick’s UK pavilion at the shanghai expo.
the ‘seed cathedral’ is made from 60,000 fibre optic rods with seeds from the millenium seed bank encased – the rods blow in the wind and draw light into the pavilion during the day and out at night.
more great images from the expo on Dezeen - spain’s wicker and steel pavilion and the danish BIG designed cycling and swimming pavilion are both worth checking out, but the uk looks to steal the show.
vietnamistan
i’m doing some work with the alabama 3 at the mo for the release of their new independently produced album Revolver Soul.
the album – also featuring Jonny Borrell, Jing Jang Jong (Joe), Shane MacGowan, Huey Morgan (Fun Lovin’ Criminals), Congo Natty, Tenor Fly, Daddy Freddy, Angelica Huston and Kenny Ken – is now out in hmv and on itunes.
the uk tour kicks off tonight in Brighton – get your tickets now for what the Guardian call “the best live band in the country”.
vietnamistan is the latest single – watch it below, pass it on, and join the Army of Love on facebook
a watergun/studio condition production:
- director: Lee Cavaliere
- director of photography: Rafa Pavon
- producer: Matt Clarke
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