The Week That Was #46
It’s not all work with us. In-between projects this week we have mostly been…
…enjoying this recipe Golden Lentil Dal…
…disappointed to find that the original Tron movie does not hold up well when revisited…
…discovering that certain songs not only rock just as much as the originals but that they also make us long for an 8 bit version of Guitar Hero on the original NES. Bonus points if it uses ROB the Robot, the most singularly uni-purpose videogame peripheral ever…
Dev Harlan
I’ve been a sucker for projection mapped installations every since I saw Tony Ourseler’s as a student. The Christopher Henry Gallery recently held a solo show of the work of Californian artist Dev Harlan, showcasing his latest installation Parmenides I. At 8’ wide, the hybrid work amalgamates video projection, sculpture and installation. Named after the Greek philosopher, it suggests a duality between an unchanging, underlaying reality and a mutable, ever-changing perception.
– Via The Fox is Black
Not Sh*t Web Design
It’s not very often I get to use the word moxie, so it was serendipitous that I happened upon this portfolio site for Cornwall based A Little Bit Of Something.
How’s that for moxie?
DKNG Studios: Poster Process Video
I do love me a good process video, especially one that has a bit of old-fashioned, pencil-and-paper drawing. LA based design crew DKNG Studios recently produced a lovely poster for Texan post-rock instrumentalists Explosions In the Sky, and made a time-lapse process video which shows the creation of the poster from sketch to beautiful end product. More images can be found on their blog.
Alas, this two-coloured beauty is no longer available, but there is a veritable bushel of other delights to be found in the DKNG Store, so go check it out, forthwith.
–Via Grain Edit
UVA's Ident for One Dot Zero
One Dot Zero commissioned United Visual Artists — the go-to guys for mesmerising light-based installations — to create an indent for the upcoming Adventures in Motion festival. Shot in a evocative industrial setting, the sequence features flickering typography formed entirely from lasers. Lasers, people.
As part of the festival UVA will also be showing their new installation Horizon, which will project data “onto the visitors retina.” Hopefully with more lasers.
The festival runs from 23rd to the 27th of November, at the BFI Southbank.
– Via Creative Review
The Week That Was #37
It’s not all work with us. In-between projects this week we have mostly been…
…checked out the finalists for the Threadneedle Prize
…mesmerised by Ben Rubin’s and Mark Hansen’s installation Listening Post at the Science Museum
…lazily took in some Raphaels while lounging around on the Bourullec Brother’s upholstered installation Textile Field at the V&A.
Signal Snowboards' Duff McKagan board
Once a month, California based Signal Snowboards take to the factory floor to build whimsical boards the likes of which would make B.A. Baracus proud. Conceived and constructed within 24 hours, the boards are then taken to the slopes for a thorough thrashing, and the resulting videos posted on their site.
This month the crazy foo’s merge a bass guitar with a board and present it to Duff McKagan. Alas, we don’t see Duff taking to the slopes but still, it’s goddamn Duff McKagan, people.
James Jirat Patradoon
James Jirat Patradoon
Occasionally you come across a biography that says everything you want to say in a such a succinct fashion, all you need to do is quote it:
As quoted from his site:
James Jirat Patradoon (born 1985) is an Australian Artist/Illustrator. His frantic images are inspired hyper-masculine mythologies of of biker gangs, rockstars, pro wrestlers, secret societies, and Facebook. Citing Raymond Pettibon and Katsuhiro Otomo as his artistic influences, James’ work is an irreverent take on the stoic nature of macho pop culture.
His works have been exhibited in Sydney, San Diego, and Bangkok; and have appeared in magazines such as Beautiful/Decay, Nylon, ESPN, Complex, Acclaim, Empty, and ILOVEFAKE. He has collaborated with such companies as Ubisoft, Adidas, Diesel, MTV, PepsiCo, Mambo, Grill’d, The Deftones and Ministry of Sound
Boom. Go and look at his work, and when you’re done you can go and buy some of his work. Done.
– Via Supersonic Electronic
Surplus Design
Animal Icons
We recently stumbled upon these lovely animal icons by Anthony Dimitre of Surplus Designs. Sitting on the right side of retro, they have a nice vintage feel thats sits somewhere between Otl Aicher’s pictograms for the 1972 Munich Olympics and the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and wouldn’t look out of place on a set of Canadian postage stamps circa 1974 designed by Burton Kramer.
Simply add a maple leaf and a beaver and apply these to a Burton board, and deliver to me in time for Christmas. Thanks.
– Via Tripleships Inc
The Week That Was #36
It’s not all work with us. In-between projects this week we have mostly been …
… browsing snowboard helmets we can never afford.
… enjoying our neighbour’s homemade damson jam.
…looking up the lyrics to ’80s rock songs that we loved as kids but never actually knew the words for.
… geeked out listening to the 5 by 5 Network’s latest Back To Work podcast, in which Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin opine about my favourite app, Quicksilver.