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Illustration by Eric Bonhomme

Loose, expressive, messy, inky goodness: I present the work of Eric Bonhomme.

–Via Supersonic Electronic

It’s not all work with us. In-between projects this week we have mostly been…

… inspired by Studio Sanne’s ‘Hang Around’ and wondering whether we can incorporate a swing into a studio space.

… getting ridiculously excited over this video of Bloomframe’s ‘balcony-on-demand.’

… visiting the Alan Fletcher exhibition over at the Kemistry Gallery.

… mildly weirded out by Maskull Lasserre’s macabre scultpures.

… hanging with the rascally Rock the dog.

… scouring Tower Bridge Antiques looking for a new/old office chair.

Dan Hipp’s tribute to Point Break

Abounding with pop culture references galore, subtle sunset-hued colour palettes and a style that sits somewhere between Mike Mignola and Adam Warren, there’s plenty to love in the work of Mr. Dan Hipp.

– Via The Fox Is Black

Weapons of Mass Creation Fest 2011 from Weapons of Mass Creation on Vimeo.

I can’t say I ever travel to Ohio much (my Oyster card doesn’t cover that far) but if I ever do I’ll be sure to look out for a Weapons of Mass Creation Fest. Judging by the video it looks like the kind of gathering that is full of inspiring creative people with bags of energy and fashionable hair cuts. It’s organised by Cleveland based Go Media, who specialise in producing the kind of work that incites jealously on a regular basis.

– Via Go Media

Belfast based Linda Coulter produces delightful illustrations with a lovely hand-crafted and textured feel. Each week she creates a new ‘critter’ for her blog. MB Games should release a new version of Guess Who featuring her illustrations.

– Via designworklife

Markus Kayser – Solar Sinter Project from Markus Kayser on Vimeo.

As part of his MA in Design Products at the RCA, Marcus Kayser has developed a solar-powered 3D printer that can sinter loose desert sand into glass objects. A device that can produce objects using nothing more than the desert’s most abundant resources: sun and sand? Consider me sold. The thought of a complete glass city rising majestically out of the very sand of the desert, constructed by swarms of Von Neumann like quadrotors has left me somewhat giddy.
If someone can get on with building an equivalent device that requires only rain and discarded copies of the Metro, London would be sorted.

– Via BLDGBLG

Recent graduate Bradley Jay produces the kind of detailed illustrations that would cause the hands of lesser men to seize up and fall off. More of his intricate work can be seen on his website.

– Via Creative Review

Suddenly 50 unread emails doesn’t seem that bad:

“ …the Rondout-West Branch tunnel – 45 miles long, 13.5 feet wide, up to 1,200 feet below ground and responsible for ferrying half of New York City’s water supply from reservoirs in the Catskill Mountains –has been leaking some 20 million gallons a day.
… the city has enlisted six deep-sea divers who are living for more than a month in a sealed 24-foot tubular pressurized tank complete with showers, a television and a Nerf basketball hoop, breathing air that is 97.5 percent helium and 2.5 percent oxygen, so their high-pitched squeals are all but unintelligible. They leave the tank only to transfer to a diving bell that is lowered 70 stories into the earth, where they work 12-hour shifts, with each man taking a four-hour turn hacking away at concrete …

Ken Belson – NY Times

– Via BLDBLG

In honour of Canada Day, check out this lovely promotional video unveiling the new Canadian Olympic Committee branding for the Canadian Olympic Team. You can read more about it at the COC website.

The Canadian Olympic Team Brand from Canadian Olympic Team on Vimeo.

For any other Canucks in London, see you down at Trafalgar Square, eh?

A short but intriguing post on ski resorts and their “extraordinary experiments in terrain-generation on a massive scale.” I’ve often watched the piste-bashers at night; like glow-worms crawling over the mountain. I imagine it must be quite an isolating experience trundling along in the darkness, akin to driving across an alien landscape, much like scenes in Duncan Jones’ Moon

Via BLDGBLOG