The world is where we live from WWF on Vimeo.
A fantastic video that makes you realise how close the nature of humans and animal are. Created by WWF.
This is an area of design I’ve never really thought of, but imagine if you got the opportunity to create your own candy bar. There’s quite a lot of elements that you’d have to consider to it. How big would it be? What ingredients would you use? What shape would it be? How would you package it? What would you name it? It’s an interesting thought and has got me thinking outside the box and an area I’d like to investigate more. Sorry if this has made you hungry.
I stumbled across this fantastic foot high Hulk Baby figurine by Ron English while mountain biking through Hong Kong yesterday. The gallery wasn’t open where it was on display in the window, so I’m going to get back there this week to have a better look at the detail and maybe buy it if it’s not too expensive. Sorry for the ratty photo. I’ll take some better pics when I’m at the gallery again.
We are 138 from VITA BREVIS FILMS on Vimeo.
Mark Ong aka SBTG talks about his creative process and the hurdles he has had to overcome growing up in Singapore. He makes some great points in this interview I found inspiring and make me proud to own a pair of his sneaks.
Paul Rodriguez has a strong following in the skateboard world and with his continued partnership with Incase, expanding to the street culture world. His latest collection of bags and accessories for the traveling skateboarder all built with good durability and design. The entire collection is available now through Incase.
Little is known about Pavel Platonov other than he is from eastern Europe. I think his work tells a thousand words of how talented he is.
Could this be the future for BMW? It’s exciting to see car companies foresight for the future of automotive technology, their considerations to the environment and of course the looks of future models.
The i3 concept is powered by a 170-horsepower electric motor with the ability to propel it from 0 to 60 mph in under 8 seconds, the nimble errands runner’s liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery bank is at 80% charge capacity with only an hour at the charging station. Underneath is a brand new manufacturing methodology, the LifeDrive concept. Compartmentalized in Life aspect, where a composite of aluminum and carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) makes up a strong, lightweight cell for the passengers. As for the Drive aspect, the battery bank, transmission, and drive-train are all underneath the Life cell, this layout enables BMW engineers to free up more space. Zero-emission and a drive range of 150 kilometers, or about 93 miles between charges, BMW has an ambitious goal of launch the i3 Concept in 2013.
These are ssiiiiiikk! Due to drop sometime in August 2011.
Frank Ocean – Swim Good by BLINDO
I discovered this song after hearing this track over the top of the latest interview with Chad Muska for Supra Footwear on HBTV. Frank Ocean (aka Christopher Breaux) blends soul, pop-infused R&B. The track is off his debut LP “Nostalgia, Ultra“.
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A key to a good designer is the ability to multi-task. A lot of design work is charged out on ‘billable time’. Meaning each hour we are sitting in front of the computer is time we are working on a job and is allocated to a current project. This may seem straight forward but when you spend the majority of your time concepting and coming up with ideas. Some projects ie. a logo design can come to you in a day. And other times it can take weeks! So time is of the essence. What I try to do is take a brief or project idea and plant that seed in my mind and let it grow. A good example of this is when you start looking a buying a car and you like the colour red. You notice you start to see a lot of red cars on the road. This is the same with ‘brief seeds’. You plant the idea and you start to become aware of visuals that relate to the brief. This way you are always concepting. I have found it very effective for me. I am currently working on two interior design jobs at the moment. One retail the other residential. I decided to leave my computer at home over the weekend and pick up a new pile of interior design books to thumb through.
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NEIGHBORHOOD has always channeled biker culture through their apparel. This coming fall/winter collection has kept with this look but also be inspired by the late 1960’s and events around the Vietnam war. I love the the grainy styling of photo shoot but I’ll wait to see the products in the flesh before I grab any August 6th.
44 Club with Nike and Wieden+Kennedy from The IPA on Vimeo.
A great watch to see the ongoing love/hate relationship between one of the largest advertising firms in the world and one of the largest sporting/leisure brands in the world. Nike’s Ed Elworthy and Weiden + Kennedy’s Nic Owen sit down to talk about this relationship that has lasted for over 30 years.
Reebok have just announced the news that musician and AMBUSH co-founder VERBAL will become the new creative director at Reebok. VERBAL has always been a dude that pushes fashion since becoming known through Teriyaki Boys and it’s obvious from Reeboks choice of Creative Director that they want to take Reebok to in a new direction. Best of luck to you VERBAL.
HBTV: Depth of Speed – Tale of Three Cars from HBTV on Vimeo.
I respect anyone that love’s what they do. Whether it’s a hobby or a job or if you’re lucky enough. Both! This is a nice little watch on one mans passion for cars by HBTV.
Depth of Speed was born from a desire of story, travel and a love of anything automotive related. Next year my wife and I will be taking to the streets to uncover and document the greatest stories from the automotive world. From coast-to-coast and from top to bottom, finding the best stories will take the highest priority. Every time I meet someone new or attend an event I’m amazed at the depth, passion and love that the automotive world brings. Depth of Speed is just that – an in-depth look at these stories. There is something about motors and machines, that to an outsider looking in, would make us seem plain crazy.
We have begun the process of outfitting our trusty Scamp trailer to traverse the entire country. Known affectionately as a fiberglass egg, our Scamp will be our home for one year of our lives. At only 13 feet long it will make for a cozy year.
The days are faster and the nights even longer in Hong Kong. It’s not unusual to finish the average day until around 10pm. That’s what’s great about this city is the fact the city never sleeps so even when you have a late one working there’s still plenty of people out and plenty of restaurants open to eat. My head is swimming at the moment with four major projects on, so it’s nice to finish the day with a great Japanese dinner at SUSHI SASE which specialise in Kaiseki cuisine accompanied by a bottle of sake and a few Sapporos.
LA street artist Slick talks applying his graffiti and artwork all over the environments in Gears of War 3. It’s such a cool opportunity for an artist to be able to bomb a computer game. It’s interesting to hear about his process behind the colours, different materials and layers to each piece of work for the game.
MOMENTS WITH ALOE BLACC, MIKI AND JAYBO: “LOVING YOU IS KILLING ME” PART 4/6 from MADE Blog on Vimeo.
After the moving performance by Aloe Blacc, Miki and Jaybo of “Billie Jean” (check my previous post) you can now experience “Loving You Is Killing Me”. If you’re a fan of Aloe Blacc, you must see this.
