Justin is an artist out of Spokane, Washington – with a very twisted mind. I remember being a kid and mutilating most of the He-Man figurines I had (including my cousins Barbie doll), but Justin seems to edge a line that makes this almost horrific.

Good thing it’s Halloween!! (more…)

Not much is known about these guys or girls at Oprisco, but it’s fairly evident that their work is top notch. But with most – the tragedy here is a poorly built site.

It’s sad when you have great work and a bad site to view it – aside from just viewing the photography, there isn’t much information on the photographers, and the navigation is non existent.

Oh well, check em out anyway.

What would you say to rechargeable and wireless stereo speaker docking station for digital audio players? Well designer Victor Vetterlein got stuck into the idea and came out with Yo. (more…)

Jeremy Prasatik, of Dallas TX has got a really great approach to design and seems to navigate with enough sense to not get too carried away with fads or “what’s hot” in the design scene. His site jp33 has a pretty eclectic and large body of work, which is definitely worth taking note.

Although, he does seem to pull some flavour from designer Scott Hansen. Come to think of it, the whole grunge-seventies-eighties-art deco style seems to becoming more and more prevalent. But who cares! It looks good, and is appealing to most descerning tastes. So take a look at Jeremy’s work – you might even find a couple of awesome christmas presents by way of some awesome t-shirt prints.

Ever wondered what on the inside of some of “characters” you’ve encountered in life. Perhaps you’ve always wondered what the life cycle and skeletal system of a Gummi Bear is. Well Jason Freeny of MoistProduction.com has a somewhat odd intepretation of things – which serves him well enough to gain some notoriety.

“..armed with a youthful, overactive imagination Jason create smart, intricate illustrations that tickle the deviant intellect through a mix of hard graphics, pop iconagraphy and wit.”

Enough said – just check out the damn site!!

Weblink: Jason Freeny

On Thursday I came across a piece created by Andrew Zuckerman. It wasn’t about him or about a product he wanted to promote or sell. To me – it personified the idea that the greatest gift one generation can pass onto another is wisdom, pure and simple.

Visit wisdombook.org and watch the video, watch the Making of interviews and just listen. Aside from the simple approach to shooting an interview and photography – Andrew goes into detail of why he used the mediums he used, and the method behind the scenes.

Enjoy.

Growing up in South Africa, our version of Oreo cookies was Bakers Biscuits cookies, and while doing my usual perusing for cool motion graphic video’s I stumbled over this little nostalgic throwback.

Most of the talent recruited by Agency Ogilvy in Johannesburg included Shy the Sun (direction) and Blackginger (production coordination) and Cab Films (live action).

With an obvious pull from popular fairy tales – I think they’ve definitely exposed some of South Africa’s burgeoning talent.

With a regular appearance in the “How To Spend It” , The Observer Magazine, Tatler, 125 and Dazed & Confused – Zena Holloway has created some of the most stunning imagery I’ve seen thus far. Drawing on her own scuba diving experience, coupled with an sharp technical know-how and “…superb creative direction”, this relatively new medium is gaining some widespread recognition.

Zena has worked with clients such as: Nike, Umbro, Epson, Sony, Herbal Essences and National Geographic.

Well it looks like FOWA will be held in the Miami next year – with some great speakers covering topics like:

- The future of the browser
- How to build a community that is crazy about your product
- Using video and podcasting for increased success
- How to build quickly with Django, Symfony, cloud computing and Git
- How to make powerful web apps using Objective-J and Cappuccino
- How to achieve tech team nirvana
- Future web business models that will actually work (more…)

I’ve been so busy lately I haven’t had the chance to upload any new works – notably my photography walks of late. Enjoy.

weblink: Mediakik Flickr

weblink: Mediakik Works

Okay – so a while ago the Big Buzz word out there was Twitter, which is a free social networking tool, a “micro-blog” if you will, created for you to get constant updates from your friends, family or even from your music artist, clothing company etc…

Its humble beginnings started with a company called Obvious who actually just used the tool internally before officially launching it in October 2006. (more…)

A combination of stellar special effects – Munich based design firm Velvet Mediendesign and Black Mountain Studios VFX teamed up to create this spot for Mattoni Spring Water. (more…)

The Langara Centre for Art in Public Spaces is presenting a speaker series about art in the public sphere.  On Tuesday, they are presenting Barbara Cole and Antonia Hirsch.  The event is open to the public and free of charge.

Date & Time: October 21, 2008 7pm
Location: Langara College Library 3rd floor

As an artist producing works for gallery installations and public spaces, Antonia Hirsch will address issues and concerns faced by artists as they develop projects for temporary and permanent contexts.

Barbara Cole will discuss the potential of large outdoor advertising screens as viable platforms for artists projects in Vancouver.

Brodie Neill is a young dynamic designer capturing the attention of the international design scene. Only recently having graduated the 28-year-old Australian has quickly built up an impressive collection of international exhibitions and prestigious clientele. (more…)

An old tradition in the Vancouver web community has been reborn.  Tonight at 5pm the reinvented Ideas on Tap is taking place at the Yaletown Brewing Company.  It’s a networking event for people interested in blogging, internet marketing and online social networking.  You can have a look at the blog to see who is coming.

If you’re a T-Shirt nut – which I honestly would like to call myself, but I stand at risk of being called a “poser” since my collection is diminishing – then you would love the tasty gem: www.youreyeslie.com. They’re a small collective of artists pumping out shirts with style, edge and a little of WTF? (more…)

Wordle is a fun little web site that lets you create art out of words.  It was created by an IBM software engineer named Jonathan Feinberg.  You can view other users’ tag clouds in the gallery or easily create your own based on a block of text, an RSS feed, or delicious bookmarks.  Then you tweak the appearance of the cloud by changing font, layout and colours.  The image above is constructed from mediakik’s delicious bookmarks.

An interesting technique that takes wide angle and high angle shots from a high plane – and adds a depth of field to it – giving a very cool illusion that you’re focusing on the subject matter. It’s almost surreal because everything looks miniature in a way. (more…)

I had the chance lately to go through depth cores 35th exhibition entitled “NOIR”, and I was thoroughly impressed by the eclectic works produced by the many artists that submitted their interpretation of the theme.

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