This is the most current series that I am working on, Hop Hop Hooray. There are four panels in the series and when put together create a funny little story board.
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This is the most current series that I am working on. It consists of four paintings when put together create a nice little storyboard.
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Looking at the cover of the June 1 New Yorker Magazine it is pretty hard to believe that it was created with a US$4.99 app on an iPhone.
The app is Brushes [App Store] and it allows painting on the iPhone /iPod touch screen using your fingers and a variety of brush styles. If you have a Mac, you can export your work at resolutions up to 1920x2880. The app also saves a record of your brushstrokes and other actions and can replay them on your Mac. The artist who did the New Yorker cover, Jorge Colombo, obviously has impressive talent. You can see some of his other iPhone work here.
Colombo told the New York Times he loves the app because it “made it easy for me to sketch without having to carry all my pens and brushes and notepads with me, and I like the fact that I am drawing with a set of tools that anybody can have easily in their pocket.”
This video will show you a stroke by stroke look at how the cover was created.
If you’re looking for more info on this app try the developer site here. Another similar app at the same price is Colors, [App Store] which has also been responsible for some impressive artwork.
Wow. Just wow.
Innovative campaign created by BBDO Guerrero, the most awarded creative agency in the Philippines. 100 of these cans were installed around Manila to encourage donations and show the difference that a small donation to Childhope can make a street child’s life. Now this is packaging that makes a difference!
Designed by Paris, France based studio iLK, this limited edition (100 produced) packaging for the Fuji FinePix Z20 digital camera features a graffiti theme design that says “shoot me if you can”. There is a dedicated minisite to this camera here in French.
Designed by Magdalena Czarnecki:
“Empty paperbags, containing simple step by step instructions on how to fold the bag into an origami animal, in order to become a sustainable designer toy in paper. The cost of the bag is directed to the WWF to help save the endangered animal and it’s dying population.”
![Ravage used to transform from a cat into a cassette, but those weird, tapey things are a little old for fans of the bold, new, LeBouf’d version of the franchise. How about a USB drive?
In flash drive form, he’s neither terribly compact nor inconspicuous, but this toy isn’t meant to be a great Transformer—it’s about proudly hanging a physical manifestation of your awkward fandom out of the side of your laptop. The Ravage drive will run a steep $43, andship in September. [NerdApproved viaOhGizmo]
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Ravage used to transform from a cat into a cassette, but those weird, tapey things are a little old for fans of the bold, new, LeBouf’d version of the franchise. How about a USB drive?
In flash drive form, he’s neither terribly compact nor inconspicuous, but this toy isn’t meant to be a great Transformer—it’s about proudly hanging a physical manifestation of your awkward fandom out of the side of your laptop. The Ravage drive will run a steep $43, andship in September. [NerdApproved viaOhGizmo]
IKEA PS Collection 2009 is stunning ~ those of you following NOTCOT.org may have seen a bit of this collection as it launched in sweden ~ and as the playful animations about the design stories behind the collection began to circulate. While the anticipation for this collection is not yet over (the collection wont be available in the US until August 2009) - but it’s official US launch was at ICFF, so i finally got a chance to check it out in person! This year the theme is “Never Ending Design Stories” - the press release says: “The new collection is all about stories. Stories about our roots, of empowering people, of innovative ways of minimizing the use of resources and maximizing our responsibility for our world.” And the products reflect this beautifully with so many playful, unique, pieces that manage to dance the line between mass produced and full of character. You can see some of my favorites above ~ and on the next page take a peek at pics from the IKEA booth at ICFF 09, as well as the full catalog of products, and a peek at the history of the PS collection.
“LiV is the first vodka ever to be distilled and bottled on Long Island. The artisan distillers that create LiV are fervently focused on creating the finest vodka ever made. In order to achieve this distinction, LiV Vodka is uniquely crafted from 100% Potatoes.”
Package design for Wee-Go glass baby bottles. The starter pack contains a set of four BPA-free bottles to be sold at the MOMA bookstore. Designed by Bob Dinetz Design.
Subplot Design created the packaging for this new entry into the energy shots category. Happy Planet Shots are formulated to address four specific occasions: Energy+, Immunity, Detox and Glow and contain no added sugar, no preservatives and no artificial ingredients:
“Subplot Design’s strategic role involved an extensive audit of the current shots and functional beverage category as well as liaising with Vancouver’s InQuest Consumer Insights & Planning, who conducted in-depth positioning consumer focus groups. Subplot then worked with Happy Planet to create a solid brand positioning strategy, followed by bottle and packaging design. With the vast majority of shots currently in the marketplace concentrating solely on ‘Energy’ and with a combined taste and design profile resembling a ‘toxic explosion’, Happy Planet identified a gap in the market for a healthy alternative that addressed the many other occasions in consumers’ fast-paced lives.
Walking by the Stella McCartney store in the meatpacking district you can’t help but notice, stop, stare and giggle at the window filled with inflated dinosaurs ~ some even taking over the heads of mannequins while others swoop down on those with their arms raised… It’s bizarre to say the least, but part of me can’t help but wonder what it takes to get hired to come up with and execute THAT idea. It sounds like it’d be terribly fun! See more pictures on the next page… the close ups crack me up.
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if you’re in need of fun attention grabbing playful ideas like these, we should chat!
While Journal For Plague Lovers, the newest release by Welsh band, Manic Street Preachers, may still be hitting the shelves of British supermarkets, the album’s artwork won’t. Large chains including Sainsburys and Tesco will sell the CD in a plain white slipcase, due to “inappropriate” cover art painted by notable British painter, Jenny Saville (who also contributed art to the band’s 1994 album,The Holy Bible, and has exhibited with Gagosian and Saatchi). Apparently Stare, which was painted by Saville in 2005, and depicts a bruised boy, has been deemed too offensive and violent to be placed alongside tabloids and candybars. It’s Just another tale of the power large corporate retailers have over the recording industry, as it was ultimately the decision of Columbia Records to placate them and deliver the album with a Smell the Glove treatment.
Easily the most humorous anecdote to surface from this already absurd situation comes to us from Peter Black, the Liberal Democrats’ health spokesman in Wales, who said “I would be disturbed if supermarkets were deliberately acting in that way with regard to pictures of children with disfigurement. The one thing we need to do is allow people who are disfigured to live as normal a life as possible.” (via Telegraph) Bold words indeed…File this one under ridiculous.
