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Solidarités International – Water Ink
A beautiful spot to mark World Water Day 2011. Solidarités International and its agency BDDP Unlimited rolled out a campaign to build awareness of the scourge of undrinkable water. Today, it is estimated that 3.6 million people, including 1.5 million children under the age of 5, die every year of diseases borne by unhealthy water, ...
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Minimalist Oscar Posters
California based teacher and photographer, David Lopez, is another talented graphic designer and although he didn’t walk away with an Oscar this year, he did design these minimalist posters for the Best Picture Nominees.
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♥ Tintin ♥
A MUST see – the unofficial title sequence for ‘The Adventures of Tintin’, featuring elements from each of the 24 books. Music composed by Ray Parker and Tom Szczesniak.
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The anatomy of an agency
Enough said! A joint collaboration between Julia Morra and Trevor Gourley from The Big Orange Slide
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Online Checkout – In Real Life
Happy Friday!
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Radio
Cape Town based design studio, Radio keeps things simple and original. They place emphasis on maintaining high levels of craft across all their work, with a willingness to keep evolving their style. Radio specializes in illustration, design, type and iconography, servicing advertising agencies and its own clients. 6 Mir Mar Centre Cape Town 7441 South Africa ...
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The Burning House
If your house was burning, what would you take with you? It’s a conflict between what’s practical, valuable and sentimental. What you would take reflects your interests, background and priorities. Foster Huntington takes your submissions and posts them on his blog, The Burning House
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Young Dreams
We’re just going to ease you into your Thursday with this song/music video… Directed by Kristoffer Borgli Cinematography: Håvard Byrkjeland
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Bic – human puck
This has to be one of the most ridiculous ads we’ve ever seen. But then again, curling is a pretty ridiculous sport! A new commercial for BIC Razors by French firm Buzzman, directed by Georges Mohammed-Chérif.
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Congratulations Cape Town!
Winner of Design Capital 2014. “Cape Town’s bid was not about designing high-end consumer ‘stuff’, but rather about making better design choices for the city; such as public transport systems, public spaces, community facilities and the upgrading of informal settlements. It’s about designing a more inclusive economic vision, industrial design for a low carbon economy, ...
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Defective Detective
A great animated debut short from art college graduates Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis for Cartoon Brew’s 2nd Student Animation Festival
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Abandoned
“Abandoned” is a short film directed David Altobelli and tells the story of three boys exploring an empty house late one night. The film and soundtrack were commissioned by The Chipotle Cultivate Foundation to raise awareness about the economic hardship family farmers face in the increasingly industrialized American agriculture system. On the soundtrack, Karen O ...
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Lytro – top of the Christmas list..
If you haven’t heard about this amazing little camera already, then I suggest you check it out immediately! Lytro is developing a new type of camera that is said to be “dramatically changing photography for the first time since the 1800s.” It’s the only camera that captures life in living pictures…. Here are some of ...
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From fairytales to WTF
We’ve all had those WTF moments and these posters illustrate them beautifully! From Minga Creative Studio in Argentina
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Inspired poster design
These posters for children’s stories with a hyper-minimalist twist are sheer brilliance. View more and purchase here
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Beyoncé – Countdown
Great new video from Beyoncé for ‘Countdown’. Hope you’re having a great weekend!
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Melissa Silverman – director/photographer
Melissa is a New York city native who spent her high school years in LA. As her photographs reveal, Melissa has a unique perspective on life and an eye for comedy and quirk. Having started her directing career with on-air promo’s for MTV, Melissa has worked with the likes of Madonna, Donald Trump and the ...
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No handed bike moves…
It’s Friday everyone! And summer is approaching (here in SA anyway) so it’s time to dust off your bikes, shake out your summer wardrobe, get back into the habit of applying sunscreen, and get out there! Here’s something to get you in the mood….performed to Golden Tree by Martin Brooks.
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Am I Collective
Am I Collective is an illustration and animation studio in Cape Town that offers a multi-faceted, collaborative service to advertising agencies around the world, including benchmark animation, illustration and typography.
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Coldplay – Paradise
Music video for ‘Paradise’ by Coldplay – shot in London and South Africa and directed by Mat Whitecross.
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Seven Henrietta Street
A film by Kinga Burza for Kate Spade New York created to represent the Kate Spade brand and the Kate Spade girl
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The People’s Supermarket
The People’s Supermarket is a community-based shop in the center of London that’s managed and owned by members and open to all. Launched in spring 2010 by chef Arthur Potts-Dawson it offers local and seasonal products for the lowest prices possible In addition to the membership scheme, much of the produce in the shop is ...
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Manchester Orchestra – Simple Math
A cleverly thought out and beautifully executed music video that could have made a brilliant feature film…
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Painter
Great song and video by Aussie band Tessa & the Typecast
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Kalahari.com Best Prices – Duvan Durand
Who says retail can’t be fun…. The newest commercial for Kalahari.com - this time Dolores helps you with your shopping in a fuel injected trolley… Director: Duvan Durand Agency: JWT Cape Town
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Dirt Devil – The Exorcist
Brand: Dirt Devil Product: Centrino Cleancontrol Production Company: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Creative/ Script: Andre Price Producer: Christian Hergenröther Director: Andreas Roth Dop: Roland Stuprich Music: The German Wahnsinn Team Editor: Alexander Menkö Postproduction: lafourmi postproduction, nhb video
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MOVE
3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… kinda makes you want to go somewhere doesn’t it? Rick Mereki : Director, producer, additional camera and editing Tim White : DOP, producer, primary editing, sound Andrew Lees : Actor
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Ma + Chr
( Ma + Chr ) is an art and design studio based in Paris, founded by Mathilde Aubier and Christine Delaquaize. They cover many areas of design, from web to print, interiors to textiles, including this series of prints combining vintage photographs and graphic design. Oh, and a very quirky series featuring animals with human ...
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Inspired design – the Easy Drink Bottle
The plastic water bottle has become iconic but how many times have you been frustrated when trying to refill your bottle in the sink, or fallen over your own feet tipping it up to drink out of it. Well, this is one of those designs where you think to yourself – now why didn’t I ...
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October Playlist
A monthly playlist is going to be a regular feature on our blog, so keep visiting to download some awesome music! Please remember to support artists and purchase their music in stores or on-line – we are simply sharing this music to introduce you to some amazing bands! Included in this playlist are ...
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Dumping Elaine – directed by Peter Lydon
Funded by the BBC, “Dumping Elaine” was made for a collection of films called ‘Ways to Leave Your Lover. Shot over a weekend on 35mm by Nic Sadler, this short film won many awards Including Best Screenplay at the Manhattan Short Film Festival. You can view more of Peter Lydon’s commercial work on our ...
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Live the Language
A series of commercials produced by Camp David with director Gustav Johansson for client EF Language Centres. These viral spots incorporate beautiful imagery with typography – the result, a desire to visit the country and learn the language! View more on the Camp David website or visit EF Language Centres website.