Found this conference called Lift- long story short- it seems to have videos of lectures/talks given by interesting guys in tech vs. design areas. James Auger has got a talk so you know... I've not worked my way through all of them yet and the site is a bit crap to be honest but it seems like a good resource. Give us a shout if anyone finds any gems. Check it here: Lift Videos
Allotment Away!
So we (Lizzy and me), started the allotment project this weekend- we just went round some allotments and a local archive- was good- I'm excited about this bad boy- I'm not going to post everything here I don't think. I've made a separate and purely functional blog for it- over here: Allotment Project Blog- I'm hoping to put all and everything that comes to us up there- but I'll probably post the highlights here. Mostly images and bullet thoughts I guess. Allotment Project Blog.
Them Thangs
My new favourite blog- I know, I know, another blog. But seriously if I could repost every picture on that site here, I would. It houses some of the sexiest photography I've ever seen- like real achingly beautiful photos. Then it goes and mixes in a healthy amount of guns, textures and generally inspiring intriguing content. Check it out: here
Flickr: pictures and words
I saw this picture while on flickr, and again, was going to rush over it and then I glanced the comment and suddenly was captivated. This is w&p for me, the sense making of two unrelated things which alone mean not much but together contextualise and compliment each other. The pair make for a quite a rich story.
Phone Pics
1. Fans vs. Heaters (a conceptual art piece) 2. Storage space
3 + 4. Dance/sculpture on Dance Umbrella's 'bodies in urban spaces' by Willi Dorner
MB Blog
So I did a little blog over on the Moving Brands site- it was about generative design a bit. Go over and check it out. Click the pic and move yoself.
In the original post there was a bit about this great set of book jackets created in response to the D&AD brief set by Faber & Faber to create new designs for their print-on-demand film scripts series. Really pretty aesthetic to these guys, by Michael Kosmicki, as his site says "Inspired by the phenomena of a visual glitch, the design utilizes a logarithm that translates the title and section into a distinct graphic pattern."
Dumbest Inventions
RAGE
Jo introduced me to a fantastic film the other day. Written and directed by Sally Potter, RAGE is about the fashion industry (well you know, on the surface) but more interesting is the budget, and how it was filmed. Only a million quid to make a feature length film which features Eddie Izzard, Judi Dench, Steve Buscemi, and Jude Law! This is the film industry- for reference most films are made on about $150m- pirates of the caribbean 3 cost $300m. To counter the tiny budget the set is a green screen- which I found incredibly effective and beautiful. The crew consisted of an actor, a sound man and Sally Potter did the filming herself. This is raw, basic and brilliant cinema, as such, the film focuses on the great monolgues and the characters. It's a lesson in storytelling. Also of note is the distribution method- released on both the big screen and DVD at the same time, the film was also released in installments free to view on the internet- seriously wow. There was a streamed q&a at the BFI after the first screening, which is also pretty interesting. Click the images to go watch the film, or here to visit the home page of RAGE.
