Last week I had the honors of meeting Artists Not Armies founder Alexander Tempel, and he introduced me to the label he founded: Artists Not Armies.
AnA is based on the philosophy that this world needs more artists and less armies. Instead of fighting each other and destroying culture, we should create and share. Chrystal clear message if you ask me; and the design of the first bag is just the same. The bag has been bombarded ‘the ultimate shopping bag’ by some already and it is definitely great to have around during a shopping spree. I think that its more than that though. It’ll easily hold your laptop and other daily necessities, so it can erase some boring suitcases from the eye of the public too. More products and designs will be added to the range soon.
So it’s practical, good looking and helps spread a message worth spreading. Thats what we call good design. And the goodness continues: AnA has given me 5 bags to share with you. The scheme: First come, first served. The first 5 to drop me an email will receive a bag.
Good things come in small packages. In 2006 artist Slinkachu started his Little People project, which definitely is among the good. The project involves the remodelling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which he then places and leaves on the street. As they are almost invisible for the unaware eye, the humorous scenes created by Slinkachu really come to life in his photography. Check out some of the images below.
For the best overview do check out the blog itself, as it has much more of these great images, and it shows you the size of the little people to their surroundings. The best of these pictures are also bundled in the book ‘Little People in the City’. Get it here now.
Looking at the work of artist Jeff Nishinaka makes me think of marble sculptures and the ancient craftsmanship needed to create these. I was incredibly surprised that these works are made of ‘just paper’. Amazing work.
Illustator John Woo has given the Star Wars characters a style update. He has dressed them up in Viktor & Rolf, Margiela, Band of Outsiders, Thom Browne, A.P.C. and Supreme. These guys are ready to rock another season in these outfits. Nice work John!
The Porsche 911 is one of the greatest cars ever designed. I think we can all agree on that. The shape of the car has always been easy to recognize and hasn’t changed much since it was first launched in 1963. This has made the 911 an icon. The beauty of these images is that they show how the shape of the car evolved over time by overlaying all the 7 design outlines over one another. Just check out the image below. Amazing.
Check out this awesome movie directed by Patrick Jean of visual effects wizards One More Production, In the movie 8-bit game characters take over the city of New York. Amazing execution!
This short little film, Logorama, is a short film by the Parisian agency H5 which shows us (in a very kind and happy way) how brands have penetrated our lives.
D.J. Hall is a Los Angeles born painter, who makes (very) realistic work. What makes her work stand out is that she approaches each new painting as though she is producing a film: selecting models, wardrobe changes, locations, props, time sequences, etc. And it shows. Because of this thorough approach, over the 35 years she has been painting, she has captured the spirit of 3 decades. Especially the Palm Spring’s Pools series has amazingly captured the decadence of the ‘90. I can’t help but think of mediocre soap opera’s when I see this, and man did fashion suck in those days!
In october of 2009 Absolut wanted to push the launch of their Absolut Rock bottle, which is a part of their ‘In An Absolut World campaign. For this particular campaign they worked with rock photographer Danny Clinch, whose vision ‘In An Absolut World you are with the band’ came to life through an intimate picture-portrait of the band Wolfmother.
The best pictures where selected and printed on huge canvases (up to 240 sq/m big) which where placed in cities like Munich, Cologne and Hamburg. Through Absolut.com an audio guide could be downloaded providing you with the necessary info and entertainment while taking the tour.
Very nice campaign if you ask me. A very nice use of mobile technology. The only question I have is why the accompanying map still had to be printed, and there wasn’t an integrated map in a branded app…
Check out this work by Seek & Speak, aka Ben Scheafer. It is a project of uber-simplified movie posters in black, white and grey which capture only the basic components of these movies.
