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Six Thinking Hats

2012-02-13T15:33:00.000Z

The Edward de Bono Hats system (also known as "Six Hats" or "Thinking hats") is a thinking tool for group discussion and individual thinking. Combined with the idea of parallel thinking which is associated with it, it provides a means for groups to think together more effectively, and a means to plan thinking processes in a detailed and cohesive way. The method is attributed to Dr. Edward de Bono and is the subject of his book, Six Thinking Hats.^[1]

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Kern Type, the kerning game

2012-01-07T15:13:00.000Z

Kern Type, the kerning game

CLUSTER FITS

2012-01-04T00:48:00.001Z

CLUSTER FITS at the Foundry
Had forgotten their name but not the work, and finally matched them again. Really amazing illustration on walls work which I had the opportunity to see being made along the good times at the extinct Foundry in Old Street, London.

Live Graffiti in Brick Lane

2011-12-28T12:57:00.001Z

Filmed while riding around Brick Lane, more exactly via Bacon, Cygnet and Sclaret streets. I think it was 2007 and there was a Red Bull event on the following day. I just happened to pass when the London street artists were painting. I don't think you can recognize anyone but if any of you mysterious people feel exposed, do let me know and I'll take it out. The music is "Swamp" from Chris Norton and Frank Mizen album "Quirky Drama" available on youtube audioswap.

Wall Art [photography research] Hackney Wick, London

2011-12-28T12:49:00.000Z

Stencils, graffiti, stickers, road signs & marks from the streets of London. Free download and maps here

Recclaim your Soul

2011-12-15T14:52:00.000Z

Drifting Camera a photography blog by Brian David Stevens.

Savage Messiah

2011-12-15T14:38:00.000Z

Illustration work and publication by Laura Oldfield Ford

Inspired X mas gifts

2011-12-07T16:41:00.001Z

If you're still unsure about what presents to get this X-Mas why not infuse the festive season with some art exploring the inner core of objects, the alter ego of human bodies and spaces inbetween. Don't just buy, be inspired! Don't just offer, inspire!

There's still time to order Blurreal prints and books. Please email for a quote or follow the links bellow. Photographs are printed in Kodak Metallic paper which colours have a reflective, metallic and 3-dimensional feel and an archival life expectancy of 40 years daylight or 80 years in dark! Sizes and prices vary accordingly:

£10 = 4"x6" [101.6x152.4mm]
£15 = 5"x7" [127x178mm]
£20 = 8"x10" [203.2x254mm]
£30 = 10"x12" [254x304.8mm]
£35 = 11"x14" [279.4x355.6mm]
£40 = 12"x16" [304.8x406.4mm]
£50 = 16"x20" [406.4x508mm]
£65 = 20"x24" [508x609.6mm]
£100 = 20"x30" [508x762mm]
£130 = 30"x40" [762x1016mm]
£150 = 30"x50" [762x1270mm]
£160 = 40"x50" [1016x1270mm]
£180 = 40"x60" [1016x1524mm]
£200 = 50"x60" [1270x1524mm]

We are offering the delivery until the 1st of January and you will be able to pay via Paypal or bank transfer. To start simply visit our galleries and choose the picture you wish to print, when you rollover it, the name will be shown on the bottom, write it down and email it to info@blurreal.com together with the size reference and any other questions you might have. You can also have a look in Ds blurb shop where you can order a series of books designed by Ds Way and presenting all the Blurreal collections.

If you like arts & crafts, you'll love the colourful books made with Fabriano paper [great for drawing] and Blurreal pictures on the cover. Send an email to info@dsway.co.uk if you are interested, there are a couple of postcards left still too!

Changing Education Paradigms

2011-12-01T03:40:00.001Z

"The problem is they are trying to meet the future by doing what they did in the past..." in the video above.

Harmonograph

2011-11-30T23:15:00.001Z

Harmonograph: A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music

A walk around the bookshop reminded me of something I had forgotten about which relates to a current work on progress.

HARMONOGRAPH

"... is a mechanical apparatus that employs pendulums to create a geometric image. The drawings created typically are Lissajous curves, or related drawings of greater complexity. The devices, which began to appear in the mid-19th century and peaked in popularity in the 1890s, cannot be conclusively attributed to a single person, although Hugh Blackburn, a professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow, is commonly believed to be the official inventor. A simple, so-called "lateral" harmonograph uses two pendulums to control the movement of a pen relative to a drawing surface. One pendulum moves the pen back and forth along one axis and the other pendulum moves the drawing surface back and forth along a perpendicular axis. By varying the frequency and phase of the pendulums relative to one another, different patterns are created. Even a simple harmonograph as described can create ellipses,spirals, figure eights and other Lissajous figures. More complex harmonographs incorporate three or more pendulums or linked pendulums together (for example hanging one pendulum off another), or involve rotary motion in which one or more pendulums is mounted on gimbals to allow movement in any direction." in Wikipedia

See a page about how to build a Three-Pendulum Rotary Harmonograph [below] or another one that shows how to do it with script code using NodeBox. I'm surely doing it on my browser and will download the WorldTree free software to play around.

Done Manifesto

2011-11-19T16:23:00.001Z

Poster by James Provost illustrating the Cult of Done Manifesto.

There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion.
Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done.
There is no editing stage.
Pretending you know what you're doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you know what you're doing even if you don't and do it.
Banish procrastination. If you wait more than a week to get an idea done, abandon it.
The point of being done is not to finish but to get other things done.
Once you're done you can throw it away.
Laugh at perfection. It's boring and keeps you from being done.
People without dirty hands are wrong. Doing something makes you right.
Failure counts as done. So do mistakes.
Destruction is a variant of done.
If you have an idea and publish it on the internet, that counts as a ghost of done.
Done is the engine of more.

2011-11-17T16:52:00.001Z

GE Data Visualization website. Interactive information design.

Isotype origin

2011-11-17T12:00:00.001Z

by Austrian philosopher and curator Otto Neurath who created ISOTYPE in 1930 “as a symbolic way of representing quantitative information via easily interpretable icons.”

Grow in companions

2011-11-17T11:52:00.001Z

How horticulturalists and gardeners use plants that grow well together. >

Working Day

2011-11-17T11:45:00.001Z

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, 1793

Information is Beautifull Awards

2011-11-17T10:59:00.001Z

[book cover]

[Hierarchy of Digital Distractions]

The website Information is Beautiful by David McCandless and The Guardian Data Store are celebrating excellence in data visualization and information design with The "Napkin" Challenge Awards.

Portuguse Tiles

2011-09-14T16:38:00.000+01:00

Tiles and patterns from Portuguese walls & pavements. Full collection here

wALL ART Research [Portugal]

2011-09-10T22:09:00.000+01:00

Portuguese street art.

Noise @ Behind Bars

2011-01-26T11:29:00.000Z

Ryan Jordan live at Behind Bars. Performance of possession trance using homemade synths and strobe lights.
Halloween 2010. Filmed by Domestic Violence.

Street Art > Road Signs

2010-12-07T21:21:00.001Z

THE IDOL HOURS

2010-12-02T01:34:00.002Z

David Macdowell recreates "Girl with a pearl earing" for the exhibition The Idol Hours at London Miles Gallery in Westbourne Studios, London.

LETTER TRANSFERS

2010-11-21T02:31:00.002Z

Moebius

2010-11-20T16:38:00.003Z

All artwork by Jean Giraud aka Moebius.

Documentaries:

Film

Watch animated Arzak Rhapsody with original illustrations:

Dieter Moebius live sets

Listen to:

“Five episodes from Le garage hermetique” is a trip into the imaginative world of French artist and writer Moebius (Jean Giraud)freely transformed in music by Di Bos (La bèl curator with Elisa Luu).

Links:
Official Illustration website
Official Music Website
Wikipedia
We Love
Everything2
Squidoo

Tattoo Circus London

2010-11-19T16:48:00.000Z

Thurdays openings London

2010-11-16T14:33:00.001Z