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Mash Creative: 15/115 — The Book

helloMuller — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 04:30:10 -0700

15/115 (15 Years,115 Projects) is a collection of 115 projects spanning Mash Creative's 15 year career to date. Divided into three chapters: 15 x Posters, 80 x Logos and 25 x Case studies, the book also features a foreword from designer and author David Airey.

You can pre-order the book now

Mataerial Introduction

Justin Gum — Thu, 30 May 2013 11:28:58 -0700

MATAERIAL is the result of the collaborative research between Petr Novikov, Saša Jokić from the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) and Joris Laarman Studio. IAAC tutors representing Open Thesis Fabrication Program provided their advice and professional expertise. During the course of the research we developed a brand new digital fabrication method and a working prototype that can open a door to a number of practical applications. The method that we call Anti·gravity Object Modeling has a Patent-Pending status.

François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire)

Justin Gum — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:56:15 -0700

To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.

Space Oddity - Chris Hadfield

Justin Gum — Sun, 12 May 2013 22:04:23 -0700

A revised version of David Bowie's Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station.

Time-Lapse | Earth on Vimeo

Justin Gum — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:07:15 -0700

All Time-lapse sequences were taken by the astronaunts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) (Thanks guys for making this available to the public for use!)…

Dots - a game about connecting

Jessey White-Cinis — Wed, 01 May 2013 10:54:38 -0700

Betaworks Hacker-In-Residence Patrick Moberg has created one of the most beautiful, simple and addictive games that I've seen for the iPhone. You should stop working and spend the rest of the day playing it!

Oh and if you haven't checked out his illustration work, it's incredible as well.

London LOOP

Tudor Prisăcariu / Thomas Brodahl — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:15:53 -0700

The London Outer Orbital Path — more usually the "London LOOP" — is a 240 km signed walk along public footpaths, and through parks, woods and fields around the edge of Outer London, England.

I walked the LOOP between May and November 2011.

The photographs are shown in chronological order and split into two distinct series: "Along" shows some of the things I saw along the way, while "The Path" is a documentation of the pathways I followed.

Royalty-free stock photos at Stocksy

Thomas Brodahl — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:06:40 -0700

an artist owned co-op with a curated royalty-free collection

Loving this take on a stale market.

Philographics: Big ideas in simple shapes by Genis Carreras

Thomas Brodahl — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:12:13 -0700

Genis Carreras is raising funds for Philographics: Big ideas in simple shapes on Kickstarter! A series of 95 beautiful designs explaining philosophy using simple colors and shapes, available as a postcard box and a book.

A great project. You've already seen the early designs, now there are over 70 more.

Paths of Hate

Justin Gum — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:04:48 -0700

Paths of Hate - is the short movie from Damian Nenow, polish director. Official page

Yota Devices / Scenarios

Thomas Brodahl — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:18:05 -0700

Scenarios is an audiovisual installation created by Onionlab for Yota Devices. Bordering on abstraction, Scenarios shows some of the utilities of Yota Devices’ new phone, characterised by its dual screen. The rear screen, made of liquid crystal, can store important information such as a boarding card or map almost permanently. This piece was presented at Barcelona’s 2013 Mobile World Congress at the exhibition stand designed by External Reference.

Beautiful visuals.

OBLIVION GFX Montage

Thomas Brodahl — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:12:56 -0700

The amazing GMUNK is at it again. Reprising his GFX role for Joseph Kosinski on his latest movie Oblivion. The interfaces are astounding. So beautiful one can hardly imagine what a movie like this would feel like without this digital texture throughout. Gonna have to go check this out on the big screen just for the visuals.

Dove Real Beauty Sketches

Thomas Brodahl — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:05:43 -0700

Women are their own worst beauty critics. Only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful.

Great social experiment. Captured beautifully.

Google Street View Hyperlapse | Labs | Teehan+Lax

Justin Gum — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:11:46 -0700

The idea for this project came from one of our motion designers, Jonas, as part of his Labs experiment. He wanted to explore a tool that could help him create hyper-lapse videos with the assistance of available data sets and emerging technology. We built the tool – he built a video with it. The results are pretty stunning.

Anton Semenov

Justin Gum — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:41:16 -0700

Russian artist

Charlie Chaplin

Justin Gum — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:06:44 -0700

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.

Photos of Children From Around the World With Their Most Prized Possessions

Thomas Brodahl — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:52:48 -0700

Shot over a period of 18 months, Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti's project Toy Stories compiles photos of children from around the world with their prized possesions—their toys. Galimberti explores the universality of being a kid amidst the diversity of the countless corners of the world; saying, “at their age, they are pretty all much the same; they just want to play.”

Great concept and execution.

Nazario Graziano Studio

Jessey White-Cinis — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:06:46 -0700

Italian illustrator, art-director, graphic-designer, Nazario Graziano, updates his portfolio. Loving his collage illustrations.

Tiago Hoisel

Justin Gum — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:13:30 -0700

The works of Tiago Hoisel from Sao Paulo, Brazil

The Heart & The Sea

Jessey White-Cinis — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:40:59 -0700

'The Heart & The Sea' is the third release from independent Australian filmmaker Nathan Oldfield, the creator of the highly regarded left of centre surf films 'Lines From a Poem' and 'Seaworthy'. Over three years in the making, 'The Heart & The Sea' explores the joy that lies at the very centre of a surfing life: family, friends & a shared intimacy with the sea. Filmed in Australia, New Zealand, France & Spain, this is a gently refreshing & quietly enchanting contribution to the surf film genre.

Noformat

Jessey White-Cinis — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:07:32 -0700

The veteran New York design firm redesigns and relaunches.

Warde "Home Is A Quest"

Justin Gum — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:13:06 -0700

This 60 second fully CG animated commercial was created for Warde, the biggest reseller of fabrics in the middle east and Africa and is known for it's quality and designs world-wide.

L' Enfant Extérieur

Jessey White-Cinis — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:56:13 -0800

Parisian photo retouching artist Cristian Girotto explores the playful child in each of us with his series "L' Enfant Extérieur" (The Outer Child).

Original idea, art direction, retouch: Cristian Girotto
Photography: Quentin Curtat
MUA: Alexandra Hannoun

Group94 Redesign

Arlo — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:30:10 -0800

Belgium's finest websmiths, Group94, have redesigned and relaunched their own site. Enjoy!

Interview with Tokuhiko Kise of TRUCK Furniture

Arlo — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:51:58 -0800

OEN's got a nice interview with the principal behind TRUCK furniture of Osaka, Japan.

Frank Chimero × Work

Thomas Brodahl — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:49:41 -0800

Design projects and writing by Frank Chimero.

Back with a new site after his book-writing adventure.

Hessian

Thomas Brodahl — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:39:22 -0800

Hessian is an invader, an ode, a pitch to the market, a brand for sale.

Ben Pierrat developed this brand as an experiment for himself - that doesn't mean it doesn't have value for someone else. Ben hopes that value lies somewhere around the $18,000 mark.

There is a great article on Wired about the project.

His thinking is spot-on when he says:

"The core thought with Hessian.tv is that, as designers, we naturally see solutions to problems/opportunities we can’t help but notice in the market. We have concepts that we know are valid and worthwhile, and not only that but we instinctually know how they should be launched, how they should look, how they should work, and who their target audience should be.
HOWEVER, as anyone who has tried building something knows, the actual production and launch of a great idea is incredibly difficult. Not only that, but, as Svpply taught me, launching, leading, growing and managing a product is an entirely different skill set than most designers have or want to have or should be expected to have.
Inversely, there are oceans of MBAs, Managers and Entrepreneurs out there who are passionate and talented at the actual building and leading of companies, but may not actually be great at identifying worthwhile problem/solutions in the market."

Thomas Brodahl Portfolio

Thomas Brodahl — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:52:37 -0800

I updated my personal portfolio a little while back. Built on Nubook using our latest template family – Studio. Have a look and let me know what you think. @tbrodahl

Father John Misty - Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings

Thomas Brodahl — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:46:51 -0800

Easily my favorite album of 2012. Can't wait to see him in concert.

This video sits as a perfect companion to one of the darker tracks on the album.

Surfstation Give Away

Thomas Brodahl — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:27:06 -0800

Updates have been slow on Surfstation the past year, mainly because we've been really busy working on our side project – Nubook. We want you guys to have a look at it first hand so we're giving away Nubooks to Surfstation readers. Simply send me an email and I'll send you an invite.