Big Brother Logo's

Following a few links through other's blogs... I came across a site which James & Joe suggested to take a look at.

I'm a great follower of BB... and as bad as it is... it is giving people a chance to design which is never a bad thing!

I found this logo which somebody has created which I think is brilliant! It's an eye created out of water bubbles and in a fish bowl. The idea of the eye is that Big Brother is always watching... and the concept of looking into a fish bowl... sort of ironic.

Leeds Urban Development

The urban development in Leeds is happening so quickly... as soon as a plan is authorized, another is being proposed. Lumiere is currently under construction on Wellington Street, Leeds which will be the tallest residential building in Europe. The new face of Leeds is commencing. I hope that the contemporary will highlight the historic.

Wellington Place is the most significant urban regeneration project in the region, a 2 acre city centre site that will provide in excess of three million square feet of offices, residential, hotel, retail and leisure uses with the added appeal of galleries and inspiring public spaces. All this plus the extensive frontage to the River Aire.

Reusing Design

Guerilla anti-drug campaign for the Berlin Suchthilfe, the Berlin drug awareness organisation. Translation: Not all drugs are as harmless as music.

Whether or not the Berlin Suchthilfe will be taken to court over using the apple ads or not, it's an interesting way of communicating to it's target audience. It's taking a market which has already been cacooned and targetting them by using visuals similar to those which they relate to, to tell a serious message.

ipod ads

Apple continues to inspire and amaze me. They outway any other mp3 player by design. They have become such a global brand and they make technology 'cool'. I remember their TV adverts from only a few years ago; simplistic and colourful, but they have since developed this same concept... the same idea into something more interesting and playful.

The most recent advert reaches out to other music listeners but doesn't exclude anybody.


The latest i-pod advert:



Apple have branched out and they advertise in conjunction with artists such as Paul McCartney and Eminem. I think it's brilliant when their doesn't need to be a message and only the 'look' of an advert and a logo to get the message across.

Eminem with i-pod:

Design Museum Website

I stumbled across this website which is really interesting. There are exhibitions and talks on throughout the year so worthwhile keeping an eye on it.

If the first years are doing the type brief again the following may be of interest... or in fact for anybody who is interested in type.


17 July – 02 September

The 50 exhibition, in the Design Museum Cafe, imagines the world from the perspective of Helvetica itself, highlighting events and inspirational things it has seen - and been influenced by - during its lifetime from the lunar moon landing to the first British nudist camp. For the exhibition, 50 leading designers and graphic artists from around the world have joined forces with Blanka and Candy to create a visual diary of 50 separate events from the last half century. The exhibition is a birthday party that pays homage to Helvetica’s massive influence on our visual culture.

(Design Museum
Shad Thames
London SE1 2YD)



Useful Website

http://www.designmuseum.org/digital/introduction

Scott Wade

Dust Art

Fascinating stuff... It's amazing what people can do with what's in front of us from day to day living. It would interest me for this guy to do some sort of promotional art or something relating to the advertising and marketing industry.

The detail is incredible and his work sort of reminds me of Andy Goldsworthy because as soon as it rains, or as soon as you need to use the car, the art has dissapeared. It also brings into the equation... what would we do without cameras. They catch moments in time which would be forgotten and not as widely seen.



Poker Dogs: Wet Dogs

Greyt Britiain

Whilst researching last year for the 'manual' brief, I came across something which was really inspiring but I can't manage to track it down.

Concept:

It was called 'Greyt Britain' and it was similar to a pantone colour chart except it was all different colours of grey, linked to Great Britain.

I find both the name and concept interesting because of it's relevance to the course.

If anybody knows who did it and where I can find some more info, I would greytly appreciate it!