I've been playing about with the Bowerbird branding, it's all very work in progress, but here's how it looks over on my main blog. As you can see, I've applied the same design to this blog too. Be sure to keep up to date with my island adventures at Bowerbirdwords.blogspot.com
Tuesday 2 March 2010
New branding
I've been playing about with the Bowerbird branding, it's all very work in progress, but here's how it looks over on my main blog. As you can see, I've applied the same design to this blog too. Be sure to keep up to date with my island adventures at Bowerbirdwords.blogspot.com
Thursday 14 January 2010
Sketchbook: Grand Cayman
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Runaway success of animation
'Going West' is a paper caper stop-motion film animated by Andersen M Studio, for the New Zealand Book Council, the very last scene 'where books come to life' is the stand out part for me. Enjoy!
Via Designboom
Monday 16 November 2009
London Shop Fronts
London Shop Fronts
Emily Webber's Flickr
Monday 9 November 2009
Tuesday 6 October 2009
Free typography
This typographic treasure is delivered daily from typographical extraordinaire Jessica Hische. You yourselves may pilfer her designs at her behest, and recreate this experience within the confines of ye own fair Blogge Poste. Good day to you gentle folk of the world's web.
Thursday 1 October 2009
Mind boggling projections on buildings
Projection on Buildings from NuFormer Digital Media on Vimeo.
A truly astonishing display of 3D video mapping. It really does blur all dimensions and realities. I imagine it's breathtaking in person. It looks like the days of of words spelt out in fireworks are soon to be over.
Tuesday 15 September 2009
How to promote a brand to perfection
We, (a collection of London bloggers and Twitterers) gathered at the Dusk bar at Somerset House overlooking the Thames to learn all about the 10 botanicals which make Bombay Sapphire a "mixologist's" choice.
The evening was held inside a perspex wonder designed by Tom Dixon with falling evening light, at one point the dusky sky was a truly gorgeous Bombay Sapphire blue, clever those marketing people huh?
Under the tutelage of Sam Carter, buoyed along with delicious cocktails and nibbles, we constructed Martinis and Berry Spice cocktails. All the while learning about the brand's heritage and the world of gin at large. Information that would be very useful when we given a gin quiz later on in the evening.
I tried to be gracious in victory, but all I can say is that the gin revealed my true competitive colours and my lust for academia was rewarded with a bottle of the blue stuff.
We parted ways quite a while after dusk and as we walked off in search of a bus stop, clutching our spoils (a Gintelligensia goody bag including ANOTHER bottle of the blue stuff, cocktail shaker and gorgeous branded tools of the trade) I was very grateful to impulse, a new London friend/partner in crime and the amazing nights that can occur when you say 'yes'.
My thanks to Miss Robinson, fellow bloggers and the delightful Bombay Sapphire team. Visit them while you can and indulge in an expert drink at the bar until October 18th. Dusk will become your favourite time of day too.
More pictures to follow.
Friday 11 September 2009
Lexical loveliness
Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles from Brent Barson on Vimeo.
Sit back, enjoy and start wishing you were an animator.
Tuesday 8 September 2009
The importance of punctuation
Friday 4 September 2009
What is the New Energy Future?
**UPDATE, here are all four animations, click on the four icons in the bottom right to navigate to the site. Or visit the new energy future to find out more.
Tuesday 25 August 2009
Clicking cursor oven mitt
Tuesday 18 August 2009
Weesay hello!
WEESAY ABC from Digit on Vimeo.
Welcome to the latest iPhone app from Digit, the video will explain everything. Joss Brook gives a professional and unbelievably cute voice over too, enjoy!
AppShopper review here.
Wednesday 12 August 2009
Food air miles are hard to swallow
A perfect wedding video
Friday 7 August 2009
Thursday 30 July 2009
Bowerbird featured in Anorak magazine
Wednesday 29 July 2009
What Britain eats: 30 years of food habits
Follow the link to interact with the chart and see the trends in our eating habits.
Shared via AddThis
Tuesday 28 July 2009
Building projection, dreams meet reality.
555 KUBIK | facade projection | from urbanscreen on Vimeo.
Unbelievable projection onto a geometric building, it bends all reality, it must have been breathtaking to experience in real life. This is the stuff dreams are made of!
"How it would be, if a building were dreaming"
More info here.
Tuesday 21 July 2009
Toyota IQ font is wheely good!
iQ font - When driving becomes writing / Full making of from wireless on Vimeo.
What happens when typographers and a pro racing driver get together? A free downloadable font from Toyota IQ which is pretty cool, with a great video to boot.
Via Happiness.
credits:
Client: Toyota Belgium
Pleaseletmedesign : Typographers
Stef Van Campenhoudt: Race pilot
Zach Lieberman: Interactive artist
Happiness-Brussels: Advertising agency
Friday 17 July 2009
WWF ambient paper towels
Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, Copenhagen, Denmark
Creative Director: Simon Wooller
Art Directors / Copywriters: Cliff Kagawa Holm, Silas Jansson
Release: April 2007
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Tour de force photographs
Spectacular photography from Brent Humphreys, a photographer by trade with a life long passion for cycling. He migrates to France each summer to capture the carnival atmosphere along the Tour de France route. Breathtaking scenery meets fanatic lunacy.
Tuesday 14 July 2009
Let the Nightwatchman de-jargon cricket
Monday 13 July 2009
Beautiful music video
Wednesday 8 July 2009
Latest painting commission
This homage is occupying my evenings of late. It's a painterly impression of the classic GNER Victorian poster. I've struggled with, for want of a better word copying, but I've added more depth to the landscape and decided to take the poster as a guide. It's getting there, more detail and time needed on the typography.
Tuesday 7 July 2009
Why Free is the future of business!
Friday 3 July 2009
Dear HOUSEOFFRASER
Dear HOUSEOFFRASER.
Thursday 2 July 2009
Post-it animation is appealing...
Monday 29 June 2009
It's all about perspective
The scale of this video will knock your socks off, a very designer retro piece of film by Charles and Ray Eames, the clever, multi-disciplinary husband and wife duo.
Friday 26 June 2009
This just in...
Wednesday 24 June 2009
Anyone want a backie?
Monday 22 June 2009
Harry Pearce inspirational talk at Pentagram
It was everything you'd expect from a Pentagram partner, a person of notoriety and acclaim yet with humility, humour and childlike wonder at the world around him. Listening to touching anecdotes of Pearce's relationship with Alan Fletcher, we all took pleasure in the disarming simplicity of his work, but mostly his playful way with words.
His upcoming book Conundrums is a collection of witty wordplay, Pearce must be a devil to try and beat at Dingbats! He introduced us to his 'Schizophrenic Roads', a collection of photographs of road signs that are the ultimate in paradox: 'Avenue Road' and 'Pink 'Green' as well as his almost prescient use of typography highlighting the issues in Burma. Pearce's work for Witness, clearly a pursuit of passion and integrity stands head and shoulders above the existing charity and good causes publicity. 'Infantry' is a stark attention grabber.
We walked away from the talk buzzing with ideas, wordplay and the connections we can make with words and images. There are truly magical things all around us if we can only see them, as Harry muses on one of Alan Fletcher's wondrous thoughts, a take on the Matisse quote, the world is full of flowers if you just have eyes to see.
So whether we're seeing humour in the miscommunication of predictive text, faulty signage, dreams or Schizophrenic road signs, as long as we're seeing, we'll all be enjoying.
Images courtesy of Pentagram, Conundrum answers available here.
Tuesday 16 June 2009
We Have Band stop-frame animation
Thursday 11 June 2009
D&AD: I'll be there
Monday 8 June 2009
My First (dark) Dictionary
I shall remain impartial but it's a good use of words and pictures to create an emotional response.
:-)
Get Help Here!
Vodafone Taxi Grand Prix
Here's an exciting little competition for any racing fans, create a racing team from two taxi drivers, then get live stats as they pick up fares throughout the country and clock up the miles you need to get F1 prizes.
Thursday 4 June 2009
Welcome to Bing
Wednesday 3 June 2009
MTV risqué ads for Skins
MTV Portugal have just made my morning! These daring adverts touch on the explicit nature of the show and I'm still chuckling. Illustrations courtesy of Bruna Guerreiro.
Creative Director: Horacio Puebla
Art Director: Luciana Cani
Copywriter: Pedro Ribeiro
Illustrator: Bruna Guerreiro
Creative advisor: Tura
Published: April 2009
Wednesday 27 May 2009
Egg box painting
Enno de Kroon describes it as 'eggcubism', it's an interesting technique and I'm sure it's harder to do than it looks. He's an artist based in the Netherlands, although I wouldn't be surprised if a few cash strapped English students adopted his style of canvas...
Tuesday 26 May 2009
Ode to National Express
Nestled down in the vestibule
Wedged against the fire extinguisher’s nook
I sit and sway
It’s an interesting vantage
Athletic male legs are much of my view
Along with the luggage, baggage of varying size-age
Vestibule 12438 in our temporary transit
3 girls, 2 boys, 3 seated, 2 standing
Suitcase, rucksacks, hold all, handbag and canvas tote
Denied a seat on a £40 ticket
So I jot down while we squat down
It may be Bank Holiday but it’s really not cricket.
Monday 18 May 2009
Kittens in Mittens!
Lovely lady Lauren Beard has opened her very own Etsy shop, go and purchase all your high quality illo based brilliance now. Thank you.