By artist Tania Falcao e-motions explores how expressions and emotions can be shownin minimal 2-d faces. I think the idea is so simple and the animating is seamless. The result is something slightly surreal a little bit weird, but I love it.
Tuesday 28 October 2008
e-motions
By artist Tania Falcao e-motions explores how expressions and emotions can be shownin minimal 2-d faces. I think the idea is so simple and the animating is seamless. The result is something slightly surreal a little bit weird, but I love it.
The Hidden Cost of War
The Hidden Cost of War is an animation by artists Matt Owens , MacKenzie Fegan, Andrew Bouvé, Rus Garofalo, Michael Schaubach, Lindsay Utz, Morgan Currie & Jason Bishop.
I love how simple it appears, with the 4 colours and simple lines and shapes, but it is actually quite detailed and clever. Each part of the animation links to the other with perfect editing. I like the style of the editing, with the speeded / zoomed up parts. The animation itself is all curved 'friendly' edges, and is a really good way to communicate something that isn't so friendly. The 'cost of war' content is displayed in an easy to listen / read way, but it is easy to digest.
Monday 27 October 2008
Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping.
There has been lots of talk of the rise of digital music and how it is going to wipe out traditional, physical music sales. The sort of 'counter-balance' to this has been the importance http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifof the physical media, especially it's design and artwork. Is a really great website that totally reiterates this sentiment. Documenting the best in vinyl/cd packaging.
I especially like this Karftwerk packaging:
What's so great to me is that something like this is not all that expensive to create. Binning the traditional card sleeve for the transparent plastic is hardly extravagant and I think the design is particularly sympathetic to the vinyl format because most people that buy records favour it for so many ways, including it's aesthetic , to cds.
Of Montreal always create interesting artwork to accompany their releases. Their newest record especially.
'Skeletal Lamping' has been released in various formats. Taking advantage of the rise of the digital album, they have offered it in the form of wall decals, shirts, lanterns among others, with the digital download included.
The cd is also packaged well. The album has a cut-out front, and the insides fold out and collapse to reveal hidden artwork:
I think more artists should focus on the art if they want to ensure people pay for the music they're listening to. If a record isn't a nice object to have, people won't pay out for it.
I especially like this Karftwerk packaging:
What's so great to me is that something like this is not all that expensive to create. Binning the traditional card sleeve for the transparent plastic is hardly extravagant and I think the design is particularly sympathetic to the vinyl format because most people that buy records favour it for so many ways, including it's aesthetic , to cds.
Of Montreal always create interesting artwork to accompany their releases. Their newest record especially.
'Skeletal Lamping' has been released in various formats. Taking advantage of the rise of the digital album, they have offered it in the form of wall decals, shirts, lanterns among others, with the digital download included.
The cd is also packaged well. The album has a cut-out front, and the insides fold out and collapse to reveal hidden artwork:
I think more artists should focus on the art if they want to ensure people pay for the music they're listening to. If a record isn't a nice object to have, people won't pay out for it.
Flat Life
Recently got internet at my house . . .yay!
Went to various things at light night 2008. All very disappointing, not anything to write about.
I am enjoying the posters from here by an artist called Finn Magee. Particularly those created for the project 'Flat Space':
The second image was created for a show at the London Design Museum:
"Flat Life project at the Designers in Residence exhibition, Design Museum, London.
I was commissioned to develop the posters along the theme of designers in residence.
I wanted the installation to be an advertisement for the product. The light is ‘unpacked’ and the clock is ‘hung’ at the gallery entrance."
The posters have LED lights in them to created the 'light' effect. I like these posters for how modern they are and their surrealist aspect, I think the idea of 'flat object posters' could be continued extensively.
Went to various things at light night 2008. All very disappointing, not anything to write about.
I am enjoying the posters from here by an artist called Finn Magee. Particularly those created for the project 'Flat Space':
The second image was created for a show at the London Design Museum:
"Flat Life project at the Designers in Residence exhibition, Design Museum, London.
I was commissioned to develop the posters along the theme of designers in residence.
I wanted the installation to be an advertisement for the product. The light is ‘unpacked’ and the clock is ‘hung’ at the gallery entrance."
The posters have LED lights in them to created the 'light' effect. I like these posters for how modern they are and their surrealist aspect, I think the idea of 'flat object posters' could be continued extensively.
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