James Storey
James is good at doodling, scribbling and generally making things look really amazing.
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Font driver
Pierre and Damien of Plmd and Stef Van Campenhoudt (who drives a bit like Kirsty) have collaborated to cut a spanking new font, with a car. Basically the cars movements have been tracked using some clever software by interactive guru Zachary Lieberman and the results are gorgeous.
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Boxing water
Part sustainable water company, part art project, part philanthropic project, and not that new. Boxed Water Is Better they say, is it really? What with it being the fashion to be ‘going all green’ these days, so it was with a healthy dose of scepticism when I came across water in a Tetrapak pack… The …
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I’m seeing a pattern
Kirsty bought me Geometric, for being good last week. It’s gorgeous and I keep sniffing the fresh print and smiling. Printed on heavy matte stock, it features an embossed cover that’s wrapped in an American-style poster and bound with a distinctive rhythm technique. The colourful and monochrome patterns are enough to get any designer dribbling …
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F*ck the rain
Spotted on Shirtluv.com, the Fuck The Rain umbrella is a thing of genius. It’s simple fun and more importantly it made us laugh on a crappy Monday morning. The Designers are Artemy Lebedev, Anton Schnaider and the umbrella features a cool carabiner handle so that you can clip it to things like your backpack or …
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Lamp posts are cool
Those tip top Landscape architects Anouk Vogel and cooler than polar bears architect Johan Selbing have just won a high profile competition to design the new lighting and furniture for the Vondelpark in Amsterdam. Their jaw dropping winning entry, called Vondel Verses, includes fabulous kiosks, funky park benches and some nice lamp posts. Each object …
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And hell might freeze over
There are so many traditional advertising agencies out there in trouble and they’re all blaming the recession. However, yes times are difficult but this is a lame duck excuse. These mainly ‘traditional’ agencies totally missed the online video trend and social media is still frightening them. They keep banging on about the fragmented media landscape, …
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Poster Boy
New York has a history of reactive ‘ad-jacking’, from the legendry Ron English to the likes of Violator of the Regime. However there is a new kid on the block, simply calling himself as ‘Poster Boy’. His on the spot improvised mash-ups reminds me of the cut-and-paste aesthetic of the 70’s punk era.
Of course, defacing …
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80% science, 20% art
Browser support for typography is a bothersome process and the cause of much debate, head scratching and occasional out bursts of frustration. So when we heard that the legend Jon Tan of Omni TI and local user experience super brain Richard Rutter were doing a Skillswap talk on typography, we made sure our bums were …
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It’s all Brighton and it’s all good
The Brighton digital crowd of uber nerds, super geeks and digital deities are a difficult lot to keep up with up… what with all the groups, twittering, fashionable co-working, and of course, the awards, talks and socials it can all be a bit of a social whirl wind. For us lot here at Brightenup we …
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Get minted
Those lovely people that are make lots of money, The Royal Mint, are running a super competition to design the 2012 edition of the 50p coin. The competition is open all of us who are over 13 years, UK residents and the lucky winner will see their design on the backs of 50p pieces used …
That's a brilliant idea
Mistakes. Blunders. Faux pas. Booboos. Slip-ups and hiccups. Call them what you will, but it's all part of the process. We know that brilliant ideas come from those not so great ones. That's why we started our now famous brilliant ideas sessions. Read on_
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