Aug
Small Art, Big Skills
Our good friend over at Barn Boy Furniture turned us on to this one. Apparently, Dalton Ghetti has been sharpening his pencils better than we have, carving them into chains, tools, animals, hearts, and other common items. He probably seasons his eggs with graphite, too.
Jun
Reduce Reuse Reinterpret
Nick Georgiou, out of Queens, NY, tells stories using the written word. Sort of, see. His patches and clumps of newspaper are his three-dimensional brush strokes, and every one of these pieces feels like an explosion of potential energy.
His blog can be found at My Human Computer.
Jun
Fabien Barral and Graphic-Exchange
Fabien Barral is a graphic designer operating out of France, and he's constantly got his eye out for inspiring design, when he's not creating inspiring designs of his own. Dig it.
Jun
A True Garage Band
Happy June!
May
Enter the Rabbit Hole
My friend Ray always has the choicest links, like this little number from YooouuuTuuube.com. It's important to note that this video is a loop. Let someone know what you're doing before you click this link. That way, if you're still sitting here in two hours, snotty and vibrating, your spotter can pry you away with a broom handle.
May
Do You Love JPGs?
I love JPGs. And JPG Magazine has a lot of them. The only trouble is, their magazine is a Flash pageflipper, so they might consider renaming to SWF Magazine. If your eyes just glazed, don't worry. I'm speaking Nerd. [Photo by Bhu Sullivan]
Feb
Everyone Gets Pink Eye
What better way to welcome Spring and symbolize the triumph of good over evil? This week India celebrates Holi, or the Festival of Colors. It basically combines mischief and bright colors with a giant water balloon and powder fight. Here are some photos taken during last year's Holi day.
Feb
How to Report the News
Have you ever been watching the news and wondered how one news team is able to squeeze out so many stories in one day? Charlie Brooker has apparently found the machine that's responsible for delivering most of television news, and has explained the process step by step. It's like a hot dog factory, but with more sarcasm.
Feb
Een Hele Kleine Parkeerplaats
Deze man heeft een kleine garage, en een auto die maar een beetje kleiner is. Hij heeft een manier ontwikkeld om niet alleen zijn auto te parkeren, maar ook om rechtstreeks in zijn woonkamer te lopen. Geweldig!
Jan
Brand New Blog
You may have noticed some changes around here. One of them is this very blog, which has just gotten a freshening. Not too shabby. Welcome to the brand spanking new iiidesign.com. Enjoy!
Jan
A Very Large Drawing
Here's an especially huge drawing by Joakim Dahlqvist, called "Podalida", given the Google Maps treatment here.
This would be fun to use for a Get Directions link. We're right next to the life-size chess. Can you find the sauna?
Dec
Get the door, would you?
Ever had a dream like this?
Dec
Paper Trail
Here's a brilliant animation by Anderson M Studio » (very spatial, exceedingly interesting cut paper stuff).
It was commissioned by the New Zealand Book Council to promote reading, and to illustrate Maurice Gee's "Going West".
Nov
You = An eight foot hole
This is definitely not news, but I just came across it, and I found it pretty interesting. In 2007, artist Urs Fischer created an installation called "You" in the NY gallery Gavin Brown's Enterprise. "You" was essentially a crater dug into the floor of the gallery, 38 by 30 feet and eight feet deep, taking ten days and $250,000 to complete (while the landlord had no idea what was going on). The piece was purchased by Peter Brant for an undisclosed amount, and recreated under Fischer's supervision at Brant's gallery in Connecticut.
Nov
Leftover Halloween Eye Candy
Here's some amazing macro photography from the resource-loaded design blog Designora. There's more from Village of Joy, SmashingApps, Closer and Closer, and some random Melbourne forum, also top notch. Watch for the Velcro.
Happy November!
Oct
We are made of stars
Autotune will eventually turn us all into singing robot scientists.
Oct
Sketch2Photo - Amazing
Pretty phenomenal: This is a system that takes user input in the form of a quick labeled sketch, searches the internet for appropriate images, clips them out using technology imported from 2018, and composites them together.
You want an elephant crushing a hot rod? You got it. You want a shark attacking a helicopter? And so on. It's wild.
Oct
Not Quite How I Remember Them - 1
After the formative years of Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street, I grew up on Batman - The Animated Series, TaleSpin, and this one, but it's not exactly how I remember it...
Oct
Not Quite How I Remember Them - 2
Here's another one, slightly different. I learned alot.
Oct
OCTOBER TAKEOVER - 1: ALL YOUR BLOG ARE BELONG TO US
October is here, and while our other designers have been sleeping and drinking coffee and doing actual work, I have been planning this modest (but still pretty kickass) blog takeover, while staring into the fireplace and cackling maniacally. Enjoy!
Helvetica is as close to font royalty as a typeface can get. It's loved. It's loathed. But either way, it gets used. A lot. And abused. For those with an undying love for Helvetica, this video may not be appropriate. You'll watch it anyway, but I warned you.
Oct
OCTOBER TAKEOVER - 2: Harrowdown
During the past three decades, the music video has, in fits and starts, been elevated to the level of art. But only on rare occasions. I'm happy to know that people are still experimenting, confounding, and pushing the envelope when it comes to television commercials for music. Great song, great video, happy October!
Oct
OCTOBER TAKEOVER - 3: Contraomnes
Along the same vein as Daniel Park (see below) - a dreamy style of illustration that I apparently really dig.
Oct
OCTOBER TAKEOVER - 4: Overseas Type
One less brick in the wall between art and type.
Oct
OCTOBER TAKEOVER - 5: Trichrome
This happens pretty often with our printer's blue toner. All in a day's work.
Oct
OCTOBER TAKEOVER - 6: Rockin the Knockoffs
For whatever reason, people have been re-illustrating the covers of old comic books, with some incredibly interesting results.
Oct
OCTOBER TAKEOVER - 7: Christian Poveda
Blistering photojournalism by photographer and filmmaker Christian Poveda.
Oct
OCTOBER TAKEOVER - 8: Requiem
If Dan Park's portfolio comprised the illustrations for a novel, it's definitely one I'd read.
Oct
OCTOBER TAKEOVER - 9: The Post-Human Identity
I'll happily turn you on to Oleg Duryagin, the Russian photographer and artist. His portraits are meticulous, and his finished pieces are unlike anything I've seen.
Oct
OCTOBER TAKEOVER - 10: Angryblue
Some intense poster art from Angryblue, a self-proclaimed "art whore". The downloads section also features some fonts and some Photoshop brush packs.
Oct
OCTOBER TAKEOVER - 11: Immersion
At my desk, I keep a bit of PostIt on my computer's built-in web cam, just to protect against the very slight chance that it may be on, recording all the ridiculous faces I make while I work. Do you think you sit there as the statuesque picture of calm? I doubt it. Exhibit A (apologies for the ad).
Oct
OCTOBER TAKEOVER - 12: It's a Beautiful World
These images speak for themselves. But here's a tidbit: the Dutch phrase 'mooi milieu' means 'beautiful environment'.
Oct
OCTOBER TAKEOVER - 13: No Keyframes
Here's a stunning video creasted by 1st, using Cinema 4D XPresso. This is what I imagine happening when everybody leaves the room.
Oct
OCTOBER TAKEOVER - 14: Slow Down
And, just to keep a new tradition going, here's some slow-motion footage from Moscow, created by documentary filmmaker Andrey Stvolinsky. My favorite part might have to be PigeonCam.
Aug
AUGUST BLOGWAD: 1. Slap Chop
August is here, and we hope you're doing well. Provided here are nine things you might find interesting, starting with a great way to slap all your troubles away. Happy blogwad, and cheers from the iii studio.
Aug
AUGUST BLOGWAD: 2. Take a look at this dirty foot
Just as Mogwai make soundtracks for nonexistent movies, Casper Balslev seems to specialize in cinematography without the cinema.
Aug
AUGUST BLOGWAD: 3. A Drop of Golden Sun
If this doesn't make you at least a little happy, possibly nothing will. This kind of thing's been done before, but I'm just a sucker for tuneful disruptions.
Aug
AUGUST BLOGWAD: 4. Sculptures Underwater
Jason de Caires Taylor has created what might be the world's first underwater sculpture garden. Serenely eerie.
Aug
AUGUST BLOGWAD: 5. 1000fps
Somehow things are always more impressive when they're happening in slo-motion. Watch this video to see what's happening while other things are also happening.
Aug
AUGUST BOGWAD: 6. The Chung
Some really cute art by David Chung – the water just got a little warmer.
Aug
AUGUST BLOGWAD: 7. Chinlone
The non-competitive Burmese sport of Chinlone: it's not whether you win or lose, it's how mad, mad, mad your skills are.
Aug
AUGUST BLOGWAD: 8. Remi Pac Man
I actually have no idea why I'm posting this.
Aug
AUGUST BLOGWAD: 9. Step, bump, step, bump bump
Just because this video's an old one, doesn't make it any less brilliant.
Jun
No Monkeys Were Harmed
This has been around for a long time, but it came up during a meeting today, so I figured I'd post it. [Insert your own suggestive joke here]. Just don't expect to ever get this good: »»
May
Takeaway Shows
David's last post has inspired me to share this brilliant music stash. Since 2006, French independent filmmaker Vincent Moon (and his co-conspirators) have been capturing and posting unique performances by a slew of great musicians. My favorites out of these include Arcade Fire's elevator performance of Neon Bible - #41.1, and Yeasayer's beautiful disturbance with Tightrope - #87.2 (sorry Mme. Neighbor!). I can't promise I won't post this again, because heartblasting musicianship doesn't get much more fun than this.
May
View from above
Some interesting photography by Jason Hawkes, that gives us a glimpse of what clouds see. Keep an eye out for the tomato mandala.
Apr
Science Faction
“Everything you’ve learned in school as “obvious” becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. For example, there are no solids in the universe. There’s not even a suggestion of a solid. There are no absolute continuums. There are no surfaces. There are no straight lines.”
- Buckminster Fuller
You're welcome.
Nov
The Best Printer Jam
Our color printer here at iii doesn't always do what's expected. A lot of our prints come out funny (if at all) and some get routed to the mysterious Jam Section, where paper goes to jam.
But I have yet to hear our trusty printer channel Radiohead. For that, you'll want to point your browser to a great cover by James Houston, here. Enjoy.
Sep
Architect's Brother
Some phenomenal work by Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison. There's a lot to be said about this pair, but I'd rather their art mumble it directly into your eyes.
