After reading Martin Delin’s post about “A coffee cup miracle!” and dead space (http://martindelin.blogspot.com/2007/07/coffee-cup-miracle.html) I was reminded of this piece of design I had seen a while back…
Unexpecting restaurant/cafe goers would pick up the menu and probably be shocked to see a child within it. I think that this is a good use of ambient media as the medium emphasises the message whilst also being unique and unexpected.
(Image taken from Wikipedia Article)
Whilst in London recently I visited the Natural History Museum and was really impressed by the exterior nearly as much as by the interior. The building was designed mainly by Alfred Waterhouse in a distinctive Romanesque style and was opened in 1881. It has since been dubbed, quite rightly so, the “Catherdral of Nature.”
I was impressed by the entrance and the pillars in particular, as they created such a sense of grandure through the extensive layering of the arches and pillars, and they served well to set the scene for the contents of the musuem. The design is also practical and appropriate as Waterhouse made extensive use of terracotta tiles to resist the sooty climate of Victorian London, many of which feature relief sculptures of flora and fauna - the museum’s main contents. But Waterhouse’s brief was restricted as Richard Owen, Superintendent of the natural history departments of the British Museum stated that relief sculptures of extinct and living animals must be situated on the east and west wings respectively as a reflection of his contemporary rebuttal of Darwin’s theory of Natural Selection.
To me the Natural History Museum was a building truely designed for and suited to its purpose.
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In response to Claire’s post regarding the architecture of more of the building I have posted this photo.
I uploaded this image because of the style of art direction used, as I think it the paper construction has quite a unique feel to it. It appears to be a real 3D construction, but I am unsure as to whether the scene was shot as one or if a few shots were layered together, but still it makes an interesting visual.
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Also it kind of reminds me of the 80s kids show ‘Charlie Chalk’ (don’t know if anyone else remebers it). As the construction of the landscape and foliage is also done using colourful shaped pieces of paper. The paper appears to work well as a means of representing a natural environment in three dimensions and there are probably other uses for it too.
A nice advert for wind generated power. You may have worked it out before the end, but I think its a nice watch and entertaining all the way through, with the final idea being that the main character - the wind, needs to have something useful to occupy himself with - that being power generation. A good advert that is just as entertaining after the first view.
I know this advert has been out for a while now but I thought I’d post it as I appreciate the move away from “look how fast our car goes and how nice it looks,” towards a campaign that promotes the pure design concept. I feel that this simple message makes the product more unique and desirable as I imagine that people will assume that the car is some what superior as a result of the campaigns creativity. Also, the campaign features no image of the car, 3D solid, or 3D representation, simple the suggestion of form through a combination of lines, which is reminiscent of Prof Hann’s Design Theory lectures. Along with the TV spot the website is also worth checking out. Again their are no images of the car and you can create your own line rhythms. http://www.rhythmoflines.co.uk/
A variety of executions that make use of a carrier bag in some shape or form to communicate a message. I wonder if the designers approached the clients of vica versa?
So so simple.
I took this of the Graphics Blog (http://graphicslog.blogspot.com) posted by Alan. I really like it and its probably the kind of thing he would have done if he could. But it really hits home as it has such a believeble feel, and by ‘hearing’ the opinions of someone who has suffered the greatest impact of an illness the message is so much stronger.
Play Land - Its not for the cute and cuddly.
I posted these beacuse I like the visuals, especially the cute pig and his sad eyes juxtaposed against the ‘vomit.’
This is the rebranding of about a dozen 7-Eleven’s in the US to coincide with the launch of the Simpsons movie this summer. The transformed stores and many other 7-Eleven’s in the US will sell products from the show such as Buzz Cola and Krusty O’s cereal. I think that this idea will be effective as even people who don’t visit the stores will remember the transformation or wish they could visit the stores and it should create a buzz for the movie in the US.
Use them following link for more photos http://flickr.com/photos/rdr07/sets/72157600590001691/
Also the mini site http://www.simpsonsmovie.com/ has lots of features to explore, including games and buildings (although some still say “coming soon”), but its worth a look.