Vivian Maier

I just found this blog, it's the fascinating story of Vivian Maier, who's previously unseen photography was only discovered recently. Check out the blog for the whole story and lots of great photographs.

Comic Sans Criminal

I just found this project by Matt Dempsey on Adverblog. It brings to light a very annoying habit some people have of using wildly inappropriate typefaces. If you are a Comic Sans Criminal I suggest you sign the pledge immediately.

Build The Perfect Designer

These are images of an outcome from a recent university project set by Elmwood. The brief gave each student a word to base the project around, my word was ‘panacea’ which means ‘an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties’. The concept was to present me as a panacea for all the needs of a design studio, as a piece of self promotion. The idea being that the target audience can pick my characteristics to build the perfect designer, or if they want all the options, the answer is me. The illustrations were cut out of board using a laser cutter, so that all the pieces fit perfectly together.

Innocent Smoothies

I flipping love the new innocent smoothie advert! I think it's really funny in the way the smoothie bottle is made into a superhero but in an obviously fake way, (my favourite bit is that you can clearly see the wires used to make it look like its flying, and the pole its stuck to).

The theme song.... 'Fruit! Ahhh Saviour of the universe!' and tag line 'Innocent smoothies, here to save the peckish' both work really well.

It's another great addition to the innocent story so far, and maintains their brand image as fun, cute and funny.

Freeview HD

I saw this epicly long Freeview HD advert recently and thought it was very interesting, and probably their best advert to date. It shows a living room come to life whilst the occupants are out (because they can now go out without missing their favourite programs as they can record them). I like the dry humour and characterisation of the objects in the living room.

Owen Sherwood

I found Owen Sherwood in an illustration book, and love the style and expression of his work. His website is a nice treat as well www.owensherwood.com.

Information Graphics

I've just been researching information graphics for a project, and found this article 40 Useful and Creative Infographics, on SixRevisions.com. I thought they were pretty cool, I usually think of information graphics as being a bit boring and mundane, but these had some creative ideas I really engaged with, and which made the information they are presenting more interesting.