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NO!SPEC

The NO!SPEC campaign: Serves as a vehicle to unite those who support the notion that spec work devalues the potential of design and ultimately does a disservice to the client.

Our mission: To educate the public about speculative, or 'spec' work.

Our target: Those who use creative services, as well as creative professionals (designers, photographers, illustrators, typographers, writers and those in marketing, branding and advertising).

What you can do: Place a "NO!SPEC" logo on your site. Sign the NO!SPEC petition. Distribute the "NO!SPEC" posters. Contact us with your thoughts, comments, articles and insights.

Requirements: The only requirement for participation is putting the appropriate value on your profession. "

If you're tired of seeing around the "$100 logo job offering" kind of situation (and worse: speculative work), check out this site.

supernatural studios

supernatural studios is a london based creative studio founded by zissou.. utilizing primarily cg to produce animations, special effects, product design and art the collective create elegantly organic and original formal explorations in the areas of art, design and technology.

Justin Maller updates Depthcore & Superlover

Superlover updates & the amazing collective Depthcore release their 32nd pack entitled 'Temple'

OFFF moves to Lisbon!

OFFF 2008 will be held in Lisbon. Portugal receives the event on the 8, 9 and 10 of May at LX Factory...More info soon, stay tuned!

OFFF Lisbon 2008

Rosa Loves

Rosa Loves Nice project, nice shirts, what else can you ask for?

D&AD Awards 2008 - Call for entries

"Defining creative excellence for 45 years, the D&AD Awards set the standard for great ideas the world over. Advertising, Design, Digital - D&AD spans the full creative spectrum

300 judges on 30 specialist juries consider the entries in categories ranging from Product Design to Mobile Marketing.

Winning work is awarded the iconic D&AD Yellow Pencil, appears in the D&AD Annual, and at exhibitions and events worldwide."

Entry deadline 16 January 2008

D&AD Awards 2008

Mobilia fireplace

Alexa

The ash and inox Mobilia fireplace from Alaxa uses bioethanol, which does not produce any smoke, gas, soot or ash. The flame can be viewed from both sides of the fireplace on wheels, which is easily moved.

via:Moco Loco

Winners of the Computerlove TDC 2007

Clap you hands! Following the results of Jury and Computerlove Contributors' votes,
the Winners of the T-shirt Design Contest 2007 are:

1st Place: Somewhere Else
Author: Brandon WIlson aka Weebles
Prize: a 8 GB Apple iPhone.

Utopia, or at least some sort of better existence, always seems to be wherever I am not at the time. I often imagine myself in a pristine landscape far removed from all my cares. And that's as real as it gets. Eventually I have to stop wishing and deal with things.

2nd Place: A men utopia
Author: Francesco Muzzi aka Mootsie
Prize: a 4 GB Apple iPhone

3rd Place: Turn right darling, now!
Author: David Loewe
Prize: a Nintendo Wii

We have decided to offer a Nintendo DS as Special Prize for the 4th place, very close to n°3 in the final results.

4th Place: Empty Quote
Author: Arnaud Marquez aka Syn

This quote is from Emmanuel Kant - in french : « Des pensées sans contenu sont vides, des intuitions sans concepts, aveugles. » I wanted a graphical metaphor to express the lack of consistency in our modern societies. My utopia would expect higher thinking in every fields.

Next places are: 5) Spread love, no war, no lawyers, be freedom, 6) There / Vege utopia Ex aequo, 7) Drops, 8) The nail world, 9) Utopic world, 10) Materialistic utopia

Thanks to Rob Ford, Jeffrey Zeldman, Jon Burgerman, Adam Fletcher, all the Computerlove Contributors for their help regarding the judging process, and to all artists for supporting this event.

Limited-edition tees will be available soon for purchase. Stay tuned!

A month in the life of a graphic Designer...

"Over the next month, Michael C Place of Build and Creative Review will be conducting a unique experiment. We are going to document one month in the life of a graphic designer.

Mr Place (whose desk is shown above) has agreed to record everything that he does during this period. Every piece of work. Every idea. Every presentation. Every meeting.

During the four weeks there will be regular updates here at the CR Blog. You’ll thrill as he meets his bank manager. Gasp as he checks some proofs. Marvel as he tours exotic locations such as Walthamstow and Epping Forest. All will be revealed (...)"

Michael C Place @ CR
We are Build

Source: Creative Review

TEES

TEES | Over six years ago we opened our store with a small line of t-shirts. After a few weeks we sold out and never did any new designs. Why? Good question! Now, six years later we are designing tees again. Fresh new designs feature a hushed up Unibomber and serpents, overzealous avocados, chest charts, retinas in need of a shave, masked women on skulls and bundles of smudges and ink. Where else can you find that sort of fashionable subject matter?

Living in Three Centuries

"102 year-old
Chinese woman
who had lived her entire life
in the same mud house,
which stood behind the Beijing Hotel.

She spoke of
living through the
rule of China's last Emperor,
the Boxer Rebellion,
two World Wars
and the Communist Party's
rise to power.

She was afraid her home
was going to be torn down
because the hotel
was expanding."

You can check out the rest of the collection here .
Well worth a look.

My cup of tea/coffee

"Mugs to help you mix your favourite brew to just-how-you-like-it by matching the colour guide on the inside. Design by SUCK UK"

Yes I Love tea, and dont worry Coffee lovers they didnt forget you. A Color match guide for Tea and Coffee simply genius.

My Cup of Tea/Coffee