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August 12th, 2008

I met the Walrus

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon's every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation. Raskin marries the terrifyingly genius pen work of James Braithwaite with masterful digital illustration by Alex Kurina, resulting in a spell-binding vessel for Lennon's boundless wit, and timeless message.
This short film came out last year and was even a candidate for an Oscar (which, evidently, it didn't win). The reason why I'm posting it now is that it finally became available through youtube (around a month ago, actually). SO by all means DO enjoy. It is great in many different ways. And if you would like to read more about it visit the official site

August 9th, 2008

Remember Tibet

On the occasion of the Bejing Olympics, RememberTibet.org is asking people to remember Tibet's struggle for independence against the undemocratic government of China.
Visit the site and have a look on how YOUR design submissions can help.
RememberTibet.org is an initiative started by Jonathan Barnbrook and Pedro Inoue designed to engage people during (and after) the Beijing Olympics Games through art and design to help raise awareness of China's policies towards Tibet.

August 4th, 2008

...and finally a reality show on designers

BBC Two and Philippe Starck are teaming up for a brand new TV series to find the next great British designer.
Internationally renowned designer Starck will be heading up a specially created School of Design in Paris. Ten aspiring designers with the talent, drive and vision to create the next ‘must have’ products of the 21st Century will be given the unique opportunity to learn and work alongside Starck and his team over a period of several months.
Those interested can find out more about it right HERE
BBC, Philippe Starck, product design. Could be interesting. Knowing a bit about Starck, he can sometimes be... controversial to say the least. This project could bring more attention to design. BUT is there a chance of making a circus out of it? Does the end justify the means?
I'm interested to hear what YOU think about this one!

July 22nd, 2008

Why speakers are called what they are.

Sherwood Forlee is a designer with no design or art education. Instead, he studied fluid dynamics and partial differential equations, and then barely managed to graduate. But graduate he did, and with a high-falutin' sounding title to boot: "Mechanical and Aerospace Engineer". Despite this, Sherwood calls himself a designer because it sounds hip and no one likes hanging around a nerd at a party.
By following THIS link you'll find his excellent speakers. I take it they are not on production yet, but when they'll be, I'd love to get my hands on a couple of them.

July 2nd, 2008

Ten Images for Ithaca 2008: competition results

Feel like attending a banner exhibition and then heading for a quiet-crystal clear water beach? If THIS is the case, then I have a suggestion: Ulysses' kingdom, the isle of Ithaca.

The exhibition Ten Images for Ithaca themed this year simply "DREAM" will include the 10 winning posters and the 123 finalists from the total of 1900 submissions received. The winning and finalist posters were selected by this year’s jury committee composed of well-known graphic designers, creative directors and artists.
The exhibition will be presenting the work of graphic designers, illustrators, architects, photographers and artists from 70 countries worldwide such as Greece, Italy, Belgium, Poland, Spain, France, the United States, Iran, Korea, Singapore and Malaysia. The result is multidimensional and exceptionally interesting, a true representation of contemporary design trends.
The award ceremony and the opening of the exhibitions with the 10 winning posters and the 123 finalists will take place on the island of Ithaca, Greece on the 12th of July 2008.

June 27th, 2008

Be bop be bop a lu she bop

I wouldn't normally post a song on Computerlove BUT
a. There IS a category called "audio/music", so it IS relevant
b. I think the graphics on this video are so cool and smart!
c. The song is great :)
Responsible for this video is a team called White room

June 26th, 2008

Oded Ezer

Oded Ezer, a typographic artist, logo and type designer, is also a lecturer, a typographic experimentalist and an all around nice guy. His studio is located in Israel.
His website is definitely worth a visit

June 17th, 2008

European Design Awards 2008 - winners online

Around 1000 participants from 34 different European countries took part in this year's ED-Awards.
The annual awards cover a large selection of the best in communication design for our continent with categories including everything from brand logo to motion design.
The awards ceremony took place in Stockholm a few weeks ago.
The full gallery of winners (coming from 19 different countries) can be seen here.
The hard cover 260 pages catalogue (which also includes all finalists) can be bought from here

May 29th, 2008

Centro Pro: the making of

Follwing this link you can learn about the making process of an award winning typographic project.
Exciting stuff!

May 11th, 2008

Go for a walk, get inspired

Fi Design is about passion and detailed understanding about how Next-Generation interactive experiences should look, feel and function on the web.

During the Stockholm Design Walk, an organized series of parallel open house events during the ED-Week to be held starting this Thursday in the Swedish capital, Fi will be welcoming guests for a beer (on Friday) or a fresh smoothie (on Saturday) and a chat with the Fantasy Interactive teams about World Design. That or a challenge at a game of Wii!
All interested should register by sending their name and what day they want to attend to julia.nero@f-i.com
Registering translates to 2 tickets for the bar.
Other stops of the Stockholm Design Walk include ACNE,, Fellow designers, North Kingdom, Pangea design, Dolhem design and Stockholm design lab

April 30th, 2008

Could you spare a good pic? Creatives behind the lens

The Creatives Behind the Lens competition is open for two more days (until May 2nd). But you don't need to work too hard on it. You only need to submit up to three photographs (which you might as well already have in some file on your computer) and compete for a little bit of fame within the creative industry in Europe. A panel of professionals from European leading creative publications will judge your work.
The short list will be exhibited at the European Design Conference in Stockholm (May 16th to 18th) and taken afterwards on a road show to further countries.
There is no brief so you can shoot what you like, just make it brilliant!
If you work in the creative industries (but don’t take pictures for a living) and like a challenge then are eligible to enter this competition.
More info here

April 29th, 2008

Celebrating European Design

• 5 exhibitions
• 2 seminars
• 2 presentations
• 2 design walks
• 2 parties
• 1 competition
• 1 major conference (including speakers from 15 different European nations)
and the European Design Awards ceremony
All in one place during one week:
The place to be: Stockholm, Sweden
European Design Week in Stockholm, May 2008