Wednesday, May 27, 2009

tony duran
beautiful fashion and elebrity photography from tony duran.



50 great websites designs for inspiration
les papas - potato portraits
ginou choueiri has chosen the potato to portray human faces because of the many striking parallels. Not only is their skin porous like ours, but their skin texture and color is very similar, and like us, they come in different sizes, shapes and forms. Potatoes grow, live, and then decay, mirroring the ephemeral existence and fragility of our own human nature. bizarre, but i like! see the rest here.

Monday, May 18, 2009

80+ tools for designers
http://www.dreamcss.com/2009/05/web-tools-and-typography-resources.html
the glue society's ad
this ad for the australian tv show the glue society initially looks like a government health warning, but when you read the small print, one of the pieces of advice, alongside 'wear one of those little blue face masks', is to 'watch The Chaser's War on Everything'. its quite a funny and optimistic way of looking at the flu.

Friday, May 15, 2009

lpa futures
some lovely shots have come out of the recent selection of young photographers selected for lpa futures.
ben roberts 1&2
jn tonks 3
sam irons 4&5

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

steve harris
stev harris takes some beautiful urban photography, the lighting and colours are just amazing! more to be found here
the norwegian accordian association
very cute.

dordles
im loving the 'dordles' created by nik daum, particularly liking the monks, it reminds me of cambodia... i want to go back! fabulous! mor of his work can be found
here
timo stammberger
timo stammberger does a beautiful series of shots on underground tube and metro stations, the lighting in the shots is fantastic! more urban shots can be found here

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

graham shearer
i have just come across the photography of graham shearer on this website, he does some really beautiful shots. there are also a few other fab photographers on here to browse through!
ogilvy on recession
ogilvy has created these small appealingly designed business cards to promote the agency at this difficult finacial time, showing cleints an prospective clients that in spite of the recession advertising is more relevant now than ever. the cards have thought provoking lines written on the back of them to drive clients to ogilvyonrecession.com, a website offering smart strategies to deal with the downturn .




10th annual newport beach film festival 'tenth of a century'
this beautiful computer-animated opening was designed by hall to look and feel like one of the epic stop-motion masterpieces of terry gilliam or tim burton. the content artfully presents a take-off of the strangely similar aesthetic of studio titles – like hollywood with a dramatic twist - that welcomes viewers to newport beach and their 10th annual celebration of film with wit and charm.

Newport Beach Film Festival "Tenth of a Century" from Elastic on Vimeo.

chanel no5
have you seen the new romantic film/ ad for chanel no5, featuring audrey tatou, filmed by jean - pierre jeunet is beautiful, the cinematography is amazing! makes me want to go on a train ride around france now! watch it here
pearle contact lenses
an amusing
website to promote the use of pearle contact lenses rather than glasses.

fba - fur hunter
i have just come across this advergame online to drive awareness around the sensitive topic of using and wearing fur, created by bbdo, argentina. it is beautifully made, i love the illustration, and the idea behind it, its just a shame that you can not move around the a little more, to make it a little less repeatative, and makes you loose interest! the site can be found here