Loving these Tamiya RC Car Illustrations

I wanted a Tamiya Frog so badly as a kid. Artist Credit: Walter Kim

Creative inspiration – Brutalist Eastern Europe

I could look at Brutalist Architecture all day.

Via Sauerkraut

Creative inspiration – Too Black, Too strong

Artist Stuart Semple has developed what he believes to be the world’s blackest black ink. He calls it Blink, and you can buy it for $16 a bottle. Intended for calligraphy, pen art, or just a very impressive handwritten letters, Blink brings a super high contrast pigment to a medium anyone can handle. Via Fast Company The full article is worth a read.

On rotation. All-time favorite PE track.

F#ck me, those horns! Makes my hair stand up.

Creative inspiration – Watching. Succession

Thoroughly enjoyed the first three seasons of Succession. Blackly funny. A debauched, bunch of anti-heroes stabbing each other in back to rule the world. You know it’s good when you find yourself rooting for the billionaire to beat the Government. Get in!

On rotation. Another Banger from back in the day.

Have been playing this to the kids and hoping the message gets in. A musical Education with Dad. The good news is that they know the samples. Yes! Dad wins!

A walk down memory lane

Had plenty of these. I remember buying 3 packs in cigarette-style cellophane. Waiting to press record and busting out bangers on the car stereo. Enjoy! Tapedeck.org

On rotation. Makers- Don’t Challenge Me

Can not get enough of this tune! 1972. Timeless!

Creative inspiration – Giant cats in Japan

Love the use of the shelf to further enhance the 3D. Very Nice!

Creative inspiration – Next Level Lego

Thank you machine learning and artificial intelligence. Brickit is an AR app that you point at a pile of lego and it will tell you things you can make. I will be installing you today.

Creative inspiration – Mantraste

More details and a good write-up over at it’s nice that.

Creative inspiration – Well Lush

Loving these palette knife paintings by Joshua Davison. Check his insta.

Creative inspiration – Jerkface Villainy

Villainy by Jerkface at Maddox Gallery in London looks awesome. Wish I could go. At least the Maddox Gallery website is rad with virtual tour and programme. Check it!

Creative inspiration – Blue Tit timelapse

Creative inspiration – Exhausted

Loving these sculptures by artist Carl D’Alvia. from the exhibition, Sometimes sculpture needs a break. So much with so little. A masterstroke.

Creative inspiration – Use a sharper knife bro.

Creative inspiration – Paper Type is HAWT!

Via Colossal

Creative inspiration – Creepy AF Empty spaces

I do love that someone made this.

More emptiness at: Bored Panda

Creative inspiration – Immersive AF

I would very much like to partake in the experience. We’ve done similar things at Powerhouse in Sydney but this looks decidedly High Def. More info over at Cool Hunting

Creative inspiration – Missed a bit

Love that these don’t last. Via Fubiz

Creative inspiration – Cat Carriers

I love it. I just fucking love it.

Creative inspiration – Meta Venn

Via Swiss Miss

Creative inspiration – Next Level Paper Craft

Korean artist Lee Ji-hee returns to a more mechanical subject matter with a life-sized paper model of the Heidelberg letterpress. Via Colossal

On Rotation 24.06.2021

This blast from the past has been on heavy rotation in the studio for the last week. Forgot how rad Lyrics Born is. Get some!

Creative inspiration – Japanese playgrounds for the win

Creative inspiration – Hell Yes!

Watched Cruella at the cinema last week with the family and it’s a cracker. Thanks, Disney! I loved this. Everything about it was next level. Performances, Art Direction, Fashion, Villians, and F*ck me the soundtrack was off the hook! And… Emma Stone is well fit!

Creative inspiration – So much Joy!

Science and tech ads from the 50’s and 60’s. I love that half of them are upside down.

Creative inspiration – Cats of Brutalism

Via Present and Correct Enjoy the instagram

Creative inspiration – Massive Waves of Dead Wood

Loving these sculptures, we have an artist locally who does no too dissimilar work, I’lll look him up and post about him next week. I think these are most definitely the radness. I wan’t to stumble upon this artwork in the bush. Via Colossal

Creative inspiration – Watching Creamerie

Enjoying New Zealand based, dark comedy, post-apocalyptic, speculative fiction show called Creamerie. Not too dis-similar a vibe from Hand Maids Tale but funny and without all the extreme close-ups of June. It’s on the always awesome SBS. Check it.

Creative inspiration – Dark Stories

I love reading books in the Australian voice. I picked this one up at the library last week and smashed it in a couple of sittings. Fast-paced, big action, pretty grim mystery. Nothing too dense (except the scrubland, see what I did there). Good fun. Go visit your library. (Be warned, it starts with a mass shooting).

On rotation 11.06.2021

Turns out I’m a bit of a Chance the Rapper fan. It’s the Gospel piano Vibes that I’m really into. Have a listen.

Creative inspiration – A proper DADAist

Am absolutely loving the work of Katie Burnett. Proper DADAism in photography. This work makes me feel like my excited art student self from 25 years ago. Christ on a bike time hets away from you doesn’t it.

Creative inspiration – Found Papers

Matthew Craven’s work is wicked. His Instagram profile pic is pretty tight too.

Creative inspiration – Art and trees are the best

Via Colossal.

Creative inspiration – Glitch bear statues

Digging the work of Kenichi Nakaya

Creative inspiration – Paper Cuts be sharp AF

Patrick Cabral creates mad papercut artwork. These are inspired by the Dinagyang Festival from the Philippines. More details at: FUBIZ

On rotation 25.05.2021

I remember this track from a while back. The kids got me onto it again now from their “Shot on iphone memes” but the whole album is full of bangers. Enjoy!

On Rotation 24.05.2021

Feeling the old-skool vibes on Muzi’s Interblacktic. 90’s piano with a 2000’s Wiley vibe. Will be spending some time on his Soundcloud.

Creative inspiration – Shot from Above

Synchronized swimming needs more love. These photos are amazing. Brad Walls has a great instagram. Check it. His website is rad also.

Creative inspiration – While we’re talking Pixels

Aerial photographs of 1960s communal dining areas in Singapore’s social housing. Via Creative Boom

Creative inspiration – Nice Rug!

Pixel rugs are crazy rad! There’s some other cool stuff over at: Design Milk while you’re at it.

On Rotation 21.05.2021

Still so rad after all these years. Introduced the kid’s to Mr. Cave this week. Was impressed to see them both get into it, despite how menacing this album is. They’re 10 and 11. Epic storyteller. Enjoy!

Check it out on Spotify

Creative inspiration – David Shrigley

Have been loving the work of David Shrigley this week. Here are some things that I particularly like. You can see more of his work here. Or you know, if you wanted to buy me a gift or anything you could get something at Third Drawer Down.

Creative inspiration – Art Rock!

Pavement Licker and Helium London Have put together this series of one-off records to be auctioned to raise money for mental health and addiction charity Music Support. More details over at It’s Nice That

Creative inspiration – Mad Max AF!

For those who like their burning man a little more post apocalyptic there’s Wasteland Weekend in the Mojave desert. You know, if that’s your thing.

Creative inspiration – Sea life

Seriously… Check this shit out! Via Colossal

Creative inspiration – Real-life Pokemons

I used to have a problem with Moths. Not so much these days though. But this guy, who could have a problem with this gut. He’s (or she) is a Venezuelan Poodle Moth and their awesome! More on them at: My Modern Met

Creative inspiration – Oh My God. Yes!!!!

Architecture firm Atelier Marko Brajovic has recently completed an A-Frame home in the Brazilian forest. The house was built between the trees, and occupies a 16ft x 19ft (5m x 6m) area, allowing the home to avoiding any interference in the native vegetation. (Not sure about avoiding any interference…).

Via the Contemporist

Creative inspiration – At the crack of dawn

Italian Artist Millo has a new show in New York, I can’t go to this, Booo. But his Instagram is rad. I think I prefer his work in context (on the side of a building) rather than in a gallery.

Creative inspiration – Talking Stamps

Made of plastic and embossed with a melody, these tiny record stamps are an awesome use of technology from 1972 from the Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan. Not only do they look rad, you can have a listen to them also. Full story at The Vinyl Factory

Creative inspiration – Stickers!

Japanese artist Yukino Ohmura uses sticker dots to make these mad city scapes! Full story at: spoon-tamago.com. Lock up your stationary cupboards!

Creative inspiration – The kids are alright

I want to be young and amazing again! These photos by Megan Doherty give me hope for the future. Full article over at Jaxtapoz.

Creative inspiration – Charlotte Love

Loving the work of Charlotte Love. Check her out on Instagram or for her styling work visit charlottelove.co.uk

Marcel the Shell with shoes on

This made my day. Can’t wait to show the kids.

Creative inspiration – Otters

Creative inspiration – Anime AF

Massive Nerd Alert but this is so cool. Can not wait to show this to the kids. They are going to lose their shit!

Creative inspiration – Reading in Colour

Mary Ellen Bartley is my new favourite! Love this series on books. Also really like Seven things again and again. I think the seven things project definitely feels like a lockdown idea. Nothing is boring. Everything is awesome!

The worst swear word in the world

Copied verbatim from The Guardian. I remember reading this in the paper 14 years ago and it still makes me laugh today. I’ts a cracker.

“Sometimes the mystery is better than the knowing, wouldn’t you say? Sometimes the journey is better than the destination”Jon Ronson Sat 28 Jul 2007

My eight-year-old son, Joel, comes into my office to ask if there’s a worse swearword than fuck. “No,” I say.

There’s a silence. “You’re lying,” he says.

“There’s none worse than fuck,” I say.

Joel narrows his eyes. “I know you’re lying,” he says. He leaves the room.

On Saturday I take Joel to Chessington World of Adventures. What a crappy theme park! None the less, we have a wonderful day together.

“You’re a great dad!” Joel says as we drive home.

“And you’re a great son!” I reply with a magical twinkle.Advertisementhttps://afa4abef6d09f2c8d8c8e474d1dbd65b.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html

We smile lovingly at each other.

“There is a worse swearword than fuck, isn’t there?” says Joel.

“Yes, there is!” I say, still with a magical twinkle.

“What is it?” asks Joel.

“It’s c…” I begin. I stop. “Uh,” I say.

“Tell me,” says Joel. “I swear this is just for me. I’ll never use it. I just need to know. I will never use it on anyone. I swear. Just tell me.”

I feel clammy and hemmed in. “And you won’t tell Mum we had this conversation?” I say.

“I promise,” says Joel. “Mum will never know.”

There’s a silence. “I can’t tell you,” I say.

“Tell me,” says Joel.

“I can’t,” I say.

“Then why did you almost tell me?” Joel yells.

“Because I wasn’t thinking responsibly!” I yell. “I was swept up in the magic of the moment.”

“You have to tell me,” Joel says. “It’s only fair.”

“Uh,” I say. “I, uh… I…”

I look around the car. For some reason we have an old can of Italian lemonade down on the floor.

“It’s limone,” I say.

There’s a silence.

“Limone?” says Joel.

“That’s the worst swearword of all,” I say. “Limone. But I’m holding you to your promise that you will never use it. OK? Never.”

“Limone?” says Joel. He seems disappointed.

“There’s nowhere to go after limone,” I say. “Limone is the Everest peak of swearing.”

Joel looks out of the window.

“You know,” I say, wisely, “sometimes the mystery is better than the knowing, wouldn’t you say? Sometimes the journey is better than the destination. Anyway, don’t tell Mum.”

We reach the house. Joel rushes inside.

“Mum!” he yells. “Dad told me the worst swearword of all! I know what it is! Limone!”

My wife, Elaine, appears at the top of the stairs, an inscrutable expression on her face. I shrug, anxiously.

A month passes. We go for a weekend away. At the hotel, a boy on a tricycle crashes into Joel.

“Limone,” mutters Joel under his breath.

Another month passes. Joel has a friend round for a sleepover. At 11pm I hear them talking. They’re saying, “Limone” in awed whispers.

“I feel terrible about this,” I say to Elaine. “I’ve tricked my own son. I’m going to tell him that limone isn’t a swearword, and is in fact the Italian word for lemon.” I pause. “I’m going to tell him the actual worst swearword in the world.”

“You are not!” says Elaine.

“I’d rather he was foul-mouthed and accurate than see him like this,” I say. “All because of my stupid, stupid slip of the tongue in the car on the way back from Chessington World of Adventures.”

“You are not going to tell Joel the worst swearword in the world!” Elaine yells.

And so I don’t.

Today, Joel comes into my office. “Hi,” he says.

“Hi,” I say.

There’s a silence.

“Anyway, I’ll see you later,” says Joel. He goes to leave. Then he turns around.

“Oh,” he says. “Cunt.”

Creative inspiration – Miami Colour Theory. Yes!

Check it at: https://www.instagram.com/miamicolortheory/

Creative inspiration – Kurt Vonnegut

Found this by accident on auto play. Awesome! Well worth your 17 minutes.

Creative inspiration – Lego

LEGO has released a three-and-a-half-hour playlist that can serve as relaxing background noise while you play with their build sets. What’s even more interesting is that all seven tracks—each 30 minutes long—were composed using LEGO bricks instead of traditional musical instruments. For instance, “Searching for the One (Brick)” features the noise one makes when digging through a pile of LEGO pieces, while the track “The Waterfall” mimics the rumbling sound of water with LEGO bricks being poured from a container.

Creative inspiration – Science accidents. Yes!

Mayonnaise is a miracle.

Employees at Israel’s National Sea Turtle Rescue Center are treating endangered green sea turtles affected by a devastating oil spill that has coated Israel’s coast with thick black tar.

The spill, which Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority has called one of the country’s worst ecological disasters on record, has coated most of Israel’s 120 miles (195 kilometers) of Mediterranean coastline with sticky tar. It has caused extensive damage to wildlife, including sea turtles.

Workers have been removing the toxic substance from the reptiles’ airways and found a creative way to flush it out of their digestive tracks.

“We continue to feed them substances like mayonnaise, which practically clean the system and break down the tar,” Ivgy said. The recovery process is expected to take a week or two, after which the turtles are expected to be released back into the wild.

Guy Ivgy

Fuck Yes!!!

Creative inspiration – Obvious Plant

@obviousplant makes rad things and leaves them in the real world.

On rotation F#cking Menacing

Brisbane rapper Jesswar is my new favourite thing! Soo dark. Rough Nasty! Loving it!
Savage is another mad track (extreme language warning) checkit!

Creative inspiration – Crayola for the Win

Artist Herb Williams makes rad things from crayons. Check it. Via colossal

Creative inspiration – So much Radness

This image was the first random link I clicked on. Go get some Old Concept Cars.

Creative inspiration – Where I’m from

Didn’t give me quite the sense of nostalgia I thought it would but it was great to see some old faces and places!

Vale Double K

This makes me sad. I fucking love these guys! I saw them in a shitty, forgettable venue in Melbourne 20 years ago and was hooked. Their Aussie tunes are The Shit! Go well Double K.

Creative inspiration – This speaks to me

We all love a good Jigsaw. I like this one a lot! Available at: Genuine Fred

About the artist

Wayne White is a multi-media artist born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He has worked professionally as a cartoonist, illustrator, painter, sculptor, set and puppet designer, and animator in New York and Los Angeles. He won three Emmys for his art direction on Pee-wee’s Playhouse. His thirty years in television production includes designing Shining Time Station, Beakman’s World, Peter Gabriel’s “Big Time” video and “Tonight Tonight” for The Smashing Pumpkins. Since 2000, he has shown his paintings and sculptures in galleries all over the world. In 2012, he was the subject of an award winning  documentary “Beauty is Embarrassing.”

Creative inspiration – Board*ering on the sacred.

Werner Herzog discussed the beauty of failure in skateboarding.

Creative inspiration – These speak to me

Internal Riot: George Condo Captures a Transcendental Moment

Link to full article

Creative inspiration – Toys of my dreams

Just can’t get enough of flying cars, none of these look like they will be helping me drop the kids at school anytime soon and the video voiceover is a bit naff but at least people are trying to make the future.

Creative inspiration – More on kid’s toys

For one year, Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti captured portraits of young children with their carefully organised toy collections in 58 countries around the world. A superb series that captures the wonder of children, and gives us all a beautiful lesson of life.

Link to full article

Creative inspiration – Throw out the instructions

Love this and definitely agree with the premise of DIY make your own fun. Austin Kleon is rad. If you don’t already you should subscribe to his email.

Creative inspiration – Listless Pandemic TV

Awesome short series on ABC iView and the Beeb probably too.

Pity the poor actors with nothing to do. David Tennant and Martin Sheen try to rehearse a play via Zoom during this whole COVID Rubbish. Tennant just nails it! This one goes out to the people in. Victoria / Melbourne. Hope you’re doing OK.

Other good pandemic TV on ABC is At home alone together. I’m a big fan of the Vibe Designer. And Ray Martin, you’re OK! Anyway. Enjoy!

Creative inspiration – Speaker design

Dieter Rams AF! This Bluetooth speak is a super HAWT minimalist Boombox. Can you imaging the objects Dieter would make today given that everything is wireless? Anyway. Enjoy. The video at the link is disappointingly twee. All a bit Suntory time really.

Feeling nostalgic for the mixtape days? The Teenage Engineering OB-4 taps into the tactile joy of recording + playback using an endless loop recording.

Source: Teenage Engineering OB–4 Dials up the Nostalgia of the Mixtape

Creative inspiration – Space. I believe in space!

These out-of-season ski lifts are rocking my world! Brutalist space outposts for the win!

Creative inspiration – Permanent Vacation

This playlist has been on heavy rotation in the studio. Unfortunately, Apple music won’t let me embed the link. But you can check it out on apple music by clicking this link.

Creative inspiration – Car design

Everything is changing and this looks to me like some very cool kit set to make some next-level changes to the automotive industry. I want to skate one!

Source: Car design is about to change forever

Creative inspiration – KAWS – What Party NYC

KAWS large format pieces are awesome! But the title of this is just so perfect!  Meant to be seen now, mid-pandemic, “What Party” set against empty streets perfectly sums up the sentiment of where is everyone. “What party”. The two saddest words in the English language.
Source: Juxtapoz Magazine – KAWS Unveils New 20-Foot “WHAT PARTY” Sculpture @ the Seagram Building, NYC

On rotation. Ear Candy from Steel City!

An Oldie but a goodie. I used to have this on heavy rotation we we lived in London. Played it to the kids yesterday. Their response. Your music’s weird Dad! Then they turned on their Minecraft songs. Jump up Sheffield!

Creative inspiration – Morning Breath INC

Always so much radnesss going on over at Morning Breath!

Source: Work — Morning Breath INC

Creative inspiration – Cold AF for dancing

I’m totally the lord of the dance this week. But there a lot of mad shit going on and these people are just killing it. Human form, at it’s finest, set against epicness! Enjoy!

Set against a snow-sprinkled mountain range in Iceland, composer and pianist Hania Rani plays meditative sostenutos on a lone piano in an enthralling new project. Directed by Paris-based filmmaker Neels Castillon, F Major begins with Rani and a figure in the distance before turning its focus to thre
Source: A Trio of Dancers Brave Icelandic Temperatures in a Stunning New Music Video for Pianist Hania Rani

Creative inspiration – Perrier x Murakami

Perrier x Murakami

Not your standard Sodastream fizz. These are on my list.

“the aim of every artist is to arrest motion…” -Faulkner

Source: Releases: Perrier x Murakami « Arrested Motion

Creative inspiration – Badges. They’re rad!

If something is “fit for the back of a postage stamp,” it’s generally understood as lacking depth and nuance. A similarly sized object, however, has been upending that saying for 125 years. From political campaigns to punch lines to keepsakes, the button has packed bits of incredibly rich history in

Source: A New Book Chronicles the 125-Year History of the Button, Its Design, and Its Role in Cultural Change

Creative inspiration – More rad choreography

So much radness! I love this. We watched Hamilton on Disney recently and it was awesome the way the rotating stage worked into the story but this, this is just next level.

Creative inspiration – Choreography & VFX

An amazing piece of Choreography for an incredible story. Rad visual aesthetic.

In a powerful interpretation of Elizabeth Eckford’s historic walk to school in 1957, dancer Kendi Jones moves gracefully along a sidewalk. “The First Day” is shot in black-and-white to mimic the iconic photographs of Eckford as she passed through crowds of angry White students, teachers, and co

Source: A Moment of Stunning Choreography and VFX Shares the History of the Little Rock Nine through Dance | Colossal

Creative inspiration – Soviet Signs, Comrade

Photographer Jason Guilbeau embraces a particularly apt form of travel for 2020 in the making of his newest book, “Soviet Signs and Street Relics” (Fuel Design, 2020). Based in Strasbourg, France, Guilbeau explores Russia and the USSR via Google Street View.

Source: “Soviet Signs and Street Relics” by Photographer Jason Guilbeau

Creative inspiration – Things of beauty.

The legendary Citroën DS

Source: book report: the goddess – la déesse investigates the legendary citroën DS

Creative inspiration – More Lego Awesomeness

The Brooklyn-based artist Sean Kenney works with LEGOs to build amazing life-size animal sculptures. Their pretty awesome, but it’s the pixelation on these two that I love. It’s like they’ve stepped out of an 80’s video game into the real world. Or they’re having their identities obscured to protect the innocent. Either way. Mad Skills.

Creative inspiration – Toy Machines

Form follows function but not in this case. It doesn’t work but it soooo works! Look at this thing! Its awesome! More pics and full article at: Design Boom