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.
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!
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
Creative inspiration – Badges. They’re rad!
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
Creative inspiration – Soviet Signs, Comrade
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.
