Archive for August, 2009

Japanese Anime

27Aug09

I’m heavily influenced by many kinds of Japanese Anime and thought I’d take the opportunity to share a couple of my favorites with you. Not only for the great execution, animation and story driven designs, but look how beautiful they are drawn! Breathtaking. The character design being part of my favorite aspects.
Ergo Proxy

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Quite a short selection of works this month, I’ve not had as much time to search the internet for inspirational work due to being so busy with university work!


Pixelated

20Aug09

If you’ve read my research essay then you’ll know I’m fascinated by the ideas of reality and hyperreality. During the last few days I’ve been creating a few works around a photograph and some static images of myself which I’ve drawn from.
Basically, the work is about a 30second long clip than can be constantly repeated [...]


Another part of our 4th years work involves a rather large and in depth essay on our research topics. I’ve just written up a semi-draft of how this might look, and in what direction I might go with it. Its not due for another two months, and this is about half the length it will [...]


I’ve just discovered Japanese Based Designer and Artist Makoto Tojiki. I’m absolutely blown away by his projects, and in particular this work titled “The Man with No Shadow”.

The work is created completely from LED lights suspended in space.

I love how this work blends ideas of human nature with electronics and technology. Quite literally blurring the [...]


As my work and research is purely heading into the realm of interaction design, I’d like to share this interview with studio ‘Multitouch Barcelona‘. Its totally relevant to my work and a great read. Be sure to check out the video [at the bottom of this post] to get a better idea for the concept.

“In [...]


This months inspiration is a week or so late, and I’m sorry. But here’s some awesome images to wake up your creativity.