The new Uniqlo Calendar mixes beautiful time-lapse photography with music from FPM. It’s drop dead gorgeous: I’ve been watching it for an hour, mesmerised. So, who can remember their old postcode?

Posted in Japan on Thursday June 11, 2009. Shoutouts [2].

I adore the make something cool every day threads on Yay, and the companion Flickr pool. So many talented people pumping out awesome stuff. How they do pieces like this on a daily basis is completely beyond me. Inspirational, indeed.

Anyway, I spent a couple of hours this afternoon using a Wacom for the first time. It’s wildly different from smashing away at Photoshop with a mouse, and I’m struggling to make the change. Here’s my first effort, more soon.

Posted in Design on Sunday May 24, 2009. Shoutouts.

We’ve talked about currency design here before, but not about notes. The Dollar ReDe$ign Project picks a worthy target, US currency, and seeks submissions and commentary. There’s some awesome work up there already and everyone’s favourite Design Board are already getting in on the act. (via. kjd)

And while we’re talking notes, have a browse through these gorgeous examples of non-official bills produced by the German and Austrian towns and companies to fight hyper-inflation before the second world war.

Posted in Design on Thursday May 21, 2009. Shoutouts.

Voxel is a beautiful and arresting short by London based duo, Ubik. There’s more info on the project on Ubik’s shorts page but really, just go and watch it already.

Posted in Silverscreen on Friday May 15, 2009. Shoutouts.

On Flickr, a collection of scanned tape cassette inserts by Jubru which are nerdy and retro and awesome. After this and Olly Moss’ Videogame classics (and eight films in black and red) I think we’re due for a minimalistic packaging revival. I’m ready to start seeing album covers that look like this:

Posted in Design on Sunday February 15, 2009. .

The 5 Best Data Visualization Projects of the Year including the following video for Radiohead’s House of Cards that Youtube really doesn’t do justice.

Posted in Design on Wednesday December 24, 2008. Shoutouts.

The Rules from this thread on Yay suggest:

1. The first article title on the Wikipedia Random Articles page is the name of your band.
2. The last four words of the very last quotation on the Random Quotations page is the title of your album.
3. The third picture in Flickr’s Interesting Photos From The Last 7 Days will be your album cover.
4. Use your graphics program of choice to throw them together, and post the result.

My photo won’t win any awards but here’s what I came up with based on an article on the Emperor of Japan and the quote “I once invested in a whorehouse, I made a fortune on that place.”

Posted in Design on Tuesday December 23, 2008. Shoutouts.

Buyer’s remorse. Rules and by-laws. Joint ticket: OK I’ll be your VP.

Bottle of Rum. 18 million cracks in the Ceiling.

Posted in Design on Monday November 3, 2008. Shoutouts.

Axel Peemoeller designed some rad forced-perspective signage for the The Eureka Tower Carpark in Melbourne (via MF).

I also have much love for this illustration of naked witches and Ronald McDonald sharing a joint with Colonel Sanders. I have no idea where it’s from, but it’s awesome.

Posted in Design on Monday September 8, 2008. Shoutouts.

The new British coins revealed yesterday by the British Royal Mint are oh so very hot. They were designed by 26-year-old Matthew Dent, someone who’s never turned his eye to coinage before. Pretty decent first effort, I’d say.

In comparison, H&FJ look at what the US Treasury managed with 2,500 people and an annual budget of $525,000,000 (not forgetting the coins).

Posted in Design on Thursday April 3, 2008. Shoutouts [2].