i am not normally a fan of television commercials. a team has to be extremely punchy, witty and artistic to move me in any way. so you will understand my admiration for the precision, dedication and utter genius of this japanese smartphone commerical. the team engineered a massive xylophone to run down the slope of a forest hill. a wooden ball, rolling down the length of said instrument plays Bach’s jesu, joy of man’s desiring! amazing – yes.
the phone isn’t hard on the eyes either *wink*
Posted in a little fun, awesomeness, botanicals, so-fine design
Tagged amazing, bach, forest, japanese, music, smartphone, TV commercial, wood, xylophone
I am ashamed to say I abandoned my blog last…
I started a new job and have been working full time and trying to sneak in freelance work in the evenings. So the sometimes zoo was neglected, horribly neglected. However, neglect can be something quite beautiful and poetic, as these lonely places will testify:
an abandoned Wonderland amusement park outside Beijing
Holland Island, Chesapeake Bay
15th century monastery in Black Forest, Germany
Maunsell sea forts in England
Russian military rocket factory
abandoned city of Keelung in Taiwan
El hotel del salto in Colombia
abandoned fishing hut on a lake in Germany
images via http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2Il7Bt
Posted in great escapes
Tagged abandoned, amusement park, deserted buildings, lonely places
“german artist julius von bismark teamed up with swiss photographer julian charrière in this controversial live art installation: a “pigeon-apparatus” was created for the Venice Architecture Biennial on a city rooftop. When the birds flew into it, they were trapped and airbrushed various colors in non-toxic paint before being released back over the city.”
seems the internet is full of hipster-bashing and jokes these days. and who is really surprised, they make it so easy…and funny. although this creature must admit that not all my habits and behaviour are completely hipster-free!
Posted in awesomeness, tin-can heroes
Tagged bender, c3po, chrome dome, famous, marvin, optimus prime, poster, r2d2, robots, wall-e
my inner-geek could not resist this awesome combination of dr seuss and star wars by illustrator jason peltz! yesssss!
this is the reason we need more public installations that celebrate “play” in our lives. well done to daily tous le jours for creating this amazing musical swing installation in montreal…watch the video at the bottom!
Posted in artworks, awesomeness
Tagged canada, daily tous le jours, musical, public installation, swings
because everyone’s monday would be improved by…a fabulous llama!
…this is where I would go
awesome river cottage, perfectly poised in the middle of a river in Serbia.
Posted in awesomeness, great escapes
my best person is getting married! i am so so excited to be involved, not just as a bridesmaid, but she trusted me to create her wedding invitations. it was so much fun and something really different for me try my hand at – pixel art!
xanite and rob – i wish you two absolute awesomeness! we are going to have such a party in december!
Posted in nice creatures, so-fine design, whimsy
Tagged 8-bit, bride, groom, pixels, wedding invitation
taking the first bite of a watermelon. cracking an egg. floating in the ocean on a sunny day…
“…these are brief, seemingly inconsequential moments that almost immediately slip from memory as they pass, neither life-altering or particularly remarkable, and yet taken together they become a sort of texture of our lives. filmmaker Vitùc recognized the importance of these small moments and collected several dozen of them in his new video short called the pleasure of…”
Posted in idle thoughts
my pinterest food board always manages to get my mouth watering…so i thought i would share some of my best vegetarian delights with you.
toasted caprese sandwiches with balsamic syrup
roasted veg tacos with avocado cream & feta
vegetarian summer spring rolls & peanut dipping sauce
pita bread, cucumber, mint & feta salad
grilled cumin-lime zucchini quesadillas
mushrooms & rice on yoghurt flatbread
Posted in delicious
Tagged avocado, caprese, corn, cucumber, falafel, food, mushrooms, pita bread, pizza, quesadillas, quinoa, recipes, salad, spring rolls, tacos, tomatoes, vegetarian, yum
have a look at these amazing constructed-in-situ photographs of american photographer thomas jackson. he constructs all his images as installations and uses as little photoshop as possible as a matter of principle in his work.
leaves
glow sticks
post-it notes
cheese-puffs
it was my birthday a month ago and i thought i would put together a list of lust-afters that i have stored up over the year. oh i wish they were available in SA…shipping is just too expensive!
i want this in big-people’s size
seems everyone is on the pinterest bandwagon these days. so i thought i would share some of my “makes me smile” collection…some winsome images that brighten my day.
{all image via pinterest}
Posted in awesomeness, idle thoughts, mucking about
Tagged cat, funny, ice cream, lol, shenanigans, smile, treehouse
mat cloud’s awesome monster industry!
aren’t these photographs from the 1908 london olympics wonderful? i love the archers and tug-o-war especially!
{images via retronaut}
i just love the “ninjas can’t catch you if…” meme that has done the internet rounds. this is a small collection of my favourite ones:
i went to see the new disney-pixar film, brave, this week…twice! it was brilliant – no – better than brilliant. i am currently working on some comissioned drawings about a bear and a girl, so it was the perfect inspiration! go and see it, it is just lovely…
{all concept art found via google}
how incredibly beautiful is this: a path in the forest by architect tetsuo kondo was a temporary installation in the kadriorg park near tallinn, estonia.
{via the cool hunter}
Posted in artworks, awesomeness, botanicals
Tagged architect, art, estonia, forest, public installation, tetsuo kondo, wood
we don’t get too much snow in south africa, at least not many areas outside of the highest mountains ranges. but the past two days has seen unprecedented snowfall in places that haven’t seen snow in 30 years! i am hoping to go snow-hunting tomorrow…
this bewildered chap was photographed at the johannesburg zoo yesterday, showing an expression shared by most everyone as flakes began to fall…
Posted in awesomeness, the menagerie
Tagged johannesburg, lion, snow, south africa, zoo
japanese artist, shintaro ohata, combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional elements in his works by depicting everyday scenery in his paintings together with beautifully intergrated character sculptures…
Posted in awesomeness, inner-geek
Tagged advertising campaign, freddie mercury, gandhi, mario, moustache, movember, salvador dali, TBWA
i am very taken with this collection of tree photographs by south korean photographer myoung ho lee. the series is a collection of various solitary trees shot against a white backdrop standing out in nature.
Posted in artworks, botanicals
Tagged art, installation, myoung ho lee, photography, trees
Posted in artworks, awesomeness, insect house
Tagged caterpillar, igor siwanowicz, insects, photography, praying mantis
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