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Dan Gordon interviews Joshua Davis.

"Joshua Davis is certainly one of the highest profile digital artist to emerge in the last decade. Using what he calls generative composition machines, Joshua creates beautifully intricate images with a brash chaotic nature. There is something fitting of an artist who can be described with the same words as you would describe his art -- Please welcome from New York, the always brash and chaotic, Joshua Davis."



QBN Sessions | Krop
qbnsessions.com | Krop.com | joshuadavis.com | mediatemple.net |

You never know what and where we may be viewing collectable art in the future.

Promotional elements and opening reel for 2007 FIRST BOARDS AWARDS.

Stardust founder and creative director Jake Banks was born in England, the son of English painter David Banks and film editor Ellen Arnold. Relocating at an early age, he grew up in Venice, California, and eventually began to study fine arts. As a student at LA's Otis College of Art and Design, his graphic design and animation interests soon took him in a new direction. Graduating from Otis in 1995, Jake's entry into LA's marketplace for new designers coincided with the desktop design revolution which put the power of programs like Adobe After Effects into designers' hands. As a result, his independent contributions to the emerging field of motion design helped to shape the first offerings of most major LA motion graphics companies. Landing in 1998 as one Fuel's first designers, Jake became an integral part of the company as it established its reputation as one of the country's most prolific motion graphic and commercial production companies at that time.



In 2000, he began taking on numerous independent assignments directly from agencies, leading to the launch of Stardust in May of 2002. Opening its New York studio in late 2003, the company has earned PROMAX and BDA Awards, and had its work honored in the Visual Style category of the 2005 AICP Show, which is now part of the permanent collection of New York's Museum of Modern Art.

A past presenter at numerous American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) events, Jake was also a main presenter at the 2005 and 2006 Boards Summits' professional development seminars on the subject of motion graphics. Today, Stardust is an award-winning creative production company, specializing in motion design, animation, visual effects and live-action production. Stardust's Santa Monica and New York studios continually redefine creativity for commercial, on-air, music video and in-store presentations.

Sol Sender, who led the creative development of the Obama ’08 campaign logo, has joined VSA Partners as a strategist. As principal of the design agency Sender LLC, Sender developed the design strategy and directed a team of designers that created the defining symbol of the 2008 campaign.

The Obama ’08 assignment began in late 2006, when Sender’s firm was hired by MODE, a Chicago-based motion design studio with an existing relationship with David Axelrod, the Obama campaign’s chief strategist.

Given two weeks to develop design options, Sender and two designers—Andy Keene and Amanda Gentry—produced multiple logos for consideration by the campaign, including a version of the now-famous “O” mark—a landscape in which of blue and red are united within the candidate’s last-name initial. The team’s refined Obama ‘08 logo made its official debut on February 10, 2007, when (then) Senator Barack Obama announced his candidacy for president in Springfield, Il.

In the video below, Sender tells the story of conception and birth of the Obama ’08 logo, including the strategy behind it, developmental concepts and finalist designs for the identity not chosen by the campaign.

Part 1


Part 2


Source: VSA Partners
Previous Post: The 'O' in Obama

One Day isn’t the Only Day - by Andrew @ additivedesigns.com

“Haha! Surprise! Just because it’s not December 10th doesn’t mean it’s time to stop thinking, and fighting, for Human Rights.
Big thanks to Razvan and Rajesh for pointing out something I should have done in the first place: auction off my poster and give the proceeds to charity.

Specifically the Human Rights Action Center.

So! Here’s the deal: The poster is now up on eBay and will be for 10 days. Whether or not you actually bid on it doesn’t matter, just help spread the word so that we can find a nice philanthropist. Or, just bid a couple bucks.

I have no monatary goals for this poster and what I can donate to HRAC; if we even got this up to $20 I’d be overjoyed. Anything helps.”



Go to ebay now and donate for a good cause!!!!

Thanks for you time

Rajesh

This is a project by the german developer Patrick Goor based in Portugal. He has created a system which may be used to type a message by drawing random letter images from flickr.com.

Each letter /image is linked back to the original photo so the visitor can explore other images by the same photographer on flickr. You may publish, keep private or send a message directly to a person’s email address. All the messages displayed on the website were created by visitors.


typographykicksass.com

Typographic experiments with ink on mylar. Originally done for (and featured in) the Richard Powers piece. This is a great piece of experimental work. The movements are subtle and captivating. I can see this fit perfectly in a movie intro.

If you're a type nerd you'll watch it more than once... if you're not you'll only watch it twice...

A twisted take on charitable needs. See this one through to get the message if you haven't clicked onto it after the first minute. What more can you say.... Very well executed, excuse the choice of words.



Client: War Child Canada
Agency: John St.
Creative Director: Stephen Jurisic, Angus Tucker
Copywriter: Mia Thomsett
Art Director: Stuart Campbell
Agency Producer: Michelle Orlando
Production Company: Soft Citizen
Director: Henry Lu
Director of Photography: Brendan Steacy
Producer: Andrew Graham
Executive Producer: Link York, Eva Preger
Editorial Company: Bijou Editorial
Editor: Ross Birchall
Music Company: Grayson Matthews
Post Production: Alter Ego

We're finally at the end of the Creative30 voting process and we have a winner! Well, winners actually. The competition was tough and it wasn't easy making the call. The UK creative community is one of the most original and imaginative communities in the world and thankfully your entries ensured that this years awards reflected this.

Click here to see who won | creative30.net |

Dear Santa please can I have a copy of ABC3D as I have been mostly well behaved this year... ABC3D is a pop-up book and a work of art by Marion Bataille (Author)

"ONE OF THE MOST DELIGHTFUL AND INNOVATIVE POP-UP BOOKS I HAVE EVER SEEN." - Robert Sabuda

From the lenticular cover that changes with the angle of your hands, all the way to the Z, ABC3D is as much a work of art as it is a pop-up book. Each of the 26 dimensional letters move and change before your eyes. C turns into D with a snap. M stands at attention. X becomes Y with a flick of the wrist. And then there's U... Boldly conceived and brilliantly executed with a striking black, red, and white palette, this is a book that readers and art lovers of all ages will treasure for years to come.

Marion Bataille is graphic and book designer who has never before been published in this country. She lives in Paris. This is just a hand-made mock-up of the actual book which publishes in Oct. 2008. We couldn't be more excited about it.

Also for those asking that's the incredible 30's trio The Boswell Sisters singing "Roll On"

Want to impress a font lover this holiday season? Get him/her a copy of ABC3Dand prepare to be amazed. It's a pop-up book and a work of art. Hat tip off to Marion Bataille.

http://www.abc3dbook.com/

Over my years from the early days of studying typographic design to now running a small freelance design studio there's one type of project that I would love to work on. This 'want' is not simply related to the profile of the project but more the passion behind it, frowning while discussing the simple point of "how bold can you be" when designing a campaign which relates directly to Humans...

This could take the form of smoking campaigns, poverty, famine, war and most importantly Human Rights. Obviously you have to clearly communicate the message...

How aggressive is too aggressive for a campaign?

Will the campaign offend the readership if the imagery is to real?

Will softening the message or imagery so not to offend, loose the actual severity of the problem?

Can you cleverly communicate the message and still capture the attention of readers?

I look forward to the opportunity to get behind a campaign that evokes emotion and passion to a degree which may actually redefine personal views on life and each other.

Below I've found a range of poster campaigns for the issue of "Human Rights", let me know what you think.

LINKS | Amnesty International | The Universal Declaration of Human Rights | One day for Human Rights | Human Rights Action Center | Artists for Human Rights | Witness | Human Rights Watch | Human Rights Internet |


60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 60 years ago, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The document determinates the fundamental rights of a human being. But till now in most of the UN member states these rights are withhold from the citizens and even violated by governments. Source.


First They Ignore You. Then They Laugh At You. Then They Fight You. Then You Win. - Gandhi (art by Janna Schneider • Hand screen printed • Quote from Mohandas K. Gandhi • Dark to lighter blue on ivory poster stock) Image Source.


Amnesty International - It's Not Happening Here But It's Happening Now. Poster Advertising: Poster Advertising Campaigns - Yellow Pencil.

Pius Walker (art direction, copywriting and creative direction, Walker) Paul Tschurtschenthaler (Amnesty International Switzerland)

This multi-award-winning poster campaign for Amnesty International Switzerland puts the issue of human rights abuse, quite literally, in front of our eyes. The campaign, created by Zurich-based advertising agency Walker, consisted of 200 individual posters, each meticulously matched to its specific surroundings, showing actual scenes of human rights abuse from around the world. Read More.


Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Source.


Artcle 19 - Freedom of opinion and information. Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. Source.


Beijing 2008 Olysmpic Games - On 13 July 2001 at the 112th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session, Beijing was elected the Host City for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in 2008, regardless the devastating human rights situation in the People’s Republic of China. Almost simultaneously to Beijing’s election the campaign “clampdown” was started in China, during which more people in were executed in three months than in the whole world in the last three years. Many of the victims were publicly humiliated before their execution by being led into a sports stadium. The Olympic Games as a symbol for peace and international understanding should not be abused in this way. Source.


Abolish Stoning Worldwide! According to the United Nations Convention against Torture, stoning is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. Stoning is in opposition to articles 3 and 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of articles 6 and 7 of the International Pact on Civil and Political Rights, which guarantee the right to life and prohibit torture and inhuman treatment. Furthermore stoning because of adultery is against the international principle of commensurability. Source.


Article 28 - Social Order Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized. Source.


Amnesty International: Archery - After the Olympic Games, the fight for human rights must go on.


Amnesty International: Weightlifting - After the Olympic Games, the fight for human rights must go on.


Amnesty International: Swimming
After the Olympic Games, the fight for human rights must go on. Image Source.

Advertising Agency: TBWA\Paris, France
Executive Creative Director / Creative Director: Erik Vervroegen
Copywriter: Benoit Leroux
Art Director: Philippe Taroux
Photographer: Marc Gouby
Art Buyer: Barbara Chevalier
Account Supervisors: Anne Vincent, Tiphaine Ruault du Plessis


Amnesty International: Human Rights Day 2008.
Come, a tiny effort is all it takes to change the death penalty. Image Source.

Advertising Agency: Grey Hong Kong
Executive Creative Director: Keith Ho
Creative Directors: Danny Chan, Ivy Lee
Art Directors: Raymond Wong, Kato Tsang
Copywriter: Barbara Jiang
Photographer: Lester Lee
Production Manager: Ken Yau


Reporters without borders: The internet's "Black holes" - Image Source.


International Society for Human Rights: Burka
Stop the oppression of women in the Islamic world. Image Source.

Advertising Agency: Grabarz & Partner, Germany
Creative Directors: Ralf Heuel, Dirk Siebenhaar
Art Director: Julia Elbers
Copywriter: Bent Hartmann
Photographer: Veronika Faustmann

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Please feel free to share your views. The above examples are only a small selection of campaigns, If you have a campaign/poster which is strong in your eyes please find an example, send over the link and make a short comment on your choice.

Thank you - R27

Galactic Mail is a project I made along with my friend Jonathan Vuillemin aka Motraboy. It was produced by The Mill in 2008. We used XSI Softimage as a main tool. Check my website for more infos: asterokid.com


Galactic Mail from Asterokid on Vimeo.

I now have a better idea why our mail looks the way it does when it lands on our door mat.

A little doodling brings a building to life.



Client: Playstation 3
Agency: Deutsch, Los Angeles
Chief Creative Officer: Eric Hirshberg
Group Creative Director: Mike Bryce, Jason Elm
Senior Copywriter: JD Jurentkuff
Senior Art Director: David Zorn, Mick Kuisel
Director of Integrated Production: Tom Dunlap
Senior Agency Producer: Isadora Chesler
Production Company: Smuggler
Director: Filip Engstrom
Executive Producer: Lisa Rich, Brian Carmody, Patrick Milling-Smith
Line Producer: Helen Hollien
Editorial Company: Union Editorial
Editor: Jim Haygood
Executive Producer (Editorial): Michael Raimondi
VFX: The Mill
Lead Flame Artist: Giles Cheethman
3D Artist: John Leonti, Daniel Marum
VFX Producer: Lee Pavey
Sound: Critical Mass
Sound Designer: Scott Salinas, Tobias Enhus
Mix: Lime Studios
Mixer: Loren Silber, Mark Meyuhas

The evolution of technology, beginning in the early stone age and evolving to the most powerfull technology of all times.



Client: Saturn
Agency: Scholz & Friends
Creative Director: Oliver Handlos
Art Director: James Cruickshank, Michael Hess
Copywriter: Felix Fenz, Sebastian Plum, Bastian Engbert
Managing Director: Stefanie Wurst
Interactive Production: Scholz & Friends
Interactive Creative Director: Fabian Roser
Interactive Project Manager: Alexander Hubitsch
Interactive Artist: Jessica Braham
Animation: Israel Martin
Production Company: Markenfilm
Director: Carl Erik Rinsch
Executive Producer: Lutz Müller
Producer: Tobias Steinhauser
Cinematographer: Javier Aguirresarobe
Post Producer: Alex Grau
Character Design: Jeff Julian, Big Lazy Robot
Sound Design: Audioforce

At the end of 2006, Mode, a motion design studio in Chicago, approached Sol Sender, a graphic designer, to create a logo for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. The resulting “O” became one of the most recognizable political logos in recent history. ...


Steven Heller: How did you get the job of designing the Obama logo?

Sol Sender: We got the job through Mode. Steve Juras, a classmate of mine from graduate school is the creative director there. They have a long-standing relationship with AKP&D Message and Media, a campaign consulting firm led by David Axelrod and David Plouffe among others.

Q: Have you done other political logos in the past?

A: No, we had not.

Q: I have to ask, since many agencies that do political campaigns are simply “doing a job,” did you have strong feelings one way or the other for the Obama candidacy?

A: We were excited to work on the logo and energized by the prospect of Mr. Obama’s campaign. However, we didn’t pursue or develop the work because we were motivated exclusively by ideology. It was an opportunity to do breakthrough work at the right time in what’s become a predictable graphic landscape.

Q: How many iterations did you go through before deciding on this “O”? Was it your first idea?

A: We actually presented seven or eight options in the first round, and the one that was ultimately chosen was among these. In terms of our internal process, though, I believe the logo — as we now know it — came out of a second round of design explorations. At any rate, it happened quite quickly, all things considered. The entire undertaking took less than two weeks.

Q: How did David Axelrod, Mr. Obama’s chief strategist, respond to your initial presentation?

A: Mode handled that. My sense was that there was a lot of enthusiasm about the options we developed. I was part of a presentation with Mode and Mr. Axelrod to evaluate the final two or three options. There was a general sense that they were all good, but we felt strongly that the chosen logo was the most powerful one.

The ‘O’ in Obama by Steven Heller.
Read the full article here.