This is a cool idea, really nice to play with if a tiny bit melancholy. Have a go.

Found on Mr Tate’s crack unit

I uncovered this wonderfully preserved example of an early ‘Apple iPod’ when rummaging around some murky backstreet the other day.

It wasn’t working but I emailed Tony Robinson about it anyway.

No reply as yet. Perhaps it’s a little outside his remit?

Thanks to friend of TDOD (my mum!) for sending us this.

ART & COPY is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, SCRATCH, HYPE!), it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time — people who’ve profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry. Exploding forth from advertising’s “creative revolution” of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation: George Lois, Mary Wells, Dan Wieden, Lee Clow, Hal Riney and others featured in ART & COPY were responsible for “Just Do It,” “I Love NY,” “Where’s the Beef?,” “Got Milk,” “Think Different,” and brilliant campaigns for everything from cars to presidents. They managed to grab the attention of millions and truly move them. Visually interwoven with their stories, TV satellites are launched, billboards are erected, and the social and cultural impact of their ads are brought to light in this dynamic exploration of art, commerce, and human emotion.

Thanks to Tim Sumner (UCLAN graphics student) for sending this. See more here.

These amazingly detailed celebrity faces may look like sketches but they are in fact carved out of unwanted phone books…

For more about the artist click here.

Documentary celebrating the triumph, tragedy and human comedy that was Manchester record company, Factory. Started by the late Tony Wilson, Alan Erasmus, Peter Saville and Martin Hannett in the late 1970s, it became known as the home of Joy Divsion, New Order and Happy Mondays and for creating the Hacienda club. The label pioneered Britain’s independent pop culture, creating a new Manchester and blowing a shed-load of money. Includes interviews with all the main players in the Factory story.

Well worth a butchers.

Last year I was conducting some research for a personal project, into the various ways in which agencies go about explaining their philosophy, process, history…etc. The approach that most sticks out in my mind is this bit of genius from digital advertising agency Lean Mean Fighting Machine…

The film is set in 2054 and features the somewhat aged founding directors reminiscing about the companies history.

It’s the kind of idea that could easily have turned out to be toe-curlingly awful in the wrong hands. Credit to them for seeing such a witty and unusual approach through in the first place and for making such a fantastic job of it. It’s flawlessly written, cast and directed. Even the music’s great. Superb…

It gets better on repeat viewing.

Did you see Michael Bierut’s brilliant new sign for U.S.-Canada border crossing at Massena, New York on the Pentagram website?. Tragically the sign has since been deemed too striking and is currently being dismantled by the Customs and Border Protection Agency for fear that it will be a target for terrorists. What a shame.

I guess it’s a sign of the times…

(sorry!)

Damn you, internet!

Why must you continue to mock me with your continuous stream of people far more talented than me?!

These amazing origami models are the work of Won Park using dollar bills and are all created within the proper origami rules (no cuts or glue). Manipulating the imagery printed on the dollar in order to create the features of the animals must have taken a frankly ridiculous amount of time and patience.

Link lazily stolen from the excellent Drawn illustration blog.