The chaps at 300 million have a new website and identity. Love the logo. One of the lads in the studio found this amusing idea.

Not since mount Popocatepetl (Mexico) last erupted in 1965 have we had such a pronounced (or unpronounceable) addition to our lexicon.

This is well worth 15 minutes out of your day (apparently it took 6 years to make). Thanks go to 3rd year graphics student Sabrina for sending this.

Directed by the French animation collective H5, François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy + Ludovic Houplain. It was presented at the Cannes Film Festival 2009. It opened the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and won a 2010 academy award under the category of animated short.

Logorama from Marc Altshuler – Human Music on Vimeo.

If this works it will be amazing! The Johnny Cash Project is a global collective art idea, asking individuals to contribute to a video. You can create a unique and personal portrait of Johnny. Your work will then be combined with art from participants around the world, and integrated into a collective whole: a music video for “Ain’t No Grave”, rising from a sea of one-of-a-kind portraits. Participate here, no bright colours though!

Love him or hate him, he made a difference. Malcolm McLaren 1946 – 2010.

On April 1, 1977 the British newspaper The Guardian published a seven-page “special report” about San Serriffe, a small republic located in the Indian Ocean consisting of several semi-colon-shaped islands. A series of articles described the geography and culture of this obscure nation.

Take one Easter Egg

Separate the component parts

Reconfigure the contents

Compare

The art of selling nothing

Next time you pick up a ubiquitous object think ‘what if…’. Thanks to Rachel for this.

The record-playing cardboard package from Grey Vancouver who have recently re-branded GGRB a music recording company in North America an come up with this wonderful piece of direct mail for their self promotion. The self-sufficient packaging makes a very low tech, yet audio-capable record player.

The following happenstance images were created by taking the staples out of broadsheet colour supplements. The results provide us with a subverted, none linear, thought provoking insight into the medium of publishing. And begin to question how we, as individuals, are feed and view visual information.

Try it.