IKEA Cookbook

I love visualizing steps and instructions, making food and design, so when IKEA create a cookbook (Homemade is Best) to encourage consumption of IKEA Kitchen appliances available, they did it right and allowed design to take the lead. And apparently there is an app too.
 
IKEA – Homemade is Best. from Forsman & Bodenfors on Vimeo.

Desmond Leung Ink Art

Beautiful watercolor art by Desmond Leung reminds me of my grandfather's gyotaku process
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nk ARt Experiment #4 from Desmond Leung 樂森 on Vimeo.

The SCENT from Desmond Leung 樂森 on Vimeo.

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Mike Rohde's Sketchnote Handbook

Looking forward to Mike Rohde's Sketchnote Handbook coming out in October

Mike Rohde: The Sketchnoter from size43, LLC on Vimeo.
Check out his Pecha Kucha presentation where he discussed his sketchnote philosophy

Jason Santa Maria: Web Typography

Jason Santa Maria discusses the power and meaning of typography and how it applies to screen application.



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"The Battery Conservancy’s Americas Design Competition"

by Stephen Doyle

Massive Health (by Methodology)

There seems to be an overabundance of bad infographics floating around the web today. However Massive Health did a good job in creation of We Are What We Eat, a series of infographics explaining the eating habits and perception of health according to different people. They've also created an iPhone app, The Eatery, that allows you to photograph your food and get a health rating, allowing you to become actively aware of your eating habits.



Inception Explained (by Matt Dempsey)



Inception was a pretty intense and complex film to digest in a single sitting, with all the characters and dreams within dreams and extractors, marks, and architects. So UX/UI designer Matt Dempsey decided to create, Inception Explained, a simplified icon explanation of the filme to keep track of the characters and general plot line.


Rear Window Timelapse (by Jeff Desom)

Jeff Desom composited various scenes from Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window to create a seamless panoramic time lapse from L. B. Jeffries' (played by James Stewart) point of view.

Danny Martin - Postal Illustrations

A fan of Danny Martin's illustrations of 80s film characters on postal stickers. I certainly would not mind getting a USPS package in the mail with his creations scrawled all over.



Fresh Guacamole (PES)

Another clever stop motion short by PES (Adam Pesapane)

Hidden Pictures' “Synchronized Sleeping” (Jordan Gray)

Feeling nostalgic. Jordan Gray's album artwork for Hidden Pictures' “Synchronized Sleeping” reminds me of an addicting interactive experience that was created for the Concretes "In Colour" album (circa flash capabilities in 2005).



Gotye's “Easy Way Out”

Music video for Gotye's “Easy Way Out”, directed by Oh Yeah Wow. Reminds me of early Michel Gondry meets Julien Vallée.

Snow drawings by Sonja Hinrichsen

Impressive snow drawings by Sonja Hinrichsen. Very intricate and beautiful.

Snow Circles from Beauregard, Steamboat Aerials on Vimeo.

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Visual Inspiration: Patrick Clair

Great inforgraphics and motion design from Patrick Clair. Interesting visual narrative about Stuxnet, computer virus that could cause some serious damage globally.

Stuxnet: Anatomy of a Computer Virus from Patrick Clair on Vimeo.


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Black City on DVD next month

Awaiting the chance to see Celine Danhier's documentary, Blank City. It's about New York City arts scene and culture circa the late 70's and early 80's.


Blank City Official Trailer from Celine Danhier on Vimeo.

Gulp (Worlds Largest Stop Motion Animation shot on mobile phone)

Sumo Science has teamed up again with Aardman (known for feature films like Wallace and Gromit and Creature Comforts) to shoot another "world record" short film that was shot on a Nokia N8. This  is the world's "largest stop motion animation set," with the largest scene spanning 11,000 sq feet. Absolutely amazing! Makes me rethink why settled for an iPhone (and its lousy 5 megapixels) instead of a Nokia N8 (and its luxurious 12 megapixels).


Gulp. The world's largest stop-motion animation shot on a Nokia N8. from Nokia HD on Vimeo.


















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Food Illustrations on Etsy

It's hard to find artwork to put in the kichen that is fitting for the environment while still being playful, but anek does a wonderful job creating fun food related illustrations. Check out her etsy store.

Otherworldly at Musuem of Art + Design

Saw the Otherworldy: Optical Delusions and Small Realities exhibit at the Museum of Art + Design in NYC a few weeks ago. Amazing stuff. Since I was a young child, I have had a fascination with dioramas and miniature scenes. It requires a meticulous hand and a surreal, imaginative mind to come up with such a detailed delivery of mystery and fantasy.

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Christopher Boffoli's Disparity

Discovered Christopher Boffoli's Disparity series a few month ago. After seeing the Otherworldly exhibit at the Museum of Art and Design in New York last month, I see the influence Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz had on his work. Amazing how a tiny scene can have a profound impact on unfolding the untold story.


















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90s are all that

Nickelodeon at its best. Check out the 90s are all that tumblr page, user submitted photo and media reminiscent of 90s kid shows.





























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