Pentagram-The Forty Story

Pentagram celebrated the big 4-0 a couple of days ago. And in honor of such a significant age, London Partner, Naresh Ramchandani created this smart little film depicting the story of the firm's first four decades.

'The story of a boy born on the day Pentagram opened and how his life has been tracked (and kerned) by forty years of Pentagram design.'

Source: Creative Review

Push To Add Drama

To launch TV channel TNT in Belgium a big red push button was placed in an average Flemish square of an average Flemish town. A sign with the text "Push to add drama" invited people to use the button. And then it was just a matter of time...


Ambient media at its extreme.


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Great Advice For Young Designers

Dzine Mafia Tackle Boots First Aid Packaging

I came across the blog of Dzine Mafia a couple of weeks ago and have since been trying to find the time to give it the worthy post they deserve. Dzine Mafia is a blog based on the experiment of one packaging designer tackling current FMCG product packaging and giving it an overhaul free from the constraints of brand managers.

Michael Wolff - Intel Visual Life

Inspiring stuff in this charming short documentary about Michael Wolff of Wolff Olins as part of Intel Visual Life.

“For me, the muscle of curiosity and the muscle of appreciation enable the muscle of imagination.” - Such a wonderful way of seeing the world.

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The Shoes Music Video - Jake Gyllenhaal

This is a very dark music video for single 'Time To Dance' by The Shoes. Directed by Daniel Wolfe, the video stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a psychopath who basically goes proper mental and kills lots of people. To be honest I think the scene of him pumping iron at the gym is the most chilling - I've seen a few guys like that around my gym. (Taking mental note to stick to yoga)

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Banksy On Advertising

People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you.

You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.

Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.

— Banksy, from Cut It Out