Keep it simple

Minimalism goes a long way. In this series of Lego ads by German advertising agency Jung von Matt, we see simplistic representations of some of the most well-known cartoon characters.

Successful advert - playing on what we already know.

Successful characters - can be recognised through simple blocks of colour.

Something to add to the xmas list

Masterminded by husband-and-wife team Bill and Brie Kingston, what a great idea... i'd love to other possibilities of printing on the inside of a tshirt and wearing it as a costume.


http://fab.com/inspiration/t-rex-face-flipover-tee

For those of you looking at giving away food this week...

For those of you looking at giving away food this week...

Nice Pantone Tarts by Emilie Griottes

Postcarden - by Another Studio for Design

http://www.postcarden.com/

Butter Packaging

Designed by: Yeongkeun Jeong  http://yeongkeun.com/

Should I...

Not sure who made these but they made me grin

Where children sleep - James Mollison

Where children sleep - James Mollison

http://www.jamesmollison.com/wherechildrensleep.php

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/8063624/Where-children-sleep.html?image=1

Mapping stereotypes - ALPHADESIGNER

http://alphadesigner.com/mapping-stereotypes/

Data visualisation and information design

Information is beautiful.  /  McCandless, David  (2010)

Vernon Street

741.62

3 copies

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/

http://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/

Bath Spa

Bath Spa Graphic Communication Strong course and some nice promo films and they say nice things about me. Have a look if you're interested in a broad course with design/ image & media routes Matt

Kirsten Lepore

Bottle from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

Mary & Max

A good animation to look at for this week's brief... Thanks Kaya

"The Goblin King"

Whoever changed my name (Amy's name) to "The Goblin King" on the passport sign. I am taking this as the highest form of flattery.

 Dance Magic

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

Winner of British Short Film at Leeds Film Festival 2012

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared from This Is It on Vimeo.

Using your head

http://www.petapixel.com/2012/12/03/curious-self-portraits-of-a-photographer-balancing-on-his-head/

Tippex

Advertisers look at this:

 http://www.youtube.com/user/tippexperience

Clemens Habicht for Nexus

Friendly Fires 'Skeleton Boy' by Clemens Habicht from Nexus on Vimeo.

Lisa Rienermann

http://www.lisarienermann.com

Carl Kleiner

Hembakat är Bäst (Homemade Is Best) Ikeas Baking Book. 

http://www.carlkleiner.com/

To access feedback on estudio

Hello.

To access your feedback on estudio you firstly need to log in (you may be asked to log in twice).

Select FE programmes on the top toolbar and Foundation diploma Art & Design.

You now need to click on Stage 1 - ILP (although we are now in stage 2 all your feedback is stored on your Individual Learning Plan here)

Now to the right hand side of the screen there should be a button which says: Grades - Click here and this should open your ILP.

Your most recent feedback will be about half way down where it says: Pre-christmas Tutorial.



Any problems - please let us know.

Deadline Post-it

PLAY

“Play is the highest form of research.”

Albert Einstein

Ursus Wehrli

The Art of Cleanup, features before and after images of disorder put into various degrees of order—rows of objects and items categorized by type, size, color, shape and structure.

UCAS Points for Foundation

For those of you who have been asking :

UCAS Tariff points	Distinction Merit Pass	285 225 165

Stefan Sagmeister

Things I have learned in my life so far.

Have a look at the book in the library.

http://thingsihavelearnedinmylife.com/sentence/film/worrying-solves-nothing

http://thingsihavelearnedinmylife.com/sentence/motion-graphics/keeping-diary-supports-personal-development

Manifesto

If you are having difficulty writing your Personal Statement, have a look at some Manifestos. You should be able to find one related to your discipline.

http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/first-things-first-manifesto-2000

One Letter is all it takes...

Mobile phone company Claro produced these eye-catching ads in Brazil warning people not to text and drive.

Agency: Ogilvy, São Paulo, Brazil

Lego - Builders of Sound

This is incredible.

H A N D M A D E T Y P E a typography experiment by Tien-Men Liao

Tien-Men Liao

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Handmade-Type/3235741

Viktor Hertz Honest Logos

Ji Lee - Word as Image

Word as Image (by Ji Lee) from jilee on Vimeo.

http://pleaseenjoy.com/projects/personal/word-as-image/#image753

Mrs Eaves

http://fortheloveoftype.blogspot.com.au/

Quit Smoking Animated Adverts

http://vimeo.com/53604380

http://vimeo.com/53604381

Bird Voices

http://rawcolor.nl/project/?id=237&type=ownProduction

Pencil to Pixel

The forthcoming exhibition by Monotype brings together the past, present and future of a unique typographic institution.

Exhibition runs 16th, 19th - 23rd Nov













http://www.penciltopixel.org/

Chris Floyd Photographer/ White Cloth Gallery

Chris Floyd is a award winning portrait photographer who is soon to be exhibiting a new series of photos at the White Cloth Gallery in Leeds.

He keeps an excellent blog that would be really useful for those interested in studio photography. It details his working process and approach to commercial photography

http://chrisfloyduk.wordpress.com/

All photography students should endeavor to visit the specialist photography White Cloth Gallery in Leeds. Go check it out!

http://www.whiteclothgallery.com/

Olly Moss at White Cloth Gallery

ON NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 2ND 2012.

http://www.whiteclothgallery.com/archive/catalogue/olly-moss/

Leeds Alternative Comic Fair

John Lewis Christmas Advert 2012 - The Journey

We particularly like the animation that you see with the snowman even though he is constantly still. 

Personal statement

This was a UCAS personal statement from last year.

It was submitted as a link in the personal statement box of their online application....

Jon Rafman - nine eyes

Jon Rafman, a Montreal-based artist, started 9-eyes.com in 2009 and since then he’s been adding candid snapshots of everyday life on the roads to his Google Street View collection.

http://9-eyes.com/