Entries from March 2008

Cars of the Future. Any Takers?

March 28th, 2008 · Chris · No Comments

I don’t usually drool over cars and am far from a Top Gear fanatic but must admit to being rather impressed when I caught sight of these two concept beauties on display in Paris recently (although the Peugeot would definitely suit Guernsey’s weather rather more than Hyundai’s futuristic open air version!). Wonder when either will [...]

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Tags: Design · Environmental · Science & Technology

Strandbeests – Sodaplay in the Wild

March 20th, 2008 · Ric · No Comments

Way back in 2000 Sodaplay was let free to roam the internet. I remember seeing and being amazed by all Java the creations that people had made; wire-frame, mechanical/organic constructs that ‘walked’ by way of perpetual motion. Anyone could create their own creature, adding limbs, movement and changing the psychics, it was fun and playful [...]

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Tags: Art · Science & Technology · Web

!Warning! Excessive Artwork

March 14th, 2008 · Ash · 1 Comment

Hot chip go further than most with the artwork for their albums. Their latest cover for ‘Made in the Dark’ has a lovely and elusive looking finish with an embossed, cracked effect for the centre circle, printed with bronze ink on top.
The previous album, The Warning, had a number of different variations of its artwork. [...]

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Tags: Design · Music · Packaging

Animator vs Animation

March 14th, 2008 · Paul · 1 Comment

This may be a couple of years old now but it’s still a great piece of animation. It was created by Alan Becker in 2006 and has now been updated with smoother graphics.
Click on the image, or the following link to view the animation, then click play and sit back and enjoy a piece [...]

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Tags: Art · Illustration

Photosynth on TED

March 12th, 2008 · Ric · No Comments

If you’re at all interested in cutting edge design and technology, and how it’s being combined take a good look at the TED website. It has a wealth of interesting videos for your viewing pleasure.
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. [...]

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Tags: Design · Science & Technology · Web

Featured Work: Guernsey Dairy

March 11th, 2008 · Ric · No Comments

We worked closely with the Guernsey Dairy to produce new branding and packaging for their existing product range, as well as new product launches.
We updated the brand with more modern, sophisticated image; products such as the Dairy’s ice cream were given a contemporary feel helping them sit comfortably on the shelve alongside international brands. A [...]

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Tags: Branding · Clients · Design · Guernsey Dairy · Illustration · Packaging

Zoom Deep and Bright with Silverlight

March 11th, 2008 · Ric · 6 Comments

Microsoft recently released a beta version of Silverlight 2 – their Flash player rival – and they’ve incorporated some features from Live Labs very cool Photosynth. Deep Zoom allows users to to view and explore very high-resolution imagery, ‘from a 2 or 3 megapixel shot from a digital camera to gigapixel scans of museum pieces’, [...]

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Tags: Science & Technology · Web

Nadine Faye James

March 7th, 2008 · Adam · No Comments

Whilst at the Bristol Artists Book Event in 2007 at the Arnolfini I stumbled (not literally) across a very nice lady and her very nice typewriter. This was the illustrator Nadine Faye James, She was creating these amazing typed portraits. No photo was required, I sat for a couple of minutes and my letter-head was [...]

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Tags: Art · Illustration · Typography

Betley Whitehorne Relaunch Website

March 7th, 2008 · Piet · 3 Comments

The team at Betley Whitehorne are pleased to announce our new look website at www.betleywhitehorne.com. We hope you’ll find it a useful insight into our abilities, the work we produce and invite you to contribute to our also newly launched blog. We look forward to adding new work soon so check back regularly. There are [...]

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Tags: Design · News · Web

Featured Work: Close Wealth Management Group

March 7th, 2008 · Ric · 1 Comment

As part of the relaunch of our website we’ll be regularly selecting work from our portfolio. The first featured client is Close Wealth Management Group. A long standing client, we worked with the marketing team at Close to produce a highly professional range of marketing material. Our considerable experience in design and advertising has enabled [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Branding · Clients · Close Wealth Management Group · Design