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 [...]
Entries from June 2008
Cars of the Future. Any Takers?
March 28th, 2008 · Chris · No Comments
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Tags: Branding · Clients · Design · Guernsey Dairy · Illustration · Packaging
Zoom Deep and Bright with Silverlight
March 11th, 2008 · Ric · 4 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’, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tags: Advertising · Branding · Clients · Close Wealth Management Group · Design
