Entries from December 2008

Let’s Play…

August 20th, 2008 · Ric · No Comments

The Guernsey Arts Commission are promoting a new event you can all get involved in. The details are as follows:
Pianos in the street of St Peter Port…
Musical or not, we invite you to play the pianos and get involved with this community arts project.
‘Let’s Play’
Pianos in the streets of St Peter Port is a community [...]

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Tags: Art

International Artist in Residence Programme: Art and Islands

August 18th, 2008 · Ric · No Comments

Artists, architects, academics and arts administrators from around the world will be in Guernsey on the 23 and 24 September to examine the position that art holds in our society. Discussions will include whether an island such as Guernsey can play a more active role and benefit from being part of the international art world.

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Tags: Art

Harrods ‘High Life’ £5000 Chocolates

August 5th, 2008 · Paul · 1 Comment

When 99% of the population are saving money on unnecessary food due to the credit crunch Harrods launch a  box of chocolates costing £5000!
The 49 Swarovski-studded chocolates come wrapped in hand-woven silk from India and China and are packaged in a box made of geniune leather and partitioned with gold and platinium. The packaging was [...]

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Tags: Packaging

Britain From Above Visualisations

August 5th, 2008 · Ric · 1 Comment

A lot of people love exploring with Google Maps/Earth but the problem is the data isn’t real-time. It would great to see cars driving the streets, planes taking off, the sea lapping the shoreline. The BBC have noted this and a new series called Britain From Above looks set to give us a glimsp of [...]

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Tags: Science & Technology

Colour Communication with Cymbolism

August 5th, 2008 · Ric · No Comments

Cymbolism is an online experiment that lets you associate colours with words. A random word is selected with a brief description and you can click the coloured box that you feel most closely captures the essence of the word. I think the palette from which to choose is rather limited, being primarily bright colours but [...]

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Tags: Art · Design · Web