Author Archives: dan

Camoflague by Liu Bolin and Desiree Palmen

I am perhaps a little bit behind the times in putting these up but they are geniunely incredible. Both of these artists work on making themselves 'disappear' through use of precise body painting and clever photography. This is by Liu … Continue reading

Posted in Art/Design, Bamskiness, Painting

More music video related amazement

Following on from the amazing music videos Rocky posted here's another mind-blowing video from Coldplay. The song (fairly boring) is called Strawberry String. The video was created by an incredible little creative company called Shynola who have produced equally brilliant videos for Radiohead, Beck, Blur … Continue reading

Posted in Films, Music, Videos

Fred and Ginger

So my mum and dad just got back from a short stay in Prague, I don't know how many of you have been but the architecture looks absolutely fantastic. One building in particular, nicknamed "Fred and Ginger" and designed by … Continue reading

Posted in Archetecture, Art/Design, Travel

Legion

So I just stumbled upon the trailer for Legion, and it is absolutely insane. I can't decide whether its going to be absolutely mind-bendingly, earth-shatteringly good; or so-bad-that-its-good; or just plain terrible.  I do know that its the only trailer … Continue reading

Posted in Films

Mitchell and Webb’s point of view

Reading Lee's design wank post on the jug, where he touches on ridiculous design "enhancers" (adding completely useless shite onto already competent design but marketing it as a must-have new feature - are you listening i-Phone users?), i was reminded … Continue reading

Posted in Bamskiness

Walking In My Mind

So today I went to the Walking In My Mind exhibition at the Hayward Gallery (http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/visual-arts/productions/walking-in-my-mind-46998).  The accompanying exhibition guide describes it as, "an expedition into the mysterious mental processes of creativity; about what goes on inside the artist's head." … Continue reading

Posted in Bamskiness