the art and design journal

..:: IAMRAV ::..

CUSTOM DESIGN + BUSINESS CARDS = MOO

Thursday 30 April 2009 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..



FOR THOSE WHO NEED QUICK BUSINESS CARD/STICKER SOLUTIONS TRY MOO CARDS. 

"Print Business Cards with up to 50 different images. Upload your logo for the reverse and choose from a variety of templates, fonts and colours. Choose MOO Classic or Green cards! Available in 50 packs or for the active networker there is a bulk pack of 200 cards"

CHALKBOARD + CAMERA = SURREAL MOTION PICTURE

Wednesday 29 April 2009 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..


Firekites - AUTUMN STORY - chalk animation from Lucinda Schreiber on Vimeo.

RIO FERDINAND + CULTURE = #5 MAGAZINE

Monday 27 April 2009 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..








OK SO WHEN I SAW ON ADVERBLOG THAT RIO FERDINAND HAD HIS OWN ONLINE MAGAZINE TITLED 'NUMBER 5 MAGAZINE' (AS THAT'S HIS NUMBER IN THE UNITED SQUAD) I WAS THINKING "REALLY? WOW THIS GUY WANTS TO BE A ENTREPREUNER - DIDDY STYLE!". I HAVE TO ADMIT THOUGH, EVEN IF IT ISN'T BURSTING WITH CONTENT ITS EASY TO USE, WITH ATTRACTIVE AESTHETICS AND FLASH FEATURES THAT MAKE IT USER FRIENDLY. THE MAGAZINE COVERS MUSIC, PERSONALITIES, FILM, EVERYTHING THAT INTERESTS RIO AND THAT I GUESS HE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU. THE INTEGRATED VIDEOS HE ADDS MAKE IT MORE PERSONAL SO I SAY CHECK IT OUT, IT MAY NOT BE THE BEST E-ZINE OUT THERE BUT ITS CONCISE, EASY TO USE AND IS STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. WHAT CAN I SAY RIO...YOU 'MERKED' IT.

EVERYDAY PRODUCT + INNOVATION = ATYPYK

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THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE CRAZY INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS FROM ATYPYK. PERFECT AS GIFTS FOR THOSE WHO NEED THAT SOMETHING EXTRA USEFUL (OR POINTLESS) WHATEVER YOU FIND ON THEIR WEBSITE IS BOUND TO MAKE YOU LAUGH OR ASK "WHY DIDN'T THEY THINK OF THAT BEFORE?"

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JAMES JARVIS + NIKE = SWEET ANIMATION!

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THIS ANIMATION FILM CREATED BY JAMES JARVIS, WITH THE SUPPORT OF NIKE IT'S A BREATH OF CREATIVITY FRESHNESS - IT'S SESAME STREET MEETS THAT MOMENT IN FOREST GUMP WHERE HE RUNS FOR 2 YEARS. CHECK OUT SOME OF THE AMOS TOYS CREATED IN THE JAMES JARVIS STYLE.




MIKE WINKELMANN + ANIMATION = SUBPRIME

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subprime from beeple on Vimeo.

NYLON MAGAZINE + NIKE = DIED AND JUST GONE TO HEAVEN

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SPOTIFY - ITUNES BE ON GUARD

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THANK ATCN FOR BLOGGING THIS NEW APPLICATION CALLED SPOTIFY, IT'S RIDICULOUS HOW USER FRIENDLY THIS NEW MUSIC APPLICATION IS. IT'S THE BLYK OF THE MUSIC APP WORLD AS IT IS ALL FINANCED BY ADVERTISING. YOU SIGN UP WITH A USERNAME ONE TIME NO INTRUSIVE DETAILS, SIGN IN AND THEN YOU HAVE ACCESS TO A LIBRARY OF MUSIC WITH NO DODGY STREAMING. I CAN MOVE THE SEEK BAR BACK AND FOURTH AND I DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT TO BUFFER...HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? IT'S AS IF THE MUSIC IS PLAYING DIRECTLY FROM MY HARD DRIVE. I SWEAR DOWN...ITUNES BEST BE WATCHING THIS SPACE BECAUSE SPOTIFY ALLOW YOU TO CREATE AND SHARE PLAYLISTS. WITH THEIR SEARCHES AND STREAMS QUICK AND FLAWLESS I SAY GET ON THE SPOTIFY TRAIN ASAP

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NEW MATH

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WHEN I CAME ACROSS THESE ON THE ATCN BLOG I HAD TO READ MORE, NEW MATH IS MATHS BUT WITH IDEAS OR WORDS. THERE BRILLIANT...SEE IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH SOME YOURSELF - I'LL CERTAINLY BE HAVING A GO IN MY STUDIO JOURNAL AT UNI!

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TYPOGRAPHY!...FROM GOOGLE MAPS?

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PHILLIPS CAROUSEL COMMERCIAL

Saturday 18 April 2009 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..




CLOWNS + MAYHEM = BRILLIANT FILM FOOTAGE
DIRECTED BY ADAM BERG

FILM ROLL CAMERA

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IF THIS WAS A POLAROID CAMERA...GAME OVER

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FREE. LIVE. MUSIC

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FOLLOW MY FELLOW BLOGFACE, LIKLE P, ON HIS BUSKING ROUNDS...FREE LIVE MUSIC? WHAT ELSE DOES ONE NEED?

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PAINTBALLING GRAYSCALE STYLEE!

Wednesday 15 April 2009 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..


The Unfinished Swan - Tech Demo 9/2008 from Ian Dallas on Vimeo.

REMI/ROUGH -

Tuesday 14 April 2009 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..


"To create something out of nothing. To leave something behind. To have something in front. With graffiti, you are in effect stealing from a culture already stapled into our system. So best make it as good a steal as you possibly can."













USUALLY I JUST POST 3 EXAMPLES OF AN ARTIST'S WORK BUT I COULDN'T THIS TIME. I CAME ACROSS THIS REMI/ROUGH'S WORK AND FOUND OUT HIS EXHIBITION CAME AND WENT ON 1ST AUGUST 08 - I WAS LIVID! TOTALLY MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK OUT THIS ABSTRACT GRAFFITI ARTIST...THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD KEEP BLOG-WATCHING PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY MINE :D FROM THE BIO OF HIS WEB PAGE IT SAYS - '

'He is a proud graffiti writer, artist, designer, art director, curator, musician and loving partner and father.''

ALL I'M THINKING IS THIS DUDE'S GETTING PAID! JUST JOSHING, WELL HE MUST BE MAKING A GOOD BUCK OR TWO BUT HE DEFINITELY HAS HIS FINGER IN MANY PIES. HIS ART BOASTS AN ABSRTACT VIBE BUT IT'S FRESH AND STEERS AWAY FROM TAGGING AND THE 'BANKSY' TYPE STENCILS. CLICK ON THE LINK...ENJOY PEOPLE

PIXEL POST-IT

Friday 10 April 2009 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..


EVERY GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDENT KNOWS THAT THE POST-IT STYLE IN DESIGN BODY ANNUALS HAS BEEN DONE...BUT NOW IT'S ON THE HIGH STREET SHOPS. I COMMEND TOPMAN FOR THEIR IN-STORE CREATIVITY...KUDOS TO YOU

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HI-TOP HYPE

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TOPMAN


FINALLY FOUND THE E-BOYS!!!


RIVER ISLAND


AS YOU CAN SEE I REALLY WAS ON A HI-TOPS HYPE WHEN I WAS IN OXFORD ST THE OTHER DAY, THE E-BOY ONE'S WERE ON SALE INFACT SO KOP THEM IF IT TICKLES YA FANCY - OTHERWISE THE MORE UNDERSTATED ONES AT THE BOTTOM HAD THAT GOOD LOOK BUT DIDN'T COME CHEAP FROM WHAT I REMEMBER. THE TOP PIC IS AN IMAGE OF HI-TOPS I FOUND IN TOPMAN OXFORD ST - IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THEIR FOOTWEAR DEPT OF THE STORE THEN YOU ARE DEAD AS, BECAUSE ITS LIVE-RRR THAN A PEACOCK PARTY FLOWING WITH SAGATIBA! THEY HAVE MEN'S LACED PUMPS IN ALL SORTS OF STYLES AND COLOURS BUT IT'S THESE PVC HI-TOPS THAT CAUGHT THE BALL OF MY EYE!

P.S. IF YOU WANT VALUE FOR MONEY LACED PUMPS TRY NEXT (18.99GBP A POP)...IN THEIR CATALOGUE THEY HAVE VARIOUS STYLES SO GET PUMPING

THIS SUMMER I'M GONNA BE QLOING

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CHECK LONG SLEEVE SHIRTS (VARIOUS COLOURS) - 14.99GBP


COLOURED DENIM (VARIOUS COLOURS) - 24.99GBP


IF YOU READ AN EARLIER POST YOU'LL KNOW I'M ON A COLOURED DENIM HYPE FOR THIS YEAR'S SUMMER - AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF THESE PRICES ARE ANYTHING TO GO BUY. THE FIRST TIME I STEPPED INTO OXFORD STREET'S UNI QLO I IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE FUNKY-POP JAPANESE FASHION VIBE, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. CALL THIS FREE ADVERTISING IF YOU WANT BUT I'M JUST GIVING YOU AN EDGE...IF YOU WANT TO PAY 50SQUID FOR COLOURED DENIM AT BENETTON THEN DO SO, OR 30SQUID AT NEXT FOR THE CHECK SHIRTS BE MY GUEST!

ROB ROYYY

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I DON'T DO MUSIC REVIEWS ON MY ART & DESIGN JOURNAL BUT IF I THINK SOMETHING IS WORTH MENTIONING IN TERMS OF ARTS/CULTURE THAN I HAVE NO INHIBITION TO.I THINK IV'E FOUND THE MALE ALTERNATIVE TO M.I.A./LADY GAGA WITH A TWIST OF KANYE - AND IT COMES IN THE FORM OF ROB ROY! I CANT QUITE PIDGEON HOLE HIS MUSIC - ELECTRO-RAP?HIP HOP?ALTERNATIVE? - SO I'M GOING TO DESCRIBE IT AS 'NICHE' (NOT NICHE BASSLINE!)..BUT AS IN THE SAME AS MARKETING TERMINOLOGY. LOOK...JUST GET ONTO HIS MYSPACE AND GET LOCKED IN

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WHY SO SERIOUS.....LY REAL?!

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YOU WERE RIGHT IN THINKING BY LOOKING AT THE FIRST PICTURE ''RAV...A BIT LATE WITH THE WHOLE DARK KNIGHT HYPE EH?'' BUT NO YOU UNOBSERVANT MONGREL, THESE ARE THE LATEST FIGURINES IN THE BATMAN SERIES!!! A FREAKISH LIKENESS TO HEATH LEDGER'S ARKAM ASYLUMMED CHARACTER - WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S EVEN FREAKIER? YOU CAN MOVE THE EYEBALLS...

OLIVIER PASQUAL

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EDITORIAL IS THE WORD THAT DEFINES THESE SHOTS BUT THE CONCEPT AND ARRANGEMENT BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTS THESE IMAGES...NOT THE CAMERA OR LIGHTING. AN AIR OF FUNK AND EXUBERANCE FUMES FROM HIS PICS SO I EMPLORE YOU TO LOOK AT OLIVIER PASQUAL'S FOLIO OF IMAGES AS THERE'S MUCH MORE OF THIS KIND OF WORK

TYPOGRAPHY ALERT!!!

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ALERT ALL TYPOGRAPHICAL CREATIVES OR ALL THOSE WHO NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR TYPOGRAPHY HERE ARE 8 SIMPLE RULES TO IMPROVE YOUR TYPOGRAPHY...CLICK HERE FOR THIS MUST READ!!!

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FAKE ORIGINAL?

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AH THE IRONY :)

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AQUASCUTUM AD CAMPAIGN

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SAW THIS IN DAZED AND CONFUSED AND THE IMPACT WAS LIKE ARMAGEDDON ON STEROIDS

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REMEMBER DOING LINES FOR SCHOOL?...

Wednesday 1 April 2009 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..






...WELL FOR THIS GIRL THEY DEFINITELY PAID OFF. CALLIGRAPHER ALISON CARMICHAEL HAS HAD HER WORK PUBLISHED IN THIS MONTH'S ISSUE OF CREATIVE REVIEW - AND JUST IN TIME MAY I ADD! I'M DOING A FICTITIOUS NICHE MARKETING RESEARCH MODULE ON MY BA COURSE AT THE MOMENT, AND NEEDED A MASTER PLAN TO PITCH. THE PRODUCT IS AN ONOTO PEN (WORTH £3-10K...WE'RE TALKING A-RAB MONEY!!!), THE IDEA IS TO FIND A NICHE AND MARKET IT TO THEM. SO BASICALLY IM GOING FOR THE GUARDIAN/ECONOMIST READING, AFFLUENT, A-SOCIAL GRADED TYPES...I'M GOING TO HIT THEM WITH AN ADVERT INVITATION IN THE GUARDIAN (PRESS) AND ONLINE AT ECONOMIST.COM (BANNER, SKYSCRAPER, MPUs) MAYBE GOING ONTO A FLASH PAGE FOR ONOTO 'SPONSORS OF THE HAY FESTIVAL'. TALKING OF THE HAY FESTIVAL (A LITERARY FESTIVAL OF POETRY, DEBATES, MUSIC AND CULTURE), I'M PLANNING TO SET UP A MARQUEE STALL WITH ALISON CARMICHAEL USING AN ONOTO PEN TO WRITE A PERSONALIZED CALLIGRAPHIC MESSAGE ON ONOTO POSTCARDS FOR HAY-FESTIVAL-GOERS. HIT EM AT 3 ANGLES...PRESS, INTERNET, AND AT FESTIVALS - BOOM! ONLY QUESTION IS WILL IT CONFORM TO MY £100K BUDGET...