Paris 2012: get yourself organised with these colourful accordion-pleated document wallets by Copenhagen brand Hay, presented at Maison & Objet in Paris last week.
Called Plissè, meaning ‘pleated’, the designs include a black cover with an insert of black gridlines on white paper, or grey covers with graduated fluorescent inserts.
The folders come in A5, A4 and A3 sizes.
Check out more designer stationery on Dezeen here.
Last year image retoucher Steve Bland revealed his new identity as The Great Blandini. Now his ‘Photoshoppe’ skills are demonstrated in a brochure befitting his magical transformation…
In The Little Book of Photoshoppe Trickery, devised by Interbrand Australia, readers can behold the full range of Blandini’s mastery of manipulation.
See The Gentlemen Transformed Into a Lion; then look on at his proficiency with The Glowing Edge and The Adjustment Layer; his handling of Shadow and Highlight.
A custom retouch reveals The Charming Lady Mysteriously Intersected – i.e. sawn in half. And it’s fair to say: we can’t tell how it’s done.
But we warned, lest the Photoshop Disaster (shazam!) be unwittingly invoked.
“The power that performs wonders may also unleash horrors,” the booklet claims. “These arts are to be practiced with finesse, or elsewhere left to those that possess more cunning in the craft.”
And by way of a grand finale, the text of the entire brochure, including the body copy, has been drawn by hand. Magic.
The book was devised by Interbrand Australia and designed and art directed by Mike Rigby, Jefton Sungkar and Diana Chirillas. It was written by Mike Reed. More at Rigby’s blog, here.
To mark its 50th birthday, D&AD is delving into its archive to highlight significant pieces of work that have featured in the awards. We will be publishing one a week. This time, we have a press ad from 1970 that established the reputation of an ambitious new agency on London’s Charlotte Street
The Pregant Man, an ad for the Family Planning Association, will forever be associated with Saatchi & Saatchi – the agency even named its in-house pub in honour of the piece of work that did so much to establish its creative credentials. But the ad was not actually created under the Saatchi & Saatchi name at all. Jeremy Sinclair, who has worked with the Saatchis for over 40 years, wrote it while still at Saatchi & Saatchi forerunner, Cramersaatchi.
CR’s October 2010 issue featured a major profile on Sinclair, who began working with Charles Saatchi fresh out of the advertising course at Watford Art School. “I left there clutching my portfolio and my diploma in advertising writing and got a job with Charles,” he says. “He ran a creative consultancy called Cramersaatchi, with his art director, Ross Cramer. In 1970, Ross went off to become a commercials director. Charles brought Maurice in from Haymarket, and Cramersaatchi became Saatchi & Saatchi.”
Before then, however, Sinclair and his art director Bill Atherton came up with the idea for Pregnant Man – which gave Saatchi the opportunity to show off his flair for PR. The ad was only ever intended for use in doctors’ waiting rooms, but Saatchi ensured it got wider coverage. “He sussed getting PR through advertising,” says Sinclair in our piece (which subscribers can read here). “The Pregnant Man became famous not for being an ad, it became famous by getting editorial. Charles worked that out early on. By getting it into Time magazine it (and we) became famous.”
It alsow won a Yellow Pencil at the 1970 D&AD Awards. The photographer, by the way, was Alan Brooking
Read the first post on this series, on Barrie Bates’ 1963 A union, Jack! poster, here
And the second post, on Derek BIrdsall’s covers for Penguin books, here
And the third, on the Go to Work on an Egg ad campaign here
And on the 1966 British Rail identity here
1968 Doctor Who titles here
D&AD’s 50-year timeline of landmark work is here
The 50th D&AD Awards are open for entry until the February 1
If you only read CR online, you’re missing out. From the meaning of beans to the power of love, the February issue of Creative Review features our 20 favourite slogans of all time and the stories behind them.
What makes a great slogan? We investigate the enduring power of these clever little phrases in our special slogans issue, dedicated to our choices for the top 20 slogans.
If you would like to buy this issue and are based in the UK,you can search for your nearest stockist here. Based outside the UK? Simply call +44(0)207 292 3703 to find your nearest stockist. Better yet, subscribe to CR for a year here and save yourself almost 30% on the printed magazine.
La société UnderArmour MTN nous propose une vidéo réalisée par Michael Clarke qui a filmé la préparation du skieur Bobby Brown pour les X-Games. Tournée sur un parcours privé au Colorado, cette création très réussie est à découvrir dans la suite de l’article.
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Torafu Architects è uno degli studi emergenti del Giappone. Lo studio è stato fondato nel 2004 dagli architetti Koichi Suzuno e Shinya Kamur e ha ricevuto numerosi premi e pubblicazioni per i progetti di interior e product design. Personalmente amo moltissimo il loto modo di progettare: le creazioni di Torafu hanno un tocco lieve ed ironico che esprime la sensibilità giapponese. Il duo non ricorre facilmente alle stesse soluzioni e i loro progetti manifestano una varietà di idee e materiali che scaturisce dal lavoro di ricerca e sperimentazione affrontato per ogni cliente. Potresti aver già visto i loro progetti più famosi, come il meraviglioso padiglione disegnato per Canon in occasione del Salone del Mobile di Milano 2001, o il divertente Tapehook che ha avuto una grandissima diffusione virale lo scorso anno.
In questo articolo mi soffermo su uno dei loro primi lavori: l’allestimento realizzato per le camere dell’albergo Claska a Tokyo. Koichi Suzuno e Shinya Kamur hanno avuto la brillante idea di costruire una doppia parete in legno che contiene e, letteralmente, incornicia le dotazioni dell’albergo e gli oggetti che la maggior parte dei viaggiatori porta con sé.
I riquadri intagliati nella parete invitano gli ospiti a disporre la valigia, i libri, i vestiti e gli accessori secondo l’ordine predisposto dagli architetti, come in un gioco delle formine per adulti. La parete ospita anche delle sorgenti luminose indirette, la griglia dell’aria condizionata, una pregiata stampa giapponese e addirittura la cuccia del cane robot AIBO dalla Sony che l’albergo mette a disposizione dei clienti, ponendo così tutto sullo stesso piano degli effetti personali dei viaggiatori.
A ceramic by Rosemarie Trockel
The goal of The New Museum’s Proposition series isn’t so much to answer questions or present cohesive, fully developed ideas, rather it invites speakers to wax theoretic on whatever topic they happen to be puzzling over. Past Propositions include Matthew Barney’s “Ancient Evenings Storyboards,” Byron Kim’s “A Cosmology of Doubt” and Kara Walker’s “The object of Painting is the subjugated Body. The Painter is the colonizing entity. How do Paintings understand the concept of liberty? And who will teach them?”
Last Thursday night, Anthony Huberman, the director of The Artist’s Institute, spoke about “The Letter ‘T’,” specifically the words Tuned and Touched and what they mean in the context of the confounding and bizarre video work of Harold Thys and Jos De Gruyter (think of them as the Tim and Eric of the art world) and Rosemarie Trockel, who will (perhaps not coincidentally) be “taking over” the New Museum in the Fall.
Viewed through the lens of speculative realism (an object-oriented philosophy that’s way too cerebral to get into here, just check out their Wikipedia page for now), Tuned refers to how one object (a person, an animal, a thing, even an idea) can be “tuned into” the vulnerability of another object, and Touched refers to what objects we respond to—what we’re “touched” by—and why.
I went to The New Museum that night thinking “object” referred to design object, not every single animal, mineral, vegetable and intangible concept out there. I thought Huberman was going to discuss why we’re drawn to certain objects—why, for example, I’m so drawn to Meret Oppenheim’s “Object” (better known as the fur teacup), or the purple Peacock Chair or anything robin’s egg blue—and he did, but in a much more abstract way than I had anticipated.
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Voici le film d’espionnage La Taupe mettant en scène Gary Oldman et Colin Firth. Se déroulant en guerre froide, le film de Thomas Alfredson se dévoile dans un trailer à découvrir dans la suite. Pour l’occasion, Fubiz et Studio Canal vous propose de gagner 20 places.
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Sure to boost compliance in double-blinded clinical trials the world over are these streamlined pill keepers from Sabi, a new company that is looking “to transform life’s small tasks into moments of joy” through lifestyle and wellness products designed by Yves Behar and his Fuseproject team. “We designed the Sabi brand, products, and packaging to express smarter ergonomic functionality, and instill pride of use rather than the stigma of being singled out by daily physical challenges,” says Behar. “I believe Sabi will make sense to an older generation in need of solutions, but also to a younger set of users that simply expect good design everywhere.” Named for the Japanese aesthetic construct (think “wabi-sabi”), the Palo Alto-based company was founded by entrepreneur Assaf Wand, who points to Method, Bang & Olufsen, OXO, and Dyson as brands that inspire him. His idea for Sabi came as he watched his then-pregnant wife struggle to find an easy-to-use and visually appealing prenatal vitamin case. Pill organizers and related accessories (vitamin pulverizers, sleek carafes) comprise the company’s first line of products, Vitality. In the works are Agility, products designed to alleviate the pain and inconvenience of lifting, reaching, and carrying everyday items around the house, as well as Mobility, a line of travel accessories and gadgets that assist in transporting health and wellness essentials. Grab a Sabi Holster ($8.99) and take a chill pill, as the second two lines—including, at long last, a shower caddy that you won’t be ashamed to show houseguests—will debut later this year.
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Following last week’s announcement that writer Alain de Botton plans to build a series of temples for atheists, here are some more images of the first structure planned for the City of London.
Each centimetre of the hollow stone tower’s 46 metre height will represent a million years of the earth’s existence so far, while a millimetre-thick band of gold around the base will denote how long humans have been part of that history.
Images of the Temple to Perspective and other temples designed by architects Tom Greenall and Jordan Hodgson are included in de Botton’s latest book, Religion for Atheists – find out more in our earlier Dezeen Wire.
Since we announced news of the proposals last week, Guardian critic Steve Rose has described them as unlikely to “convince any religious adherent to cross over”, while Dezeen readers found them “beautiful”, ”perplexing” and “a waste of time” in equal measures – join the debate here.
Here’s some more text from Tom Greenall:
Temple to Perspective
Standing 46-metres tall and in the heart of the City of London, the temple represents the entire history of life on earth: each centimetre of its height equates to one million years of life. One metre from the ground, a single line of gold – no more than a millimetre thick – represents the entire existence of humankind. A visit to the temple is intended to leave one with a renewed sense of perspective.
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